Kleinzell im Mühlkreis

Kleinzell in Mühlkreisautobahn is a municipality in the district of Rohrbach in Upper Austria in the upper Upper Austria with 1472 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Rohrbach.

• 4.1 municipal
• 4.2 Mayor

• 5.1 Population structure
• 5.2 Demographics

• 6.1 traffic

Geography

Kleinzell in Mühlkreisautobahn is on 548 m height in the Upper Upper Austria. Based on the nature conservation space planning, however, the majority of the municipality to Zentralmühlviertler highlands, the southwestern border area belongs to indoor unit Danube canyon and tributary valleys. The expansion is 6.2 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 4.2 km away. The total area is 16.2 km ². 31 percent of the area is forested, 62 percent of the area is used for agriculture, also accounted for 0.9 percent water and on land 0.7 percent. Neighboring municipalities are Neufelden in the north, St. Ulrich in Mühlkreisautobahn in the northeast, Niederwaldkirchen in the East, St. Martin in Mühlkreisautobahn in the southeast, Kirchberg ob der Donau in the southwest and Altenfelden in the West.

Geology and soil

The landscape of the municipality is part of the Bohemian Massif and belongs to the southeastern part of the granite highlands. The landscape here is from the north to the south From the Bohemian Forest to the Danube towards, and is characterized by deeply incised streams. The Bohemian Massif was buoyed by 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 dominant rocks in the municipal area are Migmatitgneis, Perlgneis and Coarse-grained gneiss. The landscape itself has flat upland forms and steep slopes towards the Danube valley, as soil form prevail Brown Earth Podsolreihe from crystallin. In deep layers, such as the Danube and on nährstoffreicherem granite and gneiss consists brown earth.

Landscapes and nature

The municipality is divided into three landscape areas, the main area of ​​settlement with the places " On Edhügel " as well as small cell occupies the center and the south-eastern and eastern part of the municipality. The main settlement area is on a strong in relief, well-structured plateau are in the small to look for large-scale forest areas. Large forest areas contain it mostly spruce forests, small areas of forest deciduous or deciduous - coniferous mixed forest. The green and arable land is used intensively in this area. The northern part of the municipality with smaller villages and hamlets such as apple creek, Edholz, Schörgenhub and Etzleinsberg is occupied by a slightly in relief, moderately structured plateau, which is intensively used for agriculture. Large forested areas are hardly available in smaller forest areas prevail spruce forests before. The third landscape space exist on the northern, western and southern border areas of the valley of the Great Muehl and their wooded valleys side. Here you will find large-scale slope forests, mostly coniferous forests or coniferous forests in the south and near-natural slope forests. In the southwest of the municipality Kleinzell also share in the European nature reserve Upper Danube and Aschach Valley ( FFH ), the reserve from the presence of natural forests as Luzulo beech forests, bedstraw - oak -hornbeam forests, canyon and slope mixed forests and silicate rocks with crevices and pioneer vegetation is based. As in the Upper Danube Valley also breed black stork and the eagle owl, the area is designated as a bird sanctuary. In addition, the edge area of the reserve is " slope forests in the valley of the Great Muehl " in the municipal area, which is characterized by ostexponierte steep slope areas with beech woods, ravine forests and treeless boulder fields. To a lesser extent there are in the community and extensive grassland sites with mesophilic Colorful meadow meager As well as road and Wegböschungen.

Community structure

The municipal area of small cell in Mühlkreisautobahn is congruent with the cadastral small cell, where 13 districts are distinguished. In the eastern center of the municipality is the village small cell ( 548 m above sea level. A. ) the capital and the most populous district of the municipality. East joins Kleinzell the district Weigelsdorf with the castle Gneisenau to the west of the district " On Edhügel ". The rotting Weigelsdorf represents relative to the population of the second largest, the settlement " On Edhügel " the third largest district of the municipality dar. Both districts are already grown together with small cell. In the south and south-east of the municipal area are only smaller districts of the municipality. These are the village Ramersberg (460 m above sea level. A. ) south of small cell or Weigelsdof and still further south, rotting Partenstein and rotting Steining, the scattered settlement fence (520 m above sea level. A. ) and the rotting Grünental southeast or east the settlement "Am Edhügel ". In the north of the municipality and to the north lie the districts of Rohrbacherstraße apple creek, ditch, Etzleinsberg and Schörgenhub. The largest of the four settlements and the fourth largest district of small cell is located between the main road and the railway line scattered settlement of apple creek (550 m above sea level. A. ), where the south of the Rohrbacherstraße lying hamlet mountain and the individual farms and wastelands Pisling, Sunzenau and Mödlhof be expected to apple creek. North of the railway line are to be found the rotting ditch and the scattered settlements Etzleinsberg and Schörgenhub. The fifth largest district of the municipality, the rotting Edholz (550 m above sea level. A. ), located in the northern center of the municipality, taking into Edholz also the farmstead Seltenhof is counted.

Coat of arms

Official description of the municipality coat of arms: About a silver, ashlar walls in a golden green, border lion. The lion is from the coat of arms of sound Berger. The municipality colors are green - 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. Originally the community since 1850 part of the judicial district Neufelden, after its dissolution but was added to the judicial district of Rohrbach January 1, 2003.

Policy

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 consists of five members, with the Austrian People's Party ( ÖVP) with the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor and one other member of the current three members and the Social Democratic Party of Austria ( SPÖ), two members represents.

Strongest faction in the council of small cell has always been the ÖVP, the 1973-2009 is always the absolute majority of seats, and with one exception, was able to achieve an absolute majority. The ÖVP reached here during this period election results from 49.8 to 68.7 percent. The second strongest party was, with one exception always the SPÖ, which could reach 22.2 to 40.4 percent. Only in 1991 the Social Democrats slipped from the third rank, who was like a one-time civil list in the council election. and was able to unite 38.0 percent in coming. Since 1991 the Freedom Party of Austria 's (FPÖ ) represented on the council. However, it reached only 5.0 to 10.7 percent. In the last local elections of 2009, the ÖVP came to 56.7 percent, or eleven mandates, the SPÖ scored 33.6 percent and six seats, the FPÖ 9.6 per cent and two seats.

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. Mayor is Franz Hofer from the ÖVP. In the previous mayor direct elections always the ÖVP was able to prevail with more than 60 percent. Against candidates there were only of the SPÖ. The vice mayor is also provided by the ÖVP.

Population

Population structure

2013 lived in the community Kleinzell 1,472 people, making small cell was in the middle of the 42 municipalities of the district. In relation to the population density had Kleinzell contrast to the eight highest population density in the district area. End of 2001, 98.3 percent of the population Austrian citizens (Upper Austria 92.8 percent, 96.9 percent Rohrbach district ) until the beginning of 2013, the value changed to 98.2 percent ( 91.1 percent Upper Austria, Rohrbach District 96, 9 percent) barely. Overall, only 26 foreigners were counted in 2013 in the community who came to 81 percent from Europe. (Upper Austria: 79.4 percent) to the Roman Catholic Church in 2001, 95.8 percent of residents known, 2.2 percent had no religious affiliation, 0.9 percent and 0.7 percent Protestant Islamic faith.

The average age of the municipality 's population in 2001 was slightly above the national average. 17.7 percent of the population of small cell were younger than 15 years ( Upper Austria: 18.8 percent ), 59.3 percent from 15 to 59 years old (Upper Austria: 61.6 percent). The percentage of residents over 59 stood at 23.0 percent, well above the national average of 20.2 percent. The average age of the population of small cell changed in the sequence in all segment. The proportion of under-15s fell by 1 January 2013 to 16.1 percent, while the share of people between 15 and 59 years to 65.8 percent, considerably increased. The proportion of 59 -year-old, however, dropped to 18.1 percent. Marital status in 2001 47.5 percent of the population of small cells were single, 41.8 percent married, widowed, divorced and 8.9 percent, 1.8 percent.

Demographics

The community Kleinzell recorded between the late 19th century and the mid 20th century a slightly negative population growth, with the population of between 1,050 and 1,200 inhabitants fluctuated. The highest population rejected the municipality on at this period in the Volkszhählung in 1900. the lowest in 1951. Population growth was comparable with the district development, but was well below the national average of Upper Austria. After 1951, the population began to rise, in the 1950s and 1960s, and since 2001, greater growth rates were recorded, and in between the numbers of inhabitants almost stagnated. The community is suffering since decades under a strong negative birth rate, which can be compensated only by immigration.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Kleinzell in Mühlkreisautobahn traffic is technically Rohrbacher Straße ( B127 ) connected to the regional transport network. The Rohrbacherstraße thereby runs north from east to west by the municipality and binds Kleinzell so on to the neighboring communities of St. Martin in Mühlkreisautobahn or Neufelden. The territory itself is accessed by various state and local roads. In the northern municipality that is the county road Neufeldener (L 1518), which branches off at Heissenedt of the Rohrbacherstraße and the districts apple creek and ditch with the community Neufelden connects. The remaining districts are connected by local roads.

To the public transport network Kleinzell is connected by the Mühlkreisbahn and regional bus lines. The range of Mühlkreisbahn runs to the north of the municipal territory, in the community at the intersection of Rohrbacher street of small cell station is the Neufeldener district road in combination with a commuter parking lot. The small cell station is also maintained by the bus 230, which runs between Linz and Rohrbach. When connecting the town center to the small cell station there is also the bus route 217, which operates between the station, the settlement on Edhügel, the town center and the town Edholz.

Culture and sights

• Schloss Gneisenau, a former moated castle is the most famous building of small cell. It is now exploited as a retirement home.
• Hermitage Ramersberg
• The storage power station Partenstein was at the time of its construction / completion ( 1924), the largest hydroelectric power plant in Europe.
• The "Dom- construction - break", a quarry in small cell, providing most of the stones for the building of the New Cathedral in Linz.