Neukirchen an der Enknach
Neukirchen an der Enknach is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district of Braunau am Inn in Innviertel with 2117 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The competent court is the district court district of Braunau am Inn.
- 4.1 Population development
Geography
Neukirchen an der Enknach is located on 381 m altitude in Innviertel. The extension is from north to south 10.9 kilometers, from west to east 8.6 km. The total area is 33.4 km ². 28.1 % of the area is forested, 65.9 % of the area is used for agriculture. The municipality is crossed from south to north of the Enknach.
Community structure
The municipality includes the following 43 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- Apfenthal (21)
- Badhub (10)
- Bogendorf (103 )
- Bruendl (10 )
- Brunn in Gries ( 24)
- Dietzing (108 )
- Village (27 )
- Eisenhub (15 )
- Engelberg ( 11)
- Enknach (16 )
- Mountain Ash (15 )
- Friedrichsdorf (426)
- Gsotthub (24)
- Händschuh (88)
- Häusl (14 )
- Behind Mountain ( 4)
- Yard ( 9)
- Hollstraß (9)
- Chamber passing (31 )
- Kirchweg (13 )
- King Aich (9 )
- Kotting Auerbach ( 24)
- Lach ( 35)
- Maierhof (12 )
- Neukirchen an der Enknach (408 )
- Oberguggenhausen (14 )
- Oberthal (32 )
- Austrian fief (135 )
- Paßberg (2)
- Rittersberg (20 )
- Scheuhub (30)
- Lard Mayrhofen ( 17)
- Schützing (58 )
- Solling (66 )
- Syringe village ( 5)
- Stadlern (35 )
- Stock Mayrhofen ( 23)
- Stoiber streets (13 )
- Strasbourg (96 )
- Thousand angels (22 )
- Unterguggenberg (26 )
- Underwood ( 5)
- Wies Maiern (28 )
The municipality comprises the cadastral Apfenthal, Mitterberg and Neukirchen an der Enknach.
Coat of arms
Blazon: In red, a black bar which is topped with three silver balls. The municipality colors are red, white and black.
The coat of arms granted in 1974 goes back to the coat of arms of the Apfenthaler -talking, who were owners of the castle Neukirchen until the 16th century.
History
In Urfanger wood six mounds were found from the Roman period, two of which were open.
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.
This region has many myths and legends, for example, " The beet King". In this legend is about a poor peasant name Clemens turnip, who got his days just to eat beets. When he had completed his 18th year, he married ermine of otters, who was a wealthy princess. Her father the king was only A. H. mentioned. He was sorcerer, so he bewitched Clemens, who was condemned henceforth to peel beets for his Gemahlind and its horrors ruler Robert the Terrible. But then came the dragon, and the blood was shed. He was killed and that of a newborn. Such legends are many, even if they do not always correspond to the truth.
Policy
Population Development
In 1991 the municipality had 2,107 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 2110 inhabitants.
Culture and sights
Personalities
- Johann Baumgartner (1900-1976), Nazi official and community physician
- Theodor Mayer (1883-1972), historian