Straß im Attergau

Straß im Attergau
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Vöcklabruck
License plate :	VB
Surface:	30.84 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 55 '  N , 13 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 54 '34 "  N , 13 ° 27' 1"  E
Height :	570  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,493 (Jan 1, 2020)
Postal code :	4881
Area code :	07667
Community code :	4 17 41
Address of the municipal administration:	Straß i. A. 30 4881 Straß im Attergau
Website:	www.strassimattergau.at
politics
Mayor :	Markus Bradler ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (19 members)	11 7th 1 11 7th 1  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 11 FPÖ : 7 SPÖ : 1
Location of Straß im Attergau in the Vöcklabruck district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Straß im Attergau is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Vöcklabruck district in the Hausruckviertel with 1493 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Vöcklabruck , west of the Attersee in the so-called Attergau .

geography

Straß im Attergau lies at an altitude of 570 m in the Hausruckviertel . The extension is 9.4 km from north to south and 5.8 km from west to east. The total area is 30.8 km², 55.8% of the area is forested, 38.3% of the area is used for agriculture.

Districts of the municipality

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

• Dachsenberg (71)
• Erlat (107)
• Fronbuehel (132)
• Stop (70)
• Innerlohen (55)
• Kronberg (108)
• Leming (21)
• Lichtenberg (25)
• Mitterleiten (71)
• Oberleiten (42)
• Pabing (30)
• Powang (84)
• Sagerer (119)
• Lake view (33)
• Stöttham (100)
• Straß im Attergau (141)
• Forest (50)
• Wildenhag (234)

coat of arms

Blazon : “Divided by red and blue by a silver, sloping wedge sloping to the left; above a golden lady's slipper flower with a golden stem and a golden leaf. "

The community colors are green-yellow.

The silver wave wedge in the coat of arms awarded in 1985 symbolizes a street and thus the place name. At the same time, it stands for the A 1 western motorway that crosses the municipality . The endangered and strictly protected yellow lady's slipper is native to the shady deciduous and mixed forests around Straß.

history

Straß was already settled at the time of the Romans and was then called "Strata". The history of Straß im Attergau is closely linked to that of St. Georgen .

→ Wildenhag Castle

Straß was originally in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria and has belonged to the Duchy of Austria since the 12th century. Since 1490 it has been assigned to the Principality of Austria ob der Enns . During the Napoleonic Wars , the place was occupied several times.

Straß has been an independent municipality since 1848.

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.

politics

Mayor is Markus Bradler from the ÖVP.

traffic

During the First World War , the Thalham forest railway was used to transport wood from the Attergau Klauswald to Gruber-Mühle or Mondseer Straße.

Population development

In 1991 the community had 1556 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 1481 inhabitants.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Straß im Attergau

"Attergau observation tower" on the Lichtenberg

• The Attergau observation tower, built in 2003, stands above the Lichtenberg district.

The square tower has eight platforms, the top of which is 32 m high and can be reached via 208 steps. The construction of the tower is made of wood, braced on the outside with steel cables and secured with galvanized grids. The panorama to the west and south is alpine, to the north and east gently rolling hills. The parapet of the uppermost platform is covered on each side with a panoramic photo a few meters long, on which all peaks are clearly legible with sea level as well as place and lake names. The view is one of the most impressive in the foothills of the Alps.

There is no entry fee, but you have to go through a turnstile so that the maximum number of visitors of 120 people is not exceeded.

The tower stands between two transmission masts - all three towers are architecturally undemanding.

Web links

Commons : Straß im Attergau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• More information about the community of Straß im Attergau on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
• Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
• 41741 - Straß im Attergau. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Herbert Erich Baumert: The coats of arms of the cities, markets and communities of Upper Austria, 7th supplement (1984-1987) . In: Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter, Heft 4, 1988, p. 244 ff, online (PDF; 7.2 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at