Puchkirchen am Trattberg

Geography

Puchkirchen am Trattberg is located on 557 m altitude in Hausruckviertel between the house jolt in the north and the Salzkammergut region in the south. She lies on the Trattberg, which is upstream of the Göbel mountain in the south. The expansion is 2.8 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 5 km. The total area is 7.7 km ². 22.1 % of the area is forested, 67.5 % of the area is used for agriculture.

The only Cadastral is Puchkirchen.

Coat of arms

Official Description of 1984 conferred municipality coat of arms: oblique square of red and gold; above a golden, growing, abutting on the upper plate edge, Latin Endrautenkreuz; below a silver, upright Bohrmeißelkopf; on left and right a green, obliquely positioned outwardly book leaf. The municipality colors are yellow -green-yellow.

Cross and beech leaves symbolize as canting arms the place name. The drill head is reminiscent of the designated as " Puchkirchen 1" first successful deep drilling for oil in Upper Austria in 1956, which took place on the municipal boundary to Neukirchen an der Vöckla.

History

Originally in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria lying, was the place since the 12th century the Duchy of Austria. Written sources from this period can not be assigned Puchkirchen safe. In 1480, the town is mentioned secured for the first time in a land register of the rule Frankenburg. Since 1490 he is the Principality ' Austria above the Enns ' attributed. During the Napoleonic Wars, the place was occupied several times. From 1816 back in Austria above the Enns, this crown land in 1918 for 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

Mayor Anton Hüttmayr of the ÖVP. The council has 13 members: 9 of the Austrian People's Party, the Social Democratic Party of 3 and 1 GREEN.

Population Development

In 1991 the community had 868 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 948 inhabitants.

Culture and sights

• The Catholic parish church was first mentioned in documents in 1480. It is dedicated to St. James the Great and was redesigned in 2000 with the participation of community members. Full Parish Puchkirchen since 1891.

Economy and infrastructure

In Puchkirchen an underground gas storage RAG is operated in the former oil storage at a depth of up to 1,600 m, which are used to reserve. In this case, where incoming gas is again at a pressure 100-120 bar pumped into the ground.