Niederneukirchen
Niederneukirchen is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district of Linz-Land with 1935 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The church was originally part of the judicial district Enns, since 1 January 2014, the community is part of the judicial district of Steyr.
Geography
Niederneukirchen is located on 336 m height in the Upper Austrian central area, about 25 km outside of Linz. The expansion is 6.9 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 5.2 km. The total area is 20.85 km ². 10% of the area is forested, 80.4 % of the area is used for agriculture. The municipal area is crossed by several small streams; the most important is the Ipfbach.
Katastralgemeinden are Dörfl, Green Brunn, Niederneukirchen and Ruprechtshofen. Quarters are Au, Obere Au, Obereglsee, Untereglsee, web Graben, Upper Green Brunn, Ipftal.
Coat of arms
Official description of the municipality coat of arms: silver growing In red sign foot, in a silver daisies bloom with golden slugs, two outwardly inclined branches with green leaves; about a blue heraldic lily. The municipality colors are green and white - blue. The blue lily is the symbol of the pilgrimage church in Ruprechtshofen.
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 ". After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria.
Policy
Parish council
The council consists of 19 members and is since the municipal elections of 2009 mandates the following parties together:
Mayor 's Ernestine Haginger by the SPÖ, vice mayor is Günter Pollhammer of the ÖVP, chief officer is Joseph Hörtenhuber.
Population Development
In 1991 the municipality had 1,562 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 1780 inhabitants. In 2010, 1,902 inhabitants of the place.