Mühlheim am Inn

Mühlheim am Inn
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Ried im Innkreis
License plate :	RI
Surface:	10.91 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 17 '  N , 13 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 17 '0 "  N , 13 ° 13' 1"  E
Height :	343  m above sea level A.
Residents :	660 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	60 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4961
Area code :	07723
Community code :	4 12 17
Address of the municipal administration:	Kirchenstrasse 2/1 4961 Mühlheim am Inn
Website:	www.muehlheim.at
politics
Mayor :	Franz Schöberl ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (2015) (13 members)	5 4th 4th 5 4th 4th  A total of 13 seats SPÖ : 5 ÖVP : 4 FPÖ : 4
Location of Mühlheim am Inn in the Ried im Innkreis district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Mühlheim am Inn is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district of Ried im Innkreis in the Innviertel with 660 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Ried im Innkreis .

geography

Mühlheim am Inn is 343 m above sea level in the Innviertel. The extension is 3.7 km from north to south and 4.9 km from west to east. The total area is 10.9 km². 15.7% of the area is forested, 64.8% of the area is used for agriculture.

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

• Gimpling (73)
• Muhlheim am Inn (496)
• Niederach (33)
• Stötting (58)

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms : Under a golden shield head, inside three blue, six-pointed stars, in blue a silver ship's mill with a red mill wheel. The community colors are red-white-blue.

history

Since the founding of the Duchy of Bavaria, 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 Franz Schöberl (SPÖ). The distribution of mandates in the municipal council is 5 SPÖ, 4 ÖVP and 4 FPÖ.

Population development

In 1991 the municipality had 669 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 649 inhabitants. The decrease occurred in spite of the positive birth balance , as emigration was greater. From 2001 to 2011 the birth balance and migration balance were negative, so that the population fell to 629 people.

Culture and sights

High altar and the side altars of the parish church Mühlheim am Inn

See also:  List of listed objects in Mühlheim am Inn

• Mühlheim Castle
• The parish church of Mühlheim am Inn is a Gothic religious building from 1500 with a west tower, a single-nave , three-bay nave and a retracted, lower choir . In the second quarter of the 18th century, the ribs were removed from both Gothic vaults (nave, choir) and the vault was decorated with frescoes and stucco. The high altar (probably at the beginning of the 19th century), the two side altars (around 1670/80) and the pulpit (around 1720) have baroque shapes.

Honorary citizen

• Ferdinand Grahamer (1857–1936), farmer and politician

Web links

Commons : Mühlheim am Inn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• More information about the community of Mühlheim am Inn on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Province of Upper Austria - Geographical data of the municipality of Mühlheim am Inn .
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ^ State of Upper Austria, history and geography, coat of arms. Retrieved April 9, 2019 . 
4. ^ Province of Upper Austria, results of the 2015 elections. Accessed April 9, 2019 . 
5. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Mühlheim am Inn, population development. Retrieved April 9, 2019 .