Oberwang

Oberwang
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Vöcklabruck
License plate :	VB
Surface:	38.83 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 52 '  N , 13 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 52 '1 "  N , 13 ° 26' 0"  E
Height :	573  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,737 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	4882
Area code :	06233
Community code :	4 17 21
Address of the municipal administration:	Oberwang 90 4882 Oberwang
Website:	www.oberwang.at
politics
Mayor :	Matthias Hausleithner ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (19 members)	13 6th 13 6th  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 13 FPÖ : 6
Location of Oberwang in the Vöcklabruck district
Oberwang from the west
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Oberwang is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Vöcklabruck district in the Salzkammergut with 1737 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community belonged to the judicial district Mondsee until July 1, 2013 , since then to the judicial district Vöcklabruck .

geography

Oberwang lies at an altitude of 573 m in the Salzkammergut. The extension is from north to south 8.6 km, from west to east 9.2 km. The total area is 38.7 km², 62.8% of the area is forested, 32.% of the area is used for agriculture. A valley watershed runs through the municipality , north of it the Ruezingbach flows to the Dürren Ager , south of it the Wangauer Ache  in an arc to the Mondsee .

Community structure

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

• Gessenschwandt (189)
• Grossenschwandt (336)
• Oberaschau (248)
• Oberwang (605)
• Radau (175)
• Traschwandt (184)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Oberaschau and Oberwang.

coat of arms

Blazon : “Split; on the right in green a silver, upright, right deer pole, on the left in silver a green palm branch. "

The community colors are white-green.
The stag bar in the municipal coat of arms awarded in 1979 is an indication of the importance of hunting in the context of forestry and forestry in this municipality, while the palm branch, as an attribute of the parish priest St. Kilian, stands for the early Christianization of this area around the Benedictine monastery Mondsee, founded in 748.

history

In 951 the place name "Oberwang" was first mentioned in a document on the occasion of a forest donation to the Mondsee Monastery .

On January 15, 1145, the head of the monastery , Abbot Chunrad Bosinlother von Mondsee, was murdered after serving in the parish church in Oberwang. The body was buried at the scene. At the place where Chunrad was buried by his murderers, a water source brought the body out. The “Konrad Fountain” is located at this point today.

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 .

politics

The municipal council has a total of 19 members. With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 6 FPÖ.

mayor

• until 2015 Wilhelm Waldl ​​(ÖVP)
• since 2015 Matthias Hausleithner (ÖVP)

Population development

In 1991 the community had 1,443 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 1,572 inhabitants.

Culture and sights

Konradkirche

See also:  List of listed objects in Oberwang

• The parish church of Oberwang is dedicated to St. Kilian consecrated. The high altar (1707–1708) by Meinrad Guggenbichler depicts the murder of St. Kilian represents.
• The Konradkirche from 1470 is dedicated to St. Martin consecrated. The altar was probably created by Hans Waldburger . In the church you can see the board on which the murdered Abbot Konrad was supposed to be burned. The artistic decoration of the church with glass windows and grave chapels with frescoes comes from the artist Lydia Roppolt , whose concern was the preservation and decoration of the Konradkirche.
• Oberwang is the hometown of the Fidel farmer . The operetta of the same name was composed by Leo Fall following an encounter with the “cheerful” farmer - Josef Schossleitner.
• In the summer of 2008, the Roas of Life theme trail was opened.

Web links

Commons : Oberwang  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community website
• Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
• 41721 - Oberwang. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Further information about the municipality of Oberwang can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
• Basic statistical data and key figures from Oberwang

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )