Neustift im Mühlkreis
Neustift im Mühlkreisautobahn is a municipality in the district of Rohrbach in Upper Austria in the upper Upper Austria with 1450 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Rohrbach.
- 3.1 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 municipal
- 4.2 Mayor
- 5.1 Population structure
- 5.2 Demographics
- 7.1 Workplaces and Employees
- 7.2 Agriculture and Forestry
Geography
Neustift im Mühlkreisautobahn lies at an altitude of 565 917 m above sea level. A. in the upper Upper Austria in the extreme southeast of the district of Rohrbach. Based on the nature conservation zoning of most of the community area to the Zentralmühlviertler highlands, the southern part, however, to indoor unit Danube canyon and tributary valleys. The extension is from north to south 10.3 kilometers, from west to east 4.1 km. The total area is 20.4 km ², making Neustift is in the middle of the municipalities of the district of Rohrbach. With 71 inhabitants per km ² Neustift was in the upper middle of the municipalities. In 2001, the municipality was covered with forest to 44.1, 46.1 percent of the area was used for agriculture. In comparison with the state of Upper Austria Neustift im Muehlkreis so forested more than the national average (Upper Austria: 38.3 percent ) and is slightly less agricultural area ( Upper Austria: 49.3 percent). The proportion of other uses ( construction areas, gardens, waters and other ) is around 10 percent short of the Upper Austrian average of 13.8 percent. Neighboring municipalities are Oberkappel in the northeast, Parishes in Mühlkreisautobahn in the east, Hofkirchen Mühlkreisautobahn in the southeast and Engelhartszell on the Danube in the south and southwest. In the west and north, the state border runs to Germany, where Neustift borders the district of Passau.
Geology and soil
The landscape of the municipality is part of the Bohemian Massif which goes back to a very old mountain range that was created by the Variscan orogeny in the Paleozoic ( Carboniferous). After the strong erosion of the former high mountains, it came during the alpidic orogeny in the Tertiary repealing the crystalline basement to several 100 meters, which fractures and faults formed. Subsequently, it came in the Tertiary and Quaternary deposition of sediments. The altitudes in the municipality range 285-630 meters, the majority of the municipal area is 550-600 meters. In the municipality prevails siliceous brown soil that forms on granites and gneisses as soil type. It is rather nutrient-poor medium to deep, mature soils are mainly due to their water balance as earnings security. In addition, in the range of Quellvernässungen, streams, wells and in a hillside feet gley soils occur. Podsol consists of forest plateau documents.
Community structure
Katastralgemeinden are Neustift im Mühlkreisautobahn and Rannariedl.
History
Originally in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria lying, owned the area since the 12th century the Duchy of Austria. Since 1490 the Principality " Austria above the Enns". During the Napoleonic Wars, the place was occupied several times. Since 1816 the place is definitely a thing to " Austria above the Enns " and since 1918 the federal state of Upper Austria. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on 13 March 1938, the town belonged to the " Upper Danube ". It was the merging of the municipalities Neustift and Rannariedl to the community " Rannastift ". After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria. 1974 received the community Rannastift the current name " Neustift im Mühlkreisautobahn ". By the end of 2002, the village belonged to the district court Lembach, January 1, 2003, the municipality was assigned to the judicial district of Rohrbach.
Coat of arms
Coat of arms
The community Neustift im Mühlkreisautobahn with certain Resolution by the Council on 19 July 1975, the design of the coat of arms municipality and the municipality of colors (green, white and red ). The coat of arms was granted in the following resolution passed by the Upper Austrian Provincial Government of 15 December 1975 and approved by the municipality colors. The blazon of the arms is: " Over red sign foot, in a silver, continuous cross, in silver, a green, auffliegender hawk. " Here, the coat of arms refers to the history of the community. The hawk in the upper half stands on the crest passauische Ministerialengeschlecht the Falkensteiner that the festivals Rannariedl built around 1240/50 at the mouth of Ranna into the Danube. The cross, symbolizes the diocese of Passau, the castle later to 1803 had in his possession. The design of the coat of arms comes from Gerhard Wöß from Neustift im Mühlkreisautobahn.
Policy
Parish council
The council, the supreme body of the municipality consists of 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 ) is represented by the local council elections in 2009, with the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor and two other members of the parish council, and thus in this body represents the absolute majority. The Social Democratic Party of Austria ( SPÖ) sends another member.
Strongest faction in the council of Neustift has always been the ÖVP, which is always the absolute majority of votes and mandate reached since 1945 and even always had a two-thirds majority. The ÖVP reached here during this period from 69.9 to 92.7 percent, while her best result of 1945. In addition to the People's Party candidate, with the exception of the Communist Party of Austria after the Second World War only the SPÖ in the community. The SPÖ came in 1945 with 7.0 percent to its worst result, their best result, it recorded in 1991 with 30.4 percent. In the last local elections in 2009 the People's Party came to 76.2 or 15 seats, the Social Democratic Party reached 23.8 percent, or four 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. The first direct election was Franz Rauscher (ÖVP ) decide with 75.1 percent in the first ballot. In 2003 and 2009 could entscheinden with 81.9 or 76.5 percent of the election on the first ballot for themselves Rauscher. In the election, he joined are in each case against the candidate of the Social Democratic Party.
Mayor since 1850:
Population
Population structure
2013 lived in the town of Neustift im Mühlkreisautobahn 1,450 people, which was Neustift in the middle of the 42 municipalities of the district. End of 2001, 96.6 percent of the population Austrian citizens (Upper Austria 92.8 percent, 96.9 percent Rohrbach district ) until the beginning of 2013, the figure fell to 96.1 percent imperceptibly (Upper Austria 91.1 percent, Rohrbach District 96, 9 percent). A total of 56 foreigners were counted in 2013 in the community who came to more than 98 percent from Europe. A total of 205 community residents were born abroad. (Upper Austria: 79.4 percent) to the Roman Catholic Church in 2001, 96.7 percent of residents known, 1.3 percent had no religious affiliation, 0.9 percent Protestant.
The average age of the municipality 's population in 2001 was slightly below the national average. 20.8 percent of the population of Neustift im Mühlkreisautobahn were younger than 15 years ( Upper Austria: 18.8 percent ), 61.6 percent from 15 to 59 years old (Upper Austria: 61.6 percent). The percentage of residents over 59 stood at 17.7 percent below the national average of 20.2 percent. The average age of the population of Neustift changed in the sequence, especially in the first two segments. The proportion of under-15s fell by 1 January 2013 to 16.9 percent, while the share of people between 15 and 59 years to 67.0 percent, considerably increased. The proportion of 59 -year-old, however, dropped to 16.1 percent. Marital status in 2001 49.8 percent of the population of Julbach were single, 42.9 percent married, widowed, divorced and 6.2 percent 1.2 percent.
Demographics
The population development in the area of the municipality was Neustift 1869-2013 compared with the population development of the district Rohrbach slightly above the average, with the population of Neustift in this period increased by 15 percent. The population development was coined in the 1970s, still from a positive birth rate and a slightly positive balance of migration in the 1980s, this ratio changed dramatically. During the birth surplus rose sharply, began an exodus, which, though reduced lasted well into the 1990s. At the same time the excess of births in the 1990s fell by more than half.
Culture and sights
Rannariedl Castle: Castle Rannariedl is located on a steep rocky ridge near the mouth of the Ranna into the Danube. It was built by the " Falk Steinem " in the 13th century. A medieval round tower with roof wedge is located in the north of the plant. The residential wing encloses a courtyard with arcades on three sides. The Gothic castle chapel was availed of 1783-1953 as a parish church. The castle is now privately owned.
Economy and infrastructure
Workplaces and employees
Neustift im Mühlkreisautobahn hosted 2001 companies with 20 or more employees. Overall, carried out as part of the Census Census of gave 45 workplaces with 184 employees (excluding agriculture ), where 80 percent of people in employment were. The number of workplaces showed a rise to only one ( up 2 percent ) compared to the year 1991, the number of employees by 20 people (plus 12 percent). The most important industry in 2001 was the area of the manufacturing sector with seven companies and 47 employees ( 26 percent of all employees ) in front of the hotel and restaurant industry with nine workplaces and 28 employees (15 percent ) and energy and water supply with two work sites and 26 employees ( 14 percent). It was followed by the trade, transport and education. 42 percent of in Neustift im Mühlkreisautobahn employees were employees or officials, 34 percent workers and 16 per cent holding.
From living in Neustift im Mühlkreisautobahn 2010 801 labor only 2.4 per cent were unemployed. Of the 782 170 persons in employment in the manufacturing sector (22 percent), 107 in trade ( 14 percent) and 77 in the agriculture and forestry (10 percent) were employed. Other important sectors were construction, and health and social work with 9 and 8 percent. Of the 763 workers from Neustift im Mühlkreisautobahn (without temporarily employed persons absent from work population ) in 2010 were only 218 people in Neustift to the Mühlkreisautobahn their employment. 545 or 71 percent had to commute to work. Of the 35 percent of commuters had their place of work in the district of Rohrbach and 25 percent in the state capital Linz. Important commuter communities adjacent to Linz were Hofkirchen in Mühlkreisautobahn, Sarleinsbach, Rohrbach in Upper Austria and in Lembach Mühlkreisautobahn. In return, 67 people commuted to Neustift im a Mühlkreisautobahn.
Agriculture and Forestry
The statistics from 2010 showed 95 agricultural and forestry holdings for the community Neustift im Mühlkreisautobahn. Among them were 34 commercial farms, 54 part-time farms and seven persons Communities. The total number had fallen compared to 1999 by 10 companies, or 10 percent, while the number of part-time farms was particularly sharply. Jointly managed farms 1,464 hectares in 2010, with 65 percent of the area of full- time farmers and 29 percent were managed by part-time farmers. The average size of the full- time farmers was placed at 27.9 hectares lower than the Upper Austrian average ( 33.8 hectares).
Personalities
- Kurt Krenn (1936-2014), Altdiözesanbischof of St. Pölten