Mettmach

market community Mettmach
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Ried im Innkreis
License plate :	RI
Surface:	29.58 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 10 '  N , 13 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 10 '25 "  N , 13 ° 20' 42"  E
Height :	464  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,354 (Jan 1, 2020)
Population density :	80 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4931
Area code :	07755
Community code :	4 12 15
Address of the municipal administration:	Marktplatz 1 4931 Mettmach
Website:	mettmach.at
politics
Mayor :	Erich Gaisbauer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (25 members)	10 8th 7th 10 8th 7th  A total of 25 seats ÖVP : 10 FPÖ : 8 SPÖ : 7
Location of Mettmach in the district of Ried im Innkreis
Aerial view of Mettmach
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Mettmach is a market town in Upper Austria in the Ried im Innkreis district in the Innviertel with 2354 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Ried im Innkreis .

geography

Mettmach lies at an altitude of 464 m on the edge of the Kobernaußerwald . The extension is from north to south 10.8 km, from west to east 5.9 km. The total area is 29.5 km². 23.7% of the area is forested, 67.5% of the area is used for agriculture.

The Mettmacher Ache also runs through the municipality, which then flows into the Waldzeller Ache ( Ach ).

Districts of the municipality

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

Aichet (49) Aigen (2) Arnberg (117) including Tiefenthal Atzing (13) Berstenham (9) Bockenbach (21) Duttenberg (30) Gledt (58)

Grading (20) Grossenreith (51) Grossweiffendorf (260) Gügling (42) Hub (59) Jagleck (31) Karlberg (3) Katzenberg (20)

Kleinreith (97) including Ried Kleinweiffendorf (83) Kriegledt (16) Lehen (37) including Pfanthal Mairing (19) Mettmach (476) Mitterdorf (243) Nagsdorf (73)

Neulendt (27) Newborn (116) Nösting (90) including wimpling Oberdorf (110) Scherwolling (11) Staxroith (15) Warmanstadl (156) including Kornschlag

Neighboring communities

	Kirchheim im Innkreis	Mehrnbach
Aspach ( Braunau district )		Lohnsburg am Kobernaußerwald
St. Johann am Walde ( Braunau district )

Population development

The population has been falling since 1991 as emigration increases and the birth rate declines.

history

The first documentary mention of Mettmach can be found in a deed of donation from Emperor Konrad II to a Count Pilgrim in Mattiggau, at that time the noble seats Hub , Neundling, Weiffendorf , Mairing and Katzenberg were mentioned in the local area. In 1150 the name of a certain "Chuno de Metemenha" appears, a first reference to the current name of the place. In the 12th century a tavern was built in the village, which probably does not characterize the place as a simple village, but as a Hofmark.

Since the founding of the Duchy of Bavaria, Mettmach was Bavarian until 1779 and came to Austria after the Treaty of Teschen with the Innviertel (then 'Innbaiern'). During the Napoleonic Wars briefly Bavarian again, Mettmach has been part of Austria on the Enns since 1814 . In 1849 Mettmach became a political municipality, which was established from the tax communities of Mettmach, Hub, Neundling and Weiffendorf, in 1876 the municipality became its own parish.

After the connection of Austria to the German Reich on 13 March 1938, the place to "Upper Danube" belonged. After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria took place.

In 1960 the lower and upper jaws of a gomphotherium were found in the corridors of the community .

In 1983 Mettmach was finally raised to the status of a market town and was given a municipal coat of arms.

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms : square of gold and green; 1 a blue, obliquely left wavy bar, 2 a silver trunk (gomphotherium) breaking out of the edge of the shield, 3 and 4 two color-changed theater masks, turned away, connected by a knotted ribbon, the right cheerful, the left serious.

The community colors are green-yellow-blue

While the first field shows the Mettmacher Ache, which gives the municipality its name, and the head of a gomphotherium in the second field reminds of prehistory , the two lower, color-changing fields show two theater masks as a symbol for the Mettmacher Festival, which has been known for decades.

politics

The municipal council consists of 25 members whose term of office is six years. Since the last local elections in 2015, the seats have been distributed among the individual parties and groups as follows: ÖVP 10 seats, SPÖ 7 seats, FPÖ 8 seats.

mayor

• until 2015 Johann Katzlberger (ÖVP)
• since 2015 Erich Gaisbauer (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Mettmach parish church

Branch church Arnberg

Yew trees in Großweiffendorf

Marterl in Mettmach

See also:  List of listed objects in Mettmach

• Mettmach parish church
• Branch church Arnberg
• Grossenreith Fire Brigade Museum
• Weighing museum at the Bogner inn
• Mettmach Passion Play: The place is known nationwide primarily for the Mettmach Passion Play - the only Passion Play venue in Upper Austria. This theater group was founded in 1947 by the war returnees Georg Vorhauer, Ernst Stranzinger and Josef Hager. At the beginning they played various pieces a. a. Farmers Jedermann and Franzl . In 1950, on the advice of the local pastor, the first Passion Play was performed in Mettmach. Since then, folk plays and the Passion Play have been performed alternately. It is played in a theater hall (converted granary), which can seat 600 people.
• Innviertel Symphony Orchestra - ISO. The Innviertel Symphony Orchestra is composed of up to 140 young musicians from different countries. Events are the New Year's Concert and a summer concert in Mettmach and Ried im Innkreis.
• Culture in Mettmach - KIMM: The events of the new cultural association in Mettmach, which regularly brings sophisticated cabarets to Mettmach, are very popular.
• Market music band Mettmach - MMKM: The market music band of the municipality of Mettmach has been an important cultural component for decades. Around 50 musicians organize various festivities, including a spring concert, and are very well received by the audience.
• A cappella choir

Natural monuments

• There are two European yew trees at the sawmill entrance in Großweiffendorf.
• Mountain elm and ivy are in the garden of a house on Gartenstrasse.
• The so-called Schlosslinde ( winter linden tree ) stands around 30 m east of Hub Castle .

Sports

• UTTC Mettmach - national league table tennis
• UFC Mettmach
• ÖTB Turnverein Mettmach-Neundling 1908
• UNION Mettmach - stick shooters
• Record thrower club - Mettmach

leisure

• The Roman Inn - Attersee cycle path runs through the municipality of Mettmach .
• In 2013 a new network of hiking trails, the so-called Mettmach Movement Arena, was created. The municipal area of ​​Mettmach can be explored over a length of around 80 km.
• In winter - starting from Großweiffendorf - a classic style cross-country ski trail with a length of around 13 km is groomed.

Public facilities

• The Mettmach library is one of the public institutions worth mentioning. Here it is possible to borrow books for a small fee.
• The so-called parent-child center, EKIZ for short, provides leisure activities that are tailored to children. Evenings with lectures and parenting tips are often organized for parents.
• There are public children's playgrounds in Großweiffendorf and Mettmach.
• In 1964 an outdoor pool was opened in the Mitterdorf district and completely renovated in 1997.
• Waste material collection center

education

• The community operates a kindergarten with four groups, two of which are family groups (children aged 3–6) and two age-extended groups
• Arnberg elementary school (one-class) and Mettmach elementary school (four-class)
• New Mettmach Middle School
• Polytechnic school, which is also attended by students from the neighboring communities
• The regional music school Ried im Innkreis operates a branch in Mettmach (Mettmach Music School)

Health and social

• The place has a community doctor and a dentist
• Four volunteer fire brigades are represented in the community: Mettmach - Großweiffendorf - Arnberg - Neundling
• The supervised living in Mettmach comprises nine residential units and offers space for people in need
• Since 1997 there has been a local Red Cross office in Mettmach . This carries out the rescue and ambulance service and organizes the meal on wheels campaign
• A Pro Juventute children's home was founded in 1974 in Großweiffendorf. A large number of children and young people find a new home in Haus Sonne

Personalities

• Anton Reinthaller (1895–1958), landowner and politician
• Anton Schott (1866–1945), writer
• Franz Gaisbauer (1896–1949), member of the state parliament
• Franz Schürer (1900–1973), Member of the National Council (SPÖ)
• Ludwig Weinberger (1911–1966), teacher and Quaternary researcher
• Johann Jascha (* 1942), painter, draftsman and sculptor
• Inge Maux (* 1944), actress
• Günter Patoczka (1956–2015), painter and set designer

with reference to Mettmach

• Pope Pius II. (1405–1464), pastor of the dean's office in Aspach (including Mettmach) 1444–1447

literature

• Market town of Mettmach (Ed.): Mettmach - life with culture. Heimatbuch der Marktgemeinde, 2011, ISBN 978-3-902684-20-2 .

Web links

Wikivoyage: Mettmach  - travel guide

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

• Further information about the municipality of Mettmach can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Province of Upper Austria - Geographical data of the municipality of Mettmach .
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Mettmach, population development. Retrieved April 11, 2019 . 
4. ^ State of Upper Austria, history and geography, coat of arms. Retrieved April 11, 2019 . 
5. ^ Province of Upper Austria, results of the 2015 elections. Accessed April 11, 2019 . 
6. ^ Mettmach Theater
7. ↑ Natural monuments in OOE (PDF; 104 MB).
8. ↑ Römerradweg - Innviertelrunde ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
9. ↑ Hiking trails in the Innviertel - Mettmach ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ^ Upper Austria regional library - Aspach community
11. ^ Market town of Aspach - Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary