Oberndorf bei Schwanenstadt

Oberndorf bei Swan City is a municipality in Upper Austria in Vöcklabruck district in Hausruckviertel with 1408 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district Vöcklabruck.

Geography

Oberndorf bei swan city is located on 390 m altitude in Hausruckviertel. The expansion is 4.1 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 3.6 km. The total area is 6.1 km ². 4.9% of the area is forested, 80.3 % of the area is used for agriculture.

Districts of the municipality

Edt, Kaiseredt, Kochlöffling, Lebertsham, Niederholzham, Oberndorf and Winkl.

Coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms awarded in 1972 symbolizes the significant natural gas resources in the municipality.

Blazon: In black, twice corrugated sign foot three silver, two -to-one asked, looking at the two wave crests and the median trough, bottom round, right oblique and left pointed ending, bent- tips ( gas reservoirs ); about it in gold three red flames, the average of the trough to the upper plate edge, the two lateral ranging from the peaks to the main shield. The municipality colors are red, white and black

History

Originally in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria lying, was the place since the 12th century the Duchy of Austria. Since 1490 he is the Principality ' Austria above the Enns ' attributed. During the Napoleonic Wars was temporarily by the municipality, the Austrian-Bavarian border. Since 1918, the town belongs to the province of 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. The community was until the end of 2004 part of the judicial district swan city and was effective January 1, 2005 Part of the judicial district Vöcklabruck.

Policy

Mayor Rupert Imlinger of the ÖVP.

For cost reasons, Oberndorf has partnered with the neighboring communities Pitzenberg, Pühret, and Rutzenham to an administrative community. The joint municipal office is located in Oberndorf.

Population Development

In 1991, the municipality had 1277 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 1351 inhabitants.