Lohnsburg

Lohnsburg am Kobernaußerwald is a market town in Upper Austria in the district of Ried in the Innviertel with 2170 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Ried.

• 6.1 The Museum Project Heritage House
• 6.2 Music

Geography

Lohnsburg located in Innviertel, on the Northern Slope of the Kobernaußer Forest. The main village is situated on 523 m height. The area of ​​the municipality is 14.3 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 10 km, the total area of ​​39.5 km ². 48.1 % of the area is forested, 45.8 % of the area is used for agriculture.

Districts of the municipality

Bergham, Felling, Fossing, Gunzing, Helmerding, Hochkuchl, Kemating, Kober outside, Kramling, Lohnsburg, Magetsham, Mitterberg, Neulendt, Reintal, Schoenberg, Berg Show, impact, Schmidham, stilts.

Coat of arms

Official description of the municipality coat of arms: Azure, a, erect deer with antlers zwölfendigem. The municipality colors are yellow and blue.

History

The place Lohnsburg (documented Lonespurch, Lanspurch ) is called for the first time in the first half of the 11th century. The place name refers to a castle that the Kuchler about 900 built as a show - and Trotzenburg against incursions from the east at 722 meters high Hochkuchl mountain and occupied. The high Kuchler were former county judge in Kuchl at Hallein and subordinate to the archbishopric of Salzburg. From 1450 on the expiration of the castle, which today is that there is mentioned in a legend and in the place name began.

Since the establishment of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place was Bavarian until 1779 and came to the Peace of Teschen with the Innviertel (then Innbaiern ) to Austria. During the Napoleonic Wars shortly Bavarian, it belongs since 1814 finally to Upper Austria. 1848 Lohnsburg was a municipality.

After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on 13 March 1938, the village belonged to the Upper Danube. After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria. In 1963 was Lohnsburg tourist town and 1967 holiday village.

Since May 27, 1968, the municipality bears the name Lohnsburg am Kobernaußerwald. 1988 Lohnsburg was raised to the market town.

Policy

Mayor 's Max Mayer of the ÖVP.

Population Development

Culture and sights

The Museum Project Heritage House

In 1992 the Art Nouveau former community house (1910 ) has been completely renovated. Since then located in the former administrative offices, the wage burger home house.

The former primary school headmaster Treiblmayr began in the 50s of the last century with the collection of old tools, equipment and objects from the rural everyday life, as well as documents and photos. The local history collection is now divided into several rooms. In the first room there is a weaving room, the second room deals with the religious life in the community and in the country apart, and the third contains a bibliographic collection around Lohnsburg. The fourth and final room is dedicated to the Kobernaußerwald, who played a major economic role in the life of the wage burger for many centuries.

Music

The band of the municipality Lohnsburg is for decades a major cultural component. Concerts and Events of the band found not only in Lohnsburg but throughout Austria very well received.

The band could represent 2008 Upper Austria at the Austrian brass band meet in Feldkirchen in Carinthia in the year and this year was an Austrian national winners.

Events

• Parish: The Parish wage burger, which takes place in early June every year, is an important link between the wage Burger associations, the economy and the population in and around Lohnsburg.
• Easter Concert at the Musikverein Lohnsburg: The Musikverein Lohnsburg Founded in 1852, is since 1992 under the direction of Gottfried Reisegger. Since that time Reisegger conducts the well-known in the region Innviertel Easter concert, in which the traditional brass band Lohnsburg presents classical music, musicals and film music.

Established businesses

• TILO Wood products: The company was founded in the early 1950s by Gustav Schrattenecker with about 400 jobs, the largest company in the community.
• Electric Gadermeier: The company was founded by Johann Gadermayr in 1919, in the form of a compression trade in bicycles and equipment in Felling No. 4 on the family farm and has approximately 80 employees one of the largest companies in the community.

Sports facilities

Cross Country - Athlete open from April to November, a training and competition total distance of 6,170 meters length. It leads to the ridge of the Kobernaußerwald forest along and is 670-720 meters above sea level.