Kaltenberg (Upper Austria)

Kaltenberg

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Basic data

Country: Austria

State : Upper Austria

Political District : Free City

License plate : FR

Surface: 17.2 km²

Coordinates : 48 ° 27 ' N , 14 ° 46' E Coordinates: 48 ° 27 '0 " N , 14 ° 46' 0" E48.45 14.766666666667 842

Height : 842 m above sea level A.

Residents : 620 (January 1, 2020)

Population density : 36 inhabitants per km²

Postal code : 4273

Area code : 07956

Community code : 4 06 06

NUTS region AT313

Address of the
municipal administration: Municipal administration of KaltenbergKaltenberg No. 2
4273 Kaltenberg

Website: www.kaltenberg.at

politics

Mayor : Alois Reithmayr ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : (2015)
(13 members)

10

3

10 3

A total of 13 seats

ÖVP : 10
FPÖ : 3

Location of Kaltenberg in the Freistadt district

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

BW

Kaltenberg is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district of Freistadt in the Mühlviertel with 620 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Freistadt .

geography

Kaltenberg is 842 m above sea level in the Mühlviertel. The extension is 5.4 km from north to south and 6.4 km from west to east. The total area is 17.1 km². 6.1% of the area is forested and 10.5% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipal area comprises the following eight localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Ebenort (104) including Ebenort-Scattered Houses
Kaltenberg (190) including Kaltenberg-scattered houses
Markersreith (40)
Nadelberg (25)
Pieberbach (96) including Firling
Silberberg (71) including Silberberg-scattered houses
Tischberg (52)
Weidenau (42)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Markersreith and Silberberg.

Neighboring communities

	Liebenau
Weitersfelden		Unterweißbach
St. Leonhard	Schönau

history

Municipal Office Kaltenberg (2013)

Kaltenberg was founded on the grounds of the former Kaltenberger Gut, from which the current name of the community was derived. The development of the place is closely related to the Marian pilgrimage. The original chapel is located around 300 meters north of the center, to which numerous pilgrims made pilgrimages every year. Due to the large number of pilgrims, the Ruttenstein lordship built a branch church of the Unterweißbach parish, which was consecrated in 1658.

Kaltenberg has been its own parish since 1785 and enlarged the church to its present size between 1798 and 1803. The statue of the Virgin Mary, which is estimated to be around 500 years old, stands by the high altar. Kaltenberg became the second largest Marian pilgrimage site in the Mühlviertel.

It was not until 1921 that Kaltenberg was set up as a separate municipality by separating today's municipal area from Unterweißbach. In 1938 the community was reunited with Unterweißbach, but was restored in 1947. The restoration took place because Kaltenberg can survive without constant financial help. After the Second World War , the infrastructure was expanded, and in 1968 the municipal coat of arms was awarded. Until the end of 2002, the community belonged to the Unterweißbach judicial district and was assigned to the Freistadt judicial district on January 1, 2003 .

population

Population development
year	Residents	year	Residents
1869	630	1951	659
1880	668	1961	672
1890	624	1971	701
1900	603	1981	694
1910	619	1991	666
1923	625	2001	655
1934	653	2008	641
1939	666

Development and structure

In 1869, 630 people lived in the municipality. By 1971 the population had grown to 701, the highest level in history. The population has been decreasing since 1971, which is probably due to the decentralized location. In 1991 the community had 666 inhabitants, at the 2001 census only 655, which corresponds to a decrease of 1.7%. On January 1st, 2008 the community had 641 inhabitants.

In the 2001 census, the proportion of residents aged 60 and over was 16.8%; 22.9% were under 15 years old. The proportion of the female population was 48.1%.

Of the 505 residents of Kaltenberg who were over 15 years old in 2001, 2.2% had graduated from a university , technical college or academy . Another 4.6% had completed a high school diploma, 39.2% had completed an apprenticeship or a vocational middle school , and 54.1% of all Kaltenbergers had compulsory school as the highest qualification.

Origin and language

The German dialect, which is commonly spoken in the Kaltenberg area and in Upper Austria, is Middle Bavarian . In 2001, 99.7% of the people from Kaltenberg stated German as a colloquial language. The remaining 0.3% spoke other languages.

The proportion of Kaltenbergers with foreign citizenship was 0% in 2001, which is very far below the average for Upper Austria. Only people born in Austria live in Kaltenberg and no community resident has a foreign citizenship.

politics

The municipal council and mayoral elections take place every six years, at the same time as the state elections. Since 1945 the ÖVP always achieved an absolute majority, between 1949 and 1973 always 100%. The second strongest party was always the SPÖ between 1985 and 1997 ; the party did not take part in 2003. The FPÖ occurs sporadically, most recently in 2003 and became the second strongest party. In 2003, the ÖVP was the party with the strongest vote with 87.7% and governs with an absolute majority. There were only minor changes in the 2009 elections, the ÖVP had to cede a mandate to the FPÖ.

The 2009 municipal council elections with a turnout of 93.1% gave the following result:

Party / political grouping	voting share	Verän- alteration	Seats on the local council	Verän- alteration
ÖVP	83.0%	-4.8%	11	-1
FPÖ	17.0%	+ 4.8%	2	+1

Mayor of the community is Alois Reithmayr from the ÖVP. The municipal council consists of 13 members.

The next municipal council election will be held in 2015.

Kaltenberg is a member of the Association for Regional and Tourism Development Mühlviertler Alm .

Partnerships

The Kaltenberg volunteer fire brigade has a close relationship with the German partner fire brigade Lünen .

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms shows a blue, heraldic lily in gold over three green tips rising from the base of the shield. The lily, attribute of the Mother of God , shows the importance of the community as a place of pilgrimage to Mary. The green tips symbolize the community's abundance of forests. The community colors are yellow-green.

The municipal coat of arms and colors were awarded on May 27, 1968.

Culture and sights

Gable facade with tower of the pilgrimage church (2010)

The parish and pilgrimage church of Kaltenberg is connected to the market town of Unterweißbach by a way of the cross with brick stations .
Original chapel by a large linden tree
War memorial by Karl Spindelberger (1966/1967).

Natural monuments

Weathering of wool sacks in the municipal area

Economy and Infrastructure

Traffic routes

Kaltenberg is crossed by the Nordwaldkamm-Landesstraße (L 579) from east to west. On the eastern edge of the municipality, the Kaltenberger Bezirksstraße (L 1448) leads from north to south.

The supraregional Johannesweg hiking and pilgrimage route leads from Weitersfelden via the main town to Unterweißbach.

Public institutions and education

A kindergarten and a primary school are available in the village . There is also a library .

There are two volunteer fire brigades in the municipality , one in Kaltenberg, the second in Silberberg.

Personalities

Johannes Hiemetsberger (* 1971): choirmaster and conductor

literature

Heinrich Koller: Kaltenberg in the highlands of the lower Mühlviertel . Kaltenberg pilgrimage song, the pilgrimage site Kaltenberg, chapel building, the miraculous image, consecration of the chapel, the Kaltenberg call for help, building the church and elevation to the parish, equipment of the church, the original chapel, the rectory, the mountain cross, altitude and water supply, miracles, pastoral care and pastoral care in Kaltenberg . Salzburger Pressverein, 3rd edition, Salzburg 2002, 24 pages.
Historical bibliography in the forum OoeGeschichte.at