Pilsbach

This article deals with the Upper Austrian municipality of Pilsbach. There is also a community and a body of water in the Bavarian Upper Palatinate, which are spelled almost the same, see Pilsach (disambiguation) .

Pilsbach
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Vöcklabruck
License plate :	VB
Main town :	Oberpilsbach
Surface:	10.28 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 2 '  N , 13 ° 40'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 2 '23 "  N , 13 ° 40' 6"  E
Height :	475  m above sea level A.
Residents :	622 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	61 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	4840, 4841, 4800
Area code :	07672, 07676
Community code :	4 17 24
Address of the municipal administration:	Oberpilsbach 17 4840 Vöcklabruck
Website:	www.pilsbach.at
politics
Mayor :	Alois Gruber ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (13 members)	9 4th 9 4th  A total of 13 seats ÖVP : 9 SPÖ : 4
Location of Pilsbach in the Vöcklabruck district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Pilsbach is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Vöcklabruck district in the Hausruckviertel with 622 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The responsible judicial district is Vöcklabruck.

geography

Pilsbach is located at an altitude of 475 m in the Hausruckviertel around 4 km from Vöcklabruck. The extension is 4.6 km from north to south and 4.6 km from west to east. The total area is 10.2 km². 45.1% of the area is forested, 49% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

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

• Am Landlberg (7)
• This stream (2)
• Single forest (2)
• Kien (37)
• Kirchstetten (138)
• Mittereinwald (7)
• Oberpilsbach (78)
• Schmidham (68)
• Untereinwald (131)
• Unterpilsbach (152)

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 (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.

coat of arms

Blazon : Over a golden, raised three-mountain, in it a blue wavy bar, split; on the right a golden, waning moon in blue, on the left by silver and red divided obliquely left five times. The municipality colors are blue-white-red.

The municipal coat of arms designed by Franz Leitner was awarded in 1983 by the Upper Austrian provincial government. Dreiberg and Bach symbolize the place name, which is derived from "Bühel" and "Bach". The moon refers to the former affiliation to the Mondsee Monastery , the white and red sloping bars are the main coat of arms of the Polheimers , who owned 49 subject houses in what is now the municipality.

Population development

In 1991 the municipality had 554 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 630 inhabitants.

politics

The municipal council has 13 members.

• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 2003, the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 ÖVP, and 5 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 2009, the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 ÖVP, and 5 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, and 4 SPÖ.

mayor

• 1935–1938 Franz Königsmayr
• 1938–1945 Dominik Ennsberger
• 1945–1956 Franz Königsmayr
• 1956–1961 Karl Huemer
• 1961–1981 Josef Mayr
• 1981–1996 August Wagner
• since 1996 Alois Gruber (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

There are no listed objects in the community.

• The Pilsbach farmers' band has existed since 1905. It has around 60 active musicians.

Personalities

• Josef Ecker-Stadlmayr (1898–1972), former mayor of Pilsbach (CSP) and member of the state parliament (ÖVP)

Web links

Commons : Pilsbach  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
• Pilsbach municipality
• 41724 - Pilsbach. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Further information about the municipality of Pilsbach can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .

Individual evidence

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, 6th supplement (1980–1983) . In: Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter, Heft 3, 1984, p. 245, online (PDF; 8.2 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
3. ↑ Pilsbach. Website of the Province of Upper Austria, accessed on October 18, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Mayor's gallery of the community