Franking, Austria

Franking is a small municipality with 946 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the Upper Austrian Innviertel close to the border with Salzburg and Germany. The competent court is the district court district Mattighofen until 2004, the village belonged to the district court Wildshut. To a modest extent there since the 1950s in summer tourism, today Franking is the tourist center of the region SEELENTIUM.

  • 5.1 List of perquisites in the community
  • 6.1 Result of the municipal elections in 2009
  • 6.2 Mayor Frank Inger since 1850
  • 7.1 Age Structure
  • 7.2 Population by highest level of education

Geography

Franking is at 457 m altitude in Innviertel. The expansion is 4.1 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 4.7 km. The total area is 10.5 km ². 23.8 % of the area is forested, 67.6 % of the area is used for agriculture.

Neighboring communities

Community structure

The municipality comprises the following nine villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Book (31 )
  • Dorfibm (59 )
  • Eggenham (94)
  • Eisengöring (61)
  • Fran King ( 225)
  • Holzleithen (95 )
  • Holzöster (206 )
  • Neuhausen (74 )
  • Upper Fran King ( 85)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Eggenham and Holzöster.

Coat of arms

Official description of the municipality coat of arms: Under a silver shield head, standing in blue diamonds, split; right in gold, a black, right inverted, flight ready Rabe; left in blue above the other two silver lily flowers. The municipality colors are yellow - blue-yellow. The silver - blue shield main stands for the long bond with Bavaria.

Education

In the community there is a three-class elementary school and a kindergarten with 2 groups of 3 to 6 -year-old children.

The first lessons were in the old Chandler house, a small wooden Sölde instead. 1854 the new school house was inaugurated, which stood until the beginning of the 70s of the last century in use. It was replaced by a new building with gym. In the basement was to rebuild the kindergarten. The building was renovated in the years 2007 to 2009, with an additional classroom and the gymnasium built for modern requirements has been redesigned.

Clubs

  • Union Franking ( sports club ) with the sections fist ball, curling, taekwondo, gymnastics and volleyball in 1962
  • Kameradschaftsbund Franking (founded as military veterans club Franking 1912)
  • Rural Youth Franking established in 1960
  • Volunteer Fire Fran King ( founded in 1905 )
  • Water Rescue Ortsstelle Holzöster
  • Trachtenmusikkapelle Franking
  • Cribs Bauverein Franking
  • Gold Dome women Franking
  • Parents' Association of the VS
  • Hunters Franking
  • Shooting club Franking
  • Austro- Nordzypriotische Artists Association ( ÖNZKV )
  • Tourist Association SEELENTIUM

History

The name of the village goes back to the Old High German personal name Franko or Francho. First records of the name in 1150, where a Ulricus is called by francesco hung. The headquarters of the Lords of Franking was on the Postal, a hill on the Holzöstersee. Today, this seat is no longer visible.

  • Postal Holzöster

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. In the train of the Josephine reforms Franking 1785 was detached from the mother parish Ostermiething and an independent parish. 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 village belonged to the Upper Danube. After 1945, the recovery Oberösterreichs.Während the occupation took place until 1955 was Franking in the American zone.

Mid-50s have been made first efforts for the establishment of summer tourism. Thus, a bathhouse with changing rooms and breakfast was built at Holzöstersee.

List of heritage farms in the community

After the Hereditary Farm Law 1931, the court must have been farmed by the family at least 200 years.

  • Dießengut in Dorfibm
  • Hanspetergut in Eisengöring
  • Josephengut in Neuhausen
  • Karnergut in Dorfibm
  • Kirchbauergut in Franking
  • Matheisengut in Eisengöring
  • Neuhausergut in Neuhausen
  • Schipflgut in Neuhausen
  • Anthallergut in Dorfibm
  • Pimperlgut in Neuhausen

Policy

Result of the municipal elections in 2009

  • Austrian People's Party: 69.6 percent (9 seats)
  • Freedom Party of Austria: 30.4 percent (4 seats)

The turnout was 74 Prozent.Bürgermeister since the 2009 election Josef Lasser of the ÖVP, the 71.4 percent of the vote in the election.

Frank Inger mayor since 1850

Date = Appointed

  • Thomas Pfaff Inger September 16, 1850
  • Augustin Schnitzinger January 1, 1855
  • Mathias Neuhauser, January 1, 1858
  • Franz Romstötter, February 21, 1861
  • Rupert Piracher, September 2, 1864
  • Michael Wimmer, October 16, 1867
  • Franz Romstötter, August 18, 1870
  • Bartholomew Loiperdinger, April 3, 1873
  • Josef Hochradl, September 7, 1876
  • Georg Schnitzinger, January 1, 1879
  • Franz Schmitz Inger, January 1, 1885
  • Andreas Kohlenbacher, July 15, 1894
  • Franz Leitner, July 18, 1897
  • Mathias Schmitzberger, August 24, 1900
  • Jacob Niedermüller, January 1, 1903
  • Matthew Romstötter, January 1, 1906
  • Matthew Pfaff Inger, January 1, 1910
  • Johann Hochradl, February 3, 1913
  • Georg Wimmer, January 1, 1919
  • Friedrich Renzl, May 7, 1924
  • Ferdinand Kreuzeder, January 1, 1929
  • Josef Kirchbauer, January 1, 1935
  • Johann Brunner, 1 January 1942
  • Hermann Maier, November 25, 1945
  • Alois Braunsberger, October 22, 1961
  • Johann Huber, October 21, 1973
  • Franz Manglberger, October 6, 1985
  • Joseph Lasser, September 27, 2009

Population Development

In 1991 the community had 857 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 942 inhabitants.

Age distribution

  • Under 15 20.8%
  • 15-59 Jahre 62.0 %
  • 60 years and 17.2%

Population by highest level of education

  • General education compulsory schooling: 40.2%
  • Teaching: 36.6 %
  • Technical College: 11.1%
  • General education high school: 1.9%
  • Vocational Secondary School: 6.4%
  • University or educational institution related: 3.7 %

Culture and sights

Tourism

On Holzöstersee has changed since the 50s beach tourism developed, even Sophia Loren was a guest. 2011, a continuous barrier-free trail was opened around the lake, which is designed for a length of 400 meters as Moorlehrpfad.

Tourist attractions in Fran King:

  • Migrant farmers golf - on foot or by horse-drawn carriage
  • Beer Bath in the Big Marsh
  • Tractor Roas - Sightseeing with old tractors

Tourism data 2009/10:

  • 6,757 arrivals
  • 24,303 overnight stays
  • Avg. Days 3.6
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