St. Martin in the Mühlkreis

market community St. Martin in the Mühlkreis
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Rohrbach
License plate :	RO
Surface:	34.88 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 25 '  N , 14 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 25 '0 "  N , 14 ° 2' 21"  E
Height :	549  m above sea level A.
Residents :	3,774 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	108 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	4113, 4114
Area code :	07232
Community code :	4 13 32
Address of the municipal administration:	Markt 2 4113 St. Martin im Mühlkreis
Website:	www.sankt-martin.at
politics
Mayor :	Wolfgang Schirz ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (25 members)	15th 7th 3 15th 7th 3  A total of 25 seats ÖVP : 15 SPÖ : 7 FPÖ : 3
Location of St. Martin im Mühlkreis in the Rohrbach district
Parish Church of St. Martin
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

St. Martin im Mühlkreis (also Sankt Martin im Mühlkreis ) is a market town in Upper Austria in the Rohrbach district in the upper Mühlviertel with 3774 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Rohrbach .

geography

St. Martin lies at an altitude of 549  m above sea level. A. in the southeastern part of the Rohrbach district in the upper Mühlviertel . In terms of the nature conservation spatial structure, the majority of the municipality belongs to the Central Mühlviertel highlands , while the southwestern edge area on the Danube belongs to the Danube gorge and side valleys . The extension is 9.4 km from north to south and 7.7 km from west to east. The total area is 34.88 km², making St. Martin the third largest municipality in the Rohrbach district. With 103 inhabitants per km², the municipality also had the sixth-highest population density in the district in 2013. In 2001, 30.7 percent of the municipal area was forested, 57.8 percent of the area was used for agriculture. In comparison with the federal state of Upper Austria, St. Martin is slightly less forested than the regional average (Upper Austria: 38.3 percent) or there is slightly more agricultural land (Upper Austria: 49.3 percent). The proportion of other uses (construction areas, gardens, bodies of water and other) is around 11.0 percent, slightly below the Upper Austrian average of 13.8 percent.

Geology and soils

The landscape of the municipality is part of the Bohemian Massif and belongs to the southeastern part of the Granite Highlands. The landscape slopes from north to south from the Bohemian Forest to the Danube and is characterized by deeply cut streams. The Bohemian mass goes back to a very old mountain range that arose from the Variscan mountain formation in the Paleozoic ( Carboniferous ), with the formation of granites and gneiss . After the strong erosion of the former high mountains, during the Alpidic mountain formation in the Tertiary, the Bohemian mass was abolished by several 100 meters, causing fractures and faults. Subsequently, sediments were deposited in the Tertiary and Quaternary periods . Today the municipality is characterized by flat low mountain ranges and the steep slopes leading to the Danube valley, with St. Martin extending over a height of between 270 and 600  m above sea level. A. extends. In the municipality there is predominantly migmatite gneiss , pearl gneiss and coarse-grained gneiss. Old weathered ceilings such as deeply eroded, kaolinized bedrock and brown clay ceilings are linked to the forms of removal. As a soil type, soils of the brown earth podsol series consist of crystalline, in deep layers as well as on more nutrient-rich granite and gneiss brown earth predominates.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Kirchberg ob der Donau in the west, Kleinzell in the Mühlkreis in the northwest, Niederwaldkirchen in the northeast, Herzogsdorf in the east and Feldkirchen an der Donau in the southeast (both districts Urfahr-Umgebung ) and Aschach an der Donau in the southeast and Hartkirchen in the southwest (both districts Eferding ).

Kleinzell in the Mühlkreis		Niederwaldkirchen
Kirchberg above the Danube		Herzogsdorf
Hartkirchen	Aschach on the Danube	Feldkirchen on the Danube

Districts of the municipality

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

• Adsdorf (122)
• Allersdorf (75)
• Anzing (308)
• Dunzendorf (76)
• Erdmannsdorf (166)
• Falkenbach (66)
• Falkenberg (109)
• Gerling (380) with the residential village of Bimberg
• Pit (49)
• Kobling (79)
• Lanzersdorf (153)
• Mahring (140)
• Neuhaus on the Danube (26)
• Oberhart (163)
• Plöcking (225)
• Reith (49)
• Ritzersdorf (173)
• Sankt Martin im Mühlkreis (1172)
• Under hard (107)
• Untermühl (43)
• Windischberg (37)
• Windorf (56)

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms : Under a red shield head in silver a red cloak, split by a silver, overturned sword with a blue handle, switched on by a blue, raised rafter, the tip of which covers the shield head. The municipality colors are blue-white-red.

history

Sankt Martin was first mentioned in a document in 1242. Originally under the feudal sovereignty of the Passau bishops , the place was occupied several times by Bavaria, among others, during the Napoleonic Wars . Since 1814, the place finally belongs to 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.

Sankt Martin became a market in 1984. Originally, the community was part of the Neufelden judicial district from 1850 , but after its dissolution it was added to the Rohrbach judicial district on January 1, 2003.

→ Neuhaus Castle on the Danube

→ Lauerturm (St. Martin im Mühlkreis)

population

Population structure

In 2013 there were 3,586 people in the parish of St. Martin, making St. Martin the most populous parish in the district. At the end of 2001, 95.1 percent of the population were Austrian citizens (Upper Austria 92.8 percent, Rohrbach district 96.9 percent), by the beginning of 2013 the value rose to 97.7 percent (Upper Austria 91.1 percent, Rohrbach district 96.9 percent) Percent). A total of 84 foreigners were counted in the municipality in 2013, 92 percent of whom came from Europe. The highest proportion fell to citizens of Turkey (46 percent), ahead of EU foreigners (42 percent). A total of 144 people with a foreign country of birth lived in St. Martin in 2013, 36 percent of whom were born in Turkey and 64 percent in one of the EU countries. In 2001, Germany was the most important country of birth for those born in the EU. In 2001, 89.7 percent of the population committed to the Roman Catholic Church (Upper Austria: 88.6 percent), 3.8 percent were without confession, 4.4 percent of the Islamic faith and 0.8 percent of the Protestants.

The average age of the community population in 2001 deviated more strongly from the national average in all segments. 21.9 percent of the residents of St. Martin were younger than 15 years (Upper Austria: 18.8 percent), 63.9 percent between 15 and 59 years old (Upper Austria: 61.6 percent). The proportion of residents over 59 years of age was 14.2 percent, below the national average of 20.2 percent. As a result, the average age of the population of St. Martin changed, especially in the first two segments. The proportion of people under 15 years of age fell sharply to 16.8 percent on January 1, 2013, while the proportion of people between 15 and 59 years of age increased significantly to 70.1 percent. The proportion of people over 59 years of age fell slightly to 13.2 percent. According to marital status, in 2001 49.5 percent of the residents of St. Martin were single, 43.5 percent married, 4.3 percent widowed and 2.8 percent divorced.

Population development

The population of the municipality of St. Martin rose by 73 percent between 1869 and 2013, which means that, in contrast to most municipalities in the district, the population development was comparatively little below the development in the federal state of Upper Austria. In the district average, the population development was stagnated. However, there has only been a decisive population growth in the municipality since the second half of the 20th century. Before that, the population had largely stagnated. The population grew slightly by 12 percent between 1869 and 1910, but by 1951 it practically fell back to the initial value of 1869. In the second half of the 20th century, the number of inhabitants in the municipality rose gradually, with the strongest increases being recorded between 1971 and 2001 with growth rates between 11 and 19 percent per decade. Most recently, the population has stagnated since the turn of the millennium. The reason for the high growth rates in the second half of the 20th century was both a high birth surplus and significant immigration. Immigration, however, weakened in the 1990s and subsequently developed into increasing emigration. So far, however, the decline in migration has been offset by the surplus of births, so that population development has stagnated since 2001.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council as the highest body of the municipality has 25 seats and is elected every six years in the course of Upper Austria-wide municipal council elections. The municipality board consists of seven members, whereby the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) is represented after the municipal council elections in 2009 with the mayor, the vice-mayor and three other members on the municipality board and thus has an absolute majority in this body. The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) sends two more members.

The strongest parliamentary group in the municipal council has always been the ÖVP, which from 1973 onwards always achieved an absolute majority of votes and mandates and in some cases even had a two-thirds majority. The ÖVP achieved between 62.4 and 75.5 percent during this period, with its best result since 1973 in the 1979 election and its worst result in 1997. The second strongest party in the St. Martin municipal council has always been the SPÖ, which has achieved election results between 20.7 percent (1979) and 30.9 (2003) percent since 1973. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) also competed in every election since 1973 and came up with 3.9 to 11.3 percent. In the last municipal council election in 2009, the ÖVP got 67.5 percent or 18 seats, the SPÖ got 25.8 percent or six seats and the FPÖ got 6.7 percent or one seat.

mayor

The mayor has been determined by direct election since 1997 , with no absolute majority for a candidate in a runoff election . Heinz Mittermayr (ÖVP) won the first direct mayor election with 69.0 percent against the candidate of the SPÖ in the first ballot. In 2003 he was also confirmed in office in the first ballot with 78.8 percent. In 2008 Mittermayr handed over his office to the previous Vice Mayor Wolfgang Schirz (ÖVP), who was confirmed in office by the population in the first ballot in 2009 with 77.5 percent.

Other options

As in municipal council elections, the ÖVP also dominates regional elections in the municipality. From 1973 onwards, the ÖVP was always the party with the highest number of votes; in 1979 it even achieved a two-thirds majority with 71.5 percent. The ÖVP achieved its lowest result in 1991 with 55.6 percent. The second strongest party in state elections was always the SPÖ, with election results between 18.9 and 29.5 percent. The SPÖ had its best result in 1973, its worst in 2009. The third strongest party until 1997 was the FPÖ, which achieved between 3.0 and 17.7 percent in the period from 1973 onwards. The FPÖ had its best result in 1991. In 2003, however, the FPÖ was briefly replaced by the Greens as the third-strongest party in state elections, with the Greens reaching 9.0 percent. In the last state election in 2009, the ÖVP came in first with 57.9 percent. The SPÖ only got 18.9 percent and thus had to give up almost 10 percent of its share of the vote. The FPÖ was able to overtake the Greens again and came up with 11.6 percent, the Greens achieved their second-best result with 8.8 percent.

Culture and sights

List of listed objects in St. Martin im Mühlkreis

Economy and Infrastructure

Even after the Second World War , the market town of St. Martin im Mühlkreis was largely shaped by agriculture. The big exception was the quarries in Plöcking, in which several companies had already employed 200 to 250 people around the turn of the century. The largest employers in the market town are the natural stone processing company Strasser Steine , the refrigerated furniture company Hauser and the construction company Gebrüder Lang . In addition to 13 restaurants, the “Empire” disco has been located in the village since 1999. In addition, St. Martin im Mühlkreis is home to the oldest brewery in Austria still in existence today, the Hofstetten brewery , which was first mentioned in history in 1229 and in which beer was demonstrably brewed for the first time in 1449. The brewery has been owned by the Krammer family since 1847.

Workplaces and employees

In 2001 St. Martin housed two workplaces with 100 or more employees and an additional eight companies with 20 or more employees. In total, the workplaces census carried out as part of the census showed 123 workplaces with 1,031 employees (excluding agriculture), 90 percent of whom were employees. The number of workplaces had risen by 39 (plus 46 percent) compared to 1991, the number of employees rose by 125 people (plus 14 percent). The most important branch of the economy in 2001 was the manufacturing sector with 21 workplaces and 376 employees (36 percent of all employees), including the two largest workplaces in the municipality. It was followed by trade with 28 workplaces and 194 employees (19 percent), followed by construction with 10 workplaces and 144 employees (14 percent). Other important sectors were education as well as “mining and quarrying of stones and earth” with 9 and 6 percent of the workforce. 42 percent of the employees in St. Martin were salaried employees or civil servants, 43 percent blue-collar workers and 9 percent business owners.

Of the 2077 economically active persons living in St. Martin in 2010, only 2.1 percent were unemployed. Of the 2,034 employed, 444 were employed in manufacturing (22 percent), 291 in retail (14 percent) and 191 in health and social services (9 percent). Other important sectors were construction with a share of 8 percent, public administration, and agriculture and forestry with 7 percent each. Of the 1,986 people in employment in St. Martin (excluding residents who were temporarily absent from work), 573 people were employed in St. Martin in 2010. 1,413 or 71 percent had to commute to work. Of the out-commuters, 51 percent had their place of work in the state capital Linz, 13 percent in the Rohrbach district, 11 percent in the Urfahr-Umgebung district and 8 percent in the Linz-Land district. The most important commuter communities besides Linz were Ottensheim , the district capital Rohrbach, Feldkirchen an der Donau , Leonding as well as Neufelden and Walding . In return, 689 people commuted to St. Martin, 60 percent of whom came from the Rohrbach district. The most important communities of origin were Kleinzell im Mühlkreis , Linz, St. Peter am Wimberg , Niederwaldkirchen and Feldkirchen an der Donau.

sport and freetime

There is a football club in St. Martin. It was not until 2012/13 that they became champions in the Landesliga Ost and were promoted to the Radio Upper Austria League.

There is also a judo, fistball, ski, tennis and curling club in St. Martin.

St. Martin is also home to one of the most successful competition fire departments in Upper Austria. They have 11 national championship and 9 vice national championship titles as well as 3 national championship titles. Both multiple qualifications for the Fire Brigade Olympics. In 2017 the active group was able to achieve the world championship title and the youth team the vice-world championship title at the international fire brigade competitions in Villach.

Web links

Commons : St. Martin im Mühlkreis  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 41332 - St. Martin in the Mühlkreis. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• More information about the community of St. Martin im Mühlkreis on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
• Bibliography on St. Martin im Mühlkreis in the forum OoeGeschichte.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The official spelling is specified or shown in the list of the municipalities of the Upper Austrian provincial government on the Internet and on Statistics Austria: A look at the municipality
2. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Upper Austria: Mapping of natural areas in Upper Austria. Landscape survey of the municipality of St. Martin in the Mühlkreis. Final report. Roitham 2005
3. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
4. ^ State of Upper Austria, history and geography, coat of arms. Retrieved April 16, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Upper Austria ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Population levels in Upper Austria in comparison by citizenship 
6. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population by religion and federal states 1951 to 2001 (accessed on October 2, 2013)
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Statistics Austria municipality data of St. Martin im Mühlkreis
8. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Upper Austria ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Resident population in Upper Austria compared by age group 
9. ^ Province of Upper Austria municipal council elections in St. Martin from 1973
10. ^ Province of Upper Austria election results in mayoral elections in St. Martin
11. ^ Province of Upper Austria State election results in St. Martin from 1973
12. ↑ ^{a b} Sports Union St. Martin
13. ↑ St. Martin fire brigade
14. ↑ St. Martin fire brigade. Retrieved December 2, 2018 .