Vorchdorf

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market community
Vorchdorf
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Vorchdorf coat of arms
Vorchdorf (Austria)
Vorchdorf
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Upper Austria
Political District : Gmunden
License plate : GM
Surface: 47.75 km²
Coordinates : 48 ° 0 '  N , 13 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 0 '12 "  N , 13 ° 55' 22"  E
Height : 414  m above sea level A.
Residents : 7,524 (Jan 1, 2020)
Population density : 158 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 4655
Area code : 07614
Community code : 4 07 20
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Schloßplatz 7
4655 Vorchdorf
Website: www.vorchdorf.at
politics
Mayor : Gunter Schimpl ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015)
(37 members)
15th
10
7th
5
15th 10 7th 5 
A total of 37 seats
Location of Vorchdorf in the Gmunden district
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

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Vorchdorf is a market town with 7524 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Upper Austria in the Gmunden district in the Traunviertel . The community is located in the judicial district of Gmunden .

360 ° aerial panorama, taken at the Haresau hydropower plant Show
as spherical panorama

geography

Vorchdorf lies at an altitude of 414 m (lowest point 370 m, highest point 640 m), about 15 km northeast of Gmunden . The extension is 9.3 km from north to south and 9.8 km from west to east. The total area is 47.78 km². 19.2% of the area is forested, 64.9% of the area is used for agriculture. The two rivers Laudach and the Alm pass through the municipality from the south. The drought (Inner) Laudach flows into the Outer Laudach near the town center.

Community structure

The community consists of eleven cadastral communities :

  • Adlhaming
  • Eggenberg
  • Hermit
  • Feldham
  • Hörbach
  • Lederau
  • Messenbach
  • moss
  • Muhltal
  • Theuerwang
  • Vorchdorf
Neighboring communities
Roitham am Traunfall Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting , Steinerkirchen an der Traun Eberstalzell
Laakirchen Neighboring communities
Kirchham Scharnstein Pettenbach

Vorchdorf borders the districts of Wels-Land and Kirchdorf .

population

Population development
year 1848 1900 1934 1951 1970 1991 2001 2011 2018 2020
Residents 3.127 3,322 3,914 4,849 5,517 6,868 7,265 7,308 7,475 7524

As of January 1, 2020, the market town had 7524 inhabitants. Around 500 Transylvanian Saxons came to Vorchdorf after the Second World War. After that, the immigrants came mainly from the former Yugoslavia , Turkey and Germany .

The population growth over the past decade is based on a positive birth balance . The migration balance has been negative since 2001.

history

Due to its geographically advantageous location, Vorchdorf was already settled in the Neolithic . 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 "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 Austria was annexed to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, the place belonged to the " Gau Oberdonau " . After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria took place. The Upper Austrian provincial government decided in 1982 to raise the municipality to a market municipality.

coat of arms

The high-rise castle can be seen on the coat of arms awarded in 1967 (see sights).

Blazon : “In green, a silver, square, three-story house with a base, black arched door, two black, rectangular windows on the ground floor and four black, rectangular windows each on the two upper floors, the middle ones as double windows; crowned with a round-arched frieze , above a small, black, round-arched central window and a red hipped roof; Laterally limited with offset corner cuboids. Community colors: red-white-green "

politics

Municipal council elections
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
38.60%
(-7.88  % p )
27.51%
(+ 14.85  % p )
20.22%
(-7.88  % p )
13.68%
(+ 3.22  % p )
n. k.
(-2.30  % p )
2009

2015

  • Gunter Schimpl from the ÖVP has been the mayor since April 15, 2008 after the previous mayor Franz Kofler resigned from his office. In 2015 he was re-elected with 50.07% of the vote. The remaining candidates were Karin Pointner (FPÖ): 21.20%, Harald Agostini (SPÖ): 16.90%, Reinhard Ammer (Greens): 11.83%

education

  • Fischböckau nursery
  • Fischböckau kindergarten
  • Vorchdorf Kindergarten Kapellenweg
  • Kindergarten Vorchdorf Kitzmantelstrasse
  • Vorchdorf primary school
  • Pamet primary school
  • New middle school / music middle school
  • Polytechnic school
  • State Music School (branch of Laakirchen )
  • ECDL test center Vorchdorf

Culture and sights

Parish church Vorchdorf
Vorchdorf: high-rise castle
See also:  List of listed objects in Vorchdorf
  • Eggenberg Castle : an old castle from 971, houses the Eggenberg brewery, which, like the castle, can be traced back to the 10th century, and museums.
  • Hochhaus Castle : a nearly originally preserved renaissance castle from around 1600, and one of the earliest renaissance buildings in Austria; the castle is located in the middle of the village and houses the local history museum including gastronomy.
  • Former Theuerwang Castle
  • Roman Catholic Parish church Vorchdorf : Baroque church building, originally Gothic , from 1700 rebuilding in Baroque style, Baroque high altar from 1690
  • War memorial: The memorial was designed by the sculptor A. Gerhard from Gmunden. It consists of a three-part artificial stone base. The center piece shows the inscription " Den Helden 1914–1918 " and bears the stone figure of St. Michael. The names of 70 soldiers from Vorchdorf who died in the war are engraved on the two side panels. The monument was ceremoniously unveiled on October 2, 1921 by Mayor Michael Kitzmantel.
  • Filialkirche Einsiedling : the largely Gothic church could date back to the 8th century. The church in Einsiedling, consecrated to St. Bartholomew, was mentioned for the first time as a branch church of Vorchdorf in 1249. It has a baroque nave, a late Gothic choir and a crucifixion group from 1480. The construction in its current form was completed in 1665, when the church was inaugurated by the Passau auxiliary bishop Martin Geiger.
  • Museum of the Vorchdorf region: in the area of ​​the Kitzmantelfabrik
  • Enamel museum: in the Hochhaus Castle, in the Fischerturm
  • Motorcycle museum : in the Peintal district
  • Almtalbad Vorchdorf
  • The Wels architecture firm Luger-Maul redesigned the former shoe factory.
    Kitzmantelfabrik cultural center

Cultural associations

  • Vorchdorf photo club
  • Goldhaubengruppe Vorchdorf
  • Kitzmantelfabrik
  • Rural youth Vorchdorf
  • Market music Vorchdorf
  • Music association of the Transylvanian Vorchdorf

Sports

Societies:

  • ASKÖ Vorchdorf
  • Rifle Society 1879 Vorchdorf
  • Theuerwang shooting club
  • Union Badminton Club Vorchdorf
  • VKL Vikings basketball
  • Union Skiclub Seyr-Dach Vorchdorf
  • Union Swiss Life Select table tennis Vorchdorf
  • Union Tennis Club Vorchdorf

Regular events

  • Market music festival concert
  • Culture weekend in the Kitzmantel
  • Silo party of the rural youth Vorchdorf
  • Italian night and international Cinquecento meeting
  • Design market in the Kitzmantelfabrik
  • Farmers market

Economy and Infrastructure

The construction of the A1 western motorway at the beginning of 1960 with the Vorchdorf junction triggered an economic upswing.

Established businesses

One of the best restaurants in Upper Austria, the Tanglberg Restaurant & Gallery, is located in Vorchdorf. It was awarded three toques by Gault & Millau in 2017.

traffic

Road: In the north, the municipality is cut through by the West Autobahn .

modern low-floor tram on the Gmunden-Vorchdort route

Rail: The local railways Lambach – Vorchdorf and Gmunden – Vorchdorf connect the place with Gmunden in the south and Lambach in the north.

religion

  • Roman Catholic parish church (see sights)
  • Einsiedling branch church (Roman Catholic)
  • Protestant church
  • Mosque of the Islamic Faith Community (since 1980)

Personalities

Sons and daughters
People related to the community

literature

  • Mapping of natural areas in Upper Austria. Landscape survey of the community of Vorchdorf. Final report. In: Expertise Nature Conservation Department Upper Austria. No. 610, 2004, pp. 1–117 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population level and structure for municipalities 01.01.2010. (PDF; 9 kB) Statistics Austria, accessed on October 10, 2010 .
  2. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Vorchdorf, population development. Retrieved March 14, 2019 .
  3. ^ New mayor in Vorchdorf. ÖVP Gmunden, accessed on September 1, 2008 .
  4. ↑ BM2015 . In: Vorchdorf . ( vorchdorf.at [accessed on November 11, 2016]).
  5. ↑ Castle high-rise. Schloss Hochhaus, Hillinger GesmbH, accessed on November 14, 2011 .
  6. ↑ Marktmusik Vorchdorf. Marktmusik Vorchdorf, accessed on October 9, 2008 .
  7. ↑ Culture weekend in the Kitzmantel. Culture weekend in the Kitzmantel, accessed on March 17, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Restaurant & Gallery Tanglberg