Pabneukirchen

market community

Pabneukirchen

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Upper Austria

Political District :

Perg

License plate :

PE

Surface:

40.92 km²

Coordinates :

48 ° 19 ' N , 14 ° 49' E Coordinates: 48 ° 19 '1 " N , 14 ° 49' 1" E

Height :

571 m above sea level A.

Residents :

1,694 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

41 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

4363

Area code :

07265

Community code :

4 11 15

NUTS region

AT313

Address of the
municipal administration:

Markt 16
4363 Pabneukirchen

Website:

www.pabneukirchen.at

politics

Mayoress :

Barbara Payreder ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : (2015)
(19 members)

11

5

3

11 5 3

A total of 19 seats

ÖVP : 11
List for Pabneukirchen : 5
SPÖ : 3

Location of Pabneukirchen in the Perg district

Pabneukirchen from the west

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Pabneukirchen is a market town in Upper Austria in the Perg district in the Mühlviertel with 1694 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

The municipality has been part of the judicial district of Perg since 2003 (previously to the former judicial district of Grein ) with the responsible district court in the district capital of Perg .

geography

Pabneukirchen is 571 m above sea level in the Mühlviertel. The extension is 7.2 km from north to south and 11.1 km from west to east. The total area is 41.1 km². 37.2% of the area is forested, 58.4% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 19 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Eibeck (12)
Großerlau (7)
Henndorf (43)
Market South (114)
Mitter-Pabneukirchen (82)
Neudorf (178)
Nieder-Schreineredt (35)
Ober-Eisendorf (39)
Ober-Pabneukirchen (72)
Pabneukirchen (460)
Riedersdorf (181)
Schreineredt (33)
Sonnleitn (37)
Dust (21)
Thomastal (42)
Unter-Eisendorf (92)
Unter-Pabneukirchen (75)
Lower Sankt Georgen (21)
Wetzelsberg (150)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Pabneukirchen, Riedersdorf and Wetzelsberg.

Neighboring communities

Königswiesen		St. Georgen
St. Thomas		Dimbach
	Bad crosses

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.

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 . After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria took place.

Population development

In 1991 the community was home to 1765 inhabitants according to the census; In 2001 there were 1726 inhabitants.

Culture and sights

Natural monuments

The twelve meter high hermit wall is registered as a natural monument in the nature conservation book of the Upper Austrian provincial government . It is a rock formation made of Weinsberg granite and a depression interpreted as a sacrificial bowl, which was created by chemical and biological weathering.

Economy and Infrastructure

education

Kindergarten (Caritas)
Elementary school
New middle school
Community College
House of Music

politics

Johann Buchberger (ÖVP) was the mayor until 2019. On October 31, 2019 he was succeeded by ÖVP Vice Mayor Barbara Payreder in this office.

mayor

until 2019: Johann Buchberger (ÖVP)
since 2019: Barbara Payreder (ÖVP)

coat of arms

Official description of the municipality's coat of arms : In black on a golden three-mountain, a golden ibex standing upright on the middle and rear dome, grazing on a green-leafed hazel bush with red fruits growing from the front dome.