Fornach
Fornach is a municipality in Upper Austria in Vöcklabruck district in Hausruckviertel with 957 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district franc market.
Geography
Fornach is located on 565 m altitude in Hausruckviertel, northwest of Voecklamarkt, southern house jerk and Kobernaußerwald - train in the valley of Fornacher Redl.
The area of the municipality is 5.7 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 6.3 km. The total area is 17.8 km ². 56.7% of the area is forested, 37.6 % of the area is used for agriculture.
The highest elevation is the Ries'n in the north with about 730 meters ( on the municipality, the main summit Hobelsberg, 777 m, com Frankenburg ) in the west is the masterpiece of wood ( 711 m, com Pöndorf ).
Districts of the municipality
Nobles, double mill, Emming, specialized mountain, Feichtenschlager Mountain, Fornach, Gferreth, Gmeineck, Grilln, BBQ Point, Grub conducting, Grub passing Point, Pichl, Piereth, Röth, Ramsau, Sallach, Saxigen, Schnöllerberg, swan deck, Seppenröth, Unterholzing, Walligen, Zaißen.
Neighboring communities
Here, the Redlbachtal is politically quite dissected, upriver from the mouth lies in the municipality of Vöckla Voecklamarkt, Pfaffing, then Fornach, short Pöndorf right bank, then left Redleiten, left bank Frankenburg.
Coat of arms
Blazon: Split of gold and green; on left and right an upright fern leaf in reversed colors. The municipality colors are yellow - green.
The coat of arms granted in 1975 declared as canting arms the place name as " area, in which ferns grow ".
History
About the Redltal Bayern wandered into the area of Fornach.
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 reforms of Emperor Joseph II 1780 - 1790 the parish was built in 1787 Fornach created, where 21 villages have come from the Pfaffinger parish system to the new Joseph's parish Fornach.
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 is Wolfgang puller of the ÖVP.
Population Development
In 1991 the community had 786 inhabitants according to the census, then 863 inhabitants in 2001, 908 on 1 January 2005.
Culture and sights
The " Kath Parish Church of St. Leopold " is the only object of the municipality Fornach, which was provided by the Federal Monuments Office under protection - see list of objects listed in Fornach.