Niederthalheim

Niederthalheim
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Vöcklabruck
License plate :	VB
Surface:	15.33 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 6 ′  N , 13 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  N , 13 ° 46 ′ 6 ″  E
Height :	431  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,098 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	72 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4692
Area code :	07673
Community code :	4 17 17
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 42 4692 Niederthalheim
Website:	www.niederthalheim.at
politics
Mayor :	Johann Öhlinger ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (13 members)	7th 5 1 7th 5 1  A total of 13 seats ÖVP : 7 FPÖ : 5 SPÖ : 1
Location of Niederthalheim in the Vöcklabruck district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Niederthalheim is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Vöcklabruck district in the Hausruckviertel with 1098 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Vöcklabruck .

geography

Niederthalheim is located at an altitude of 431 m in the Hausruckviertel. The extension is 6.4 km from north to south and 5.5 km from west to east. The total area is 15.5 km². 9.7% of the area is forested, 81.3% of the area is used for agriculture. The municipality is traversed from north to south by the Kroißbach .

Districts

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

• Albertsham (41)
• Bergham (14)
• Hainbach (23)
• Hehenberg (42)
• Iming (83)
• Kaiting (43)
• Coupling (7)
• Laah (23)
• Moss (17)
• Niederau (23)
• Niederthalheim (465)
• Oberau (40)
• Obersteindlberg (13)
• Oldenberg (22)
• Penetzdorf (36)
• Pengering (26)
• Rankar (36)
• Untersteindlberg (12)
• Fourth (29)
• Weikharting (5)
• Windham (63)
• Wufing (35)

coat of arms

Blazon : Increased split; above in gold a black, red armored and fire-breathing dragon, below in green a golden mill wheel. The community colors are green-yellow-black.

The dragon in the coat of arms awarded in 1985 indicates the parish patronage of St. Margareta , the mill wheel already used on an old municipal temple stands for the historical importance of the mill economy.

Population development

In 1991 the municipality had 1,068 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 1,076 inhabitants.

history

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 Austria was annexed to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, the place belonged to the Upper Danube Gau. After 1945, Upper Austria was restored.

Milling was once very important in Niederthalheim. There were once seven mills in the municipality of Niederthalheim. Today only one is in operation. It should also be mentioned that the coal railway transported the mined coal from 1854 to 1965 from the Kohlgrube mining area via Niederthalheim to Breitenschützing station, from where it was further transported via the Western Railway. For decades people were also transported on the coal railway. There were also two stops in the community. The community was part of the Schwanenstadt judicial district until the end of 2004 and became part of the Vöcklabruck judicial district on January 1, 2005.

politics

The municipal council has a total of 13 members. With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 7 ÖVP, 5 FPÖ and 1 SPÖ.

mayor

• since 2002 Johann Öhlinger (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Niederthalheim

• Parish church of Niederthalheim

Personalities

• Gabi Burgstaller (* 1963), lawyer and politician (SPÖ), Governor of Salzburg from 2004 to 2013

Web links

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

• Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
• 41717 - Niederthalheim. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Further information about the community of Niederthalheim can be found on the geographic 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 )