Klaffer am Hochficht

Klaffer am Hochficht is a municipality in the district of Rohrbach in Upper Austria in the upper Upper Austria with 1314 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). Klaffer is located in the judicial district of Rohrbach.

Geography

Klaffer am Hochficht situated at an altitude of 638 m above sea level. A. in the upper Upper Austria. The expansion is 6.9 kilometers from north to south and from west to east 8.6 km. The total area is 28 km ². 59.6 % of the area is forested and 37.5 % of the area is used for agriculture.

Districts of the municipality

Freundorf, felling, Klaffer am Hochficht, Panidorf, Pfaffetschlag, Schoenberg, Vorderanger.

Coat of arms

Blazon: Argent, a blue, fallen, inflected, decreased tip; is one of three gold, one over two square stones placed upright, silver, flight -ready Falcon. The municipality colors are blue -yellow-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 of 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 "Anschluss " of Austria to the German Reich on 13 March 1938, the village belonged to the Upper Danube. After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria. Klaffer was in 1850 part of the judicial district of Aigen. 2003, the district court Aigen was dissolved and assigned the community the jurisdiction Rohrbach.

Culture and sights

The herb garden Klaffer am Hochficht is the largest herb garden in Austria.

Personalities

• Alexandra Föderl -Schmid (* 1971), journalist, editor of the Austrian newspaper Der Standard.
• Norbert Johann Pühringerhütte, (* 1908, † 1989), priest, founder of the medicinal herb garden Klaffer am Hochficht.

Population Development

In 1991, the municipality finally had 1311 inhabitants according to the census, 2001 inhabitants in 1340.