Weilbach (Upper Austria)

Weilbach
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Ried im Innkreis
License plate :	RI
Surface:	13.49 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 17 '  N , 13 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 16 '39 "  N , 13 ° 22' 24"  E
Height :	386  m above sea level A.
Residents :	622 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	46 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4984
Area code :	07757
Community code :	4 12 35
Address of the municipal administration:	Weilbach 34 4984 Weilbach
Website:	www.weilbach.at
politics
Mayor :	Ludwig Huber ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (13 members)	7th 5 1 7th 5 1  A total of 13 seats ÖVP : 7 FPÖ : 5 SPÖ : 1
Location of Weilbach in the Ried im Innkreis district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Weilbach is a municipality in Austria in the state of Upper Austria in the district of Ried im Innkreis im Innviertel with 622 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Ried im Innkreis .

geography

Weilbach is 386 m above sea level in the Innviertel. The extension is 4.5 km from north to south and 5.4 km from west to east. The total area is 13.4 km². 15.7% of the area is forested, 75.4% of the area is used for agriculture.

Districts

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

• Detzlhof (29)
• Ellreching (84)
• Hinterweintal (21)
• Kirchberg (20)
• Kleinmurham (37) including the fire site
• Klingersberg (21)
• Kölbl (49) with penny sham
• Lindl (14)
• Neudorf (25)
• Upper Wine Valley (17)
• Valley (21)
• Voitshofen (95)
• Weilbach (189)

history

Since the founding of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place was Bavarian until 1779 and came to Austria after the Treaty of Teschen with the Innviertel (then 'Innbaiern'). Briefly Bavarian again during the Napoleonic Wars , since 1814 it has finally belonged 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.

Population development

In 1991 the community had 603 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 597 inhabitants. The decrease occurred despite the positive birth balance (+12), as the migration balance was more negative (−18). From 2001 to 2011 the birth rate increased significantly, it was able to offset the emigration, so that the population rose to 622 people.

Culture and sights

South view of the parish church

See also:  List of listed objects in Weilbach (Upper Austria)

• The Catholic parish church in Weilbach is surrounded by a cemetery wall, the Gothic wedge stone cover of which is still partially in place. The two-bay , late-baroque nave was built in 1775. A slightly drawn-in, two-bay, Gothic choir with a 5/8 end is attached to the east. The baroque west tower with a high dome was built around 1780. According to the inscription, the high altar in the late baroque- classical tradition was erected in 1845. The side altars are more recent.
• Kleinmurham branch church

politics

Mayor has been Ludwig Huber from the ÖVP since 2013, Vice Mayor Alois Tischler (ÖVP), local council: 7 ÖVP, 5 FPÖ, 1 SPÖ

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms : In gold, a black, erect squirrel. The community colors are yellow-black-green.

Personalities

• Alois Burgstaller (1874–1942), farmer, innkeeper and politician

Web links

Commons : Weilbach, Upper Austria  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Weilbach, population development. Retrieved April 10, 2019 . 
3. ^ Erwin Hainisch (revised by Kurt Woisetschläger ): Dehio Oberösterreich ; Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, 5th edition, Vienna 1971, page 366
4. ^ Province of Upper Austria, results of the 2015 elections. Accessed April 10, 2019 . 
5. ^ State of Upper Austria, history and geography, coat of arms. Retrieved April 10, 2019 .