Walding

Walding is a market town in the upper Upper Austria, in the district Urfahr in Upper Austria, with 3968 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district Urfahr.

  • 5.1 railway

Geography

Walding is a height of 303 m above sea level. A. in Upper Austria. The expansion is 5.5 kilometers from north to south and from west to east 5.4 km. The total area of the substantially northeast Rohrbacher Straße ( B127 ) lying core town is 15.3 square kilometers.

Area distribution

Districts

  • Brook
  • Haid
  • Jörgensbühl
  • Lindham
  • Mursberg
  • Pösting
  • Purwörth
  • Rodl
  • Rottenegg
  • Schwarzgrub
  • Walding

Neighboring communities

Coat of arms

Blazon: A golden wave bar lowered divided; split up of silver and red with a Tatzenkreuz in reversed colors, green below. The municipality colors are red and yellow.

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. In the 18th century Walding had as a pilgrimage site ( " Maria Walding " ), regional importance, but lost this status to the intervention of the gentlemen of the Poestlingberg who shied away from competition. During the Napoleonic wars the place was occupied several times since then again in Upper Austria. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on 13 March 1938 Upper Austria became the " Upper Danube ". After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria.

Population Development

Traffic

Train

By Walding and Rottenegg the Mühlkreisbahn runs. South of Walding there is a tram stop. In Rottenegg there is a train station, where half of the trains Mühlkreisbahn end. Between Linz and Rottenegg the Mühlkreisbahn is a self-service route.

Attractions

  • Zoo and Stables Walding
  • Parish Church: with new glass windows by the artist Alfred Donors
  • Also see: List of the listed objects in Walding

Gallery

Personalities associated with Walding

  • Ferdinand Weeser - Krell (1883-1957), an industrial painter and son Jacob Weeser - Krell, living in the 1930s in Schwarzgrub 28
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