Sankt Veit im Mühlkreis

St. Veit im Mühlkreisautobahn (also Sankt Veit im Mühlkreisautobahn ) is a municipality in the district of Rohrbach in Upper Austria in the upper Upper Austria with 1204 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Rohrbach.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.4 Coat of Arms

• 6.1 Safety and Health

• 7.1 Attractions

Geography

St. Veit im Mühlkreisautobahn situated at an altitude of 686 m above sea level. A. in the east of the district Rohrbach in Upper Austria upper. Based on the nature conservation space planning is one of the southern part of the municipality to indoor unit Zentralmühlviertler highlands, the northeastern part, however, to indoor unit Southern Bohemian Forest foothills. The expansion is 9.3 kilometers from north to south, from west to east about 3.0 km, the total area comprises 16.33 km ². St. Veit im Mühlkreisautobahn is thus in the middle of the municipalities of the district. With 74 inhabitants per km ², the municipality was 2013 again in the upper third of the municipalities of the district. The municipality covers an average elevation of 600 to 700 meters, which on the eastern slope of the Hans Berg is the highest point in the municipality of around 840 meters. The lowest point is approximately 520 meters on the southern municipality. 2001 27.2 percent of the municipal area were forested, 66.7 percent of the area was used for agriculture. In comparison with the state of Upper Austria St. Veit im Mühlkreisautobahn is significantly less forested than the national average (Upper Austria: 38.3 percent ) or essentially consists more agricultural area ( Upper Austria: 49.3 percent). The proportion of other uses ( construction areas, gardens, waters and other ) is at 6.2 percent, well behind the Upper Austrian average of 13.8 percent. Neighboring municipalities are maple in the north, St. Johann am Wimberg in the West, Niederwaldkirchen in the southwest, Duke village in the south and southeast, and Oberneukirchen in the east (both district Urfahr ).

Geology and soil

The landscape of the municipality is part of the Bohemian Massif which goes back to a very ancient mountain range that was created by the Variscan orogeny in the Paleozoic ( Carboniferous). After the strong erosion of the former high mountains, it came during the alpidic orogeny in the Tertiary repealing the crystalline basement to several 100 meters, which fractures and faults formed. Subsequently, it came in the Tertiary and Quaternary deposition of sediments, which molds the relief filled and (mainly granites and gneisses ) only pending solid rock on the hills or slopes incised valleys. What remained was a torso area with flat - undulating relief and gentle slope and crest shapes. In addition to Hans Berg in the west, its eastern slope lies in the municipal area, north of the community also reaches the western slope of the mountain sound over 800 meters above sea level.

The starting material of soil formation are igneous rocks such as granites ( Mauthausen and Weinberger granite), dike rocks ( pegmatites, aplites, etc.) and cover rocks ( Perlgneis, basic mixed gneiss, schist gneiss ). The soils are generally mild, basenarm and sour. Agricultural areas have mostly medium subtle, moderately dry and deep and well supplied with water lime-free soils on rock from brown soils of fine-grained silicate rock ( Mauthausen granite, Perlgneis ) or of coarse-grained silicate rock ( granite or porphyry Weinberger gneiss). The sandy- clayey rocks brown soils are only partially penetrated by individual larger stones. On Verebnungsflächen pseudovergleyte unconsolidated sediment - brown earths and Reliktpseudogleye are also to be found. Furthermore, there are in hollows and trenches through groundwater and slope water influenced gleyed unconsolidated sediment - brown earths and Gleye. There are also in the valley of streams lime-free gley soils.

Landscape and vegetation

The municipality of St. Veit can be divided into four landscape areas. In the extreme north is the wooded southern slopes of the mountain of sound, which is here a closed forest area with mainly spruce monocultures with Laubwaldsaum. Settlements are only available form of islands. Just as the extreme north is also located in the south of the adjoining region of the Little Rodltals in the unit space "Southern Bohemian Forest foothills ." The Rodltal extends from the south of the sound mountain along the eastern border of the community area to the south. The area here has a gently undulating structure and has altitude 560-710 meters. The area has a low proportion of forest with predominantly coniferous forests, agriculture dominates intensive grassland management with a focus on Mähwirtschaft. The humid and wet extensive grassland is limited to a few remaining areas. In the center of the municipality is the settlement overprinted St. Veit hills, which also belongs to the space unit Southern Bohemian Forest foothills. The sub-region is strongly in relief and reaches 560-840 meters above sea level. Characteristic of the area are shown the large areas of forest, which are found especially on the more-inclined slopes. Again, this is primarily to coniferous forests, while in agriculture predominates intensive Gründlandwirtschaft with sporadic agricultural economy here. The settlement structure is characterized by the largely closed population center of the main town of St. Veit. In the south of the township is a Zentralmühlviertler the highlands belonging intensively used meadows and arable land corridor that extends 520-690 meters above sea level. There are only minor coniferous forests, while in agriculture intensively used grassland dominated with sporadic agriculture.

Waters

The most important water bodies in the municipal area is the Small Rodl, which rises in the north of the municipal territory on Schallberg and forms almost the entire eastern border and parts of the southern boundary of the town of St. Veit. The Small Rodl drained their catchment area to the south, where it receives some little significant streams on their way. The Sauladbach rises in the neighboring town of St. Johann am Wimberg and forms the western boundary in parts of the community, before it flows into the Little Rodl. The rivers in the municipality of St. Veit are hardly affected river engineering or regulated, and lost in the woods or with mostly through existing banks accompanying woody plant.

Districts of the municipality

Grubdorf, Grubdorf settlement, Haslhof, King village, Kepling, Rammerstorf, Rechenberg, Sankt Veit im Mühlkreisautobahn, Schindlberg, Wögersdorf, Windhag.

History

Originally under the suzerainty of the Bishops of Passau, the place during the Napoleonic Wars was repeatedly inter alia, occupied by Bavaria. Since 1814, the place is definitely a thing to Upper Austria. After the "Anschluss " of Austria to the German Reich on 13 March 1938, the town belonged to the " Upper Danube ". After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria. Originally the community since 1850 part of the judicial district Neufelden, after its dissolution but was added to the judicial district of Rohrbach January 1, 2003.

Policy

Parish council

The council, the supreme body of the municipality consists of 19 seats and is elected every six years Upper Austria on municipal elections in the course. The parish council consists of five members, with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP ) is represented by the local council elections in 2009, with the mayor, the deputy mayor and two other members of the parish council and therefore the absolute majority is. Furthermore sends the Social Democratic Party of Austria ( SPÖ), a parish council.

Strongest faction in the city council of St. Veit in Mühlkreisautobahn has always been the ÖVP, which in the period since 1945 is always the absolute majority of votes and mandate achieved by 2009 or more also had a two-thirds majority. Your best result so far recorded the ÖVP in 1945 with 83.9 percent, in 2009 they had 66.2 percent of their worst result so far. The second strongest party in the local council of St. Veit was always the SPÖ since 1945. She came so far on results from 15.6 to 33.3 percent, where they had their best result in 1949 and its worst in 1945. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ ) occurred only at the local elections in 2003 and 2009 and came to 10.7 or 15.0 percent. In the last local elections of 2009, the ÖVP this being the third worst SPÖ came to 66.2 percent, or 13 seats, and this meant the worst result for the ÖVP, the SPÖ lost about four percent to hit 18.5 percent and three mandates, result of the SPÖ in St. Veit was. The FPÖ came with 15.0 and three seats on the best result.

Mayor

The Mayor is determined since 1997 in a direct line, where there will be a runoff election for a candidate with no absolute majority. The first direct election was the incumbent mayor since 1985 Franz Hehenberger (ÖVP ) decide by 78.0 percent against the candidate of the Social Democratic Party itself. Also in 2003, the result was 87.1 per cent against the candidate of the Social Democratic Party clearly. Hehenberger was succeeded in 2007 by his party colleague Elisabeth Rechberger, which was confirmed in 2009 with 88.9 percent in office.

Mayor since 1850:

The ÖVP dominates As with municipal elections and in state elections in the community, although the dominance of the People's Party has fallen. Nevertheless, the ÖVP was the strongest party since 1945 always agree, before 1985 they even had a two-thirds majority. Your best result reached the ÖVP in 1945 with 83.9 percent, as a result she was able to record vote share 1949-1985 from 69.6 to 79.4 percent. Thereafter, however, the share of votes of the ÖVP fell to 58.8 to 63.5 percent, with the ÖVP in 2003 with 58.8 percent recorded their worst result so far. The second strongest party in state elections was always the SPÖ, the election results from 15.5 to 25.0 percent was recorded for itself. Your best result, the SPÖ had it in 1967, its worst in 2009. Third strongest party was always the FPÖ as WdU reached 9.9 percent in 1949, first, in the wake until 1985 but always remained below four percent. Since 1991, the FPÖ did but on results from 8.6 to 15.2 percent. At the last state election in 2009, the ÖVP came with 617 percent and their second worst result so far in the first place. The SPÖ only came to 15.5 percent, had about nine percent of their share of the vote from 2003 exits. The FPÖ reached 13.3 her second best earnings, the Greens came to 6.9 percent.

Coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was determined as well as the municipality of colors by the Municipal Council on 5 December 1969. The award of the municipality coat of arms and approving the tariffs adopted by the municipal council municipality colors finally took place by order of the Upper Austrian government on April 20, 1970 The blazon of the arms is:. Over blue sign foot, in a golden, sechsstrahliger star, in gold, a black, red bezungter, standing male with silver, black ringed collar. The municipality colors are blue and white. The dog in the municipal coat of arms is reminiscent of a memorial stone at the former Schlossbräuhaus the 1612 Siegmund Hager his dog dolphin was set. The dog was already in use before 1938 as a community temple in the town of St. Veit. The golden star in the blue Wappenfuß represents the crest of the Steger and its successor, Hager of Allentsteig, which until 1758 owned by the Wasserburg St. Veit. The design of the coat of arms is derived from Herbert Erich Baumert from Linz.

Population Development

In 1991 the municipality had 1,072 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 1151 inhabitants.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Sieglinde Gahleitner ( b. 1965 ), lawyer, since 2010 Member of the Constitutional Court

Economy and infrastructure

Health and Safety

In St. Veit is a local Telle of the Red Cross Austria, as well as the care of the catchment communities of St. Vitus and St. John the majority of the township of Oberneukirchen with around 5000 inhabitants and an area of 65 km ². The local office organizes rescue, hospital and taxi ambulance services and first aid courses, courses for Caregivers as well as training and events. The town site was founded in 1946 as not dare managing service and received in 1954 a private ambulance. In July 1998, the current services building was opened. In addition, the Sozialhlfeverband Rohrbach in the community services are organized as personal assistance through mentoring, support and advice in Need by social services, help in a hospital, including cash and in-kind services to help the needy and help to work.

Culture and sights

Attractions

The Grade II listed buildings in the community are all on Schnopfhagenplatz in the center of the community. The parish church, dedicated to St. Vitus case has Roman remains, however, is dominated by the late Gothic period. The decor is späthistoristisch. The adjacent vicarage has components from the 18th and 19th centuries, while the former elementary school received its form through a recent refurbishment in 1854. Also listed building are the old administration building and the local museum, which served as a municipal office temporarily. The landmarked St. Mary's Column was erected at the church square and consists of a column of 1738 and a modern statue of Mary.