Taufkirchen an der Trattnach

market community Taufkirchen an der Trattnach
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Grieskirchen
License plate :	GR
Surface:	24.61 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 15 '  N , 13 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '51 "  N , 13 ° 45' 0"  E
Height :	377  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,967 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	4715
Area code :	07734
Community code :	4 08 29
Address of the municipal administration:	Taufkirchen 105 4715 Taufkirchen an der Trattnach
Website:	www.taufkirchen.at
politics
Mayor :	Gerhard Schaur ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (25 members)	11 10 2 2 11 10 2 2  A total of 25 seats ÖVP : 11 FPÖ : 10 SPÖ : 2 NEOS : 2
Location of Taufkirchen an der Trattnach in the Grieskirchen district
Taufkirchen an der Trattnach
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Taufkirchen an der Trattnach is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Grieskirchen district in the Hausruckviertel with 1967 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Grieskirchen .

geography

Taufkirchen an der Trattnach lies at an altitude of 377  m above sea level. A. in the Hausruckviertel. The extension is 7 km from north to south and 6.6 km from west to east. The total area is 24.6 km², 13.8% of the area is forested, 77.6% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 37 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Adrischendorf (16)
• Aich (213)
• Aichet (18)
• Altenhof (6)
• Brandstetten (31)
• Damberg (11)
• Dietensam (92)
• Eiblhub (18)
• Heir (4)
• Fellhof (4)
• Fürstling (5)
• Semolina (13)
• Grubhof (4)
• Gstötten (5)
• Haslau (27)
• Hehenberg (104)
• Helmling (32)
• Hofmaning (21)
• Wooden (6)
• Keneding (26)
• Korntnerberg (20)
• Moedlbach (51)
• Niedertrattnach (74)
• Oberolzing (18)
• Obertrattbach (9)
• Obertrattnach (311)
• Odlboding (34)
• Ring (35)
• Reischau (30)
• Roith (97)
• Taufkirchen an der Trattnach (385)
• Unterolzing (43)
• Untertrattbach (33)
• Paternal (47)
• Weidenau (5)
• Widldorf (103)
• Winkl (16)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Damberg, Keneding, Kortnerberg, Mödelbach, Roith and Widldorf.

Neighboring communities

Kallham	Neumarkt	Poetting
Wendling		Great
	Hofkirchen	St. Georgen

coat of arms

Blazon : "In silver over a blue wavy bar, a red rafter made up of two pieces of red bars and decorated with a red cross."

The community colors are red-white-blue.

The coat of arms, awarded in 1974, refers to the place name with a cross and waves, while the wave bar also stands for the Trattnach.

history

Roman roads led through Taufkirchen.

Timetable

Year (s)	event
0785	A priest named Selnrich gave his possessions in "dratihaha" (Trattnach-Obertrattnach) to the church. With the donation of this property in Trattnach to St. Stephen's Cathedral in Passau, an important cultural and legal historical event took place.
1000	Taufkirchen becomes the pastoral center of an extensive area.
1088	Roith Castle , one of the oldest noble residences , is mentioned for the first time in a document, although it was founded before the year 1000.
1203	First documentary mention of a noble residence in Vatersam.
1260	Taufkirchen an der Trattnach is first mentioned in a document.
1293	First documented mention of Höhenberg as Hehenberg .
14th century	The Church of St. Vitus in Höhenberg is built in the Gothic style.
1475	The Church of St. James in Hinteraichet is first mentioned in a document.
1516-1530	In the parish land register there is talk of a schoolmaster.
from 1600	Kallham becomes a parish and Taufkirchen is demoted to a vicariate.
1620	Roit Castle and the rectory burned down by Bavarian soldiers.
1633	In a Passau list, Taufkirchen appears again as a separate parish.
1670-1980	The church, built in the Romanesque architectural style, has a main nave built in the Renaissance style .
1725	Another renovation will give the church on the north side the Sebastiani chapel.
1790	The wooden school house is destroyed by fire and replaced by the first brick school house.
1835	The music band is brought into being.
1850	The first mayor is Johann Trinkfaß.
1861	With the opening of the Kaiserin-Elisabeth-Bahn , the community is connected to the European rail network.
1870	Establishment of the KK post office in Obertrattnach
1886-1887	The Lourdes Chapel in Aich is being built by the married couple Johann and Maria Hager at their own expense and property.
1890	Foundation of the Taufkirchen an der Trattnach volunteer fire brigade .
1891	Taufkirchen becomes an independent parish for the second time under canon law.
1898	The Raiffeisenkasse Taufkirchen is founded.
1901	Foundation of the music association
1913	The last remains of Roith Castle fall.
1921	Relocation of the post office to Taufkirchen.
1950	The parish hall will be built at the eastern entrance to the village.
1958–1962	Major exterior and interior renovation of the church
1959	The post office will be housed in the extension of the municipal office.
1971	Restoration of the rectory and adaptation of the farm building to a rectory
1974	October 7th - Award of the municipal coat of arms (decision of the Upper Austrian provincial government). Approval by the local council on August 28, 1974.
1984	Interior renovation of the parish church
1985	Taufkirchen an der Trattnach celebrates its 1200th anniversary.
1994	Blessing of the new organ
2009	Market survey

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Taufkirchen an der Trattnach

• The parish church in Taufkirchen an der Trattnach is consecrated to St. Martin (name day: November 11th). The parish Taufkirchen was subordinate to the Prince-Bishop of Passau for a long time and is now part of the Diocese of Linz .
• The branch and pilgrimage church Hehenberg (Höhenberg) is dedicated to St. Vitus (June 15) consecrated.
• The church in Roith (belonging to the moated castle Roith) was demolished during the Reformation by order of the emperor.
• The earthworks, the pond, which was drained in 1820, and the outbuildings remained of the former moated castle . Roith was a nursing dish . In 1956 the Counts Walderdorff came to Roith.
• The Steininger family of organ builders lived here for a long time. 17 organs and over a hundred new harmonies were built here.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Josef Krempl (born February 11, 1862; † April 4, 1914 in Vienna), dialect poet, was born in the village of Obertrattnach.
• Alois Gruber (born December 21, 1908 in Weidenau, † February 22, 1959 in Klagenfurt), politician, member of the National Council
• Franz Schiemer (* 1986), former soccer player and soccer champion a. a. with FC Red Bull Salzburg.

Web links

Commons : Taufkirchen an der Trattnach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community website
• Background information on the story
• Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
• More information about the municipality of Taufkirchen an der Trattnach on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper 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 (4th supplement 1973-1976) In: Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter, Heft 1/2, 1977, p. 27, online (PDF; 3.5 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at