Geiersberg

Geier is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district of Ried in the Innviertel with 533 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Ried.

Geography

Geiersberg is located on 554 m altitude in Innviertel. The expansion is 4.9 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 3.7 km. The total area is 5.5 km ². 16.4 % of the area is forested, 74.5 % of the area is used for agriculture.

Geiersberg, Gstöcket, Hinteregg, Kruglug, conducting, Oberleiten, Oberrühring, Pramerdorf, Rödham, Rödt, Schernham.

Coat of arms

Official description of the municipality coat of arms: In gold on green Three mountain, in a silver disc, a red, flight ready vulture with black beak and black legs.

The municipality colors are green, white and red

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.

Population Development

Policy

Mayor is Franz Mittendorfer of the ÖVP.

Culture and sights

• Parish Geiersberg
• Geiersberg 's start and end point of the 40 km long themed footpath Granatz that runs along the former Austro- Bavarian border and leads up to St. Willibald.