Hargelsberg

Hargelsberg
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Linz Land
License plate :	LL
Surface:	17.88 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 9 '  N , 14 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 9 '0 "  N , 14 ° 25' 32"  E
Height :	324  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,401 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	78 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4483
Area code :	07225
Community code :	4 10 06
Address of the municipal administration:	Hargelsberg 39 4483 Hargelsberg
Website:	www.hargelsberg.ooe.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Manfred Huber ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (19 members)	13 4th 2 13 4th 2  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 13 SPÖ : 4 FPÖ : 2
Location of Hargelsberg in the Linz-Land district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Hargelsberg is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Linz-Land district in the central area with 1401 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community was originally part of the Enns judicial district , since January 1, 2014, the community has been part of the Steyr judicial district .

geography

Hargelsberg lies at an altitude of 324 m in the central region of Upper Austria. The extension is 4.5 km from north to south and 6.3 km from west to east. The total area is 17.8 km², with which Hargelsberg was in the middle of the 22 municipalities in the district. 7.9 percent of the area of ​​Hargelsberg is forested, 84.3 percent of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipal area of ​​Hargelsberg is divided into the four cadastral communities Hargelsberg (449.89 hectares), Penking (313.61 hectares), Sieding (525.17 hectares) and Thann (500.24 hectares). It includes the following localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Angersberg (79)
• Firsching (455)
• Franzberg (19)
• Hargelsberg (482)
• Hard (36)
• Hausmanning (49)
• Penking (65)
• Pirchhorn (15)
• Sieding (114)
• Thann (87)

Thann is in the north and northeast of the municipality, Penking occupies the west of the municipality. The cadastral community Hargelsberg is located in the center of the municipality, Sieding in the south. In addition to the four cadastral communities, ten districts are differentiated in the community area. In the north in the cadastral community of Thann are the village of Thann ( 290  m above sea level ), the scattered settlement Franzberg and the scattered settlement Hart. In 2001, Thann comprised 26 houses with 85 residents, Franzberg six buildings and 19 residents, Hart together with the Ackermayr farmhouse 16 buildings and 38 residents. In the eastern cadastral community of Penking, the scattered settlement Penking ( 330  m above sea level ) is just one district, with the single houses Amtmann, Hagmayr, Hubmühle and Ipfmühle also belonging to Penking to the north and south of Penking. In 2001, Penking had 23 buildings and 77 residents. The cadastral community of Hargelsberg in the center of the community is home to the largest settlements in the community, namely Firsching and Hargelsberg. The two settlements are separated by the Thaller Bach , but have almost grown together. The village of Hargelsberg ( 324  m above sea level ) had 120 buildings and 326 residents in 2001, the Rotte Firsching ( 300  m above sea level ) 98 buildings and 332 residents. Also in the cadastral community of Hargelsberg, north of Firsching and Hagelsberg, is the village of Hausmanning ( 295  m above sea level ) with 17 buildings and 48 inhabitants in 2001. To the west of the two places is the hamlet of Pichhorn, which in 2001 consisted of five buildings with 19 residents . The southern cadastral community of Sieding is home to the Rotte Sieding ( 298  m above sea level ), the scattered settlement Angersberg ( 340  m above sea level ) with the Kothmühle. In 2001 Sieding consisted of 26 buildings with 68 inhabitants, Angersberg of 30 buildings with 70 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011, Firsching in particular was able to increase its population. With 445 inhabitants it was now clearly the largest settlement in the municipality, followed by Hargelsberg with 349 inhabitants. All other districts had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The third largest settlement was Thann with 85 inhabitants, followed by Sieding with 82, Angersberg with 73, Penking with 72, Hausmanning with 45, Franzberg with 23 and Pirchhorn with 19 inhabitants.

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms: Divided diagonally by a silver, curved thread; Above in red a silver cross-braced St. Andrew's cross, below in green a silver, overturned pommel ax. The community colors are yellow-green.

Meaning of the coat of arms

The colors red and white, the Florian colors, indicate that it is a "Florian parish". The green means the predominant agriculture. The curving thread is to be understood as a sign of the ridge (Franzberg, Hargelsberg, Angersberg) running from north to south through the municipality. The St. Andrew's cross indicates the church patron, the pommel ax to the Stone Age finds, especially from the Neolithic, in Hargelsberg. The coat of arms was designed by Silvia Kropfreiter from Hargelsberg.

history

The earliest written documents are 1244 "Haedegersperge" and 1328 "Hedgersperge". It is based on a personal name, such as Haduger.

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 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 . After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria took place.

Historical finds from Hargelsberg are exhibited in the Enns Museum.

population

Population structure

In 2013, 1,314 people lived in the Hargelsberg community, making Hargelsberg the third smallest community of the 22 communities in the district in terms of population. At the end of 2001 97.6 percent of the population were Austrian citizens (Upper Austria 92.8 percent, Linz-Land district 91.4 percent), by the beginning of 2013 the value had fallen marginally to 97.2 percent (Upper Austria 91.1 percent, Linz district -Land 89.0 percent). A total of 37 foreigners were counted in the municipality in 2013, 97 percent of whom came from Europe. The largest contingent was made up of people from EU countries. In 2001, 88.3 percent of the population (Upper Austria: 79.4 percent) committed to the Roman Catholic Church , 1.3 percent were Protestant, 7.5 percent without confession, 0.9 percent Islamic faith and 0.7 percent Orthodox Christians .

The average age of the community population in 2001 was slightly below the national average. 18.5 percent of the residents of Hargelsberg were younger than 15 years (Upper Austria: 18.8 percent), 66.4 percent between 15 and 59 years old (Upper Austria: 61.6 percent). The proportion of residents over 59 years of age was 15.2 percent, below the national average of 20.2 percent. As a result, the average age of the population of Hargelsberg changed comparatively little. The proportion of people under the age of 15 fell to 17.6 percent on January 1, 2013, while the proportion of people between 15 and 59 years of age increased to 69.7 percent. The proportion of those over 59 years of age, however, fell to 12.7 percent. According to marital status, in 2001 43.5 percent of the residents of Hargelsberg were single, 47.9 percent married, 5.0 percent widowed and 3.6 percent divorced.

Population development

The Hargelsberg community hardly saw any population movement between the late 19th century and 1951. Rather, the population fluctuated between around 1,000 and 1,100. The population development was below average compared to the province of Upper Austria and the district of Linz-Land. After 1951, contrary to the state and district trend, the community population began to decline sharply, with the community losing almost 30 percent of its population between 1951 and 1981. The decline was not stopped until the 1970s, with a slightly positive birth balance and a slightly positive migration balance being responsible for the small plus. In the 1980s, too, there was a positive migration and birth balance, which was around twice as high as in the 1970s, but was still well below average in comparison with the district and the state. Only since the 1990s has the community shown strong growth, with the population rising by 28 percent in this decade. The main reason for the growth was an increasing influx of people into the community, with immigration being around five times as high as the birth surplus. The high numbers of immigrants continued into the 21st century.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council as the highest body of the municipality has 13 seats and is elected every six years in the course of Upper Austria-wide municipal council elections. The municipal board consists of three members, with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) currently having two members, the Mayor and Vice Mayor, and the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) having one member.

The strongest parliamentary group in Hargelsberg's municipal council has always been the ÖVP, which between 1973 and 2009 was always able to achieve an absolute majority of votes and mandates. The ÖVP achieved election results between 56.1 and 67.9 percent. The second strongest party in each election was the SPÖ, which could unite between 29.9 and 38.0 percent. In addition to the ÖVP and the SPÖ, only the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) ran in the municipality from 1991 onwards, achieving a maximum of one mandate and failing to join the municipal council in 2003. The FPÖ's election results were 5.9 to 10.2 percent. In the last municipal council election in 2009, the ÖVP achieved 62.5 percent or eight seats, the SPÖ won 29.9 percent and four seats, the FPÖ 7.6 percent and one seat.

mayor

The mayor has been determined by direct election since 1997 , with no absolute majority for a candidate in a runoff election . Manfred Huber of the ÖVP has been mayor since 1995. He was confirmed in office in 1997 with 77.7 percent and won the mayoral elections in 2003 and 2009 in the first round with 68.0 and 70.1 percent respectively. The Vice Mayor is also provided by the ÖVP.

Other options

Analogous to the municipal council elections, the ÖVP always comes first in state elections in the municipality and also achieved an absolute majority of votes. The results of the ÖVP were between 51.6 and 65.8 percent. As in the municipal elections, the second strongest party was always the SPÖ, which achieved results between 22.4 and 34.8 percent. The FPÖ was the third strongest force with results between 1.4 and 13.5 percent. In the last state election in 2009, the ÖVP again came first with 56.2 percent. The SPÖ only got 22.4 percent and had to accept its worst result so far. The third strongest party was the FPÖ with 11.9%, the fourth strongest was the Greens with 6.8%.

Economy and Infrastructure

Workplaces and employees

In 2001 Hargelsberg only housed one company that had 20 or more employees. In total, the census of workplaces carried out as part of the census showed 46 workplaces with 177 employees (excluding agriculture), 81 percent of which were employees. The number of workplaces had risen by 17 (plus 59 percent) compared to 1991, the number of employees by only one person (plus one percent). In 2001, the most important branch of the economy was manufacturing with 11 workplaces and 63 employees (36 percent of all employees), followed by real estate / business services with 11 workplaces with 27 employees (15 percent) and construction with five workplaces and 21 employees (12 percent). 41 percent of the employees in Hargelsberg were salaried employees or civil servants, 35 percent blue-collar workers and 19 percent business owners.

Of the 683 economically active people living in Hargelsberg in 2010, 4.1 percent were unemployed. Of the 655 employed, 136 were employed in manufacturing (21 percent), 105 in trade (16 percent) and 53 in health and social services (8 percent). Other important sectors were agriculture and forestry and professional and technical services, each with 7 percent of employees. Of the 632 gainfully employed people from Hargelsberg (excluding residents temporarily absent from work), only 120 were employed in Hargelsberg in 2010. 512 or 81 percent had to commute to work. Of the out-commuters, 37 percent had their place of work in the Linz-Land district and 29 percent in Linz. The most important commuter communities besides Linz were Enns and Steyr. In return, 139 people commuted to Hargelsberg, 42 percent of which came from the city of Steyr.

Agriculture and Forestry

In 2010 the statistics showed 36 agricultural and forestry holdings for the municipality of Hargelsberg. These included 20 full-time businesses and 16 part-time businesses. The total number of businesses had fallen by eight businesses or 18 percent compared to 1999, with the number of part-time businesses falling by 40 percent and three full-time businesses being added. The farms jointly cultivated a total of 1,512 hectares in 2010, with 62 percent of the area being farmed by full-time farmers. The average area of ​​full-time farmers was 46.7 hectares, around 50 percent higher than the Upper Austrian average.

Transport and infrastructure

The most important road connection in the municipality is the Steyrer Straße (B 309), which runs in the east of the municipality from north to south and connects Hargelsberg in the north with the city of Enns and the Westautobahn (A1) and in the south with the city of Steyr. In terms of traffic, the community is mainly developed through the state roads, with Harrstrasse (L 1404) connecting Steyrer Strasse and the center of Hargelsberg, which then continues to Kronstorf and Dietach . Starting from the center of Hargelsberg, Penkinger Straße (L 1398) takes over the development of the community area to the east and south-east and leads to the district of Penking. In Penking itself, Wiesstrasse (L 1365) and Thannstrasse (L 1349) also have their exit. However, they only run briefly across the municipality. Starting from the center of the village, Volkersdorfer Straße (L 1403) opens up the north of the municipality and runs to the Enns-West motorway junction of the western motorway. In the south, the municipality is opened up not only by Harrstraße but also by Angersberger Straße (L 1352), which runs as far as the municipality of Kronstorf.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Hargelsberg

• Hargelsberg parish church

Recreational facilities

• Riding club
• Tennis club
• Football field
• the only ski lift in the Linz-Land district,
• solar heated outdoor pool
• and other recreational facilities

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

In the cycling master plan of the Austrian federal government from 2009, Hargelsberg is listed as the place with the lowest percentage of cycling in Austria: the percentage of cyclists in the total traffic volume is 0%.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town:

• Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter (1936–2003), Augustinian canon, composer and organist

Died in Hargelsberg:

• Gustav Mahr (1858–1930), military bandmaster and composer

Web links

Commons : Hargelsberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community website
• 41006 - Hargelsberg. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Further information about the municipality of Hargelsberg can be found on the geographic 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. ↑ Statistics Austria: Upper Austria Directory 2005
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Statistics Austria municipality data from Hargelsberg
4. ^ Province of Upper Austria - Hargelsberg. Retrieved July 3, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Website of the Hargelsberg community - community data. Retrieved July 3, 2017 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} State of Upper Austria ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Population levels in Upper Austria in comparison by citizenship
7. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population by religion and federal states 1951 to 2001 (accessed on October 2, 2013)
8. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Upper Austria ( Memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Resident population in Upper Austria compared by age group
9. ^ Province of Upper Austria (PDF; 209 kB) Local council elections in Hargelsberg
10. ↑ Province of Upper Austria (PDF; 200 kB) Results of mayoral elections
11. ^ Province of Upper Austria (PDF; 201 kB) State election results
12. ↑ http://umwelt.lebensministerium.at/filemanager/download/20245/