Neuhofen an der Krems

market community Neuhofen an der Krems
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Linz Land
License plate :	LL
Surface:	17.96 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 8 '  N , 14 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 8 '1 "  N , 14 ° 14' 0"  E
Height :	303  m above sea level A.
Residents :	6,637 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	370 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4501
Area code :	07227
Community code :	4 10 14
Address of the municipal administration:	Kirchenplatz 3 4501 Neuhofen an der Krems
Website:	www.neuhofen-krems.at
politics
Mayor :	Günter Engertsberger ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (2015) (31 members)	12 12 4th 3 12 12 4th 3  A total of 31 seats ÖVP : 12 SPÖ : 12 FPÖ : 4 GREEN : 3
Location of Neuhofen an der Krems in the Linz-Land district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Neuhofen an der Krems is a market town in the Linz-Land district in central Upper Austria with 6637 (as of January 1, 2020) inhabitants. The responsible judicial district is the judicial district of Traun .

geography

The place is located at an altitude of 303 m in the middle of the city triangle Linz - Wels - Steyr . The extension is from north to south 6.3 km, from west to east 6.4 km. The total area is 17.9 km². 9.5% of the area is forested, 74.9% of the area is used for agriculture.

The municipality borders in the north on the city of Ansfelden and Pucking , in the east on St. Marien , in the south on Piberbach , in the south-west on Kematen an der Krems and in the west on Allhaming .

Districts

Districts of the community are Dambach, Fischen, Freiling, Gries, Guglberg, Julianaberg, Lining, Neuhofen and Weißenberg.

Neighboring communities

Pucking	Ansfelden
Allhaming		St. Mary
Kematen on the Krems		Piberbach

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms : Shared; above in blue a golden, red-horned and armed, fire-breathing, half-erect panther; at the bottom the red antiqua capital letter N in silver, set with a cross adjoining the dividing line. The municipality colors are yellow-red.

history

Dambach after Georg Matthäus Vischer from 1674

The earliest written record is from 888 and reads "Niwanhoua" ( at the new homesteads ).

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 . In Schloss Gschwendt , a branch of the Niedernhart state insane asylum in Linz, many patients were murdered by means of malnutrition and medication under the medical direction of Rudolf Lonauer . After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria took place.

politics

Market town office

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 31 members and has been made up of mandates from the following parties since the 2015 municipal council election:

• 12 SPÖ - provides the mayor
• 12 ÖVP
• 3 greens
• 4 FPÖ

Mayor is Günter Engertsberger from the SPÖ.

Population development

In 1991, according to the census, the community had 4,665 inhabitants, in 2001 it had 5,615 inhabitants (of which 5,402 main residences and 213 secondary residences), in 2011 5652 people lived in the community.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Neuhofen an der Krems

• Parish church Neuhofen an der Krems

education

• Elementary school Neuhofen
• New Middle School Neuhofen
• Music school in the forum

Personalities

Sons and Daughters of the Church:

• Georg Freiherr von Derfflinger (1606–1695), Brandenburg General Field Marshal
• Hans Stadlmair (1929–2019), conductor and composer

People related to the community:

• Celestine Josef Ganglbauer (1817–1889), Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Vienna and Cardinal; Chaplain in Neuhofen
• Hubert Preibsch (1892–1959), Sudeten German politician (NSDAP)
• Franz Felbringer (1903–1971), farmer and politician (SPÖ)
• Rudolf Lonauer (1907–1945), National Socialist, euthanasia doctor
• Andreas Findig (1961–2018), writer; grew up in Neuhofen
• Christine Haiden (* 1962), journalist and author, editor-in-chief of Welt der Frauen

safety

Weissenberg volunteer fire department

In the municipality of Neuhofen an der Krems there are two volunteer fire brigades (Neuhofen / Krems and Weissenberg) and a local office of the Upper Austrian Red Cross .

Web links

Commons : Neuhofen an der Krems  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Neuhofen an der Krems website
• 41014 - Neuhofen an der Krems. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Further information about the community of Neuhofen an der Krems on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .