Neukirchen an der Vöckla

Neukirchen an der Vöckla is a municipality in Upper Austria in Vöcklabruck district in Hausruckviertel with 2506 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The competent jurisdiction is Vöcklabruck.

Geography

Neukirchen an der Vöckla is located on 516 m altitude in Hausruckviertel. The expansion is 6.9 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 7.9 km. The total area is 23.5 km ². 26% of the area is forested, 66 % of the land used for agriculture.

Districts of the municipality

Ackerberg, beaver, Dachschwendau, Froschern, Höller Mountain, Haid, Jagerberg, Jochling, Kappligen, Kogl Kolopfern, Lichtenegg, Meisl Grub, Mixental, Mühlleiten, Neudorf, Neukirchen an der Vöckla, Oberthumberg, pepper Mount, Pichler road, Pollhammeredt, Rage Reck, Rasch Bach, Redl, Rothauptberg, Satteltal, Seirigen, Sonnleiten, Spöck, Stipplmühl, Teufligen, Unterthumberg, Verwang, Woehr, Walter village, conducting away, Welser, Weyr, Wimm, Windbichl, Winteredt, Zipf, Zuckau.

Coat of arms

Blazon: divided by red and gold in the shaft section; above a silver horseshoe, covered by diagonally crossed, golden tufts and malt scoop; below a raised, blue wave beams in a silver trout; in the sign black, irregular waves. The municipality colors are red and yellow.

The rich of symbols coat of arms was granted in 1978. Beer and malt scoop Creator as old guild signs of brewers refer to the Zipf Brewery as the most important economic activity of the municipality. The shoe is reminiscent of the one year in November in honor of the parish 's patron, held Leonhardiritt. The trout is available for 1863 in the district Redl first established in Austria - Hungary trout farm. The golden wave bar symbolizes the Vöckla and the black waves in the sign refer to the first successful deep drilling for oil in Upper Austria in the district Unterthumberg in 1956.

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 ". From October 1943 to May 1945 was located in the municipality, the KZ subcamp Redl - Zipf, a subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp. After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria.

Policy

Mayor: Franz Zeilinger of the Austrian People's Party.

Population Development

In 1991, the municipality had 2455 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 2530 inhabitants.

Culture and sights

See list of monumental objects in Neukirchen an der Vöckla