Obernberg am Inn

market community

Obernberg am Inn

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Basic data

Country: Austria

State : Upper Austria

Political District : Ried im Innkreis

License plate : RI

Surface: 2.36 km²

Coordinates : 48 ° 19 ' N , 13 ° 20' E Coordinates: 48 ° 19 '16 " N , 13 ° 20' 10" E48.321111111111 13.336111111111 354

Height : 354 m above sea level A.

Residents : 1,617 (January 1, 2020)

Population density : 685 inhabitants per km²

Postal code : 4982

Area code : 07758

Community code : 4 12 19

NUTS region AT311

Address of the
municipal administration: Marktplatz 1
4982 Obernberg am Inn

Website: www.obernberg.at

politics

Mayor : Martin Bruckbauer (BOMB)

Municipal Council : (2015)
(19 members)

6th

5

4th

3

1

6th 5 4th 3 1

A total of 19 seats

ÖVP : 6
BOMB : 5
FPÖ : 4
SPÖ : 3
GREEN : 1

Location of Obernberg am Inn in the Ried im Innkreis district

Marketplace of Obernberg

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Obernberg am Inn is a market town in Upper Austria in the Ried im Innkreis district in the Innviertel with 1617 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Ried im Innkreis .

geography

Obernberg am Inn lies at an altitude of 354 m in the Innviertel. The extension is from north to south 2.6 km, from west to east 2.3 km. The total area is 2.3 km². 8.7% of the area is forested, 47.8% of the area is used for agriculture.

history

First documented mention around 950 AD under the rule of the Counts of Vornbach as "Oprenberg". Towards the end of the 12th century Obernberg came under the rule of the Passau bishops and later formed an enclave in the otherwise Bavarian Innviertel . Bishop Wolfger (coat of arms) had the market square and the castle square laid out in 1199. In 1276 the place received market rights from the Roman-German King Rudolf von Habsburg . Ship tolls and handicrafts made the place rich. In 1550, Bishop Wolfger's old castle complex was replaced by a castle under Bishop Wolfgang von Salm . Several fires devastated the place in the 17th century, but the splendid Baroque successor buildings formed the basis of the beauty of the place.

After the Treaty of Teschen in 1779, the surrounding Innviertel (then 'Innbaiern') became part of Austria, and in 1782 Bishop Leopold Ernst von Passau Obernberg ceded to Austria. During the Napoleonic Wars, the fortifications of the castle grounds and the tower were largely demolished (1807) and Obernberg was briefly Bavarian, but since 1816 it has finally belonged to Upper Austria. In the middle of the 19th century, trade shifted away from shipping and rafting to the railroad. The economic decline was the result.

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.

Until 2005 Obernberg am Inn was the seat of a district court and the center of the judicial district Obernberg am Inn see also: Burg Obernberg

Population development

In 1991 the community had 1,759 inhabitants. Since the birth balance was very negative until 2001 (−116), the population decreased to 1,703 people despite immigration. The birth rate continued to decline until 2011 (−259), so that the population fell to 1,448.

politics

mayor

1984–2009 Wolfgang Schleich (ÖVP)
2009–2014 Stephan Fattinger (ÖVP)
since 2014 Martin Bruckbauer (BOMB)

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms : In silver on a green three-mountain, a red, silver-armed wolf growing from the central dome with a golden, outwardly curved bishop's staff in its front paws.

partnership

Germany Berching in Upper Bavaria ( Germany ), since 1973

Culture and sights

Obernberger Marktplatz: The Obernberg marketplace with its Rococo stucco facades of the Schiffsmeister- (near Gurtentor), apothecary and Wörndle house by the Bavarian artist Johann Baptist Modler is worthwhile .
Heimathaus im Gurtentor: was founded in 1927 at the suggestion of the chairman of the Beautification Association, Josef Lang, and opened in 1931. After the end of the war and repair of a supporting beam damaged by an American crane truck, the house was expanded to 9 rooms in 1946. In 1980/81 there was a complete redesign and expansion to 10 showrooms.
Kunsthaus: An art house was opened in the castle area and in the newly designed gardens, theater events are held from time to time on the Egglfing and Obernberg am Inn stages .
Parish church Obernberg am Inn : The parish church was added to the “Gottleichnamskapelle” (body of Christ chapel, today presbytery) in 1447 , so it is the only Catholic church in Austria to have the title “For Holy Communion”. The Gothic wood carving "Anna Selbdritt" and the Anna chapel with Gothic frescoes attached to the tower and nave (not freely accessible, incompletely uncovered) are remarkable . Altar figures on the pulpit and the triumphal arch come from the Schwanthaler 's workshop.
Nikolauskirche: In the Nikolauskirche in Vormarkt Ufer (Schifferkirche) the boatmen were once said goodbye to their dangerous onward journey. Now the church is used as an exhibition and concert space and for special services (St. Nicholas mass).

tourism

Obernberg am Inn is located on the so-called Inn Cycle Path, which also leads through the Innauen and past the Vogelinsel, these invite you to hike and at the Innstausee you can watch all kinds of water birds in the Unterer Inn European reserve or go fishing.

Viewpoints

Coming from Reichersberg towards the center: Pflegeerspitz (Reha)
from the center towards Kirchdorf: Mauthnerstiege, Peterl am Berg, Köpfstätte and others

Regular events

Horse market: Saturday after Josefi (beginning of spring)
Market festival (beginning of June)
Cellar festival of SV Obernberg (mid-September)
Nikolaus boat trip on the Inn (December 6th)

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Otto Lutz (1843–1903), headmaster and father of the painter Anton Lutz (1894–1992)
Walter Fritz (1921–1994), politician (ÖVP)
Georg Leberbauer (1926–2016), politician (ÖVP) and state official
Hubert Feichtlbauer (1932–2017), journalist
Elisabeth Menasse-Wiesbauer (* 1954), cultural manager and museum director
Leo Schatzl (* 1958), artist

Persons related to Obernberg am Inn

Johann Baptist Modler (1697–1774), sculptor and plasterer; lived in Obernberg
Anton Reidinger (1839–1912), Catholic clergyman and dialect poet; Pastor in Obernberg
Alois Wührer (1906–1981), politician (ÖVP) and farmer; from 1948 to 1950 district chairman of the ÖVP farmers' union in Obernberg
Heinz Denk (1951–2016), master goldsmith and jewelry artist
Hubert Gurtner (* 1962), music teacher, musician and cultural manager, director of the regional music school in Obernberg am Inn and organizer of the Brass Festival in Linz

Marketplace of Obernberg
Kunsthaus at Obernberg Castle
Home of Johann Baptist Modler
Wörndlehaus and pharmacy
Stephen's Fountain
Modler's dwelling

literature

Josef Andessner: On the history of traffic in the Obernberg am Inn area . A historical review on the occasion of the construction of the Obernberger Innbrücke. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets . Volume 18, Issue 3/4, 1964, p. 39–56 ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at - also the same in: Die Heimat No. 55–60 (July 1964 to May 1965), pp. 63–65).