Ottnang am Hausruck

Ottnang am Hausruck is located 554 m above sea level in the Hausruck district. The extension is 6.8 km from north to south and 7.7 km from west to east. The total area is 30.3 km². 32.6% of the area is forested, 57.6% is used for agriculture.

Districts of the municipality

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

Achleithen (26)
Barnthal (33)
Bergern (241)
Bruckmuehl (281)
Deisenham (28)
Englfing (289)
Gate paints (13)
Pit (41)
Gruenbach (42)
Hagleithen (74)
Hausruckedt (192)
Wooden hammer (55)
Holzleithen (153)
Hub (22)
Kronabitten (23)
Kropfling (43)
Laah (5)
Manning (3)
Mansing (19)
Middle arming (18)
Niederpuchheim (53)
Oberkienberg (17)
Obermuhlau (129)
Ottnang (971)
Plötzenedt (24)
Rackering (68)
Redl (129)
Roithing (19)
Schachen at Furtpoint (18)
Blow (144)
Simmering (4)
Stockedt (74)
Thomasroith (460)
Untermühlau (119)
Forearm ring (3)
Vornwald (18)
Walding (34)
Wassenbrunn (17)
Wiesing (9)

geology

A regional period in the Tertiary is named after Ottnang, the Ottnangium , also known as the Ottnang stage or Ottnangia , sometimes shortened to Ottnang . The Ottnangian is a regional chronostratigraphic stage of the Miocene (Neogene) in the central Paratethys area. The decisive factors for the naming of this geological stage are rocks that occur in Ottnang and the surrounding area and that have been well researched there.

Population development

In 1991 the community had 3743 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 3745 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 . On the castle in the village of Oberbergham Plötzenedt of the noble family who was from the 17th to the 19th century, the Austrian branch Pflachern resident.

Ottnang was occupied several times during the Napoleonic Wars .

During the February fighting in 1934 , armed clashes broke out in the village of Thomasroith .

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.

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.

coat of arms

Blazon : Between green, serrated flanks in silver, a black, erect bear with a red tongue and red claws, who holds a black, red glowing miner's lamp in his left paw. The community colors are white-green.

The municipal coat of arms was awarded in 1971. The bear refers to the village of Bärnthal, the miner's lamp to the former lignite mining in Thomasroith.

politics

mayor

until 2015 Josef Senzenberger (SPÖ)
since 2015 Friedrich Neuhofer (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Parish church hl. Stephan in Ottnang

The church, surrounded by a cemetery, was originally built in the 13th century in Gothic style. At the beginning of the 18th century it was rebuilt and extended to the current three-aisled shape under Carlo Antonio Carlone .

The south field tunnel in Thomasroith was set up as a show tunnel by the Thomasroith miners' association and is a reminder of around 250 years of lignite mining in the Hausruck area - u. a. also in Thomasroith, where the mountain management once stood.

economy

After the Second World War, the company Holztreppen Weidinger, which still exists today, developed from the former Weidinger carpentry workshop. At the beginning of the 1970s, some employees of this company went into business for themselves and founded "Hausjell, Purrer & Stockinger Holztreppenbau".

Another important company in the region is Engel Glas in the Redl district.

Sons and daughters of the market town

Johann Haas, called Schmidtofferl (* around 1817), leader of a split from the Pöschlian sect

Gustav Ehart (1876–1968), railroad worker and social democratic member of the Upper Austria. Parliament

Josef Skrabal (1892–1934), fighter in the Austrian Civil War in 1934

Maria Enser (1900–1989), SPÖ member of the National Council

Alois Kaltenbrunner (1901–1966), SPÖ member of the Upper Austrian state parliament

Wilhelm Remplbauer (1933–1992), SPÖ member of the National Council

Barbara Prammer (1954–2014), politician (SPÖ), 2006–2014 President of the National Council

Chris Müller (* 1973), director for development, design and artistic agendas Tabakfabrik Linz , artistic director Theater Hausruck

Marianne Gesswagner (* 1977), singer

Walther Koller (born July 1, 1920 in Ottnang am Hausruck; † March 2, 2014 in Faistenau) was a general practitioner, honorary citizen and holder of the honorary ring of the Faistenau community .

Franz Hitzenberger (1921–2014), founder of the Thomasroith Red Cross Office - the community's golden mark of merit

Web links

Commons : Ottnang am Hausruck - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
41722 - Ottnang am Hausruck. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Further information about the municipality of Ottnang am Hausruck can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .

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 (3rd supplement) . In: Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter, Heft 1/2, 1973, p. 13, online (PDF; 1.5 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at

[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 (3rd supplement) . In: Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter, Heft 1/2, 1973, p. 13, online (PDF; 1.5 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at