Niederneukirchen

Niederneukirchen
Climate diagram
	Temperature in ° C , precipitation in mm
	Source: climate-data.ord

Niederneukirchen

coat of arms

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Upper Austria

Political District :

Linz Land

License plate :

LL

Surface:

20.78 km²

Coordinates :

48 ° 10 ' N , 14 ° 20' E Coordinates: 48 ° 9 '37 " N , 14 ° 20' 23" E

Height :

336 m above sea level A.

Residents :

2,108 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

101 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

4491

Area code :

07224

Community code :

4 10 15

NUTS region

AT312

Address of the
municipal administration:

Dorfplatz 1
4491 Niederneukirchen

Website:

www.niederneukirchen.ooe.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Christoph Gallner ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : (2015)
(25 members)

14th

8th

3

14th 8th 3

A total of 25 seats

ÖVP : 14
SPÖ : 8
FPÖ : 3

Location of Niederneukirchen in the Linz-Land district

The place coming from St. Marien . (2005)

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Niederneukirchen is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Linz-Land district with 2108 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community was originally part of the Enns judicial district , since January 1, 2014, the community has been part of the Steyr judicial district .

geography

Niederneukirchen is located at an altitude of 336 m in the Upper Austrian central area , approx. 25 km outside of Linz . The extension is 6.9 km from north to south, and 5.2 km from west to east. The total area is 20.78 km². 10% of the area is forested, 80.4% of the area is used for agriculture. Several small brooks flow through the municipality; the most important is the Ipfbach .

climate

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Niederneukirchen

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C )	2.2	3.7	9.7	15.1	20.0	23.4	25.2	24.3	20.5	14.1	7.0	3.4	O	14.1
Min. Temperature (° C)	−5.1	−5.0	−1.0	3.2	7.6	11.2	12.7	12.0	8.5	3.8	0.1	−2.7	O	3.8
Temperature (° C)	−1.5	−0.7	4.3	9.1	13.8	17.3	18.9	18.1	14.5	8.9	3.5	−0.3	O	8.9

Precipitation ( mm )	46	57	53	64	92	116	121	98	68	53	60	57	Σ	885

Source: climate-data.ord

Community structure

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

Dörfl (307)
Grunbrunn (220)
Niederneukirchen (1089)
Obereglsee (95)
Ruprechtshofen (318)
Ditch (19)
Untereglsee (60)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Dörfl, Grünbrunn, Niederneukirchen and Ruprechtshofen.

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms: In silver from a red shield base, in it a silver daisy flower with a golden lug, two outwardly inclined branches with green leaves growing; above it a blue heraldic lily. The municipality colors are green-white-blue. The blue lily is the symbol of the pilgrimage church in Ruprechtshofen.

history

The earliest written testimony is from 889 and means "Noua ecclesia" (Latin for new church ). In German, the place name appears for the first time in the 11th century as "Niunchirchin". The name refers to the Christianization of Upper Austria in the 9th century.

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.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 25 members and has been composed of mandates from the following parties since the 2015 municipal council election:

14 ÖVP
8 SPÖ
3 FPÖ

In the election on September 27, 2015, Christoph Gallner was elected mayor of the ÖVP, while the vice-mayor is Gertraud Gallner of the ÖVP and Kurt Ebner of the SPÖ. Head of office is Helga Templ.