Kleinzell in the Mühlkreis

Kleinzell in the Mühlkreis lies at 548 m above sea level in the Upper Mühlviertel . In terms of the nature conservation spatial structure, the majority of the municipal area belongs to the Central Mühlviertel highlands , but the southwestern peripheral area belongs to the Danube Gorge and side valleys . The extension is 6.2 km from north to south and 4.2 km from west to east. The total area is 16.2 km². 31 percent of the area is forested, 62 percent of the area is used for agriculture, 0.9 percent of water and 0.7 percent of building land. Neighboring communities are Neufelden in the north, St. Ulrich in the Mühlkreis in the northeast, Niederwaldkirchen in the east, St. Martin in the Mühlkreis in the southeast, Kirchberg ob der Donau in the southwest and Altenfelden in the west.

Geology and soils

The landscape of the municipality is part of the Bohemian Massif and belongs to the southeastern part of the Granite Highlands. The landscape falls from north to south, from the Bohemian Forest to the Danube, and is characterized by deeply cut streams. The Bohemian mass goes back to a very old mountain range that arose from the Variscan mountain formation in the Paleozoic ( Carboniferous ), with the formation of granites and gneiss . After the strong erosion of the former high mountains, the Bohemian mass was lifted by several 100 meters during the Alpidic mountain formation in the Tertiary , causing fractures and faults. Subsequently, sediments were deposited in the Tertiary and Quaternary periods . The predominant rocks in the municipality are migmatite gneiss , pearl gneiss and coarse-grained gneiss. The landscape itself has flat low mountain ranges and steep slopes towards the Danube valley, the soil form predominating brown earth podsol series made of crystalline. There is brown earth in deep layers such as the Danube valley and on more nutrient-rich granite and gneiss.

Landscapes and nature conservation

The community area is divided into three landscape areas, with the main settlement area with the places "Am Edhügel" and Kleinzell occupying the center and the southeast and eastern part of the community area. The main settlement area is located on a high-relief, well-structured high plateau in which small to large-scale forest areas can also be found. Large forest areas are mostly home to spruce forests, while small areas of deciduous or mixed deciduous coniferous forests are used. The green and arable land is used intensively in this area. The northern part of the municipality with smaller villages and hamlets such as Apfelsbach, Edholz, Schörgenhub and Etzleinsberg is taken up by a slightly relief, moderately structured high plateau that is used intensively for agriculture. There are hardly any large forest areas here, while spruce forests predominate in smaller forest areas. The third landscape area on the northern, western and southern edge areas is the valley of the Großer Mühl and its wooded side valleys. Here you will find extensive hillside forests, mostly coniferous or coniferous forests as well as near-natural hillside forests in the south. In the southwest of the municipality, Kleinzell also has a share in the Upper Danube and Aschach Valley European Protected Area (FFH area), whereby the protected area consists of the presence of near-natural forests such as grove-beech forests, bedstraw-oak-hornbeam forests, ravine and mixed sloping forests as well as silicate rocks Crevice and pioneer vegetation is based. Since black storks and eagle owls breed in the Upper Danube Valley, the area is also designated as a bird sanctuary. In addition, the edge area of the nature reserve "Slope forests in the valley of the Große Mühl" is located in the municipality area, which is characterized by east-facing steep slope zones with red beech forests, ravine forests and unforested log heaps. To a lesser extent, the municipality also has extensive grassland locations with mesophilic colored meadows as well as poor road and path embankments.

Community structure

Population of the districts
District	2001	2011
At the Edhügel	193	228
Apple stream	133	133
Edholz	102	138
Etzleinsberg	030th	027
dig	035	022nd
Grünental	063	056
Small cell	411	407
Partenstein	004th	008th
Ramersberg	58	54
Schörgenhub	036	027
Steining	050	062
Weigelsdorf	209	237
fence	068	068

The municipality of Kleinzell in the Mühlkreis is congruent with the cadastral municipality of Kleinzell, with 13 districts being distinguished. In the eastern center of the municipality is the village of Kleinzell ( 548 m above sea level ), the main town or the most populous part of the municipality. To the east, the Weigelsdorf district with Gneisenau Castle connects to Kleinzell , and to the west is the “Am Edhügel” district. The Rotte Weigelsdorf is the second largest in terms of population, the settlement "Am Edhügel" the third largest district of the municipality. Both districts have already grown together with Kleinzell. In the south and southeast of the municipality there are only smaller districts of the municipality. These are the village of Ramersberg ( 460 m above sea level ) south of Kleinzell or Weigelsdof and the Rotte Partenstein even further south, as well as the Rotte Steining, the scattered settlement Zaun ( 520 m above sea level ) and the Rotte Grünental to the south-east and east the settlement "Am Edhügel". The districts of Apfelsbach, Graben, Etzleinsberg and Schörgenhub are located in the north of the municipality or north of Rohrbacher Straße. The largest of the four settlements and fourth largest district of Kleinzell is the scattered settlement of Apfelsbach ( 550 m above sea level ) between the main road and the railway line , with the hamlet of Berg lying south of Rohrbacher Strasse and the individual farms or deserted areas of Pisling, Sunzenau and Mödlhof to be counted to Apfelsbach. The Rotte Graben and the scattered settlements Etzleinsberg and Schörgenhub are located north of the railway line. The fifth largest district of the municipality, the Rotte Edholz ( 550 m above sea level ), is located in the northern center of the municipality, where Edholz also includes the Seltenhof farm.

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

On Edhügel (253)
Apple stream (126)
Edwood (145)
Edwiese (94)
Etzleinsberg (38)
Trench (26)
Grünental (58)
Kleinzell im Mühlkreis (457)
Partenstein (9)
Ramersberg (55)
Schörgenhub (30)
Steining (75)
Weigelsdorf (223)
Fence (61)

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms : A golden, striding lion over a silver, square wall in green. The lion comes from the Schallenberg family coat of arms . The municipality colors are green-white-green.

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 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.

Originally, the community was part of the Neufelden judicial district from 1850 , but after its dissolution it was added to the Rohrbach judicial district on January 1, 2003.

politics

The municipal council, as the highest body of the municipality, has 19 seats. The strongest parliamentary group in the Kleinzell municipal council is the ÖVP, which between 1973 and 2009 was able to achieve an absolute majority in the mandate and, with one exception, an absolute majority of votes. The ÖVP achieved election results between 49.8 and 68.7 percent during this period. The second strongest party, with one exception, was the SPÖ, which could achieve between 22.2 and 40.4 percent. The SPÖ only slipped to third place in 1991, when a list of citizens entered the municipal council election once. and could combine 38.0 percent. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) has also been represented in the municipal council since 1991 . It reached between 5.0 and 10.7 percent.

In the last municipal council election in 2009, the ÖVP received 11, the SPÖ 6, and the FPÖ 2 mandates.

mayor

until 2015 Franz Hofer (ÖVP)
since 2015 Klaus Falkinger (ÖVP)

The Vice Mayor is also provided by the ÖVP.

Population development

In 2013 there were 1,472 people in the municipality of Kleinzell, placing Kleinzell in the middle of the 42 municipalities in the district. In terms of population density, however, Kleinzell had the eighth highest population density in the district area. At the end of 2001, 98.3 percent of the population were Austrian citizens (Upper Austria 92.8 percent, Rohrbach district 96.9 percent), by the beginning of 2013 the value had changed to 98.2 percent (Upper Austria 91.1 percent, Rohrbach district 96, 9 percent) hardly. A total of only 26 foreigners were counted in the municipality in 2013, 81 percent of whom came from Europe. In 2001, 95.8 percent of the population committed to the Roman Catholic Church (Upper Austria: 79.4 percent), 2.2 percent were without confession, 0.9 percent were Islamic and 0.7 percent were Protestant.

The average age of the community population in 2001 was slightly above the national average. 17.7 percent of the residents of Kleinzell were younger than 15 years (Upper Austria: 18.8 percent), 59.3 percent between 15 and 59 years old (Upper Austria: 61.6 percent). The proportion of residents over 59 years of age was 23.0 percent, well above the national average of 20.2 percent. As a result, the average age of the population of Kleinzell changed in all segments. The proportion of people under the age of 15 fell to 16.1 percent as of January 1, 2013, while the proportion of people between the ages of 15 and 59 increased significantly to 65.8 percent. The proportion of people over 59 years of age, however, fell to 18.1 percent. According to marital status, in 2001 47.5 percent of the residents of Kleinzell were single, 41.8 percent married, 8.9 percent widowed and 1.8 percent divorced.

The community of Kleinzell recorded a slightly negative population development between the late 19th century and the middle of the 20th century, with the population fluctuating between around 1,050 and 1,200. The municipality had the highest population during this period in the 1900 census. the lowest in 1951. The population development was comparable with the district development, but was far below the regional average of Upper Austria. After 1951, the population began to rise, with greater growth rates being recorded in the 1950s, 1960s and since 2001, with the number of inhabitants almost stagnating in between. The community has been suffering from a strongly negative birth balance for decades, which can only be offset by immigration.

Culture and sights

Gneisenau Castle

Parish church of Kleinzell in the Mühlkreis

Ramersberg pilgrimage chapel

Partenstein storage power plant

Gneisenau Castle : The former moated castle is the most famous building in Kleinzell. Today it is used as a retirement home.
Catholic parish church Kleinzell in the Mühlkreis hl. Laurentius
Ramersberg pilgrimage chapel
Partenstein storage power plant: At the time of its construction / completion (1924), the power plant was the largest hydropower plant in Europe.
Dom-Bau-Bruch Kleinzell: A quarry in Kleinzell, which supplies most of the stones for the construction of the New Linz Cathedral .

traffic

Kleinzell im Mühlkreis is connected to the regional transport network via Rohrbacher Straße (B 127). It runs in the north from east to west through the municipality and thus connects Kleinzell to the neighboring municipalities of St. Martin im Mühlkreis and Neufelden. The community area itself is accessed through various state and community roads. In the northern municipality, this is the Neufeldener Landesstraße (L 1518), which branches off the Rohrbacher Straße near Heissenedt and connects the districts of Apfelsbach and Graben with the municipality of Neufelden. The other districts are connected by local roads.

Kleinzell is connected to the public transport network by the Mühlkreisbahn and regional bus routes. The route of the Mühlkreisbahn runs in the north of the municipality, with the Kleinzell train station in combination with a commuter parking lot at the intersection of Rohrbacher Strasse and Neufeldener Bezirksstrasse. The Kleinzell train station is also met by bus route 230, which runs between Linz and Rohrbach. The bus line 217, which runs between the train station, the Am Edhügel settlement, the center and the village of Edholz, also connects the center of the village to the Kleinzell train station.

Personalities

Andrea Höglinger , international research funding expert

Web links

Commons : Kleinzell im Mühlkreis - collection of images, videos and audio files

41316 - Kleinzell in the Mühlkreis. Community data, Statistics Austria .
More information about the community of Kleinzell in the Mühlkreis on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

^ Province of Upper Austria (PDF; 210 kB) Local council elections in Kleinzell

↑ Province of Upper Austria (PDF; 200 kB) Results of mayoral elections

↑ ^a ^b Province of Upper Austria ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Population levels in Upper Austria in comparison by citizenship @1@ 2

↑ Statistics Austria: Population by religion and federal states 1951 to 2001 (accessed on October 2, 2013)

↑ ^a ^b Statistics Austria community data from Kleinzell in the Mühlkreis

↑ ^a ^b Province of Upper Austria ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Resident population in Upper Austria compared by age group @1@ 2

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-1] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[2] Province of Upper Austria (PDF; 210 kB) Local council elections in Kleinzell

[3] Province of Upper Austria (PDF; 200 kB) Results of mayoral elections