Schwand in the Innkreis

Schwand in the Innkreis
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Braunau am Inn
License plate :	BR
Surface:	17.09 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 11 '  N , 12 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 10 '42 "  N , 12 ° 58' 5"  E
Height :	423  m above sea level A.
Residents :	995 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	58 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	5134
Area code :	07728
Community code :	4 04 42
Address of the municipal administration:	Neukirchner Strasse 2 5134 Schwand im Innkreis
Website:	www.schwand.at
politics
Mayor :	Johann Martin Prielhofer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (13 members)	8th 3 2 8th 3 2  A total of 13 seats ÖVP : 8 FPÖ : 3 SPÖ : 2
Location of Schwand im Innkreis in the Braunau am Inn district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Schwand im Innkreis is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Braunau am Inn district in the Innviertel with 995 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The responsible judicial district is the judicial district Braunau am Inn .

geography

Schwand im Innkreis lies at an altitude of 423 m in the Innviertel. The extension is 5.2 km from north to south and 5.4 km from west to east. The total area is 17.1 km². 6.4% of the area is forested, 87.7% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 27 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Adenbrunn (20)
• Mountain (11)
• Berndorf (14)
• Bernhof (18)
• Bruck (12)
• Bruck in the wood (22)
• Brunn im Gries (10)
• Brunnthal (8)
• Ebenthal (14)
• Ginshoring (14)
• Semolina (35)
• House (6)
• Wooden (13)
• Chambers (26)
• Kronleiten (42)
• Ottenschwand (18)
• Paischen (6)
• Paschen (5)
• Prielhof (7)
• Reith (19)
• Reuhub (22)
• Blacksmithing (14)
• Schwand im Innkreis (461)
• Semmelhof (17)
• Sengthal (10)
• Siebenmaiern (115)
• Weilhart (36)

The community consists of the cadastral community Schwand im Innkreis.

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms : split by silver and green; In alternating colors, a tree trunk on the right, a fallen sapine swept out on the left. The municipality colors are green-white-black.

history

Since the founding of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place was Bavarian until 1779 and came to Austria after the Treaty of Teschen with the Innviertel (then 'Innbaiern'). Briefly Bavarian again during the Napoleonic Wars , since 1814 it has finally belonged to Upper Austria. After the connection of Austria to the German Reich on 13 March 1938, the place to "Upper Danube" belonged. After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria took place.

politics

Mayor is Johann Martin Prielhofer from the ÖVP.

Culture and sights

Parish church Schwand im Innkreis

See also:  List of listed objects in Schwand im Innkreis

• Parish church Schwand im Innkreis

Personalities

The painter and graphic artist Franz Armbruster was born in Schwand in 1946 as a child of expelled Danube Swabians .

Population development

In 1991 the community had 828 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 846 inhabitants.

Resident population	total	male	Female
2003	849	426	423
2004	850	429	421
2005	842	422	420
2006	850	430	420
2007	834	425	409

Economy and Infrastructure

The local supply through the newly built university store and not least through the two inns can be described as very good.

Established businesses

• KTM Triumph Wimmer
• Pallets of Speckner
• Hangöbl excavator company
• Raiffeisenbank Region Braunau reg. Gene. mb H.
• Bus tours Gohla

education

The community has an elementary school.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Data from the community of Schwand im Innkreis
3. ↑ Province of Upper Austria - population development Schwand im Innkreis ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 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. 

Web links

Commons : Schwand im Innkreis  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• More information about the municipality of Schwand im Innkreis on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .