Steyregg

Steyregg is a town in Upper Austria in the district of Urfahr with 4797 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013).

• 2.1 Population development

• 3.1 Municipal Council
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 Coat of Arms

• 5.1 traffic
• 5.2 Public bodies
• 5.3 Formation

Geography

Steyregg is located on 259 m altitude in the lower Upper Austria, a few kilometers from the center of Upper Austria's capital Linz, right by the city adjacent to the other, the left side of the Danube, to the north of Linz suggests a loop here and then circles the community south.

Municipality

The expansion is 7.7 kilometers from north to south and from west to east 8.1 km. The total area is 33 km ².

Community structure

The seven villages are:

• Götzelsdorf
• Hasenbergstraße
• Holzwinden
• Laughing instead

• Plesching
• Pulgarn
• Steyregg ( capital )

Katastralgemeinden are laughing Instead, Pulgarn and Steyregg. Zählsprengel are Steyregg center and Steyregg -west of the capital, Steyregg environment and Plesching.

Neighboring communities

History

First settlements in the area Steyregg there was, as evidenced by archaeological excavations, as early as the Neolithic period. Slavic grave finds suggest settlement during the early centuries CE.

In the middle ages a number of cities developed in geographically favorable places along the Danube, which gained as distribution points in the salt trade from the south to the north of great importance. For the year 1111 in one of these villages, Taversheim, a church has, the predecessor of the present parish church. The construction of a castle in Steyregg may have begun around the year 1150. This has been constantly expanded and often changed owners. In the 13th century the place Steyregg was raised to market and received a city charter in 1482. The city remained in the following centuries but always in the shadow of the City of Linz, which extends on the southern bank of the Danube. Steyregg remained a small city, which was largely dominated by the rural villages.

End of the 19th century was the construction of the Summerauer railway and the construction of a bridge over the Danube at a modest upturn. During the Second World War, the population Steyreggs had to suffer the immediate vicinity of the Hermann Goering Works in Linz, which were the target of numerous Allied bombing. In recent decades, the city gained mainly by the environmental movement and its struggle against the emissions of heavy industry celebrity.

Beginning of the 21st century by the Altgrafen Salm- Reifferscheidt the landmark of the city palace Steyregg renovated after it was 200 years stood empty.

Steyregg 2007 was the venue for the water skiing world championships in the year.

Demographics

Policy

The municipality is located in the judicial district Urfahr.

Municipal council

• Citizens list: 11
• ÖVP: 9
• SPÖ: 9
• FPÖ: 2

The seats parameters is outdated and obsolete!

Mayor

Mayor since July 15, 2012 Würzburg Johann of the SBU ( Steyregger citizens' initiative for the environment and quality of life).

Coat of arms

Blazon:

Capital of the municipality

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Municipal seat as well as village and Cadastral is the city Steyregg

It is located 3 ½ miles east of the center of Linz, and is located on the 260 m above sea level. A. Height at the northeast edge of the Linz field, 1 ½ miles north from the Danube. Here, the low terraces of the Donautalung raise the Mühlviertler outskirts.

The village comprises about 700 buildings with more than 2,700 inhabitants, which is about half of the municipality 's population. About half of them live in the city itself, which is the Zählsprengel Steyregg center. For village area also include the rotting Windegg up the Danube and the scattered houses Oberbergen and the homestead Pimesbauer on the slopes of Mount penny and the settlement area Christmas, which form the Zählsprengel Steyregg -West. Several dozen houses of the village are also part Zählsprengel Steyregg environment.

The cadastral with just over 1,200 hectares extends - which is the village prayer - from the Danube middle to beyond the Pfenningberg in the north, in the south east it includes floodplains ( Neuau, Altau, Hannerlhaufen, Ringelau ), where the premises of the Welser is gravel plants, with one. The stop Pulgarn is also still in the land.

Neighboring towns, villages and Katastralgemeinden:

Windegg

Posch ( Stt. and KG, Std Linz)

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

• Line: In Steyregg there is a train station, which is located on the Summerauer web.
• Bus: Steyregg is connected by the bus to Linz and Perg.

Public institutions

• Sheltered housing
• Youth center Steyregg
• In the south of the town there is a recreational area with sports facilities, a lake and small gardens
• Social Centre 1 and 2

Education

• Kindergarten and crèche
• Elementary school
• Computer science middle school
• School of Music
• Construction center ( SEZ )

Attractions

• Steyregg Castle: The castle was built by the Otto Karen in the 11th or 12th century. The expansion of the castle was carried out under the Jörgern at the end of the 16th century. Today the castle is privately owned and can be rented for events.

See also: List of the listed objects in Steyregg

Famous people

• Angelika Niedetzky (actress )
• Karl Derntl (Composer)
• Gabriele German (actress )
• Josef Buchner (Former Steyregger Mayor and Member of Parliament )
• Elisabeth Reichart ( writer )