St. Thomas on the bladder stone

market community St. Thomas on the bladder stone
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Perg
License plate :	PE
Surface:	28.98 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 19 '  N , 14 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '47 "  N , 14 ° 45' 49"  E
Height :	723  m above sea level A.
Residents :	911 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	31 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4364
Area code :	07265
Community code :	4 11 22
Address of the municipal administration:	Markt 7 4364 St. Thomas am bladder stone
Website:	www.st-thomas.at
politics
Mayor :	Michael Naderer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (13 members)	11 2 11 2  A total of 13 seats ÖVP : 11 SPÖ : 2
Location of St. Thomas am Blasenstein in the Perg district
Saint Thomas on the bladder stone
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

St. Thomas am Blasenstein (also Sankt Thomas am blasenstein ) is a market town in Upper Austria in the district of Perg in the Mühlviertel with 911 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

The municipality, which has been part of the judicial district of Perg since 2003 (previously part of the former judicial district of Grein ), is located about 17 kilometers northeast of the district capital Perg , where the responsible district court is also located. The survey of the market took place in 1975. Since 2005 parts of the municipality belong to the nature park Mühlviertel . St. Thomas am Blasenstein is one of 18 member communities of the Leader region Strudengau .

geography

St. Thomas am Blasenstein in the lower Mühlviertel has the second highest village center in the Perg district after St. Georgen am Walde . It is located at an altitude of 723  m above sea level. A.

The municipal area extends from north to south 5.6 kilometers and from west to east 8.4 kilometers and a total area of ​​29 km², of which 5.19 km² were dedicated to the Mühlviertel Nature Park in 2005 . 43.1% of the area is forested, 52.1% of the area is used for agriculture.

The highest point in the municipality is the Steirederberg at 765  m above sea level. A. Also noteworthy are the elevations at the Schatzl estate at 756  m above sea level. A. , the Kienastberg at 747  m above sea level. A. , the natural monument Gypsy Wall at 744  m above sea level. A. and the Bärenluckn at 738  m above sea level. A. The difference to the lowest points at about 320  m above sea level. A. on the southern border of the municipality on Käfermühlbach is considerable.

geology

The community is located in the Untermühlviertel Schollenland, an extension of the granite and gneiss plateau . From a geological and geomorphological point of view, as well as in terms of the use of space, the municipality of St. Thomas am Blasenstein belongs entirely to the Upper Austrian spatial unit Aist-Naarn-Kuppenland .

Neighboring communities and bodies of water

Rechberg	Pierbach	Königswiesen
		Pabneukirchen
Münzbach		Bad crosses

The northern and northeastern border to the neighboring communities Pierbach and Königswiesen (cadastral community Mönchdorf) in the district of Freistadt is largely formed by the Roßgrabenbach, which flows into the Große Naarn near Pierbach . The northwestern and western border to Rechberg runs along the Hinterbergbach (= Rechbergerbach), which is part of the Tobrabach water network. In the east, the streams Maselsdorfer-, Senfmühl- and Klausmühlbach, which belong to the catchment area of ​​the Klambach , form the border to Mönchdorf (municipality of Königswiesen), Pabneukirchen and a little bit to Bad Kreuzen . Along the south-western border to Münzbach (cadastral municipality of Innernstein) it becomes the Käfermühlbach. The Willersdorferbach is a tributary to the Maselsdorferbach.

Districts of the municipality

St. Thomas am Blasenstein consists of the following localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Grossmaseldorf (62)
• Kleinmaseldorf (45)
• Mitter Sankt Thomas (53)
• Upper St. Thomas (148)
• Pierbach (16)
• Rechberg (23)
• Thomasreit (100)
• Thomastal (11)
• Untermaseldorf (39)
• Under Saint Thomas (89)
• Puchberg (0)
• Market (79)
• Kirchenweg (45)
• Pond settlement (40)
• On the sunny slope (34)
• Mountain path (21)
• Schulstrasse (51)
• Panorama trail (55)

population

Population development
year Residents 1846 1869 1,190 1880 1,206 1890 1,120 1900 1,148 1910 1,176 1923 1,142 1934 1,096	year Residents 1939 1,073 1951 1,030 1961 1.007 1971 947 1981 1.005 1991 911 2001 876 2011 930

In the second half of the 19th century, the number of residents of St. Thomas am Blasenstein rose to just over 1,200. In the decades that followed, the number of people fluctuated, but fell slightly overall and fell below the mark of 1,100 inhabitants for the first time in 1934 and below the mark of 1,000 inhabitants in 1971. After the lowest value was recorded in 2001 with 876 inhabitants, the number of inhabitants increased again slightly by 2011.

On January 1, 2011, the community of St. Thomas am Blasenstein had 930 inhabitants, of which 483 were men and 447 women.

The rough age structure of the population of St. Thomas on January 1, 2001 shows that 60.9% of the residents are over 15 and under 65 years old. At 20.2%, around a fifth of the population is younger and, at 18.9%, slightly less than a fifth of the population is older. The proportion of women in the main group is 47.5% and among younger people 44.7%, while it is significantly higher among older people than in the first two groups at 53.4%.

Of the 710 inhabitants who were over 15 years old on January 1, 2001, 361 or 50.8% are women. 16 residents, 2.2% of those over fifteen years of age, have graduated from a university , technical college or academy ; the proportion of women here is above average at 68.8%. A further 34 residents, 4.2% of the relevant population group, have the Matura , with 76.5% women also being above the average for the population group concerned. 295 inhabitants, or about two fifths of those over fifteen with 41.5%, have completed an apprenticeship or vocational secondary school , with 34.2% women. 365 or 51.4% of the population only have a compulsory school certificate . Almost two thirds of them are women.

Origin and language

97.8% of the residents of St. Thomas am Blasenstein were Austrian citizens on January 1, 2011 and 97.2% were born in Austria. 1.3% of the population come from other EU countries, 0.9% from non-EU countries.

The Middle or Danube Bavarian dialect is a Bavarian dialect form that is widespread throughout Upper Austria . The ostösterreichische branch of the middle Bairischen goes to the dialect of the created by the Bavarian Ostsiedlung Babenberg dominion Ostarrichi back.

In the 2001 census, 862 people (98.4%) stated German as a colloquial language, 14 (1.6%) another language.

religion

In the 2001 census, 842 people (96.1%) in St. Thomas am Blasenstein stated that they were Roman Catholics , 10 (1.1%) Islamic , 4 (0.5%) Protestant , 20 (2.2%) ) of the residents have not professed any religion.

history

St. Thomas am Blasenstein shares the eventful history of Upper Austria.

During the Roman era , today's municipality of St. Thomas am bladder stone was only a few kilometers north of the border of the province of Noricum , which was formed in this area by the Limes and the Danube , already outside the 7.5 kilometers wide buffer zone between Romans and barbarians . The Roman fort Adiuvense ( Wallsee ) and the Roman military camp Lauriacum ( Enns / Lorch ) were within sight. There are no traces of settlement from this time in the area of ​​the municipality of St. Thomas am Blasenstein.

At the time of the Babenbergs , St. Thomas was located in the Margraviate or later in the Duchy of Austria in the border area between Riedmark and Machland and in the areas of the Lords of Perg and later of the Lords of Machland .

Around 1150 Otto and Walchun von Machland owned two castles , " duo Castra Plasenstein ", which they donated to the diocese of Passau in accordance with the Passau tradition code of the 13th century . According to finds and investigations, the castles were probably built around 1100 and are considered to be the origin of the bubble stone settlement. It was only when the castles were abandoned at the end of the 13th century and a large pilgrimage church was built at the end of the 14th century that the settlement was given the name of the church patron (St. Thomas Pfarr, Thomasberg, St. Thomas).

Around 1260, Ottokar II's land register listed several goods and the services to be performed; later the Kapeller , Liechtensteiner and Zelkinger were named as local lords. With regard to the appointment of the local judge, these were in dispute with the Waldhausen monastery , which also owned properties.

Bishop Reginbert von Passau gave the Augustinian monastery of Säbnich a small church consecrated to Saint Thomas in 1147 , which is said to have served as a castle chapel .

From the 14th century there was a parish community with the parish Münzbach , whereby St. Thomas was referred to as a branch church of Münzbach. At that time, both parishes were incorporated into the Waldhausen monastery. In 1347 the church received a permanent pastor and a daily early mass on the basis of a mass foundation by Duke Albrecht II . A little later, however, only one priest is proven for both parishes.

In 1530 Münzbach came to the Prager zu Windhaag , while St. Thomas remained near Waldhausen or during the Protestant period with the Diocese of Passau and has existed as an independent parish ever since. After the abolition of the Waldhausen monastery, St. Thomas was a religious fund parish and is now part of the Grein dean's office .

Gentlemen:

• Klingenberg castle ruins
• Saxenegg castle ruins

Since 1490 the place has been part of the principality 'Austria ob der Enns'. In 1629 the Zelkinger were followed by the Thürheims, who came into the country in the course of the Bavarian occupation, and which then ruled until 1848. 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. St. Thomas was in the Soviet occupation zone until 1955 .

politics

In the municipal council elections , the ÖVP has had an absolute majority of votes and mandates since 1945, with the proportion of votes ranging between 94.3% of the votes cast in 1949 and 72.7% in 1997. Most of the rest of the vote went to the SPÖ , which fluctuated between 5.7% in 1949 and 27.9% in 2003. The FPÖ only ran for candidates in 1991 and 1997 and achieved 13.1 and 5.5% of the votes cast. In direct elections since 1997, the ÖVP candidate received between 86.3 and 88.8% of the vote. Michael Naderer of the ÖVP has been mayor since 2014.

mayor

• Kolmanus Friedl (1850–1861)
• Jakob Walterer (1861 to 1864)
• Mathias Nenning (1864 to 1867)
• Anton Floimayr (1867).
• Jakob Walterer (1867 to 1870)
• Mathias Nenning (1870 to 1873)
• Josef Nenning (1873 to 1876)
• Josef Friedl (1876 to 1879)
• Mathias Nenning (1879 to 1882)
• Josef Friedl (1882 to 1894)
• Michael Nenning (1894 to 1901)
• Franz Naderer (1901 to 1919)
• Franz Ahorner (1919 to 1945)
• Ignaz Ebenhofer (1945 to 1952)
• Johann Ebner (1952 to 1961)
• Franz Frühwirt (1961 to 1983)
• Alois Nader (1983 to 1997)
• Johannes Nenning (1997 to 2014)
• Michael Naderer (2014 to date)

coat of arms

The award of the municipal coat of arms and the approval of the municipal colors set by the municipal council on June 20, 1975 by the Upper Austrian provincial government took place on August 11, 1975. The survey of the market in recognition of the historical significance is based on a meeting resolution of the Upper Austrian provincial government on October 13, 1975

The coat of arms shows a granite column on the bladder stone and represents a small religious monument typical of the Mühlviertel from the beginning of the 18th century.

With the modern coat of arms and the recognition as a market, a previously controversial and unclear situation was finally resolved by the state government.

The investigations carried out by the Upper Austrian provincial government in 1927 and 1928 and the resulting confirmation of the town and market rights that existed at that time, in contrast to the towns of Struden and Gaflenz, which were of the same rank, did not have one in the case of St. Thomas am Blasenstein Recognition led. No documentary evidence of the use of a coat of arms could be produced either.

In his work published in 1876, Adolf Winkler described a blue shield with the apostle dressed in white as the market coat of arms of St. Thomas, who is holding a gold lamp in his right hand and a red book in his left. This information was also taken over without criticism by Georg Grüll in his article on the market coats of arms in the district and represented in a corresponding drawing.

The officially awarded municipal coat of arms is based on a design by Alois Lueger from Perg and came about at the suggestion of the Upper Austrian Provincial Archives.

Blazon : Between two green flanks in silver, curved outwards at the top and inwards at the bottom, a black wayside shrine (Marterl) with an eight-sided pillar top and lantern-shaped top, topped with a patriarchal cross. The community colors are green and white.

Culture and sights

Natural monument gypsy wall

See also:  List of listed objects in St. Thomas am Blasenstein

• Klingenberg castle ruins
• Saxenegg castle ruins
• Parish and pilgrimage church of St. Thomas on the bladder stone

• Hermit stone (phallic stone)
• Pechölsteine ​​natural monument (a total of seven, two of which are protected as natural monuments)
• Wackelstein natural monument
• Natural monument gypsy wall

• Luftg'selchter pastor
• Doll house museum Sankt Thomas am bladder stone

In St. Thomas am Blasenstein there are a number of associations that meet the cultural needs of the regional population, including a music association, a gold bonnet group and a folk dance group.

In April 2010, the Sankt Thomas am Blasenstein dollhouse museum was opened in the former school on the market square on three floors and an area of ​​450 square meters . The focus of the exhibition is a large collection of around 800 dolls from the period between 1860 and 1910, dollhouses and dollhouse miniatures in a ratio of 1:12, as well as teddies and toys from the period mentioned. A museum café is attached to the collection.

The community has a soccer field, skate field, tennis facilities and a floor hall. The individual sections of the Gymnastics and Sports Union are responsible for looking after the sports facility.

A total of 74 kilometers of hiking trails runs in the municipality, with nine hiking trails that are between two and eighteen kilometers long, as well as a network of cycle paths and bridle paths. Part of the oldest signposted mountain bike (MTB) route in Austria also runs through the municipality .

The Kumm disc golf course has been in operation in St. Thomas am Blasenstein since August 2011 . This includes 18 lanes, divided into two 9-loop loops and a separate practice lane.

economy

St. Thomas am Blasenstein has a locally and regionally active company as well as public institutions, which mainly serve the local supply, including several restaurants, transport companies, sawmills, a retail business, several small service companies from the finance, insurance, IT and personnel consultancy industries , as well as branches of a financial institution and a warehouse cooperative.

The wholesale company Konstant Arbeitsschutz and Naderer Bus-Touristik are active nationwide.

The market municipality is one of 18 municipalities in the Leader region of Strudengau . The disc golf course, which opened in 2011, is one of the leader projects already implemented in the community.

On January 1, 2001, 158 people were employed in St. Thomas am Blasenstein. Of the 350 employees living in the municipality, 228 commuted to their jobs outside the municipality, while 36 people commuted to their workplaces in Windhaag at the same time.

134 jobs are located in another municipality in the Perg district, mainly in Perg and Pabneukirchen and 75 outside the Perg district in Upper Austria, mainly in Linz-Stadt and Freistadt. The remaining jobs are located in other federal states, and a few abroad. 12 people from the Perg district work in St. Thomas, the rest of the commuters come from other districts of Upper Austria or other Austrian federal states.

In 2001, 23.0 percent of the employed people in the municipality of St. Thomas were employed in agriculture and forestry, 32.5 percent in industry, trade and construction and 44.2 percent in the service sector. The proportion of people working in agriculture and forestry was 42.1 percent in 1981. 55.7 percent of the jobs in St. Thomas were in agriculture, 4.4 percent in industry, trade and construction and 39.9 percent in the service sector. In 1981, 78.4 percent of jobs were in agriculture and forestry.

Infrastructure

St. Thomas am Blasenstein has a local volunteer fire brigade. The power supply is provided by Linz AG. Three employees are employed in the municipality's own building yard. There is a local drinking water supply and sewage disposal.

traffic

The next stops and train stations of the Donauuferbahn are at a distance of 15 to 17 kilometers in Perg (Landesstrasse L 1424 and L 1434), Arbing (L 1434, L 1423 and L 1428) and Grein (L 573).

To the south the state roads connect to the B 3 Donau Straße , to the north the L 1432 leads to the B 124 Königswiesener Straße . There are several bus routes running daily in the direction of Grein, the district capital Perg and the provincial capital Linz.

education

A community kindergarten has been in existence in St. Thomas am Blasenstein since 1979 and has been run in two groups since 2009. The primary school is run in three classes in the school year 2010/2011. The secondary school can be attended in Pabneukirchen or Bad Kreuzen. The next higher schools are in Perg and Baumgartenberg.

Personalities

• Franz Xaver Sydler de Rosenegg (* May 4, 1709; † September 2, 1746), Luftg'selchter pastor
• Karl Waldeck (born September 22, 1841 in St. Thomas am Blasenstein; † March 25, 1905 in Linz) was a composer, cathedral organist and cathedral music director in Linz
• Franz Salzbauer (born August 4, 1877 in Mauthausen, † December 16, 1955 in Perg), honorary citizen (April 26, 1931, Mayor was Franz Ahorner at the time) of St. Thomas, teacher and senior teacher in St. Thomas for 30 years, initiator the electrification of the place, founding member of the fire brigade and the music band, great service to the associations and the agricultural cooperative, initiator of path markings and the like. v. a .; mated with Cäzilia, b. Bat, handicraft teacher, two children.
• Herbert Hiesmayr (1940–2016), educator , painter , author and local history researcher , honorary citizen of St. Thomas am Blasenstein and consultant for cultural maintenance of the Upper Austrian provincial government

literature

• Herbert Hiesmayr: St. Thomas on the bladder stone. A great past obliges. In: Our home - The district of Perg. Association for the publication of a district home book and communities of the district of Perg, 1995, 1996, p. 343ff.

Web links

Commons : Sankt Thomas am Blasenstein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on St. Thomas am Blasenstein in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
• 41122 - St. Thomas on the bladder stone. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Further information about the municipality of St. Thomas am bladder stone on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
• Community homepage accessed on September 17, 2011
• Tourism Upper Austria - St. Thomas am Blasenstein queried on September 17, 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The official spelling is specified or shown in the list of the municipalities of the Upper Austrian provincial government on the Internet and on Statistics Austria: A look at the municipality
2. ↑ Hermann Kohl: The lifeless nature . Upper Austrian provincial exhibition <1988, Kefermarkt>; Upper Austria. In: Helga Litschel; Province of Upper Austria, Office of Upper Austria. State government, culture department. (Ed.): The Mühlviertel: Nature, Culture, Life / Upper Austrian State Exhibition 1988, May 21 to October 30, 1988 in Weinberg Castle near Kefermarkt. Event from the state of Upper Austria. tape 2 . Province of Upper Austria, Office of Upper Austria. State government, Department of Culture, Linz, p. 41 ff . ( d-nb.info [accessed February 8, 2014]).
3. ^ Office of the Upper Austrian state government, nature conservation department (ed.): Volume 16: Aist-Naarn-Kuppenland area. Linz 2007. (PDF; 5.2 MB) ( Memento from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
5. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population development of St. Thomas am Blasenstein (PDF)
6. ↑ Statistics Austria: A look at the community of St. Thomas am bladder stone, population status and structure (PDF; 9 kB)
7. ↑ Statistics Austria: A look at the community of St. Thomas on the bladder stone Education PDF
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Statistics Austria table: A look at the municipality of St. Thomas am Blasenstein Demographic data PDF
9. ↑ Our church. Retrieved August 6, 2019 . 
10. ^ Herbert Hiesmayr : St. Thomas on the bladder stone - a great past obliges. In: Our home - The district of Perg. Association for the publication of a district home book Perg, Linz 1995, 1996, p. 343ff.
11. ^ Office of Upper Austria. State government - coat of arms of the community of St. Thomas am Blasenstein queried on September 17, 2011.
12. ↑ Puppenhausmuseum in Sankt Thomas am Blasenstein queried on September 17, 2011.
13. ↑ http ://www.mein Bezirk.at/Perg/bez_88/channel_1-3/chsid_1/uid_14538/id_681016 (link not available)
14. ↑ The new Leader project Disc Golf Course in St. Thomas was officially opened. In: Bezirksrundschau. No. 32, August 11, 2011.
15. ↑ View of the community of St. Thomas am Blasenstein, commuters to their commuting destination , (PDF)
16. ↑ Province of Upper Austria, regional database , general measures ( memento from December 15, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )