Steinerkirchen on the Traun

market community Steinerkirchen on the Traun
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Catfish Land
License plate :	WL
Surface:	32.6 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 5 '  N , 13 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 4 '43 "  N , 13 ° 57' 30"  E
Height :	381  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,386 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	73 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4652
Area code :	07241
Community code :	4 18 21
Address of the municipal administration:	Market community Steinerkirchen an der Traun Landstrasse 7 4652 Steinerkirchen an der Traun
Website:	www.steinerkirchen.at
politics
Mayor :	Thomas Steinerberger ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (25 members)	15th 7th 3 15th 7th 3  A total of 25 seats ÖVP : 15 FPÖ : 7 SPÖ : 3
Location of Steinerkirchen an der Traun in the Wels-Land district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Steinerkirchen an der Traun is a market town in Upper Austria in the Traunviertel with 2386 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The political district is the Wels-Land district .

geography

Steinerkirchen an der Traun is located at an altitude of 381 m in the Traunviertel.

The extension is 8.4 km from north to south and 7.7 km from west to east. The total area is 32.5 km². 14.5% of the area is forested, 77.8% of the area is used for agriculture. The municipality has a share in the 100 hectare nature reserve Alm-Auen .

Neighboring communities

	Fischlham	Stone house
Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting		Sattledt
	Vorchdorf	Eberstalzell

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 22 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Almegg (83)
• Atzing (81)
• Atzmannsdorf (44)
• Eden (56)
• Frohnhofen (342)
• Gundersdorf (103)
• Hammersedt (61)
• Hummelberg (89)
• Warhammer (33)
• Linden (131), newly removed from the village of Wollsberg
• Niederheischbach (143)
• Oberaustall (6)
• Oberheischbach (50)
• Pesenlitring (31)
• Reuharting (55)
• Ritzendorf (50)
• Fast (72)
• Solling (37)
• Steinerkirchen an der Traun (806)
• Stockham (33)
• Taxlberg (3)
• Wollsberg (77)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Almegg, Hammersedt, Oberaustall, Schnelling and Steinerkirchen an der Traun.

Counting districts are Steinerkirchen-Zentrum for the market town, and Steinerkirchen-Umgebung for the rest of the community.

history

Originally located in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria , the place belonged to the Duchy of Austria since the 12th century . Documents from the years 1247 and 1249, which summarize the possessions of the Kremsmünster monastery , name the parish church Steinerkirchen for the first time. Since 1490 it has been assigned to the Principality of 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.

Population development

In 1991 the community had 2068 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 2149 inhabitants. 2386 citizens currently live in this community (as of January 1, 2020).

politics

The community belonged to the judicial district of Lambach until 2012 and has been part of the judicial district of Wels since January 1, 2013 .

Distribution of seats since the municipal council election 2015:

• 15 mandates of the Austrian People's Party  (ÖVP)
• 07 mandates for the Freedom Party of Austria  (FPÖ)
• 03 mandates for the Social Democratic Party of Austria  (SPÖ)

mayor

• since 2015 Thomas Steinerberger (ÖVP)

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms :

Square of green and silver; 1 a gold, Latin cross with clover leaf ends growing from the dividing line ; 2 and 3 a square wall up to the upper edge; 4 a golden wave bar .

The community colors are yellow-green .

The tower cross of the parish church in the first quarter and the stone wall filling the field in the second quarter underline the place name ( talking coat of arms ). The wall in the third lower right field refers to Almegg Castle , which is located on the Alm river . The waveband embodies the Traun River , the name of which is included in the community name.

The coat of arms was awarded in 1984.

Capital of the municipality

Steinerkirchen an der Traun ( capital of a market town ) locality ( capital of the municipality ) cadastral community Steinerkirchen an der Traun
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Wels-Land , Upper Austria
Pole. local community	Steinerkirchen on the Traun
Coordinates	48 ° 4 ′ 41 ″  N , 13 ° 57 ′ 28 ″  E
height	381  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	806 (January 1, 2020)
Building status	193 (2001)
Area  d. KG	8.23 km²
Statistical identification
Locality code	13559
Cadastral parish number	51128
Counting district / district	Steinerkirchen Center (41 821 000)
Village with Rachling Source: STAT : Ortverzeichnis ; BEV : GEONAM ; DORIS

The market place is Steinerkirchen an der Traun . The place is located about 11 kilometers southwest of Wels . It is located in the valley of the Fischlhamer Bach (from Eberstalzell) 3½ kilometers south of its confluence with the Traun , at around 380  m above sea level. A. Height.

The village comprises almost 200 buildings with around 800 inhabitants, i.e. around ¹ ⁄ _{3 of} the community's population. The Rotte Rachling to the west also belongs to the local area . This also corresponds to the counting district Steinerkirchen-Zentrum  (000) of the municipality.

The cadastral community with around 820  hectares also includes the villages of Frohnhofen in the valley, Nieder - and Oberheischbach to the northeast, and Hummelberg to the southwest.

The L537 Sattledter Straße runs west- eastwards through the village  from the B1 at Edt bei Lambach to Sattledt (connection  A1 ), to the southwest the L1312  Bad Wimsbach-Neydhartinger Straße leads to the B144 near Roitham am Traunfall (near Laakirchen / Steyrmühl).

Neighboring towns, villages and cadastral communities:

Fischlham (O, KG, Gem.  Fischlham ) Ornharting  (O, Gem.  Fischlham )		Forstberg (KG,  Fischlham district ) Niederheischbach  (O)
Rachling		Oberheischbach  (O) Hammersedt  (KG)
Hummelberg  (O) Almegg  (KG)	Grub  (O) Schnelling  (KG)	Frohnhofen  (O) 0

Culture and sights

At the Steinerkirchen Agrarium

See also:  List of listed objects in Steinerkirchen an der Traun

• Parish Church of St. Martin
• Almegg Castle
• Benedictine convent : built in 1949 in the former rectory, with parament workshops
• Family paradise Agrarium - plant, animal & adventure park: In the park, which was built in 1994, flowers, herbs, fruit, grain and vegetables can be seen in 60 landscaped gardens on an area of ​​10 hectares. It also shows breeds of domestic animals threatened with extinction and the smallest horses in the world.
• Alm-Auen nature reserve

• Martin Choir
• Steinerkirchen Music Association

• One of the regular events is the Martinimarkt, a traditional handicraft market in late autumn

Web links

Commons : Steinerkirchen an der Traun  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the market town of Steinerkirchen an der Traun
• Entry on Steinerkirchen an der Traun in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• 41821 - Steinerkirchen on the Traun. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Further information about the municipality of Steinerkirchen an der Traun can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
• Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
• Bibliography on Steinerkirchen 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. ↑ City council resolution of April 16, 2013
3. ↑ Benedictine Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In: dioezese-linz.at, benediktinerinnen.at. Retrieved July 23, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Family paradise Agrarium
5. ^ MV Steinerkirchen
6. ↑ Martini Market