Hofkirchen im Traunkreis

Hofkirchen im Traunkreis is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district of Linz-Land in the central area with 1760 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The church was originally part of the judicial district Enns, since 1 January 2014, the community is part of the judicial district of Steyr.

• 5.1 council and parish council
• 5.2 Mayor

• 6.1 Workplaces and Employees
• 6.2 Agriculture and Forestry
• 6.3 traffic
• 6.4 Education

Geography

Hofkirchen in Traun circle lies on 342 m altitude in the central area. The expansion is 6.2 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 5.5 km away. The total area is 13.9 km ². 12.3% of the area is forested, 78.3 % of the area is used for agriculture. Hofkirchen consists of two cadastral Harmannsdorf ( 648.16 hectares) in the southwest and Hofkirchen im Traunkreis ( 744.54 hectares) in the north-east. In the north of the municipality or the cadastral Hofkirchen is the district Rappersdorf. The rotting Rappersdorf comprised 44 buildings in 2001 and was home to 125 inhabitants, where to Rappersdorf the scattered settlement Distlberg, the village Winkling and the farmstead Hoisbauer were counted. In the south of the cadastral districts Hofkirchen located in the western and lance mountain in the east. The village Hofkirchen im Traunkreis (342 m above sea level. A. ) comprised 215 buildings and 774 inhabitants in 2001. The hamlet also include Niederauer settlement (340 m above sea level. A. ), the settlement Unterberg (304 m above sea level. A. ) and the hamlet Mairhof. To Lanzenberg include the same Rottenberg (320 m above sea level. A. ), the scattered settlement Kammerhub that Mader settlement and the composting worm mountain. A total of 2001 were 49 houses and 149 inhabitants Lanzenberg. The cadastral Harmannsdorf located in the northeast of the district Harmannsdorf, which consists of the rotting Harmannsdorf, the Aigner Cross settlement, the scattered settlements Krottenthal and Rußberg and the individual farms producer Gruber, springs, Feichtner, Haider, Mauhart, Rath and the rotting Lehner. Harmannsdorf hosted in 2001 88 buildings with 280 residents. Smallest district is the scattered settlement Kienberg with 22 houses and 66 inhabitants in the southwest of the municipality. It consists of the scattered settlement Kienberg, the hamlet of Lichtenberg and the airfield Kienbach. The majority of Kienbach hedoch belongs to the neighboring community Matzelsdorf. Between 2001 and 2011 the district Hofkirchen could strongly commit to the population, while the remaining districts remained virtually unchanged. Hofkirchen 211 had 1,097 inhabitants, Harmannsdorf 284 Lanzenberg 151, 132 and Rappersdorf Kiebach 64 inhabitants.

Coat of arms

Official description of the municipality coat of arms: Between two silver undulations in green a silver tip, sullied with a red and silver split, ungleicharmigen Tatzenkreuz. The municipality colors are green and white green

History

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 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.

Population

Population structure

2014 lived in the community in 1810 people, which Hofkirchen was the fourth smallest municipality of the 22 municipalities of the district. End of 2001, 95.9 percent of the population Austrian citizens (Upper Austria 92.8 percent, District Linz-Land 91.4 per cent), by the beginning of 2013, the value increased slightly to 96.0 percent ( 91.1 percent of Upper Austria, Linz District country 89.0 percent). A total of 71 foreigners were counted in 2013 in the community who came to 97 percent from Europe. The largest contingent of people presented with a citizenship from the Eu countries. (Upper Austria: 79.4 percent) to the Roman Catholic Church in 2001, 83.3 percent of residents known, 2.2 percent were Protestant, 8.3 percent and 3.3 percent commitment without Islamic faith.

The average age of the municipality 's population in 2001 was below the national average. 19.2 percent of the population of Piberbach were younger than 15 years ( Upper Austria: 18.8 percent ), 67.4 percent from 15 to 59 years old (Upper Austria: 61.6 percent). The percentage of residents over 59 stood at 13.3 percent, well below the national average of 20.2 percent. The average age of the population of Hofkirchen changed as a result hardly. The proportion of under-15s rose by 1 January 2013 slightly to 19.5 percent, while the share of people between 15 and 59 years increased to 69.0 percent. The proportion of 59 -year-old, however, dropped to 11.5 percent. Marital status in 2001 44.3 percent of the population of Hofkirchen were single, 48.0 percent married, widowed, divorced and 4.6 percent 3.2 percent.

Demographics

The community Hofkirchen recorded between the late 19th century and 1910, hardly a movement of the population. After a slight decline, the population increased again to the original value. After that, the population fell to 1939, however, more clearly by about 15 percent from about to grow again in the sequence to 1951 by approximately 26 percent. Even after that, there was initially no continuous population growth. After low population losses in the 1950s and 1960s continued from 1971 a strong growth, which continued in the early 21st century. Thus, the population doubled 1971-2013. Hofkirchen had already in the 1970s, high in-migration to and benefited from the same time a strong positive birth rate. While the birth rate remained positive at a comparable level in the 1980s and 1990s, the community recorded in the 1980s, only a small immigration. As a result, intensified immigration, however extreme, so that the population in the 1990s and 2001-2013 increased by 26 percent each. Last recorded the community since 2001, a sharp increase, of births over deaths.

Policy

Council and parish council

The Parish Council, the supreme body of the municipality comprises 19 seats and is elected every six years, Upper Austria on municipal elections in the course. The parish council is composed of six members, with the parish council members, three representatives of the ÖVP, two representatives of the Social Democratic Party and a representative of the Freedom Party.

Strongest force in the community policy has always been the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP ), which could reach the absolute majority of seats, with one exception in every election, the absolute majority of votes, and in every election since 1973. With election results 49-68 percent of the Austrian People's Party during this period was able to achieve their best result so far in 1979. The second strongest party in the community since 1973 was always the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ ), which was recorded in the elections 23-40 percent for itself. Your best election result reached the SPÖ here in 2003. Drittsärkste force in the community is the Freedom Party, which in 1979 could not reach a mandate in the election and was represented in the result neither in 1979 nor in 1985 in the City Council. Only in 1991 the FPÖ managed the re-entry, taking 18 percent achieved their best result so far in 1997. With the exception of two election years always ran in Hofkirchen only the three parties mentioned. 1991 failed a list at the entrance into the council, 2009, the AAF with 2.9 percent of the vote. In the last local elections of 2009, the ÖVP came to 58.3 percent, or 12 seats, the Social Democratic Party 30.7 percent, or 6 seats and the FPÖ to 8.1 percent, or a mandate.

Mayor

Simultaneously with the municipal elections the mayor is determined in a direct election since 1997, where there will be a ballot for a candidate with no absolute majority. Mayor Johann Lachmair (ÖVP ). He was reelected in 2009 with 80.8 percent in seinenem office. The vice mayor is also provided by the ÖVP.

The ÖVP dominates As with municipal elections and in state elections in the community. How could the People's Party since 1973, always will vote the strongest party, three times, 1973-1985, it reached even the absolute majority of votes. The second strongest party was always the SPÖ, the election results 25-36 percent in Hofkirchen recorded. As the third largest party, the FPÖ could always position yourself with the exception of 2003, the election results 2-23 percent was recorded in state elections. 2003, the FPÖ was behind the Greens. At the last state election in 2009, the ÖVP came with 47.5 percent in the first place. The SPÖ only came to 25.1 percent, and have suffered their second worst result so far. Third largest party, the FPÖ was 13.2%, the fourth largest green with 10.1 percent.

Economy and infrastructure

Workplaces and employees

Piberbach only hosts a workplace with 20 or more employees. The study conducted as part of the Census Census of 2001 resulted in Hofkirchen 51 workplaces with 198 employees (excluding agriculture ), where 82 percent of people in employment were. The number of workplaces showed a rise compared to 1991 by 24 ( plus 89 percent ), the number of employees by 117 people (plus 144 percent). The most important industry, 2001 was the construction of eight workplaces and 44 employees ( 22 percent of employees in Hofkirchen ). He was followed by the manufacturing sector with seven workplaces and 37 employees, and the health, veterinary and social work with four workplaces with 31 employees. 51 percent of employees in Hofkirchen were employees or officials, 27 percent of workers and 17 percent of farmers.

From living in Hofkirchen 2010 957 labor only 2.8 % were unemployed. Of the 930 176 persons in employment in the manufacturing sector (19 percent), 173 in trade ( 19 percent) and 94 in the health and social work ( 10 per cent) were employed. Other important industries were the construction industry with 62 employees ( 7 percent), Professional and technical services with 61 employees ( 7 percent) and public administration, the area of ​​education and health ( each with 6 percent) and the Agriculture and Forestry (5 percent). Of the 896 workers from Hofkirchen (without temporarily employed persons absent from work population ) in 2010 were only 138 people in Hofkirchen after their employment. 758 or 85 percent had to commute to work. Of the commuters had 31 percent of their place of work in the district of Linz-Land, 40 percent in the city of Linz. Important Auspendelgemeinde after the city of Linz were Steyr, St. Florian, catfish, Enns and Ansfelden. In return, found in Hofkirchen in 2010 98 commuters working in Hofkirchen.

Agriculture and Forestry

The statistics reported in 2010 33 agricultural and forestry holdings for the community Hofkirchen in Traun circle. Among them were 18 commercial farms, 14 part-time farms and a community of persons. The total number had fallen sharply compared to 1999 by 21 companies, or 39 percent, while the number of part-time farms was particularly sharply. Together, the companies managed a total of 1,033 hectares in 2010, with 68 percent of the area of full- time farmers, 27 percent were managed by part-time farmers. The average size of the full- time farmers was placed at 38.9 hectares in around half of the Upper Austrian average.

Traffic

Hofkirchen is traffic-technically minded of four state roads. The Tilly Burger street runs from the center of Hofkirchen north and connects the community about the neighboring parish of St. Florian with keys. The Than road (L 1349 ) runs from northwest to southeast by the municipality and connects Hofkirchen with the center of St. Florian in the north and the town of Steyr in the southeast. The Weichstetten road (L 1397 ) runs from Hofkirchen to the west and connects the municipality with Kiebach that Matzelsdorfer road (L 1365 ) branches off from the Thannstrßae to the southwest from and extends to Matzelsdorf in the community Schiedelberg. To the public transport network, the community is connected by bus routes 402, 411, 412 and 421. The line 421 binds Hofkirchen to Niederneukirchen in the north and in the south Steyr, bus number 412 runs from St. Florian on Niederneukirchen after Hofkirchen, line 411 only by Niederneukirchen after Hofkirchen. With the line 402, the community citizens can reach the town of Enns. The nearest railway connections are located in Steyr and Enns.

Education

The School of Hofkirchen im Traunkreis was originally connected to the parsonage and was held in 1979 demolished Mesnerhaus. The present school building was built in 1858-1859 and expanded several times or refurbished. The elementary school was named in 1953 after the teacher, choir conductor and composer Friedrich Arnleitner ( 1845-1903 ) and is a listed building. In the school year 2012/13 the elementary school Hofkirchen was fünfklassig after it has been previously performed always vierklassig. The kindergarten in Hofkirchen is operated by the parish Hofkirchen. The house can accommodate four kindergarten groups (with an integration group) and a crèche. In the crèche, a maximum of ten children are cared for at the age of one and a half to three years.

Culture and sights

• Sattler Museum:

The only Sattler museum in Austria shows a workshop as it was common in the region in the early 20th century and is in the house of the last saddler housed in the place Hofkirchen. The collection includes the following priorities such as Tools and furnishings of a saddler's workshop, a comprehensive technical library and a photo and document collection on the saddle makers.