Riedau

market community Riedau
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Schärding
License plate :	SD
Surface:	7.63 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 18 '  N , 13 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '4 "  N , 13 ° 38' 3"  E
Height :	376  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,072 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	272 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4752
Area code :	07764
Community code :	4 14 16
Address of the municipal administration:	Marktplatz 32/33 4752 Riedau
Website:	www.riedau.at
politics
Mayor :	Franz Schabetsberger ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (2015) (25 members)	10 7th 7th 1 10 7th 7th 1  A total of 25 seats ÖVP : 10 FPÖ : 7 SPÖ : 7 GREEN : 1
Location of Riedau in the Schärding district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Riedau is a market town in Upper Austria in the district of Schärding in the Innviertel with 2072 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Schärding .

geography

Riedau is 376 m above sea level in the Innviertel. The extension is 2.9 km from north to south and 4.6 km from west to east. The total area is 7.7 km². 13.% of the area is forested, 71.4% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 13 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Achleiten (158)
• Bayrisch-Habach (30) including Wagneredt
• Mountain (65)
• Birch Avenue (72)
• Habach (37)
• Ottenedt (122)
• Pomedt (254)
• Riedau (501)
• Swabia (282)
• Schwabenbach (173)
• Stieredt (12)
• Pre-market (193)
• Wildhag (173)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Riedau and Vormarkt Riedau.

Neighboring communities

clockwise from the south: Dorf an der Pram , Taiskirchen im Innkreis , Zell an der Pram and Kallham

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms: In blue on a green shield base, a silver, square tower with three battlements including loopholes, three black open, elongated windows, two round light openings and black open arched gate, from which a golden divider leads over the green lawn to the lower edge of the shield. On both sides of the tower, between green trees, four on the right and three gold-colored houses with red turrets and roofs on the left.

history

For a long time the place was an Austrian border town to neighboring Bavaria. For this reason it was raised to the market by Emperor Maximilian I in 1515 . Briefly Bavarian during the Napoleonic Wars , it has been part of Upper Austria since 1814.

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.

Riedau experienced a particular boom in the 1960s with the settlement of the Leitz company. The construction of the leisure center, the creation of affordable building sites and other infrastructure measures were the result. A school center with a focus on IT was built. The Austria House for the Winter Olympics in Japan was rebuilt in the center of Riedau and has since housed the Lignorama Wood and Tool Museum .

In the last few years the Pramtalsaal has been converted into an attractive event center, the school has been completely renovated, and supervised living has been created. Until the end of 2002, the community belonged to the Raab judicial district , after its dissolution it was assigned to the Schärding judicial district.

politics

• Mayor is Franz Schabetsberger from the SPÖ.
• The local council consists of 25 local councils: 10 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ, 7 FPÖ, 1 GRÜNE.

Population development

In 1991 the municipality had 1,897 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 2,013 inhabitants. The increase was due to the positive birth balance (+119), the migration balance was almost balanced. From 2001 to 2011 emigration increased and the birth balance decreased (+63), so that the population decreased to 1,969 people in 2011.

Sports

In the leisure area, Riedau is not only characterized by the local outdoor pool, but also by numerous sports clubs, including the SV Luksch Riedau football club, the tennis club, the table tennis union and the karate club. A fitness studio has been available in the former indoor pool since March 2009.

Personalities

• Peter Gahleitner (* 1962), Austrian cabaret artist
• Hermann Kraft (* 1941), Austrian politician, former member of the Austrian National Council. D.
• Josef Oberauer (* 1952), tenor, entertainer and opera singer
• Oliver Glasner (* 1974), soccer player and coach
• Christine Osterberger (* 1957), singer (soprano) and painter
• Paul Josef Osterberger (* 1987), artist, blacksmith and glassmaker

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Riedau

• Riedau parish church
• Lignorama, Tool and Wood Museum

Regular events

• Riedauer Roßmarkt: The Riedauer Roßmarkt is the most traditional event in Riedau and is held annually on the 2nd Saturday in March due to the market rights granted by Emperor Maximilian in 1515
• Bavarian beer tapping: the Bavarian beer tapping takes place in the Plauscherl pub
• Stick fish game: every August 14th, the stick fish game of the SPÖ Riedau takes place at the Hosner Ranch

economy

Since 1961, Riedau has been the production site of the German Leitz Group , an important manufacturer of precision tools for professional wood and plastic processing . When it opened in 1961, the Riedau plant was Leitz's first production facility outside of Germany. The Leitz Riedau plant has its own company fire brigade .

traffic

Riedau is located on the part of the Westbahn leading to Passau , on federal highway 137 between Passau and Wels , as well as near the Innkreis Autobahn .

Web links

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

Wikisource: Riedau in the Topographia Austriacarum (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

• Community website
• Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
• Further information about the municipality of Riedau on the geographic 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. ^ State of Upper Austria, history and geography, coat of arms. Retrieved April 13, 2019 . 
3. ^ Province of Upper Austria, results of the 2015 elections. Retrieved on April 13, 2019 . 
4. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Riedau, population development. Retrieved April 13, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Hermann Kraft, biography. Retrieved July 7, 2017 . 
6. ^ State of Upper Austria - Biography view. Retrieved July 7, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Josef Oberauer. Retrieved July 19, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Reinhold Gruber: Josef Oberauer: “I am a singing theater maker at heart”. Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, March 24, 2012, accessed on July 19, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Christine Osterberger - singer | Sculptures | Photos. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017 ; accessed on November 10, 2017 . 
10. ^ Upper Austrian news: Christine Osterberger: The hurdle jumper . ( nachrichten.at [accessed on November 10, 2017]).
11. ↑ Just out of love - Christine Osterberger paints pictures with her voice. Retrieved November 10, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Karoline Grubbauer: bsa ?? chimney. Retrieved November 10, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Innviertel Artists' Guild . Retrieved November 10, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Lignorama - Wood and Tool Museum. Retrieved July 19, 2017 .