Steegen

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Steegen
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Steegen (Austria)
Steegen
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Upper Austria
Political District : Grieskirchen
License plate : GR
Surface: 13.2 km²
Coordinates : 48 ° 20 '  N , 13 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 20 '24 "  N , 13 ° 45' 55"  E
Height : 380  m above sea level A.
Residents : 1,064 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code : 4722
Area code : 07276
Community code : 4 08 28
NUTS region AT311
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Badergasse 5
4722 Steegen
Website: www.steegen.at
politics
Mayor : Herbert Lehner ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015)
(19 members)
6th
3
2
2
6th 3 2 2 
A total of 13 seats

Location of Steegen in the Grieskirchen district
Aistersheim Bad Schallerbach Eschenau im Hausruckkreis Gallspach Gaspoltshofen Geboltskirchen Grieskirchen Haag am Hausruck Heiligenberg Hofkirchen an der Trattnach Kallham Kematen am Innbach Meggenhofen Michaelnbach Natternbach Neukirchen am Walde Neumarkt im Hausruckkreis Peuerbach Pollham Pötting Pram Rottenbach St. Agatha St. Georgen bei Grieskirchen St. Thomas Schlüßlberg Steegen Taufkirchen an der Trattnach Tollet Waizenkirchen Wallern an der Trattnach Weibern Wendling OberösterreichLocation of the municipality of Steegen in the Grieskirchen district (clickable map)
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

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Steegen is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Grieskirchen district in the Hausruckviertel with 1064 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Grieskirchen .

geography

Steegen lies at an altitude of 380  m above sea level. A. in the Hausruckviertel. The extension is 4.1 km from north to south and 6.4 km from west to east. The total area is 13.2 km². 9.1% of the area is forested, 81.8% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

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

  • Asing (39)
  • Enzing (46)
  • Griesbach (14)
  • Kirchenfeld (150)
  • Krottenthal (13)
  • Langenpeuerbach (68)
  • Oberbubenberg (13)
  • Obererleinsbach (61)
  • Place on the street (46)
  • Parz am Öhlstampf (22)
  • Rittberg (14)
  • Sallet (6)
  • St. Pius (94)
  • Steegen (123)
  • Steinbruck (146)
  • Stieglhof (17)
  • Unterbubenberg (27)
  • Untererleinsbach (45)
  • Unterdobl (12)
  • Desert (19)
  • Urleinsberg (19)
  • Vest (19)
  • Weireth (37)
  • Windprechting (14)

The municipality consists of the only cadastral municipality Steegen.

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 '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 . In 1945 Upper Austria was restored. On November 6, 2016, there was a vote on whether Steegen would be merged with the neighboring communities of Peuerbach and Bruck-Waasen . The majority of the residents of Peuerbach and Bruck-Waasen voted in favor, the majority of the residents of Steegen against. So Steegen remains independent.

Population development

In 1991 the community had 1246 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 1124 inhabitants.

politics

Mayor is Herbert Lehner, Vice Mayor Franz Bauer, both from the ÖVP.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In green three silver, one-to-two set horseshoes , above a golden, raised, oblique left bridge." The community colors are green and yellow. The municipal coat of arms, awarded in 1989, symbolizes the place name with the sloping bridge. The three horseshoes come from the coat of arms of the Eisterers, who were once the owners of the Steegerhof, the former Steegen Castle . At the same time they refer to the agricultural character of the community.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Personalities associated with the community

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  2. ↑ Upper Austria: Two municipalities are merging orf.at, November 6, 2016, accessed November 6, 2016.
  3. ^ Herbert Erich Baumert: The coats of arms of the cities, markets and communities of Upper Austria, 8th supplement (1988-1991) . In: Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter, Heft 3, 1992, p. 299, online (PDF; 4 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at