Freinberg

Freiberg is a municipality in Upper Austria in Schärding district in Innviertel with 1468 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013).

• 3.1 Municipal Council
• 3.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Freiberg is on the 450 meters on a hill just above the three-river city of Passau.

The area of ​​the municipality is 5.7 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 5.8 km. The total area is 20 km ². 44% of the area is forested, 45.5 % of the area is used for agriculture.

Villages in the municipality are Anzberg, Freiberg ( main town ), Haibach, Hanzing, Hinding, Kritzing, fiefs Neudling, Saming. Katastralgemeinden are Haibach and Hanzing.

History

Since the establishment of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place was Bavarian until 1779 and came to the Peace of Teschen with the Innviertel (then ' Innbaiern ') to Austria. During the Napoleonic Wars shortly Bavarian, it belongs since 1814 finally 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.

Population Development

In 1991 the municipality had 1,581 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 1441 inhabitants.

Policy

The municipality is located in the judicial district Schärding.

Municipal council

• ÖVP: 10
• SPÖ: 7
• FPÖ: 2

The seats parameters is outdated and obsolete!

Allocation of seats for the municipal election in 2003:

Mayor Anton Pretzl (ÖVP ).

Coat of arms

Official description of the municipality coat of arms:

The municipality colors are red, white and green.

Economy and infrastructure

• Black Müller GmbH, manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers

Culture and sights

• Parish Church of St. Willibald
• Ratzingerhof: the 500-year old farm that around 1600 by the ancestors of Pope Benedict XVI. (Joseph Ratzinger ) has been farmed and is now inhabited by former mayor Johann Schachner.
• Ruin Königstein