Waldhausen im Strudengau

market community

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Upper Austria

Political District :

Perg

License plate :

PE

Surface:

46.69 km²

Coordinates :

48 ° 17 ' N , 14 ° 57' E Coordinates: 48 ° 16 '39 " N , 14 ° 57' 0" E

Height :

470 m above sea level A.

Residents :

2,853 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

61 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

4391

Area code :

07260

Community code :

4 11 25

NUTS region

AT313

Address of the
municipal administration:

Market 14
4391 Waldhausen im Strudengau

Website:

www.waldhausen.at

politics

Mayor :

Franz Gassner ( 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 Waldhausen im Strudengau in the district of Perg

View from the Heimkehrerkreuz to Waldhausen

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Waldhausen im Strudengau is a market town in the district of Perg in the Lower Mühlviertel in Upper Austria with 2853 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The competent district court of the municipality, which has belonged to the judicial district of Perg since 2003 (previously to the former judicial district of Grein ), is located in Perg .

geography

Waldhausen swimming lake

Waldhausen im Strudengau is 470 m above sea level in the Mühlviertel. The extension is 11.9 km from north to south and 8.3 km from west to east. The total area is 46.7 km². 52.% of the area is forested, 43.7% of the area is used for agriculture. In 1973 the Sarmingbach was dammed above the Waldhausen Abbey and the approximately 3.5 to 4.5 hectare Waldhausen swimming lake was created.

Community structure

Until 2020, the municipality comprised the following eight localities: Dendlreith , Dörfl, Ettenberg , Gloxwald , Handberg, Sattlgai , Schloßberg, Waldhausen im Strudengau. Since 2020 the municipality has only consisted of one village.

The community consists of the cadastral community Waldhausen.

Neighboring communities

Dimbach		Dorfstetten ( Lower Austria , District Melk )
Bad crosses		Sankt Oswald ( Lower Austria , District Melk )
	Saint Nikola on the Danube	Nöchling ( Lower Austria , District Melk )

history

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.

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms : In black on a green three-mountain, a silver, chapel-like house with two black open windows on the long side, and a similar round arched door and a small window on the front, covered in red and decorated with a gold cross on each of the two gables; flanked on the right and left by a green conifer. The community colors are green-yellow-red.

politics

Mayor is Franz Gassner from the ÖVP .

Culture and sights

Waldhausen im Strudengau Abbey and Collegiate Church

former Waldhausen monastery : established in 1147, abolished in 1792 by Leopold II.

Waldhausen Collegiate Church: built 1647–1680 in early Baroque style under master builder Carlo Canevale , impressive, bright church interior with stucco and frescoes, flooded with light through side windows; From 1669 there is a 19 m high high altar in black and gold by the master carpenter Paul Deniffl from Passau. The church houses the so-called Waldhausen mummies , which are not open to the public.

Säbnich castle ruins
Upper Austrian provincial exhibition : The provincial exhibition in 2002 took place under the motto "Celebrations" from May 1st to November 3rd, 2002 in Waldhausen Abbey.

Regular events

Organ concert Music for Christmas takes place annually on December 8th in the Stiftskirche Waldhausen.
Waldhausener Advent: the Waldhausener Advent is an Advent market that takes place every December 8th (most recently from December 6th to 8th, 2019)
Seefestspiele Silva Waldhausen , self-proclaimed smallest lake festival in Austria (since 2005)
the Strudengau Fair takes place annually on the weekend after August 15th.
the "Lake on Fire" festival

Personalities

Konrad von Waldhausen (around 1320 / 1325–1369), preacher of the late Middle Ages, forerunner of the Hussites
Josef Hader (* 1962 in Waldhausen im Strudengau), cabaret artist, actor and author
Robert Holzer (* 1963 in Waldhausen im Strudengau), singer (bass)
Susanna Ridler (* 1968 in Waldhausen im Strudengau), composer and singer

Web links

Commons : Waldhausen im Strudengau - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on Waldhausen im Strudengau in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Further information about the community of Waldhausen im Strudengau can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
41125 - Waldhausen im Strudengau. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Homepage of the market town of Waldhausen
Tourist information about Waldhausen

Individual evidence

[1] Waldhausen Advent

[2] Strudengau Fair

[3] "Lake on Fire" Festival