Waldzell

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the conference of the same name see Waldzell Meeting , for the district of Steinfeld see Steinfeld (Lower Franconia) #History .

Waldzell
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Ried im Innkreis
License plate :	RI
Surface:	40.25 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 8 '  N , 13 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 8 '10 "  N , 13 ° 25' 45"  E
Height :	522  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,217 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	55 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4924
Area code :	07754
Community code :	4 12 34
Address of the municipal administration:	Hofmark 1 4924 Waldzell, Germany
Website:	www.waldzell.ooe.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Johann Jöchtl ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (2015) (25 members)	10 9 6th 10 9 6th  A total of 25 seats SPÖ : 10 ÖVP : 9 FPÖ : 6
Location of Waldzell in the Ried im Innkreis district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Waldzell is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district of Ried im Innkreis in the Innviertel with 2217 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Ried im Innkreis .

geography

Waldzell lies at 522 m above sea level in the Innviertel. The extension is 11.1 km from north to south and 7.9 km from west to east. The total area is 40.2 km². 48.8% of the area is forested, 45.5% of the area is used for agriculture.

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

• Bach (72)
• Baumgarten (31)
• Besendorf (49)
• Bleckenwegen (44) including Mayrhof
• Brackenberg (80)
• Brandstatt (8)
• Brast (18)
• Breitwies (58)
• Dundeck (20)
• Noble helmet (12)
• Federation (28)
• Gitthof (55)
• Hack lock (77) including Au
• Hartlberg (64)
• Höschmuehl (26)
• Servants (53)
• Coal corner (71)
• Lerz (16)
• Maireck (51)
• Neffenedt (17)
• Nussbaum am Kobernaußer Walde (157) including Haberpoint
• Reith (32)
• Harvester (43)
• Schratteneck (155) including Ertlmoos, Schreimoos and Wies
• Schwendt (36)
• Strass (168)
• Waldzell (695) including Steitzing
• Weissenbrunn (21)
• Wirglau (36)
• Wirmling (24) including Mooseck

The Schwemmbach (Riedlbach) rises in the municipality of Waldzell, on the Steiglberg, and flows into the Mattig in the municipality of Uttendorf .

The Waldzeller Ache also flows through the municipal area.

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms:

Divided diagonally ; above in silver a slanting, green, cut branch , below in green a golden, heraldic rose with a red clump and red sepals.

The community colors are red-white-green

history

From the founding of the Duchy of Bavaria , Waldzell was Bavarian until 1779 and came to Austria after the Treaty of Teschen and the Innviertel (then Innbaiern ) . During the Napoleonic Wars briefly royal Bavarian again , since 1814 it has finally belonged to the crown land of Austria above the Enns .

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.

politics

Mayor is Johann Jöchtl (SPÖ).

Population development

In 1991 the municipality had 1,969 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 2,096 inhabitants.

Culture and sights

High altar of the parish church

• See also:  List of listed objects in Waldzell
• The Waldzell parish church is a Gothic building with ribbed vaults, which has been given a baroque style, especially on the outside with stucco ribbons. The high altar was built in 1683 using the statues of St. Mary, St. Barbara and St. Katharina built by Thomas Schwanthaler from the former Gothic winged altar .

Personalities

• Franz-Paul Kröll sen (* 1818) surgeon
• Franz-Paul Kröll jun (* 1846) surgeon
• Andreas Goldberger (* 1972), ski jumper
• Ferdinand Marschall (1924–2006), football referee
• Jakob Mayr (1894–1971), politician and school director

Individual evidence

1. ^ Province of Upper Austria - Geographical data of the municipality of Waldzell .
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

Web links

Commons : Waldzell  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• More information about the community of Waldzell on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .