Haibach ob der Donau

Haibach ob der Donau is a town with 1,290 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in Upper Austria in Eferding district in Hausruckviertel. The municipality is located in the judicial district Eferding.

Geography

Haibach ob der Donau is located at 528 m altitude in Hausruckviertel. The expansion is 9 km from north to south, from west to east 7.2 km. The total area is 25.6 km ². 45.3 % of the area is forested, 41.4 % of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 35 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Au ( 4)
  • Bach ( 87)
  • Berg ( 6)
  • Donauleiten ( 3)
  • Village (55 )
  • Ecker Village (27 )
  • Gemersdorf (42)
  • Grub ( 53)
  • Haibach ob der Donau ( 467 )
  • Behind Mountain (36 )
  • Inzell ( 19)
  • Kobling ( 5)
  • Kolleck ( 0)
  • Coma (37 )
  • Fief (20 )
  • Linetshub (22)
  • Claus Village (57 )
  • Moss (22 )
  • Mühlbach ( 7)
  • Obergschwendt (18 )
  • Oberhub (58 )
  • Oedt (29 )
  • Pamet (16 )
  • Pichl (13 )
  • Pühret (30 )
  • Reith (28 )
  • Rennersdorf ( 8)
  • Schauerdoppl (9)
  • Schloegen (15 )
  • Schlögenleiten (16)
  • Sieberstal (22)
  • Starz (4)
  • Untergschwendt (15 )
  • Wies ( 0)
  • Wiesing (55 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Haibach and man village.

Coat of arms

Official description of the municipality coat of arms: With a silver wave beams left diagonally divided; Up In Blue a golden sun rays, down in green a golden Roman Helmet. The municipality colors are blue and yellow.

History

In Roman times the village was Schloegen site of a fort and possibly a naval station of the Danube fleet ( classis Histriae ), see fortlet Schloegen. 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 community is part of 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 Franz Straßl of the ÖVP.
  • Population development: In 1991, the municipality had 1,232 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 1278 inhabitants.

Personalities

  • Christoph Zeller ( † 1626 ): chief captain of the farmers in the Upper Austrian peasant war of 1626
  • Manfred Scheuer ( born 1955 ): Bishop of the Diocese of Innsbruck

Culture and sights

  • Conserved residues of the west gate of the Roman fort of Schloegen
  • Stauf castle ruins in background mountain: The castle was built in the mid 12th century and was until 1559 owned by the lords of Schaubergwerk. The medieval castle consists of a keep, the Palais and the fore-castle, of which the main walls are still present.
  • St. Nikola Church in Inzell
  • Parish Church of St. Ulrich
  • Schlögener Loop
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