Kematen on the Krems

Kematen on the Krems
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Linz Land
License plate :	LL
Surface:	21.52 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 7 '  N , 14 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 6 '41 "  N , 14 ° 11' 32"  E
Height :	327  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,909 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	135 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4531
Area code :	07228
Community code :	4 10 09
Address of the municipal administration:	Linzer Straße 30 4531 Kematen an der Krems
Website:	www.kematen.at
politics
Mayor :	Markus Stadlbauer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (25 members)	15th 6th 4th 15th 6th 4th  A total of 25 seats ÖVP : 15 FPÖ : 6 SPÖ : 4
Location of Kematen an der Krems in the Linz-Land district
Center of Kematen with the parish church of St. Martin
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Kematen an der Krems is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Linz-Land district in the central area with 2909 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The responsible judicial district is the judicial district of Traun .

geography

Kematen an der Krems is located at an altitude of 327 m in the central area of ​​the Linz-Wels-Steyr city triangle, historically the place is part of the Traunviertel. The extension is 5.2 km from north to south and 7.7 km from west to east. The total area is 21.4 km². 15.9% of the area is forested, 72.4% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

Kematen an der Krems consists of the cadastral communities Achleiten (517.08 hectares), Burg (704.97 hectares), Kematen an der Krems (141.28 hectares) and Kiesenberg (776.99 hectares). Kiesenberg, the largest of the four cadastral communities, occupies the north and northeast of the community area. The cadastral community houses the three districts of Gerersdorf, Schachen and Kiesenberg (from north to south). The Rotte Gerersdorf ( 320  m above sea level ), which also includes the Rotte Engenfeld, the hamlet Loderberg and the single yard Bleimischer, comprised 55 buildings and 200 residents in 2001. The scattered settlement of Schachen ( 370  m above sea level ) with the individual farms Faletzhofer and Rabenhuber consisted of 29 buildings with 100 inhabitants. The scattered settlement Kiesenberg accommodated 11 houses and 38 residents. The Kematen cadastral municipality only houses the village of the same name, Kematen an der Krems. Kematen had a population of 1,129 in 2001, with 272 buildings made up. South of the cadastral communities of Kiesenberg and Kematen is the cadastral community of Burg. Burg is relatively sparsely populated, with the scattered settlement of Burg and the individual farms Herbstlehner and Zehethof also being part of the village of the same name ( 350  m above sea level ). In 2001 the castle had 223 inhabitants or 64 buildings. In addition to Burg, the Rath district is also part of the Burg cadastral community. In 2001 the scattered settlement had 25 buildings and 77 residents. The cadastral municipality of Achleiten is located in the south and south-east of the municipality. In addition to the village of Achleiten ( 340  m above sea level ) with Achleiten Castle in the south of the cadastral community, in the east there is also the Rotte Halbarting ( 316  m above sea level ) with the Aufeldsiedlung and the hamlets of Solenau and Zellhof. In 2001 Achleiten comprised 76 buildings with 283 residents, Halbarting 52 buildings with 175 residents.

In 2011 Kematen an der Krems (the village) had 1,399 inhabitants, Achleiten 262, Burg 248, Halbarting 184, Gerersdorf 175, Schachen 126, Rath 73 and Kiesenberg 43 inhabitants.

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

• Achleiten (242)
• Castle (328)
• Gerersdorf (187)
• Semi-Arting (215)
• Kematen on the Krems (1670)
• Kiesenberg (47)
• Rath (64)
• Chess (156)

Neighboring communities

Eggendorf in the Traunkreis	Allhaming	Neuhofen an der Krems
Sipbachzell		Piberbach
Kremsmünster	Rohr in the Kremstal

history

Kematen was first mentioned in a document in 1179 under the name "Chematen" . Originally located in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place belonged to the Duchy of Austria since the 12th century. Since 1490 it has been assigned to the Principality of Austria ob der Enns .

During the Napoleonic Wars , the place was occupied several times.

In the original folder , the place appears in the spelling "Kemmaten".

Since 1918 the place belongs to the federal state of Upper Austria. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, the place belonged to the Gau Oberdonau . After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria took place.

→ Weyer Castle (Kematen an der Krems)

→ Achleiten Castle (Kematen an der Krems)

population

Population structure

In 2013, 2,518 people lived in the municipality of Kematen an der Krems, which means that Kematen was in the lower middle range of the 22 municipalities in the district in terms of population. At the end of 2001 92.7 percent of the population were Austrian citizens (Upper Austria 92.8 percent, Linz-Land district 91.4 percent), by the beginning of 2013 the value rose slightly to 93.1 percent (Upper Austria 91.1 percent, Linz district -Land 89.0 percent). A total of 175 foreigners were counted in the municipality in 2013, 98 percent of whom came from Europe. In addition to the strongly represented EU citizens, people in particular with citizenship from the former Yugoslavia and Turkey lived in Kematen. A total of 267 people were born abroad. In 2001, 83.4 percent of the population (Upper Austria: 79.4 percent), 5.6 percent were Protestant, 5.3 percent without a denomination and 3.5 percent of Islamic faith committed to the Roman Catholic Church .

The average age of the community population in 2001 was slightly below the national average. 19.8 percent of the residents of Kematen were younger than 15 years (Upper Austria: 18.8 percent), 63.6 percent between 15 and 59 years old (Upper Austria: 61.6 percent). The proportion of residents over 59 years of age was 16.7 percent, well below the national average of 20.2 percent. As a result, the average age of the population of Kematen changed the most in the middle age segment. The proportion of people under the age of 15 fell slightly to 18.0 percent as of January 1, 2013, while the proportion of people between 15 and 59 years of age rose to 68.8 percent. In contrast, the proportion of people over 59 years of age fell slightly to 13.2 percent. According to their marital status, in 2001 45.8 percent of the residents of Kematen were single, 47.1 percent married, 4.3 percent widowed and 2.9 percent divorced.

Population development

The municipality of Kematen an der Krems recorded hardly any population movement between the late 19th century and 1939, although the population development up to 1934 hardly differed from that in the federal state of Upper Austria or in the Linz-Land district. While the growth rates in the province of Upper Austria increased more rapidly and in the district extraordinarily strongly, the population of Kematen continued to stagnate. Between 1869 and 1971 the population had only increased by 9 percent, while the population of Upper Austria had increased by almost 70 percent during this time and the number of inhabitants in the district had almost tripled. It was not until the 1970s that a steady population increase developed in Kematen, which in the 190s and 1980s was almost exclusively due to a strongly positive birth balance. While the positive birth balance increased in the 1990s, Kematen also benefited for the first time from a massive increase in immigration. The community benefited from its favorable location in the city triangle of Linz, Wels and Steyr. The positive birth and migration balance has persisted since the turn of the millennium.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council as the highest body of the municipality has 25 seats and is elected every six years in the course of Upper Austria-wide municipal council elections. The community board consists of seven members, with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) having four members since 2009, the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) two members and the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) one member. The strongest force in community politics between 1973 and 1985 was the SPÖ, which in each case achieved an absolute majority in mandate and in two out of three elections with results between 48.1 and 53.8 percent also won an absolute majority of votes. During this time, the ÖVP took second place with results between 38.4 and 47.3 percent, the FPÖ moved into the municipal council in 1979 with 7.9 percent, after not standing as a candidate in 1973. As early as 1985, however, it failed to return to the municipal council with 4.7 percent. After the FPÖ was able to gain 14.1 percent in the 1991 municipal council election, primarily at the expense of the SPÖ, the ÖVP managed to overtake the SPÖ for the first time with 44.5 percent, which only reached 41.5 percent. In the 1997 election, the ÖVP and FPÖ were ultimately able to gain at the expense of the SPÖ. Thanks to the heavy losses suffered by the FPÖ, the SPÖ took first place again in the 2003 municipal council election with 49.1 percent, while the ÖVP and FPÖ came in at 41.6 and 9.2 percent respectively. However, the SPÖ was unable to maintain its election result and lost first place to the ÖVP in 2009. The ÖVP was able to achieve 55.9 percent of the votes with a landslide victory in 2009 and achieved an absolute majority of votes and mandates for the first time with 14 mandates. The SPÖ posted its worst result to date with 31.9 percent and had eight seats, while the FPÖ achieved 12.2 percent or two seats.

mayor

The mayor has been determined by direct election since 1997 , with no absolute majority for a candidate in a runoff election . Analogous to the changing election results, the claim to the mayor also recently switched between the SPÖ and the ÖVP. While the ÖVP candidate was able to prevail in 1997 with 53.0 percent, the SPÖ candidate won in 2003 with 51.9 percent. In 2009 Günter Seidler (ÖVP) prevailed with 71.0 percent. The Vice Mayor is also provided by the ÖVP.

Other options

Despite the good results in municipal council elections, the SPÖ was never able to take first place in state elections. This was always achieved by the ÖVP with results between 46.2 and 55.6. The SPÖ always came second with results between 23.9 and 44.1 percent, the FPÖ achieved 3.7 to 16.3 percent with one exception third place. In 2003 the FPÖ was overtaken by the Greens. In the last state election in 2009, the ÖVP was again first with 49.3 percent, while the SPÖ posted its worst result to date with 23.9 percent. With 14.4 percent, the FPÖ was slightly below their best result to date, while the Greens were able to get their best result with 8.4 percent.

coat of arms

The municipality of Kematen an der Krems was awarded the municipal coat of arms by resolution of the Upper Austrian provincial government on October 16, 1978. The blazon reads: “Divided by a silver wavy bar; Above, in green, a golden Roman helmet, underlaid with a silver sword placed at an angle to the left with a golden hilt; below in red a golden horn with silver fittings and a golden ribbon. ”The design of the municipal coat of arms comes from Herbert Baumer, whereby the comb helmet and the sword refer to Roman times. Kematen was on the ancient road from Steyr to Wels and the name of the community is derived from Latin (domus caminata = house with a fireplace). In addition, a Roman settlement of Kematen is documented and the attributes of the Roman soldier also point to the parish patronage of St. Martin. The wavy band in the middle of the coat of arms refers to the river Krems, the hunting horn below, in turn, to the two castles in the municipality. In addition to the Achleitners, Hans Raidt, lord of Weyer Castle in the 16th century, also used a horn in the coat of arms.

The municipality colors of Kematen are red-white-green.

Economy and Infrastructure

Workplaces and employees

In 2001 Kematen an der Krems housed two companies with 100 or more employees. In total, the workplaces census carried out as part of the census showed 77 workplaces with 634 employees (excluding agriculture), 91 percent of which were employees. The number of workplaces had risen by 30 (plus 64 percent) compared to 1991, the number of employees by 192 people (plus 43 percent). The most important branch of the economy in 2001 was manufacturing with 11 workplaces and 210 employees (33 percent of all employees) ahead of trade with 21 workplaces and 202 employees (32 percent) and the hotel and restaurant sector with six workplaces and 52 employees (8 percent). This was followed by construction, education, and realities. 37 percent of the employees in Kematen an der Krems were salaried employees or civil servants, 43 percent blue-collar workers and 8 percent business owners.

Agriculture and Forestry

Agriculture and forestry are becoming increasingly less important for the municipality. In 2010, only 83 people or 6.2 percent of the employed people from Kematen were employed in agriculture and forestry. The 2010 statistics for the municipality of Kematen showed 66 agricultural and forestry holdings. These included 38 full-time businesses and 26 part-time businesses. The total number of businesses had fallen by 18 businesses or 21 percent compared to 1999, with the number of part-time businesses falling massively and that of full-time businesses remaining almost the same. The farms jointly cultivated a total of 1,971 hectares in 2010, with 81 percent of the area being farmed by full-time farmers. The average area of ​​full-time farmers was 41.8 hectares, well above the Upper Austrian average.

Culture and sights

Choir of the parish church with rich baroque decoration

See also:  List of listed objects in Kematen an der Krems

• Parish church hl. Martin ; a Gothic church with baroque furnishings.

Personalities

• Oddo Scharz (1691–1749), Benedictine priest and university professor, pastor in Kematen
• Ignaz Derndorfer (1869–1932), master builder and master bricklayer in Urfahr
• Matthäus Gaspelmayer (1872–1945), farmer and politician
• Elisabeth Max-Theurer (* 1956), Olympic champion, owner of Achleiten Castle

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Statistics Austria municipality data from Kematen an der Krems
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ↑ ^{a b} Population levels in Upper Austria in comparison by citizenship ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population by religion and federal states 1951 to 2001 (accessed on October 2, 2013)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Resident population in Upper Austria compared by age group ( Memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
6. ^ Province of Upper Austria (PDF; 210 kB) Local council elections Kematen an der Krems
7. ↑ Province of Upper Austria (PDF; 200 kB) Results of mayoral elections
8. ^ Province of Upper Austria (PDF; 201 kB) State election results
9. ↑ Provincial Law Gazette for Upper Austria 1978, 29th Item, No. 69 : “Kundmachung der o.ö. State government of October 16, 1978 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the municipality of Kematen an der Krems "
10. ↑ Kematen an der Krems municipal website

Web links

Commons : Kematen an der Krems  - Collection of Images

• 41009 - Kematen on the Krems. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Further information about the municipality of Kematen an der Krems on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .