Schenkenfelden

This article is about the church. The place there see Schenkenfelden (community Schenkenfelden) .

market community Schenkenfelden
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Urfahr environment
License plate :	UU
Main town :	Schenkenfelden
Surface:	25.87 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 30 '  N , 14 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 30 '1 "  N , 14 ° 21' 46"  E
Height :	734  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,579 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	4192
Area code :	07214
Community code :	4 16 22
Address of the municipal administration:	Markt 1 4192 Schenkenfelden
Website:	www.schenkenfelden.at
politics
Mayor :	Karl Winkler ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (19 members)	12 3 2 2 12 3 2 2  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 12 SPÖ : 3 BLS : 2 FPÖ : 2
Location of Schenkenfelden in the Urfahr-Umgebung district
Schenkenfelden from the east
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Schenkenfelden is a market town in Upper Austria in the Urfahr-Umgebung district in the Mühlviertel with 1579 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community belonged to the judicial district of Leonfelden until 2012 and has been part of the judicial district of Freistadt since January 1, 2013 .

geography

Schenkenfelden is about 750 m above sea level, not far from the border with Bohemia , the Czech Republic.

Neighboring communities

	Vyšší Brod ( CZ )	Reichenthal
Bad Leonfelden		Forest castle
Reichenau in the Mühlkreis	Ottenschlag in the Mühlkreis	Hirschbach in the Mühlkreis

Landscape structure

The extension is 9.3 km from north to south and 6.4 km from west to east. The total area is 25.87 km². The Kettenbach flows through the village of Schenkenfelden , which does not flow south to the Danube , as is usual in the Mühlviertel , but rather north to the Vltava . The brook is therefore north of the European watershed and the municipality is partly part of the Elbe catchment area .

Landscape Windflach near Hammerbichl , behind the Sternstein

Community structure

The cadastral communities are Königschlag , Lichtenstein and Schenkenfelden .

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

• King behind blow (114) including Kamplmühle
• Lichtenstein (74) including Grasbach
• Love blow (58)
• Schenkenfelden (1137) (main town)
• Shield (48)
• Steinschild (68) including Steinschild settlement
• Front King Strike (80)

The only counting district is Schenkenfelden .

history

The oldest bronze finds in the Mühlviertel were found in Schenkenfelden, Gallneukirchen and Engerwitzdorf . In Schenkenfelden it is a medium-sized rag ax from the younger Bronze Age and a Neolithic flat ax made of serpentine , found near the Bannwald (Panholz). They suggest that there was settlement activity in the area of ​​Schenkenfelden very early (1500–1000 BC).

In 1270 the place was first mentioned as Schenchenvelde , whereby the place name is derived from the basic word field and the family name Schenk and thus the profession of innkeeper or cupbearer . There is a popular interpretation of the location of the place on the Linzer Steig about the origin of the place name :

“It was hundreds of years ago: a wagon train bumps between Leonfelden and Freistadt through the dark northern forest . It is the carters who bring their goods from the Danube to Bohemia. They finally reach a clearing in the forest. A single house in an open field - a tavern invites you to stop. The carters call this rest stop the tavern in the field . "

Due to the development of the parish in the Mühlviertel, the parish Neumarkt im Mühlkreis was used for pastoral care , and Schenkenfelden was one of its branch parishes with parish or burial rights. This is mentioned for the first time in 1296 in a letter of indulgence from the then Bishop of Passau, and an old baptismal register reports that there should have been two of these before the current church. The Historical Atlas also refers to an already existing church in 1270. The only information about the beginnings of today's church is that the portal was set in 1525, as this year is carved in stone above the main entrance.

According to a document dated November 29, 1356, Schenkenfelden is a free, imperial market, and in 1492 Emperor Friedrich confirmed the Schenkenfelden market the privilege of holding a weekly market every Wednesday. As a result of religious wars and the Thirty Years' War , the population in the Mühlviertel suffered great suffering, and as a result there were peasant revolts in large parts of Upper Austria, including around Schenkenfelden. On May 29, 1626 the siege of Freistadt began by a peasant army. Mainly farmers from the surrounding area took part in the siege. The city was taken, but soon recaptured by the imperial army under Colonel Breuner . On August 31, one of the last major battles north of the Danube took place near Königschlag in a field near the Miesenwald. Today a memorial (Hofbauernmarterl) commemorates this battle, in which around 500 farmers were either killed or taken prisoner.

On March 4, 1877, the Schenkenfelden volunteer fire brigade was founded by Mayor Laurenz Benischek. Franz Steffan became the first in command.

Population development

year	Residents	change
2018	1,569	+34
2011	1,535	+30
2001	1,505	+162
1991	1.343	+242
1981	1.101

Since both the birth balance (+69) and the migration balance (+93) were positive from 1991 to 2001 , the population grew rapidly in these ten years. After 2001, emigration increased, so growth slowed.

politics

Community representation

Distribution of seats after the municipal elections in 2009 and 2015:

	Political party	2009	2015
ÖVP	Austrian People's Party	15th	12
SPÖ	Social Democratic Party of Austria	0	3
FPÖ	Freedom Party of Austria	4th	2
BLS	Schenkenfelden citizens' list	0	2

Mayor is Karl Winkler (ÖVP).

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Freistadt

Blazon :

“ Split ; on the right a silver bar in red , on the left in gold a silver tavern with a large belly and narrow neck with a slightly raised lid and a handle turned behind it. "

The municipality colors are yellow-red.

The talking coat of arms is a popular symbolization of the place name (zu Schenke , Landgasthaus). The red-white-red field indicates that the market belonged to the sovereign region of Freistadt at that time (Freistadt is the only municipality that carries the Austrian Bindenschild as such).

Community partnerships

• Gyula : Schenkenfelden has been linked to the Hungarian city of Gyula by a partnership agreement since December 17, 1996.

Economy and Infrastructure

Wind energy

The Schenkenfelden wind park has existed here since 1998 as the third wind park in Upper Austria . With the Wind Master Plan Upper Austria  2011, the priority zone location Hirschbach im Mühlkreis near Lichtenstein was identified, and another wind farm will probably be built here. Another wind farm on the Steinberg in Königschlag is also being discussed.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Schenkenfelden

Personalities

Sons and daughters

Coat of arms of the Harruckern

• Johann Georg Freiherr von Harruckern (1664–1742), Harrucker was the son of a weaver from Schenkenfelden, was given the opportunity to study and finally became the food inspector under Prince Eugen. In recognition of his achievements, he received lands in Hungary of around 8,000 yokes as an imperial knight . His burial took place in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. Schenkenfelden owes him the construction of the Stations of the Cross and the Calvary Church.
• Anton Schiesser, Edler von Reifegg (1863–1926), as an officer in the Austrian Army, he received the title of nobility “Edler von Reifegg” in Italy for successfully defending the Riva fortress . A plaque on the house where he was born at Markt 30 commemorates the great Schenkenfeldener.
• Josef Leitner (1906–1980), initially a farmer by profession, later head of the Raiffeisenkasse Schenkenfelden and from 1949 to 1978 mayor. Important institutions fall during his term of office: local water supply, local sewerage, marketplace design and the construction of a new primary school. Josef Leitner was also awarded the Golden Medal for the Services of the Republic of Austria and a Golden Merit Sign of the Republic of Austria .

Honorary citizen

• Johann Andeßner (* 1924), Prelate Andeßner was granted honorary citizenship of Schenkenfelden in 1983. The church renovation and the construction of the parsonage are also among his merits, as is the restoration of the Stations of the Cross, the Calvary Church and the cemetery. He was also very committed to the construction of a residential street along the Stations of the Cross.
• Johann Gutenbrunner (1926–1993), since 1946 the honorary citizen in the community service, since 1956 active as community secretary for Schenkenfelden. He was awarded honorary citizenship for his services to others and for his many years of work in the parish hall. He was the holder of the Golden Merit of the Republic of Austria .
• Johannes Fellinger (* 1959), Consultant Primary Dr. Fellinger was the initiator of the "Lebenswelt Schenkenfelden" social project. This facility was opened in 1999 and offers work and residence for the deaf and deaf-blind with multiple disabilities. Dr. Fellinger made the Gerstlhaus available for this project free of charge. For these services he was made an honorary citizen of Schenkenfelden on September 30, 2001.
• Josef Ackerl (* 1946), Provincial Councilor Ackerl has signed up as a social officer for the state of Upper Austria. deserved for the development of the living environment in Schenkenfelden. He supported the project financially and was very committed. For this reason he was made an honorary citizen of Schenkenfelden on September 30, 2001.
• Johann Pötscher (* 1953), Johann Pötscher was mayor of Schenkenfelden from 1999 to 2010 and was made an honorary citizen of the market town of Schenkenfelden on April 8, 2011.

Web links

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

• Website of the market town
• Entry on Schenkenfelden in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• 41622 - Schenkenfelden. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• More information about the community of Schenkenfelden on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
• Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
• Bibliography on Schenkenfelden in the forum OoeGeschichte.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Karl Hohensinner , Peter Wiesinger : Place Name Book of the Province of Upper Austria 10. The place names of the political district Urfahr-Umgebung (Middle Mühlviertel). Vienna 2006.
3. ^ Quote from an unknown source.
4. ↑ Franz Schmutz-Höhaben: Legends from Schenkenfelden and the surrounding area. In: Heimatgaue. Linz 1935, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
5. ↑ Klaus Birngruber: Waldenfels under the sign of feuds, peasant wars and religious turmoil (13th to 17th centuries). In: Communications from the Upper Austrian Provincial Archives. Volume 21, Linz 2008, pp. 290-314 (there p. 299), online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
6. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Schenkenfelden, population development. Retrieved May 12, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Province of Upper Austria: Schenkenfelden: Detailed results of the municipal council elections 2009 ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2013 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. , land-oberoesterreich.gv.at, accessed on July 7, 2011. 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Upper Austria, results of the 2015 elections. Accessed on May 12, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Mayor on schenkenfelden.at, accessed on August 26, 2019.
10. ^ State of Upper Austria, history and geography, coat of arms. Retrieved May 12, 2019 . 
11. ↑ partner community. In: Website of the community of Schenkenfelden.
12. ↑ Wind power master plan Upper Austria . Office of Upper Austria. State government - Environment and Water Management Directorate - Environment Protection Department: land-oberoesterreich.gv.at > Environment> Energy
13. ↑ Wind farm planned in Schenkenfelden. In: ooe.orf.at, August 17, 2011;
    Lost day for Schenkenfelden wind farm: municipality advises on zoning . In: OÖ Nachrichten online, April 22, 2013;
    Gernot Fohler: New attempt for Schenkenfelden wind farm - opponents take to the streets. In: Bezirksrundschau. online, mein district.at, April 22, 2013.
14. ↑ Johannes Fellinger. In: website of Regiowiki.at.
15. ↑ Honorary Citizen. In: Website of the community of Schenkenfelden.