Oberhofen am Irrsee

The extension is 6 km from north to south and 6.7 km from west to east. The total area is 21.16 km², 34% of the area is forested, 59% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

Cadastral communities are Laiter and Rabenschwand .

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

Mountain (40)
Brunnberg (18)
Oak Path (79)
Fischhof (65)
Region (150)
Industrial area-Salzweg (8)
Haslach (31)
Haslau (4, near Sagmühle , Gem.Zell am Moos )
Höhenroith (56)
Laiter (198)
Oberhofen am Irrsee (177) capital
Obernberg (95)
Rabenschwand (192)
Römerhof (145)
Salt Trail (136)
Schoibern (17)
Welding (36)
Steinbach (19)
Floor (33)
Wegdorf (193)

The only counting area is Oberhofen am Irrsee for the entire community.

Neighboring communities

	Straßwalchen ( District Salzburg-Umg. , Sbg. )
Neumarkt am Wallersee ( District Salzburg-Umg. , Sbg. )
	Dig deep	Zell am Moos

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.

In 1784 the place got its own parish.

After the revolution of 1848/49 , the local community of Rabenschwand was created here on January 1, 1851 . With the opening of the Empress Elisabeth Railway in 1860, the station became more and more important, and on January 1, 1864, the community was renamed after the parish on Oberhofen .

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 1945 Upper Austria was restored.

Population development

In 1991 the community had 1145 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 1335 inhabitants.

Culture and sights

Parish church Oberhofen am Irrsee

politics

The distribution of seats since the municipal council election on September 27, 2015 :

12 mandates ÖVP
04 mandates FPÖ
03 mandates SPÖ

mayor

since December 2007 Elisabeth Höllwarth-Kaiser (ÖVP)

coat of arms

Blazon :

"Above a silver , wavy shield base , inside a blue wavy strip , in green a silver curlew with a black beak and black legs."

The municipality colors are green-white-blue.

The municipal coat of arms was awarded in 1979. The depicted rare curlew breeds only in a few places in Upper Austria, including in the north moor at Irrsee .

Regional policy

Oberhofen is a member of the LEADER region Mondseeland (REGMO) and the tourism region Mondseeland - Mondsee / Irrsee as part of the Salzkammergut .

Web links

Commons : Oberhofen am Irrsee - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Community website
41719 - Oberhofen am Irrsee. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Further information about the municipality of Oberhofen am Irrsee can be found on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
Entry on Oberhofen am Irrsee in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Oberhofen am Irrsee . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
^ Herbert Erich Baumert: The coats of arms of the cities, markets and communities of Upper Austria (5th addendum 1977–1979) . In: Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter, Issue 3/4, 1980, p. 130 ( online (PDF) in the OoeGeschichte.at forum)

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-1] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[2] Herbert Erich Baumert: The coats of arms of the cities, markets and communities of Upper Austria (5th addendum 1977–1979) . In: Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter, Issue 3/4, 1980, p. 130 ( online (PDF) in the OoeGeschichte.at forum)