Obermühl on the Danube

Obermühl an der Donau ( village ) locality
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Rohrbach  (RO), Upper Austria
Pole. local community	Kirchberg ob der Donau   ( KG  Kirchberg, Grub )
Coordinates	48 ° 27 '2 "  N , 13 ° 55' 15"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 27 '2 "  N , 13 ° 55' 15"  E
height	284  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	87 (January 1, 2020)
Post Code	4131
prefix	+ 43/07282
Statistical identification
Locality code	10969
Counting district / district	Kirchberg ob der Donau (41 314 000)
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; DORIS

Obermühl on the Danube is a village in Upper Austria and locality of the municipality Kirchberg ob der Donau , District Rohrbach im Mühlkreis.

geography

Obermühl on the Danube is 284  m above sea level. A. at the confluence of the Kleine Mühl with the Danube in the Upper Danube Valley , below the Schlögener loop . On the other bank of the Mühl and up the Danube is the Grafenau site of the Niederkappel community .

Neighborhoods are:

Hair (gem.  Niederkappel )	Starz (Gem.  Altenfelden )	Unteredt Steinerberg (Gem.  Altenfelden )
Grafenau (Gem.  Niederkappel )		Ebersdorf Kirchberg odD
Obergschwendt (municipality Haibach) (Gem.  Haibach ODD )	Köbling (Gem.  Haibach odD )	Stieberberg

population

Population and building status

1397	1749	1788	1825	1828	1869	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001
			149		156	207	152	184	141	131	110
7th	16	15th	18th	19th	23	29	28	38	38	37	40

Freyer grain box (1618)

Today Obermühl an der Donau comprises about 40 buildings along the Mühltal, with about 100 inhabitants.

Because of the backlog of the Danube power plant in Aschach , part of the town flooded and was relocated in 1961/62.

Attractions

• Filial church of the Birth of Mary : built in 1722, late baroque hall church with interior from the Rococo; it belongs to the parish Kirchberg of the dean's office Altenfelden

• Freyer-Körnerkasten: listed granary of the Renaissance, dated 1618, formerly four-storey, today three-storey building with a pinned hipped roof

economy

The most important local company is the paper wholesaler and processor Papierfabrik Obermühl Sonnberger GmbH .

traffic

Car ferry Obermühl – Kobling:

The Obermühl– Köbling car ferry is located in Obermühl , the only Danube crossing between Aschach and the Niederranna bridge over the Danube . It is only in operation during the day and in the summer season.

literature

• Rudolf Zeman: Kirchberg / Obermühl. History of the community and its surroundings . 1957.

Web links

• Entry on Obermühl an der Donau in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Danube ferry Obermühl – Köbling
• Hans Falkenberg: Obermühl paper mill. Industrial culture in the Mühlviertel. Company history, technology, people. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets. online (PDF; 6.5 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kurt Klein  (edit.): Historical local dictionary . Statistical documentation on population and settlement history. Ed .: Vienna Institute of Demography [VID] d. Austrian Academy of Sciences . Upper Austria Part 2, Obermühl an der Donau , p.  39 ( online document , explanations . Suppl . ; both PDF - oD [updated]). Special sources:  1397 Urbar Tannberg · 1618 Urbar Pürnstein · 1749, 1788: oA in Rudolf Zeman: Kirchberg / Obermühl. History of the community and its surroundings . 1957, p.
    358 ff . 1825 military conscription 1823/30 , cit. n. Benedikt Pillwein: History, geography and statistics of the Archduchy of Austria whether the Enns and the Duchy of Salzburg . (1827/32; new edition 1843). 1828 Franziszeischer Cadastre , OÖLA, cit. n. Rudolf Zeman: Kirchberg / Obermühl. History of the community and its surroundings . 1957, p. 358 ff . 1869 Central Statistical Commission (ed.): Local repertories of the kingdoms and countries represented in the Austrian Imperial Council . (1871 ff.). 1961 and later: Austrian Central Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Ortverzeichnis . (Results of the census).