Esternberg

Ester is a municipality in the district in Schärding Innviertel in Upper Austria with 2894 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district Schärding.

Geography

Esternberg is located on 510 m altitude in Innviertel. The expansion is 8.2 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 7.4 km. The total area is 40.3 km ². This makes it the largest municipality in the district Schärding. 43.4 % of the area is forested, 46.9 % of the area is used for agriculture.

Districts of the municipality

Achleiten, Aug, Dietz village, Esternberg, Gersdorf, Hütt, Kösslarn, Kiessling, Lanz village parsonage, Pyrawang, Reisdorf, Riedlbach, Ringlholz, Schörgeneck, Schacher, syllable ring, Ester Berg, Urschendorf, Weeg, Wetzendorf, Winterhof, Zeilberg.

History

Since the establishment of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place was Bavarian until 1779 and came to the Peace of Teschen with the Innviertel (then ' Innbaiern ') to Austria. During the Napoleonic Wars shortly Bavarian, it belongs since 1814 finally to 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.

Coat of arms

Blazon: On golden head of the shield with three red foliage in blue crowns of golden Dreienberg growing a silver goat. The municipality colors are red, white and blue.

Explanation: The main motif is reminiscent of the legend of the tailor of Castle Krempelstein (Schneider Schlössl ). The three crowns are an indication of the described in the Nibelungenlied Ostlandfahrt the Burgundian kings Gunther, Gernot and Giselher that led to translating the Inn south of Passau on the land through the current municipal area. The red color of the crowns is the bloody end of this company. The three mountain speaks for the place name.

Policy

  • Mayor was until December 31, 2004 Josef Koller of the ÖVP. After his early resignation Irmgard Wirth ( ÖVP) acted as temporary mayor, she was elected on 5 June 2005 with 59.6 percent of the vote for mayor. It is the first mayor in the district Schärding.
  • In the fall council since 2003, 16 of the 25 seats on the ÖVP, the FPÖ to five, four to the SPO.

Population Development

In 1991 the community had according to census by Statistics Austria 2694 inhabitants, in 2001 then 2816 inhabitants.

Twinning

  • Büchlberg in the district of Passau, Germany

Culture and sights

  • Parish Esternberg: has a 47-meter high church tower with a ground plan of 8 x 8 m, the parish patron, St.. Consecrated Bartholomew; is located in the center of the neo-Gothic main altar is a representation of St.. Bartholomew
  • Filialkirche Pyrawang: The Church is a church of St. Peter and points to an early time it was built. In 1982 Gothic wall paintings from the 14th century in the interior restoration residues. exposed
  • Castle Krempelstein: The castle is due to a legend called Schneider Schlössl. It consists of an old residential tower and an attached Palais. The former city wall is still partly preserved.
  • Theater: since 2000, there is a theater group that offers every spring theater performances regularly.

Sports

  • The Football Club Union sports club Esternberg (SVE ) was founded on July 20, 1952. The home games of the SVE will be played at Heinz Stadium Ertl, which was named after the founding member and current president Heinz Ertl. The biggest success was the Upper Austrian State League championship in 1996 and the consequent rise in the Regionalliga Mitte ( third highest league in Austria ). Currently the club plays in the Upper Austrian Provincial League West (5th power class ). The youth department of the SVE organized for all ages at youth level since 1991, each turn of the year the Jugendhallencup in Bezirkssporthalle warping thing. With now nine days of the tournament and over 200 teams participating each year, this is one of the largest youth tournaments in Austria. Among the guests were already teams from 15 nations such as Brazil, China, Germany, Denmark, England, France, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Hungary.
  • The volleyball club VC Esternberg was established under the initiative of Heinz Zauner 1976. The greatest successes of the Ladies (1990) and men's team (1991 ) were each the Upper Austrian Championship title.

Public institutions

  • Austrian Red Cross: The RK local Telle Esternberg was founded in 1995.
  • District nursing home Esternberg: was built by the welfare association warping thing as a builder and has been open since April 1, 2008
  • In 2013 a new waste collection center was built by the District Waste Management Association warping thing.

Education

In Esternberg there is also a branch of the School of Music Münzkirchen. This branch was set up in the former post office building.

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