Wolfsegg am Hausruck

Wolfsegg am Hausruck is a market town in Upper Austria in Vöcklabruck district in Hausruckviertel with 2025 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district Vöcklabruck.

Geography

Wolfsegg am Hausruck is on 638 m altitude in Hausruckviertel. The expansion is 5 km from north to south, from west to east 4.6 km. The total area is 11.9 km ². 22.7 % of the area is forested, 64.7 % of the area is used for agriculture.

Districts

Villages in the municipality are: Deisenham, Friesam, Gstaudet, Hauxmoos, Hueb, Imling, Coal Mine, Kühnberg, Litzlfeld, Schlaugenham, Schlaugenholz, Stone Point, sub Kienberg, Waid, Waidring, Watzing, Wilding, Wolfsegg the house jerk.

Coat of arms

Official description of the municipality coat of arms: In a silver red, rechtshin inverted and upright wolf.

The coat of arms symbolized as canting arms the place name. When the coat of arms was given, is not known. The oldest known pictorial representation of the coat of arms can be found on the engraving " Wolff's Egg " in the Topographia Provinciarum Austriacarum by Matthäus Merian from the year 1649. The use of a seal market but already mentioned in 1551 by Emperor Ferdinand I adopted market order.

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 Austria above the Enns attributed. 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. 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.

Culture and sights

• Barbara Schaustollen

• Natural Monument Ottnangien

Policy

Mayor is Barbara Schwarz of the ÖVP.

Population Development

In 1991 the municipality had 1,999 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 1983 inhabitants.

Personalities

• Josef Baldinger (1866-1949), politician ( CS)
• Maria Plieseis (1920-2003), resistance fighter ( KPO )