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This article explains the community in Austria, for other meanings see St. Roman (disambiguation) .

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coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Schärding
License plate :	SD
Main town :	Altendorf
Surface:	31.77 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 29 '  N , 13 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 28 '55 "  N , 13 ° 36' 40"  E
Height :	569  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,728 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	54 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4793
Area code :	07716
Community code :	4 14 20
Address of the municipal administration:	Altendorf 11 4793 St. Roman
Website:	www.st-roman.at
politics
Mayor :	Siegfried Berlinger (UB)
Municipal Council : (2015) (19 members)	8th 7th 4th 8th 7th 4th  A total of 19 seats UB : 8 ÖVP : 7 FPÖ : 4
Location of St. Roman in the Schärding district
The parish church of St. Roman
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

St. Roman is a municipality in western Upper Austria with 1728 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). It belongs to the district of Schärding of the Innviertel and lies in the judicial district of Schärding .

geography

St. Roman is located at an altitude of 569 m on the southern flank of the Sauwald , whose southeastern peaks Großer Schefberg and Feichtberg are wholly or partly part of the municipality. Its extension is 7.8 km from north to south and 8.7 km from west to east. 38.1% of the municipal area of ​​31.8 km² is forested, while 57.2% is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 24 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Altendorf (482) including Sankt Roman Ash Mountain (67) Au (60) including Obersteinerzaun and Schwendt Aug (34) Danedt (39) including Gigering Ebertsberg (25) Foxesledt (6) Ginzlberg (25) Ginzldorf (72) including Kogl Hell (17) Jetzingerdorf (42) Kössldorf (61) including Stampfen and Willingerdorf

Langendorf (36) Oberndorf (24) Penzingerdorf (74) including Prague Prackenberg (49) Rain (68) including hub Razing (69) including reed Schnürberg (148) including Eggenberg and Ratzelsdorf Simling (91) Steiner fence (26) including Untersteiner fence Vichtenstein (7) Watzing (70) with Weiredt Wienetsdorf (136) including fiefdom

The community consists of the cadastral communities Altendorf, Aschenberg, Au, Ginzlsdorf, Kössldorf and Ried.

coat of arms

Blazon : Under a golden shield head, inside a green palm branch turned to the left, two silver tips in blue, each set with a silver, heraldic rose with a golden lug and golden sepals. The community colors are green-yellow.

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 ). During the Napoleonic Wars it was briefly Bavarian again and since 1814 has finally belonged to 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.

The Kapsreiter group from Schärding operated a quarry in the village of Schnürberg .

The former Prackenberg castle was located in the district of the same name, fell into disrepair from the 18th century and was finally demolished in the 19th century.

politics

The municipal council has a total of 19 members. With the municipal council and mayor elections in Upper Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 8 UB (Independent Alliance for St. Roman), 7 ÖVP and 4 FPÖ.

mayor

• 1969–1991 Matthias Kieslinger
• 1991–2009 Alois Schreiner
• since 2009 Siegfried Berlinger (UB)

Population development

In 1991 the municipality had 1,766 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 1,795 inhabitants. From 2001 to 2011 the positive birth balance decreased and could no longer compensate for the negative migration balance, so that the population fell to 1,754 in 2011 and to 1,711 in 2018.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in St. Roman

• Parish Church of St. Roman

• D'Rominger Nudelbrettbühne is the amateur theater group of the KBW St. Roman.

Sports

• Football club Union St. Roman: The football club started its first championship season in 1965/66 with the fighting team. You are currently playing in 1st class northwest of the Upper Austrian Football Association. The greatest success was the championship title in the 1st class Northwest in the 2011/2012 season and the directly related promotion to the District League West.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Johannes Schasching (1917–2013), priest and theologian
• Rudi Gamper (* 1942), journalist

Personalities associated with the community

• Johann Buchinger (1928–1994), politician of the ÖVP , member of the Upper Austrian Landtag 1961–1990
• Matthias Spanlang (1887–1940), cooperator in St. Roman 1915, field curate, brigade pastor of the 4th Brigade in Linz, pastor of St. Martin im Innkreis, anti-Nazi opponent, murdered in June 1940 in Buchenwald concentration camp

Web links

Commons : St. Roman  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Side of the community
• More information about the municipality of St. Roman on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
• Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
• St. Roman on land-oberoesterreich.gv.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ State of Upper Austria, history and geography, coat of arms. Retrieved April 16, 2019 . 
3. ^ Province of Upper Austria, results of the 2015 elections. Retrieved on April 16, 2019 . 
4. ^ Parish of St. Roman, Politics, Mayor. Retrieved April 16, 2019 . 
5. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of St. Roman, population development. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .