Altheim, Austria

Altheim is a town in Upper Austria in the district of Braunau am Inn in Innviertel with 4736 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013).

• 2.1 Population development

• 3.1 Mayor
• 3.2 City Council
• 3.3 municipal
• 3.4 Coat of Arms

• 5.1 Established businesses

• 6.1 Sports

Geography

Altheim situated at about 360 m above sea level. A. height in the Inn Valley at the edge of Innviertler hill country in the Talung the Mühlheimer Ache ( Ach).

The expansion of the municipal territory is 6.9 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 5.9 km; the total area is 22.6 km ². In this case, the area extends from the Altbach estuary and the Castle Stable 5 ½ miles south-east along the brook until shortly before polling, and even a piece of the St. Veit Bach up, north up to the Innviertelbahn, northeast to the Geinberger forest, and southwest of the Altbach up until deep into the forest Gaugshamer.

11.1% of the area is forested, 74.3 % of the area is used for agriculture.

Neighboring communities

Community structure

Katastralgemeinden are Altheim, star and Weirading. The 15 villages are:

Zählsprengel are Altheim Center (000), Altheim peripheral N (001) and Altheim peripheral S ( 003) for the city itself, and Altheim environment ( 002) for the rest of the municipality.

Incorporations:

History

In the year 903 Altheim is first mentioned in a document. Altheim was raised by Duke William V of Bavaria on July 6, 1581 to the market. The place was in the 1779 Austro peace of Teschen with the entire Innviertel.

Following the establishment of local churches 1848/49, the control communities were star and Weirading the town of Sankt Laurenz together ( January 1, 1851). 1938, when after connecting everywhere in Austria large communities were formed, the communities Altheim and St. Lawrence to a community ( January 1, 1939) combined. The community became a town in 2003.

Demographics

Policy

The competent court is the district court district of Braunau am Inn.

Mayor

• Mayor is Franz Weinberger ÖVP
• Deputy Mayor are Erika Kobencic, ÖVP and SPÖ Wolfgang Rachbauer

City ​​council

• ÖVP: 4
• SPÖ: 3

The City Council ( city council ) consists of seven members. It is chaired by the mayor, who is directly elected by the population. The two vice- mayor and the city councilors are elected by the municipal council, the party affiliation is determined by the election results. The city council is made up as follows:

• 4 mandates Austrian People's Party (ÖVP )
• 3 Mandates Social Democratic Party of Austria ( SPÖ)

Parish council

• ÖVP: 16
• SPÖ: 10
• FPO: 5

The Municipal Council (City Council ) consists of 31 members, with the mayor as chairman. The council is made up as follows:

Coat of arms

Official description of the municipality coat of arms:

The municipality colors are blue, yellow and red.

Capital of the municipality: City of Altheim

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Municipal seat is the town of Altheim. It is situated in the municipal area at the Mühlheimer Ache.

The core of the city is the cadastral Altheim, the original community Altheim until 1938. Has 44.38 hectares. It extends right and left river and a piece about a kilometer downstream. The corresponding Zählsprengel Altheim center includes more than 300 buildings with about 1000 inhabitants. The other two local villages, Stern and Weirading include Altheim completely.

To Altheim still include the now widely ingrown places that are the village of Sankt Laurenz, the settlement Muckenau and Oberach left river, and Sankt Ulrich right, and Danglfing, some more remote houses, located north-west against the municipal boundary at Stötting (stop Mülheim the Innviertelbahn ) extend. Together, the borough has a 1300 building with about 4200 inhabitants. These local positions are recognized as Altheim peripherals, some outlying areas ( 60 buildings, 200 inhabitants) are counted in Altheim environment, so that one with around 4000 inhabitants can specify the actual city, which is a good 4/5 of the municipality 's population.

Pirath ( Acc Altheim 's & O's, Gem Weng I.I. )

Fief (O)

Economy and infrastructure

In Altheim geothermal energy for heat and power generation is recovered since 2001.

Established businesses

• Brewery Raschhofer
• WIEHAG GmbH
• Wiesner Hager Furniture
• Brewery Wurmhöringer
• IWK metal
• Joinery Billinger Erwin
• Valerie Janski, chimney sweep operation
• Huemer mill natural grains
• Berger modellbau
• Faschang Service & Management GmbH

Culture and sights

In the city:

• Parish Church of St. Lawrence
• Market Church St. Sebastian: Rococo Lady of Johann Peter Schwanthalerstraße the Elder. from 1784
• Roman Experience Museum: located in Ochzethaus.

In the surrounding places:

• Open-air museum Weirading: Villa rustica, reconstruction of a Roman villa

• The Outbound Schlossstern

Natural Monument:

• Weinlechner oak: 1899 planted stands at Dr. Weinlechner Square, named after the surgeon

Sports

• Alpine Club Altheim
• SK Altheim
• Tennis Club Altheim TCA
• Turnverein Altheim TVA
• URC Radwelt

Personalities

Sons and daughters

• Hans Kreuzmayr (* 1945 ), Austrian pop singer, artist name ' Waterloo '
• Karl Öllinger (* 1951), lecturer, journalist, Austrian politician (The Greens)
• Adelheid Dahimène (1956-2010), Austrian writer
• Reinhold Hintermaier (* 1956 ), Austrian football player

People with relationship to the city

• Johann Georg Meindl (1682-1767), freedom fighter, protecting Obrist in the Bavarian People's Uprising 1705/ 06
• Josef Weinlechner (1829-1906), Austrian pediatric surgeon, " the pioneer of pediatric surgery "