Mörschwang

Mörschwang
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Ried im Innkreis
License plate :	RI
Surface:	11 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 18 '  N , 13 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '14 "  N , 13 ° 21' 57"  E
Height :	383  m above sea level A.
Residents :	343 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	31 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4982
Area code :	07758
Community code :	4 12 16
Address of the municipal administration:	Mörschwang No. 15 4982 Mörschwang
Website:	www.moerschwang.at
politics
Mayor :	Josef Högl ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (9 members)	8th 1 8th 1  A total of 9 seats ÖVP : 8 GREEN : 1
Location of Mörschwang in the Ried im Innkreis district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Mörschwang is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district of Ried im Innkreis in the Innviertel with 343 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Ried im Innkreis .

geography

Mörschwang lies at an altitude of 383 m in the Innviertel. The extension is 6.4 km from north to south and 6.2 km from west to east. The total area is 11.2 km². 22.3% of the area is forested, 68.8% of the area is used for agriculture.

Districts of the municipality

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

• Forest lift (31) including Hörndl
• Gripping ring (23)
• Great Murham (17)
• Moosböck (13)
• Mörschwang (131)
• Möslwimm (16)
• Muhlberg (83)
• Rottenberg (7)
• Schalchham (22)

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms : stepped obliquely to the left; above in gold a black, left-turned, erect, red-armored and horned, fire-spraying panther; below in blue half of a golden, broken wheel, with the broken side after the division, which is equipped with golden knives on the outside in the extension of the spokes. The municipality colors are blue-yellow-black.

history

Since the founding of the Duchy of Baiern, the place was Bavarian until 1779 and came to Austria after the Treaty of Teschen with the Innviertel (then "Innbaiern"). Briefly Bavarian again during the Napoleonic Wars , since 1814 it has finally belonged to 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.

politics

Mayor is Josef Högl from the ÖVP. Since September 2015 there are 8 municipal council seats for the ÖVP and one seat for the Greens. The Greens are voting for the first time.

Population development

In 1991 the community had 314 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 294 inhabitants. The population decline was due to emigration. From 2001 to 2011, both the birth balance and the migration balance were positive, so that the community grew to 309 people.

Culture and sights

Southeast view of the parish church

See also:  List of listed objects in Mörschwang

• The parish church of St. Margarethe is a Gothic religious building that was consecrated in 1523 and is surrounded by the cemetery. The church has a single nave , three bay nave and a single bay choir of the same width . The mighty tower was built in the southern choir corner. The high altar is dated 1702 and the side altars were probably created by Thomas Schwanthaler around 1670 .

Web links

Commons : Mörschwang  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Regional database
• Page about Mörschwang
• Further information about the municipality of Mörschwang can be found on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ State of Upper Austria, history and geography, coat of arms. Retrieved April 9, 2019 . 
3. ^ Province of Upper Austria, results of the 2015 elections. Accessed April 9, 2019 . 
4. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Mörschwang, population development. Retrieved April 9, 2019 . 
5. ^ Erwin Hainisch (revised by Kurt Woisetschläger ): Dehio Oberösterreich ; Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, 5th edition, Vienna 1971, page 204