Klaffer on the Hochficht

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Klaffer on the Hochficht
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Klaffer am Hochficht (Austria)
Klaffer on the Hochficht
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Upper Austria
Political District : Rohrbach
License plate : RO
Surface: 27.99 km²
Coordinates : 48 ° 42 '  N , 13 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 41 '40 "  N , 13 ° 53' 10"  E
Height : 638  m above sea level A.
Residents : 1,298 (January 1, 2020)
Population density : 46 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 4163
Area code : 07288
Community code : 4 13 15
Address of the
municipal administration:
Dorfplatz 1
4163 Klaffer am Hochficht
Website: www.klaffer.ooe.gv.at
politics
Mayor : Franz Wagner ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015)
(19 members)
12
4th
3
12 4th 
A total of 19 seats
Location of Klaffer am Hochficht in the Rohrbach district
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

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Klaffer am Hochficht is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Rohrbach district in the upper Mühlviertel with 1298 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

Klaffer am Hochficht is at an altitude of 638  m above sea level. A. in the upper Mühlviertel. The extension is 6.9 km from north to south and 8.6 km from west to east. The total area is 28 km². 59.6% of the area is forested and 37.5% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

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

  • Freundorf (311)
  • Felling (0)
  • Klaffer am Hochficht (398)
  • Panidorf (157)
  • Pfaffetschlag (190)
  • Schoenberg (128)
  • Vorderanger (114)

Klaffer is in the Rohrbach judicial district .

history

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.

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

From 1850 Klaffer was part of the judicial district of Aigen . In 2003 the judicial district of Aigen was dissolved and the municipality was assigned to the Rohrbach judicial district.

Population development

In 1991 the community had 1,311 inhabitants according to the census, and in 2001 it finally had 1,333 inhabitants. The increase occurred in spite of the negative migration balance , as the birth balance was clearly positive. In the years 2001 to 2011 the emigration increased so that the population decreased to 1,299 people in 2011.

coat of arms

Blazon : in silver a blue, overturned, curved, lowered point; in it a silver falcon ready to fly, standing on three golden ashlar stones, one over two standing stones. The municipality colors are blue-yellow-green.

politics

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The municipal council has 19 members.

  • With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 1997, the municipal council had the following distribution:
  • With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 2003, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 9 SPÖ.
  • With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 2009, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 4 FPÖ, and 3 SPÖ.
mayor
  • until 2009 Johann Jungbauer (SPÖ)
  • since 2009 Franz Wagner (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Klaffer am Hochficht  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  2. Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Klaffer am Hochficht, population development. Retrieved April 27, 2019 .
  3. ^ State of Upper Austria, history and geography, coat of arms. Retrieved April 27, 2019 .