Haslach an der Mühl

Haslach at the Muehl is a market town in Upper Austria in the district of Rohrbach in Upper Upper Austria with 2516 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The competent jurisdiction is Rohrbach in Upper Austria.

• 3.1 Population structure
• 3.2 Demographics

• 4.1 municipal
• 4.2 Mayor
• 4.3 Regional Policy
• 4.4 Coat of Arms

• 5.1 Museums
• 5.2 Structures
• 5.3 Regular events
• 5.4 Specialty

Geography

Haslach at the Muehl situated at an altitude of 531 m above sea level. A. in the north of the district of Rohrbach in Upper Austria upper. The market is located at the confluence of the Great Muehl and the Stone Muehl on the southern edge of the Bohemian Forest. Based on the nature conservation zoning of southern part of the municipality is part of the indoor unit Zentralmühlviertler highlands, the Northern contrast to indoor unit Southern Bohemian Forest foothills. The expansion is 5.4 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 5.9 kilometers, the total area covers 12.41 km ². Haslach is thus in the lower third of the municipalities of the district. 2001 33.1 percent of the municipal area were forested, 57.3 percent of the area is used for agriculture. In comparison with the state of Upper Austria Haslach is slightly less forested than the national average (Upper Austria: 36.9 percent ) and is more agricultural area ( Upper Austria: 49.3 percent). The proportion of other uses ( construction areas, gardens, waters and other ) is 9.6 percent below the Upper Austrian average of 13.8 percent. Neighboring municipalities are Lichtenau Mühlkreisautobahn in the north, St. Stefan am Walde in the East, St. Peter am Wimberg in the south east, the south and Auberg Berg bei Rohrbach in the West.

Geology

The landscape of the municipality is part of the Bohemian Massif Bohemian Masse.Die by going back to a very old mountains that by the Variscan orogeny in the Paleozoic ( Carboniferous) was created, which led to the formation of granites and gneisses. After the strong erosion of the former high mountains, it came during the alpidic orogeny in, tertiary repealing the Bohemian Massif to several 100 meters, which fractures and faults formed. Subsequently, it came in the Tertiary and Quaternary deposition of sediments. The municipal area is dominated by the basin of the confluence of the Grand and Stone Muehl, which in turn is surrounded by the Mühlviertler mountain landscape. In the north of Jaukenberg and Eckhartsberg make the dance floor ( 752 meters) is the highest elevations in the south there is a gently rolling hills with heights of about 600 meters. The base of the municipal area consists mainly of granite Weinberger, an older coarse-grained granite type of one of the first solidified during the folding mountain magma series and has a typical coarseness. There are also in the municipal area also occur from gneiss and schist Perlgneis.

Community structure

The community Haslach at the Muehl is congruent with the cadastral Haslach. Within the municipal territory five districts are distinguished, with the market Haslach represents the center of municipal administration at the Muehl. The market is located in the northern center of the municipality at the confluence vn Big Muehl and Steinerner Muehl at an altitude of 501 m above sea level. A. and houses 2001 547 buildings, 104 of Work, 45 agricultural and forestry enterprises, and nearly two-thirds of the municipality 's population. To market Haslach includes the Grubberg chapel. North of the market or to the west and northwest of the Eckart mountain the rotting Jaukenberg 570 m above sea level. A.. The Rotte consisted in 2001 of 85 buildings, three workplaces and 11 agricultural and forestry use. West of the market is the village Felberau 520 m above sea. A., which also includes the Bruendl mountain chapel and the scattered settlement Felberau belong. Felberau consisted of 99 buildings in 2001 and housed three workplaces and 19 agricultural and forestry holdings. South of the market the village Hartmann village is 551 meters above sea level. A. Moreover, the rotting wood Häusln in the east of the municipality belongs. 2001, there was the district of 45 buildings with a place of work and 23 agricultural and forestry operated. In the south of the municipal area, the scattered settlement Neudorf is situated 640 m above sea level. A., 2001, which consisted of 43 buildings with two workplaces and 29 agricultural and forestry use. Apart from the actual Neudorf the district from the rotting railway station is at the train station Haslach on the western boundary of the municipality, the scattered settlement Laah northwest of Neudorf and the desert Feldl between Neudorf and Laah. Statistics Austria divided the market town also in three Zählsprengel, the market is divided into the Zählsprengel Haslach- old market and Haslach- Neumarkt and the remaining districts are grouped into Haslach environment.

History

The discovery of three stone axes dating from around 2000 BC in the municipality of Haslach proves that probably hunter-gatherers have stopped here.

With the donation of the area between Ilz and Rodl 1016 by Emperor Henry II to the nunnery Niedernburg at Passau, the reclamation of the Upper Mühlviertel began. In a contract in 1231, the fief was south of the Stone Muehl of Witiko of Prčice and Blankenberg, who is considered the founder of the witigonischen family branch of the lords of Rosenberg, assigned to the Bishop of Passau. As in the district court a certificate is listed, the foundation of the town is probably already done before. 1341 bought the Rosenbergs the market Haslach. 1427 and 1469, the market was destroyed by the Hussites. Wok von Rosenberg left the fortifications 1483-1487 renew it, so the market was one of the four border fortifications against Bohemia.

1599 sold Peter Wok von Rosenberg Haslach to the Bishop of Passau, Leopold, Archduke of Austria, making it fell to the diocese of Passau. From this it acquired in 1663 the Schlägl, which also took over the feudal rule. In 1819 the company was Vonwiller & Comp. Founded as a trading company with hundreds commission weavers and home workers. 1826 was the largest fire in the history Haslachs, of 144 houses in the market fell 124 to the flames. 1888 Haslach received a railway station, in 1901, an electric lighting market through the e- work of the brothers Rechberger.

Population

Population structure

2013 lived in the community Haslach at the Muehl 2,516 people, so the community was the fourth largest of the 42 municipalities of the district. With 203 inhabitants per km ² Haslach was also according to the district capital of the municipality with the second highest population density in the district. End of 2001, 97.7 percent of the population Austrian citizens (Upper Austria 92.8 percent, 96.9 percent Rohrbach district ) until the beginning of 2013, the figure fell imperceptibly to 96.9 percent ( 91.1 percent Upper Austria, Rohrbach District 96, 9 percent). A total of 78 foreigners were counted in 2013 in the community who came to more than 89 percent from Europe. A total of 156 community residents were born abroad. (Upper Austria: 79.4 percent) to the Roman Catholic Church in 2001, 93.5 percent of residents known, 3.0 percent had no religious affiliation, 1.1 percent Protestant and 1.0 Islamic faith.

The average age of the municipality 's population in 2001 was slightly below the national average. 16.6 percent of the population of Haslach were younger than 15 years ( Upper Austria: 18.8 percent ), 56.3 percent from 15 to 59 years old (Upper Austria: 61.6 percent). The percentage of residents over 59 stood at 27.0 percent, well above the national average of 20.2 percent. The average age of the population of Haslach changed in the sequence in all segments. The proportion of under-15s fell by 1 January 2013 to 13.8 percent, while the share of people between 15 and 59 years to 62.9 percent, considerably increased. The proportion of 59 -year-old, however, fell slightly to 23.3 percent. Marital status in 2001, 44.6 percent of residents of Haslach were single, 43.9 percent married, widowed, 9.0 percent and 2.7 percent divorced.

Demographics

The population development in the area of the municipality was Haslach 1869-2013 compared with the population development of the district Rohrbach slightly above the average, with the population of Haslach in this period rose by 10 percent. Starting from 2,278 residents in 1869, the population fell from census to census until 1923 on the previous low of 1,912 inhabitants. After continuously Einwohnerzajl rose to 1981 on the previous high of 2,649 inhabitants. Since 1981 the population has declined with slight fluctuations around six percent. Characteristic of the population growth in the community is the negative birth rate. While the majority of the district Rohrbach exists eion birth surplus, the community had already in the 1970s a birth deficit that still increased in the following decades. At the same time, however, the community benefited from immigration, particularly extreme than in the 1990s in particular. Is influenced this development, which is Haslach location of the district nursing home Haslach.

Policy

Parish council

The Parish Council, the supreme body of the municipality comprises 25 seats and is elected every six years, Upper Austria on municipal elections in the course. The parish council is composed of seven members, with the Social Democratic Party of Austria ( SPÖ) is represented by the local council elections in 2009, with the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor and two other members of the parish council, and thus in this body represents the absolute majority. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP ) to send three more members.

Strongest faction in the council of Haslach was until the late 1990s, the People's Party, which has held the absolute majority of seats and mostly, the absolute majority of votes up to and including 1997. 1961 achieved the ÖVP with 59.2 percent the best result. The SPÖ is traditionally strong in Haslach, she came 1945-1997 to 34.9 to 45.1 percent. Reached in 2003, the SPÖ with 56.5 for the first time the absolute majority of votes and mandate, and took first place they could hold in 2009. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ ) is represented in the council of the municipality only since 1973, the predecessor organization VDU was represented from 1949 to 1955 with two seats in the municipal council. The FPÖ came to 3.5 to 7.5 percent, the FPÖ was flown in 2003 shortly from the council since 1973. In the last local elections in 2009 the People's Party came to 39.4 or 10 seats, the Social Democratic Party reached 54.6 percent and 14 seats. In addition, the FPÖ came with 6.0 percent to a mandate.

Mayor

The Mayor is determined since 1997 in a direct line, where there will be a runoff election for a candidate with no absolute majority. The first direct election was Norbert Leitner ( SPÖ) decide with 53.5 percent in the first round against the candidate of the People's Party for themselves, with the ÖVP had achieved this year, the absolute majority of seats. Leitner was subsequently confirmed in 2003 with 74.0 percent in office. He handed the office 2008 Dominik Reisinger (SPÖ ), which was confirmed by the Mayor direct election in 2009 with 70.3 of the population.

Mayor since 1850:

Regional Policy

Haslach operates a community-owned public transport, and is therefore - as the only community - directly a member of the Upper Austrian Transport Association ( OÖVV ).

Coat of arms

The use of a market Seal is known for an announcement text in a Seelgerätstiftung of 24 April 1373 during the first detection of the coat of arms image is handed down by a badly damaged seal to a curate's Foundation of 28 November 1472. The confirmation or Neuverleihung of the coat of arms in use today was made on January 1, 1615 by Emperor Matthias after the Haslacher judge and council and the citizens asked for the confirmation of since " about three hundred year," led emblem. The municipality colors blue, yellow and red were determined by the Municipal Council on 31 March 1958, and bestätigigt of the Upper Austrian Government on 6 May 1958. The blazon of the arms is: Azure, on a green sign foot a silver, gequaderte and crenellated, continuous wall; in the middle of a black open round arch with golden, halbaufgezogenem protection gates, wood ( brown ) parapet and red gabled roof with two golden knobs. Appears between the towering on either side of Torbaues silver, black open towers with stone ramparts, red pointed roofs and golden knobs, accompanied by fourteen gold stars and surmounted by a golden, gold-crowned uncial letter M, fünfblätterigen a silver sign with a red, heraldic rose. The coat of arms illustration shows the official records since the mid-14th century mounting of the market with towers and a defensive wall as border protection against the north. The Witigonen - Rose has the lords of Rosenberg, the " Markcht ze Haslach " possessed from 1341 to 1599 as a fief of the bishops of Passau, back. The winning M symbolizes the Neuverleihung of the emblem by Emperor Matthias.

Culture and sights

Museums

For the size of the place Haslach has many museums worth seeing:

• Museum of Local History
• Kaufmann Museum
• Sewing Machine Museum
• School Museum
• Weaving Museum
• Mechanical Music Museum.

Structures

• Plague in the pavement road
• Parish Church of St. Nicholas with a detached former fortified tower.

Regular events

• Wreath Ling hard Haslach: one of the largest festivals in the district of Rohrbach tent that takes place every year at Pentecost in the leisure area wreath Ling in Haslach. For four days, there are three evening events and two brunch.
• Weber market far beyond the regional boundaries known Weavers' Market, held annually by the volunteer-run club "Textile Kultur Haslach ". The old district on the stilts textile makers from all over Europe to present quality products and individual creations.
• Textile Kultur Haslach: Every second year, the "Textile Kultur Haslach " instead of a big summer symposium. During the 14-day event will include courses held around the weaving on hand looms, but will also mediates a variety of other textile techniques from recognized course leaders from several countries. Numerous workshops, experimental workshops, exhibitions and a program with lectures, theater and dance performances, readings and music events complete the symposium and open to both the professional audience as well as laymen.

Specialty

For linseed oil Linseed oil is pressed potatoes in the "Steel Mill". This lies at the confluence of the rivers Large Muehl and Stone Muehl. This regional specialty is known in and around Haslach.