Brunnenthal, Austria

Fountain valley is a municipality in the district in Schärding Innviertel in Upper Austria with 1969 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district Schärding.

  • 5.1 Regular events

Geography

Fountain valley lies on 383 m altitude in Innviertel. The expansion is 6.6 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 5.3 km. The total area is 15 km ². 21.3 % of the area is forested, 67.3 % of the area is used for agriculture.

Districts

Atzmanning, fountain valley, Brunnwies, Dobl, Eggersham, Haraberg, Hueb, Kapfham, Korneredt, Kreuzberg, Reikersberg, Wallensham.

History

Since the establishment of the Duchy of Bavaria was originally only sparsely populated area was Bavarian. Georg Auer, farmers in Haraberg, made ​​after his recovery, which he attributed to the healing power of water from his well, build a brick " Creutz- or wayside ". The pilgrims current increased rapidly as a result of this event. 1668 was the completion of a pilgrimage church. Fountain valley came after the Peace of Teschen in 1779 with the Innviertel (then ' Innbaiern ') to Austria. The church of the village suffered by a massive loss of wealth, because Bayern no longer published his capital. 1785 was the collection for independent parish by Emperor Joseph II, during the Napoleonic wars again shortly Bavarian, part of the place since 1814 final to Upper Austria. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on 13 March 1938, the town belonged to the " Upper Danube ". After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria. In the village Brunnwies the Kapsreiter group from warping thing ran a large Baubetriebshof, today there is a business park based in fountain valley, " Haas Holding GmbH".

Coat of arms

Blazon: From silver and blue lowered shared Jochschnitt; above a red heraldic rose with golden slugs and golden sepals, surrounded by a golden ring. The municipality colors are blue - yellow-blue

Policy

  • Mayor Roland Wohlmuth of the ÖVP.
  • Population development: In 1991, the municipality of 1,680 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 1932, Last Stand December 14, 2006 then 2104.

Culture and sights

  • Parish and pilgrimage church originally built in 1667/68, ground-in, with tons of cross vaulted room of the architect Christoph Zuccalli ( from the known Graubündner family of architects )
  • Grace Chapel: 1731 consecrated
  • Fountain Chapel: Chapel of Grace and bathhouse between lies the real heart of the old Brunnenthaler pilgrimage, the well chapel, the " Bruendl "
  • Stone chapel reapers: ethnographic interesting building from the second half of the 17th century
  • The bathhouse: 1679/81 resulted in the increasing flow of pilgrims to the construction of the bathhouse
  • Cross column: Georg Auer 1646 erected shrine
  • Chapel in Eggersham: built in 1998 in the village Eggersham at fountain valley
  • Chapel in Wallensham

Regular events

  • Brunnenthaler summer concert: Baroque offers original sounds; annually from May to August are seven concerts

Personalities

  • Norbert Zeilberger (1969-2012), organist. Harpsichordist, pianist; born here.
  • Anne Rose Riedl ( born 1949 ), sculptor; lived here since 1973.
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