Wartberg on the Krems

market community

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Upper Austria

Political District :

Church Village

License plate :

AI

Surface:

31.56 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 59 ' N , 14 ° 7' E Coordinates: 47 ° 59 '24 " N , 14 ° 7' 1" E

Height :

385 m above sea level A.

Residents :

2,978 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

94 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

4552

Area code :

07587

Community code :

4 09 22

NUTS region

AT314

Address of the
municipal administration:

Hauptstrasse 21
4552 Wartberg an der Krems

Website:

www.wartberg.at

politics

Mayor :

Franz Karlhuber ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : (2015)
(25 members)

14th

6th

5

14th 6th 5

A total of 25 seats

ÖVP : 14
SPÖ : 6
FPÖ : 5

Location of Wartberg an der Krems in the Kirchdorf district

Wartberg in 2002

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Wartberg an der Krems is a market town in Upper Austria in the Kirchdorf an der Krems district in the Traunviertel with 2978 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

The responsible judicial district is Kirchdorf an der Krems .

geography

Wartberg an der Krems is 385 m above sea level. A. in the Traunviertel. The expansion is from north to south 10 km and from west to east 6.6 km. The total area is 31.5 km². 7.3% of the area is forested and 81.6% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure: The community area comprises the following six localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Diepersdorf (323)
Hiersdorf (188)
Penzendorf (271)
Chess Village (181)
Strienzing (623)
Wartberg an der Krems (1392)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Diepersdorf, Penzendorf, Schachadorf, Strienzing and Wartberg an der Krems.

Neighboring municipalities:

Wartberg borders the communities Kremsmünster , Nussbach , Pettenbach , Ried im Traunkreis and Schlierbach in the Kirchdorf district and Pfarrkirchen near Bad Hall in the Steyr-Land district .

reed	Kremsmünster	Parish churches
Pettenbach
Schlierbach		Nussbach

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.

On August 23, 1982, the municipality of Wartberg, according to a resolution of Upper Austria. State government raised to the market.

Population development

year	Residents
1869	2.157
1900	2,082
1923	2.140
1951	2,465
1961	2.213
1971	2,376
1981	2,410
1991	2,612
2001	3,011
2011	2,930
2018	2,993

From 1981 to 2011 both the birth balance and the migration balance were positive, after which emigration from the community increased.

coat of arms

Municipal office in Wartberg

Blazon : Split; on the right in red a silver palm branch, on the left in silver a red, overturned sword. The community colors are red and white.

The palm branch and sword are attributes of St. Kilian and denote the church patronage of Wartberg. The choice of around 689 killed in Würzburg Bishop Kilian for parish saint of Wartberg is closely related with the adalberonisch-lambachischen influence in creating this Altpfarre the middle Krems Valley .