Eberstalzell

Eberstalzell is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district of Wels-Land in Hausruckviertel with 2344 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013).

Geography

Eberstalzell is located at 400 m altitude in Hausruckviertel. The village belonged until 2012 to the judicial district of Lambach and since 1 January 2013 part of the judicial district of Wels.

The expansion is 7.2 kilometers from north to south and from west to east 6.3 km. The total area is 27.6 km ². 8.3% of the area is forested and 83 % of the land used for agriculture. Eberstalzell has three Katastralgemeinden: Eberstalzell, Wipfing and Mayer village and consists of the districts Eberstalzell, Hallwang, Ittensam, Wipfing, Litt ring Mayersdorf and play village.

Neighboring communities:

History

Parts of Eberstalzell were already inhabited in Roman times. This is demonstrated by the finds of Roman mosaics at the Roman road Albers village. Excavations in Albers village was discovered a stone sacrificial stone (before 777 ), which has now been found in the Maria-Hilf chapel a place of honor.

Eberstalzell is first mentioned in 777 in the certificate of incorporation of the pin Kremsmuenster documented ( as " Eporestal " ):

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. 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.

• Church: The monks of Kremsmünster built the first church, but this was probably destroyed in 900 during the invasions of Hungary. Towards the end of the 10th century a new wooden church was dedicated to St. Ulrich. In 1494, finally, the still existing stone church was opened. Your final look she got in the 18th century, in the 19th century it was extensively renovated.

Culture and sights

• Parish: 1490 in the Gothic style; during the great church renovation 1866-1882, Discovery of Late Gothic frescoes in the ribbed vault over the high altar (1881 ); neo-Gothic interior.

Coat of arms

Official description of the municipality coat of arms: Argent, on a red, continuous bridge with three arched passages, a black, growing boars. The municipality colors are red, white and black.

The boar -talking is the symbol of the municipality of origin and at the same time as an emblem Krems Cathedral is a special notice on the close historical link of the monastery founded with the mission station as early ( monk cell) parish. The bridge is (A1 ) for the lying in the municipality in natural stone masonry highway bridge in the western motorway. The award of the coat of arms was made on May 2, 1977. Simultaneously, the local name of Eberstallzell on Eberstalzell was changed.

Policy

• Mayor is Franz Gimplinger, Vice Mayor Josef Baumgartner, both ÖVP.
• The council consists of 25 members and is since the municipal elections of 2009 mandates the following parties together: 16 ÖVP, SPÖ 3, 6 FPÖ

Economy

The municipal area of Eberstalzell is funded by the oil prospecting AG (RAG) oil. Energie AG in Eberstalzell built on the west motorway the largest photovoltaic power plant in Austria.

Solar Valley Eberstalzell

In addition to the largest Photovoltaikkraftwek, Energie AG launches the Smart Gird project ( smart grid ).