Hofkirchen an der Trattnach

Hofkirchen an der Trattnach is 389 m above sea level in the Hausruckviertel. The extension is 7.1 km from north to south, and 4.9 km from west to east. The total area is 17.9 km². 10.6% of the area is forested, 79.3% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 16 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Aigen (90)
Brunham (108)
Alleys (83)
Courtyard (48)
Hofkirchen an der Trattnach (742)
Jungroith (49)
Panbruck (22)
Pichl (40)
Regnersdorf (67)
Ruhringsdorf (83)
Schallbach (26)
Sinzing (16)
Sommerfeld (31)
Nursing (46)
Strötting (67)
Weng (121)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Gassen, Hofkirchen, Schallbach and Still.

Neighboring communities

Wendling	Taufkirchen
Rottenbach		St. Georgen
Women	Aistersheim

history

After the Romans withdrew, the area was settled by the Bavarians in the 6th and 7th centuries . The oldest place names with the ending -ing, -ham and -kirchen are evidence of this. The noble seats Still, Sinzing, Brunham, Weng and Burgstall were created. During the reign of Duke Tassilo , the place was first mentioned in a document in 785. This oldest known document reports on the consensus donation by the Bavarian noble Lantperth, who lives here. He handed over large parts of his property to the Church of St. John in Trattnachtal and this to the bishopric of Passau.

After the victory over the Hungarians in 955 on the Lechfeld and the fortification of the Ostmark by the Babenbergs , the situation stabilized. The reclamation of the forests made it possible for the immigrant clans to take possession of the area.

The Thirty Years' War left its mark when Bavarian troops moved over the Hausruck in 1620 and, under their colonel Haslang, devastated the village for good. At that time the Gothic church also went up in flames and it took almost 100 years until it was restored as a baroque church by Pastor Prechensteiner 1712–1716.

The Peasants' War of 1626 and 1632, fought in the immediate vicinity, claimed great victims. The reprisals that began during the Counter-Reformation were even worse than the conditions during the war.

Under the French invasions in the years 1800–1801, 1805/1806 and 1809 Hofkirchen suffered from looting, forced deliveries and other coercive measures.

The liberation of the peasants by Hans Kudlich after 1848 released the population from serfdom and obedience.

The primary school was rebuilt in 1926, the market survey was in 1928.

The Second World War (1939–1945) claimed, as the war memorial testifies, numerous victims among the male population of the Hofkirche. After the end of the war, industrialization began and with it came economic prosperity. The municipal office, the secondary school were built, the local water pipeline was built, the place sewed, the Trattnach regulated and thereby the place protected from floods.

Population development

In 1991 the municipality had 1,478 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 1,508 inhabitants. If there was an emigration from 1991 to 2001, then from 2001 to 2011 both the birth balance and the migration balance are positive, so that the population rose to 1,596 in 2011.

Culture and sights

The Catholic parish church Hofkirchen an der Trattnach was built between 1712 and 1716 under Dean Moritz Prechensteiner from Sarnthein in Tyrol with the baroque master builder Jakob Pawanger . The fresco painting was created by Wolfgang Andreas Heindl from Wels. The church tower was expanded with the Baroque master builder Johann Gotthard Hayberger from Steyr.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Street

Hofkirchen is located directly on the B 141 Rieder Straße in the direction of Ried / Innkreis or Wels. The next motorway is the A8 (Innkreisautobahn) , which can be reached via the Haag or Meggenhofen driveways.

train

The nearest train stations are Obertrattnach-Markt Hofkirchen in the neighboring municipality of Taufkirchen an der Trattnach for regional trains and Grieskirchen and Neumarkt-Kallham for regional express connections to Linz and Passau.

Established businesses

The heating technology company ETA Heiztechnik is based in Hofkirchen an der Trattnach.

education

Primary school : The building was inaugurated in 1928. It was not until 1953 that the water pipe and in 1958 central heating was installed. Renovation work began in 1979 and lasted until 1981.
New middle school : Construction began in 1973 and it was completed in 1975 (then as a secondary school ) and inaugurated in 1976. The NMS Hofkirchen is also used by the surrounding communities of Aistersheim , Taufkirchen an der Trattnach , Rottenbach , Weibern and St. Georgen .
Landesmusikschule Hofkirchen an der Trattnach: the Landesmusikschule is a branch of the Landesmusikschule Grieskirchen and is located on the main road No. 24

politics

The municipal council has a total of 19 members. With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 6 FPÖ and 3 SPÖ.

Mayor since 1945

1945–1949 Karl Andessner
1949–1967 Johann Zahrhuber
1967–1990 Franz Eibelhuber (ÖVP)
1990–1991 Josef Königmair (ÖVP)
since 1991 Alois Zauner (ÖVP)

coat of arms

The ibex is taken from the coat of arms of the pastor Moritz Prechensteiner, the greatest benefactor of the court church. The pale silver wave bar is reminiscent of the Trattnach. The four ears of wheat in the lower part of the escutcheon indicate and at the same time, with the green background, indicate the paramount importance of agriculture for the market.

Blazon : Divided by red and green by a silver, narrow wavy bar; above a silver, black armed, growing ibex, below four golden, fan-shaped outwardly inclined ears of wheat from the base of the shield.

The community colors are green-white-red