Lenzing
Lenzing is a market town in Upper Austria in Vöcklabruck district in Hausruckviertel with 5070 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The competent jurisdiction is Vöcklabruck.
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Geography
Lenzing is at 485 m above sea level. A. Height in Hausruckviertel. The expansion is 4.1 kilometers from north to south and from west to east 4.2 km away. The total area is 8.9 km ². 12.4% of the area is forested and 56.2 % of the area is used for agriculture.
Districts of the municipality
Old Lenzing, Haid, Kraims, Neuhausen, Oberachmann, Pichlwang, Raudaschlmühle, Reibersdorf, Starzing, Thal, Ulrich Berg, Unterachmann.
Neighboring communities
Coat of arms
Blazon: A silver bar shaft right diagonally divided; above in red a silver, blue filled halfway, outwardly facing retort; below in blue with a silver needle tree. The municipality colors are red, white and blue.
The coat of arms granted in 1967 is the result of which was organized by the municipality ideas competition. Tree and retort refer to the formative place wood, paper and pulp industry, the wave bar symbolizes the Ager, which enabled the establishment of these plants only.
History
Originally in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria lying, was the area now Lenzing since the 12th century the Duchy of Austria. Since 1490 it has been the Principality ' Austria above the Enns ' attributed. In 1892, the industrialist Emil Hamburger a paper mill in Pettighofen, a forerunner of today's Lenzing AG. Since 1918, the area belongs to the newly founded state of Upper Austria. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich in 1938 " Zellwolle Lenzing AG " was established. In 1939 the foundation of the church today from the parent community Oberachmann and by annexations of neighboring communities. On 1 January 1940 the name of the village was changed to " Agerzell ". In November 1944, a subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp was built in the community Lenzinger part Pettighofen. The up to 565 prisoners, mostly women, forced labor had to work particularly at the Lenzing viscose staple AG. The camp was liberated in 1945 by the U.S. Army in early May. Market town is Lenzing since 1984.
Policy
Mayor Rudolf Vogtenhuber of the SPÖ. In the municipal elections in 2009, the following distribution of seats was:
Population Development
In 1991, the municipality had 5063 inhabitants according to the census, 2001 then 5049 inhabitants, 2007 5090 inhabitants
Culture and sights
- Mold Church in Pichlwang; a late Gothic church from the 15-16. century
Sports
In the ATSV Lenzing Lenzing Modal is at home.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
Rail transport
By Lenzing leads the single-track, electrified railway Vöcklabruck -chamber Schorfling. At the stations Lenzing Lenzing site and keep Monday to Friday at irregular intervals trains, some of which are continued until Puchheim.
Road
- The Atterseestraße - from Timelkam to Mondsee - runs through the community.
- South of Lenzing are the motorway junctions and Seewalchen Schorfling the A1 western motorway.
Established businesses
At the Lenzing Lenzing AG is the world's largest integrated pulp and viscose with a pulp capacity of 225,000 tonnes per year. In addition, a number of medium and small business enterprises is located.