Oberkappel

Oberkappel is a market town in Upper Austria in the district of Rohrbach in Upper Austria upper with 733 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Rohrbach.

• 4.1 Demographics

• 5.1 municipal
• 5.2 Mayor
• 5.4 Coat of Arms

Geography

Oberkappel situated at an altitude of 511 m above sea level. A. in the western border area of the district of Rohrbach in Upper Austria upper. Based on the nature conservation space planning the municipality belongs mainly in the indoor unit Southern Bohemian Forest foothills, however, in the southern section of the indoor unit Zentralmühlviertler Highlands. The expansion is 7.1 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 13.4 km, the total area comprises 12.18 km ². Oberkappel is thus in the lower quarter of the municipalities of the district. With 60 inhabitants per km ², the municipality was 2013 again in the lower middle of the municipalities of the district. The municipality covers an amount between about 510 meters in the area of the main town Oberkappel and a height of about 900 meters on the western flank of the Ameisberges. 2001 46.7 percent of the municipal area were forested, 49.2 percent of the area is used for agriculture. In comparison with the state of Upper Austria Oberkappel is significantly more forested than the national average (Upper Austria: 38.3 percent ) and is located agricultural land (Upper Austria: 49.3 percent) on average. The proportion of other uses ( construction areas, gardens, waters and other ) is at 4.1 percent, well behind the Upper Austrian average of 13.8 percent. From Bavaria, Ranna Oberkappel crosses on the way to the Danube and forms below Oberkappel the Rannatal, which is designated as Natura 2000 site. Neighboring municipalities are Kollerschlag in the north, Sarleinsbach in the east, in the southeast Atzesberg, Parishes in Mühlkreisautobahn in the south and Neustift im Mühlkreisautobahn in the southwest. In the West, the state border runs to Germany, where Oberkappel borders the municipality Wegscheid 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. As dominate rocks are found in the municipality of older coarse-grained granites of the type Weinberger granite. He is one of the first solidified during the folding mountain magma series, has a typical coarseness and causes a restless landscape character with a rapid change of local maxima and minima. The Weinberger granite dominates the east of the municipality, in addition, the younger fine-grained granites of the type of Mauthausen granite dominate the landscape of the municipality. In the municipality prevails siliceous brown soil that forms on granites and gneisses. The light to very light soils are generally poor in nutrients in their quality and in their use of the depth and the water supply dependent. The soil is generally loamy sand or sandy loam, humus form dominates in dry locations Moder, Mull otherwise. In the valley of the Rana is also Gley, which is to be found also in the range of Quellvernässungen, ditches, depressions and on slopes feet.

Community structure

The municipal area is congruent with the homonymous cadastral Oberkappel. Beside the main town, the market Oberkappel are additionally distinguished nine districts, and in the market where close to half the population. Only the village Mollmannsreith has, in addition Oberkappel to a population of more than 100 inhabitants. The market Oberkappel (511 m above sea level. A. ) lies in the valley of the Ranna in the east of the township in 2001 and included 118 buildings, 19 workplaces and 25 agricultural and forestry production sites. East of Oberkappel is the scattered settlement Dietmannsdorf, some of which also belongs to the neighboring village of Neustift. Dietmannsdorf fell in 2001 only three buildings and agricultural and forestry establishment in the municipality on. Southeast of Upper Kappl also lies the rotting Grubberg, which consisted in 2001 of four buildings and an agricultural and forestry establishment. Northeast of Oberkappel is the scattered settlement of Easter water (550 m above sea level. A. ), which also includes the Hubertus chapel and the north-east location farmstead Pernhof heard. The scattered settlement was 2001 from 13 buildings with five agricultural and forestry production sites. Northeast at Easter water, the district Hochödt connects. The Rotte consisted in 2001 of five buildings with four agricultural and forestry establishment, taking into Hochödt also the westernmost farmstead Mitterödt was counted. In the southeast of the municipal territory, the rotting Hallschlag and the scattered settlement Kaffring find (740 m above sea level. A. ). Hallschlag fell in 2001, six buildings with four agricultural and forestry premises, Kaffring had 14 buildings with nine agricultural and forestry production sites. Also in the south east of the township is also a building of the district Mitter shock, whose other buildings, however, belong to the municipality Sarleinsbach. In the northeast, the village Mollmannsreith located ( 681 m above sea level. A. ), the 52 buildings in 2001 represented the second largest district of the municipality. The village had next three workplaces and 25 agricultural and forestry production sites. Northwest of Mollmannsreith are furthermore the village Lamprechtswiesen and the hamlet Schöffgattern. Lamprechtswiesen 2001 had ten buildings, Schöffgattern three.

Economy

The Baumgarten Oberkappel Gasleitungsges.mbH, which is majority-owned by OMV ( 51%), was named after Oberkappel.

History

For many centuries, the area was under the rule of the bishops of Passau. During the Napoleonic Wars, the place was occupied several times. Since 1814, the town belongs to Upper Austria. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on 13 March 1938, the town belonged to the " Upper Danube ". During World War II in Oberkappel was the point at which the Allied troops first entered Austrian territory. After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria. Today Oberkappel is a small tourist resort.

Population

Demographics

The population development in the field of community Oberkappel was 1869-2013 compared with the population development of the district Rohrbach below average. Compared with the state of Upper Austria, the population development was even far below average. Overall, the church lost 1869-2013 10 percent of its population, with the population in this period in a very narrow band between 700 and 800 inhabitants moved. First, the population declined 1869-1900 by 10 percent, then stagnated until the 1920s and declined thereafter until 1934 on the previous low of 698 inhabitants in the year 698 After that, the population increased gradually to 1981 to 824 inhabitants, which the previous marked peak. Since 1981, the congregation again recorded a decline in population. The population loss in recent decades is due to the migration. Benefited the church in the 1970s, nor by the births and migration surplus prevails since the 1980s, a trend to abandonment. The population decline was exacerbated in the sequence by a decline in the birth surplus.

Policy

Parish council

The Parish Council, the supreme body of the municipality comprises 13 seats and is elected every six years, Upper Austria on municipal elections in the course. The parish council is composed of three members, with the Austrian People's Party ( ÖVP) is represented by the local council elections in 2009, with the mayor, the deputy mayor and other members of the parish council and thus occupied all community leaders.

Strongest faction in the council of Oberkappel has always been the ÖVP, which in the period since 1945 is always the absolute majority of votes and mandate achieved or always also had a two-thirds majority. In 1973 the People's Party with 95.3 percent of its best result since the share of the vote went almost continuously but to just under 70 percent. The second strongest party in the municipal council of Oberkappel since 1945 was always the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ ) you entered as the ÖVP at every council election and was able to combine results from 4.7 to 22.9 percent in coming. Your best result so far was recorded in 2003 for the SOL, her worst she had in 1973. Documents, the election results of the Social Democratic Party 1945-1979 still at 4.7 to 15.3 percent, as it has since 1985 on a vote share between 17.1 and 22.9 percent. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ ) is represented in the council of Oberkappel since 1991, where she previously. 7.2 and 10.6 percent In the last local elections of 2009, the ÖVP came to 67.9 percent, or 9 mandates, and this was the worst result of the ÖVP. The Social Democrats scored 21.5 percent so far her third best result and three seats, the FPÖ came with her previous best of 10.6 percent aauf a mandate.

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 won with 71.3 percent for the reigning mayor since 1995 Adolf Aumüller (ÖVP ). In 2003, he was able to increase its earnings at 86.0 percent. Aumüller was replaced in 2006 by Charles Kapfer (ÖVP ), which was confirmed in 2009 with 78.5 percent of the population in office. None of the three previous mayors direct elections, there was this an opposing candidate.

Mayor since 1850:

The ÖVP dominates As with municipal elections and in state elections in the community, although the dominance of the People's Party has declined somewhat. Nevertheless, the ÖVP was the strongest party since 1945 always agree, prior to 1997, they even had a three-quarters majority. Your best result reached the ÖVP in 1973 with 93.8 percent, since she lost almost successive votes shares, being 68.7 per cent import their lowest result so far in 2003. The second strongest party was, with one exception always the SPÖ, the election results from 4.9 to 22.1 percent could chalk up in state elections. Your best result, the SPÖ had it in 2003, its worst in 1973. Third strongest party was mainly the FPÖ, which reached a maximum of only 4.8 per cent until 1985. Subsequently, however, the FPÖ was able to increase in results between 5.5 to 12.9 percent. 1997, the FPÖ was able to short position with their best result so far in front of the SPÖ. At the last state election in 2009, the ÖVP came with 68.9 percent and their second worst result so far in the first place. The SPÖ only came to 12.1 percent, had about 10 percent of their share of the vote exits. The FPÖ reached 11.2 percent, the Greens were only 2.7 percent.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality was Oberkappel awarded on 21 October by a decision of the Upper Austrian government. The design was by the priest and artist Kurt Andlinger from Oberkappel. The blazon of the arms is: Split of red and silver with a slice in reversed colors. In the coat of arms is a simple coat of arms image, the disk formed by a " herald figure" the place name symbolized as an initial "O". The colors impersonated split again discussed the situation of the community on the state border with Austria and Upper Austria's border with Bavaria. The coat of arms is a mirrored version of the coat of arms of Toblach in South Tyrol ( the noble family of autumn). The flag of Greenland is also identical, just lying.

Culture and sights

Every two years, the carnival will be held the upper Kappler fools Kastl in Oberkappel. The Narrenruf is Ranna Ranna - Ba Ba, based on the Ranna and the word "Bach" ( in dialect pronounced Ba).