Pötting
Pötting is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Gries district churches in Hausruckviertel with 539 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Gries churches.
Geography
Pötting is located on 381 m altitude in Hausruckviertel. The expansion is 6.5 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 3.2 km. The total area is 7.5 km ². 5.3% of the area is forested, 84 % of the land used for agriculture.
Community structure
The municipality includes the following 12 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- Albrecht Berg ( 32)
- Dürmaschach (14)
- Kronlach (15)
- Moss (30 )
- Oberaschach (48)
- Upper Fürth ( 64)
- Pötting (230 )
- Rumpfendopl (11)
- Spielmann Berg ( 24)
- Straßhof ( 7)
- Sumeding (51)
- Under Fürth ( 14)
The municipality comprises the cadastral Pötting and Spielmann mountain.
Neighboring communities
Coat of arms
Blazon: In a silver green, diagonally left, humbled wave bar; above a golden geradarmiges Paws High Cross, down a golden wisp. The municipality colors are green - yellow-black.
The coat of arms was granted in 1992. The cross stands for the church patronal feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, the Irrlicht recalls the legend of the " Lichtl in der Au", on the redemption waiting, restless soul of a drowned trying to escape in a pond criminal. The wave bar symbolizes the municipality flowing through drought Aschach.
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 of Austria above the Enns attributed. During the Napoleonic Wars, the place was occupied several times. 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 village belonged to the Upper Danube. After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria.
Policy
Mayor Peter Oberlehner of the ÖVP.
Personalities
- Franz Eiblhuber (1891-1950), priest, educator and politician
Population Development
In 1991 the community had 504 inhabitants according to the census, 541 inhabitants in 2001.