Bad Kreuzen

• ÖVP: 21
• SPÖ: 2
• FPÖ: 2

Bad crosses is a market town and a Kneippkurzentrum in Upper Austria in the Lower Upper Austria in the district of Perg with 2338 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The place in the judicial district Perg is located about 17 kilometers east of the district capital Perg, where there is also the seat of the competent district court.

• 4.1 List of mayors of crosses

• 7.1 honorary citizen of crosses
• 7.2 Honorary ring bearer of crosses
• 7.3 lapel pin carrier of crosses
• 7.4 Other

Geography

Bad crosses situated at an altitude of 474 m above sea level. A. 7 km north of the Danube at Grein. The expansion is 9.4 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 8.5 km. The total area is 39.8 square kilometers. 29.4 percent of the area is forested, 64.6 percent of the area is used for agriculture.

Dörfl ( 13.94 km ²) Kalmberg ( 7.37 km ²) Crosses (7.28 km ²) Wetzel stone ( 11.30 km ²)

Bad crosses ( M) Innerstein ( ZH) Klaus ( ZH) Kollroßdorf (ZH) Kühweid (R) Fief ( ZH) Mitter Dörfl ( ZH) Neuaigen (D) Oberdörfl ( ZH) Upper Eisendorf Oberkalmberg (ZH)

Panholz ( ZH) Beautiful spruce ( ZH) Thomastal (ZH) Unterdörfl ( ZH) Untergaisberg (E) Wetzel stone ( ZH) Würzenberg ( ZH)

The most important of the abbreviations used are:

• M = center of the municipality
• Stt = district
• R = Rotte
• W = hamlet
• D = village
• ZH = Scattered houses
• Sdlg = settlement
• E = bowery (only if they have their own locality code)

The complete list that uses the Statistics Austria, can be found at Topographic settlement Labelling according to STAT

Please note that some places may have different spellings. So Katastralgemeinden write differently than the same localities.

Source: Statistics Austria - List of Upper Austria (PDF)

Quarters are: interior stone, Kalmberg, Klaus, Kollroßdorf, Kühweid, fief, Mitter Dörfl, Neuaigen, Oberdörfl, Upper Eisendorf, Oberkalmberg, Panholz, beautiful spruce, Thomastal, Unterdörfl, Untergaisberg, Wetzel stone, Würzenberg.

Neighboring communities

Coat of arms

Official description of the municipality coat of arms: In red on green Dreienberg a silver lamb with a golden, plugged on the back, the Latin cross. The municipality colors are red, white and green

History

The oldest mention of the castle was built around 900 crosses as Chroucen dates from the year 1147. 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. During the Napoleonic Wars, the place was occupied several times.

The original four cadastral and 1850 independent local churches crosses, Kalmberg, Dörfl and Wetzel stone and parts of Grein associated cadastral Panholz were united in 1875 to the local community cruising. The market town cites a 1482 documented market law. Cruising is water-cure establishment since 1846. Since 1973 Bad crosses is, building on the long tradition as a Kneipp spa town and the official name of the municipality.

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 town belonged to the " Upper Danube ". After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria.

Policy

Mayor since 2006 Manfred Nenning of the ÖVP.

List of mayors of crosses

• Daniel Bauernfeind ( 1895-1913 )
• Johann fungus ( 1913-1919 )
• Johann Nösterer ( 1919-1926 )
• Johann fungus ( 1926-1938 )
• Hans Hirsch ( 1938)
• Johann Wimhofer (1938 to 1945)
• Franz Steinbauer (1945 to 1946)
• Josef Lang Eder ( 1946-1948 )
• Ignaz Leonhartsberger ( 1948-1955 )
• Ferdinand Riegler ( 1955-1976 )
• Joseph Brandstetter ( 1977-1985 )
• Viktor Sigl (1985 to 2006)

Population Development

In 1991, the municipality had 2277 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 2333 inhabitants.

Culture and sights

• Castle Cross: The once second largest after the Burg Theatre mountain fortifications in Upper Austria was built around 900 as Fliehburg. You can see the arcaded courtyard, the board room, the chapel and the castle tower.
• The natural monument Vierlinden at the Mary Help of Christians Chapel, the Natural Monument Burglinde in the courtyard of the castle crosses, the natural monument house oak (stones realms) and the Hiblereiche in Mitter Dörfl are reported in the nature book of the Upper Austrian government as natural monuments.

Personalities

Honorary citizen of crosses

(the number specified in brackets relates to the year of appointment )

• Theodor Douth, tax manager ( 1906)
• Theodor Mair, senior teacher (1914 )
• Hermann Rottensteiner, Doctor (1929 )
• Franz Singer, Pastor (1930 )
• Günther, Oberforstrat (1930 )
• Franz Rienmüller, district captain (1934 )
• Josef Mayrhofer, District Administrator (1934 )
• Johann fungus, Mayor (1937 )
• Johann Blöchl, State Deputy Governor (1953 )
• Ernst Neweklowsky, State Officials ( 1959)
• Johann Gütlinger, Pastor (1965 )
• Erwin Wenzl, Governor (1976 )
• Ferdinand Riegler, Mayor (1977 )
• Theodor Albrecht, Doctor (1982 )

Honorary ring bearer of crosses

• Franz Steinbauer, Mayor (1956 )
• Joseph Brandstetter, Mayor (1986 ), winner of the Golden Merit of the Republic of Austria (1987 )
• Franz Hinterdorfer, Head of Office (1988 ), winner of the Golden Merit of the Republic of Austria (1989 )

Lapel pin carrier of crosses

• Rudolf Kandulski, honorary commander of the volunteer fire brigade (1988 )
• Karl Maschik, chairman of the cooperative water bath crosses ( 1988)

Other

• Hermann Heinz Ortner (* 1895 in Bad crosses, † 1956 in Salzburg), novelist and playwright
• Kurt rood screen ( * 1937 in Bad crosses ), was 40 years secondary school teachers, many of them annual general headmaster of Mauthausen, Vice Mayor of Mauthausen, part time local historian, cultural journalist, expert on art and antiques, received his doctorate under its senior studies in art history and ethnology
• Notburgastraße Astleitner (* 1958 in Bad crosses ), Member of Parliament (since 2012), the Federal Council ( 2009-2012 ), Bezirksschulinspektorin, municipal councilor in Bad crosses