Pollham

Pollham
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Grieskirchen
License plate :	GR
Surface:	11.3 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 16 '  N , 13 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 15 '38 "  N , 13 ° 51' 6"  E
Height :	380  m above sea level A.
Residents :	970 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	86 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4710
Area code :	07248
Community code :	4 08 21
Address of the municipal administration:	Pollham 31 4710 Pollham
Website:	www.pollham.at
politics
Mayor :	Ernst Mair ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (13 members)	8th 3 1 1 8th 3 1 1  A total of 13 seats ÖVP : 8 GIG : 3 FPÖ : 1 SPÖ : 1
Location of Pollham in the Grieskirchen district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Pollham is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Grieskirchen district in the Hausruckviertel with 970 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Grieskirchen .

geography

Pollham is around 380  m above sea level. A. on the upper reaches of the Polsenz (to the Innbach ). The extension is 5.1 km from north to south and 3.6 km from west to east. The total area is 11.2 km². 16.1% of the area is forested, 71.4% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 16 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Aigelsberg (21)
• Aigen (100)
• Edt (29)
• Egg (160)
• Forsthof (134)
• Hornbeam (59)
• Hornesberg (32)
• Kaltenbach (115)
• Small double (31)
• Kolbing (58)
• Pollham (127)
• Pollhammer Forest (23)
• Schmidgraben (2)
• Schoenau (1)
• Wackersbuch (63)
• Wimm (15)

The parish consists of the cadastral communities Forsthof and Pollham. The only counting group is Pollham .

Neighboring communities

Michaelnbach	St. Thomas
Great		Sankt Marienkirchen an der Polsenz ( District Eferding )
Grieskirchen	Schlüßlberg	Bad Schallerbach

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.

On January 1st, 2019, the communities Michaelnbach , Pollham and St. Thomas began working together in an administrative community .

Population development

In 1991 the municipality had 866 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 914 inhabitants. The growth was due to the positive birth balance (+62) despite the slightly negative migration balance (–14). From 2001 to 2011 both balances were positive, so that the population increased to 989 people.

politics

Community representation

Since the 2015 elections, there has been a new municipal council with Mayor Ernst Mair (ÖVP) and Deputy Mayor Regina Waselmayr (ÖVP).

coat of arms

Blazon :

Split ; on the right in black a golden grate placed in stakes, on the left divided by silver and red seven times obliquely to the left .

The community colors are red and yellow .

The municipal coat of arms was awarded in 1973. The silver-red bars are the coat of arms of the Polheimers , whose ancestral home was in Pollham. The rust stands as an attribute of St. Lawrence for the parish patron.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed properties in Pollham

• Pollham Parish Church

Hiking trails:

• Pollhamer Marterlroas  (No. 90), around the place
• Pollheimer Geschichtsweg  (No. 901): connects the first settlements of the Pollheimer dynasty . It leads from Schmidgraben - Hainbuch (former Pollham Castle , 11th century) to Pollham and further on Scheiben (Alt-Polham) - Schamosberg - Fürth to Parz Castle . It was unmarked in 2010 on the occasion of the state exhibition.

literature

Cards:

1. ↑ Pollhamer Marterlroas , hiking map with a detailed map (pdf, turmkeller.at; 121 kB).

Web links

Commons : Pollham  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community website
• 40821 - Pollham. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Entry on Pollham in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Further information about the municipality of Pollham on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
• Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Community cooperation: Pötting withdraws and plans with Neumarkt . Article dated December 31, 2018, accessed on January 2, 2019.
3. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Pollham, population development. Retrieved April 13, 2019 . 
4. ^ Pollham Ward, Politics. Retrieved April 13, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Herbert Erich Baumert: The coats of arms of the cities, markets and communities of Upper Austria (4th supplement 1973-1976) , in Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter, Issue 1/2, 1977, p. 21, online (PDF; 3.5 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
6. ↑ Pollheimer Geschichtsweg , oberoesterreich.at
7. ↑ Polham ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Digital Upper Austrian Cultural Atlas (DOKA)
8. ↑ Reform and Renaissance ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Folder for the 2010 state exhibition, section Themed hiking in the Grieskirchner Landl , p. 18 (pdf, land-oberoesterreich.gv.at).