Riedau

Riedau is a market town in Upper Austria in Schärding district in Innviertel with 1998 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district Schärding.

Geography

Riedau is located on 376 m altitude in Innviertel. The expansion is 2.9 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 4.6 km. The total area is 7.7 km ². 13 % of the area is forested, 71.4 % of the area is used for agriculture.

Quarters are

Achleiten, Bavarian- Habach, Mountain, Habach, Ottenedt, Pomedt, Riedau, Swabia, Schwaben Bach, Stieredt, Vormarkt, Wildhag

Neighboring communities

From the south clockwise: Dorf an der Pram, Taiskirchen in Innkreis, Zell an der Pram and Kallham

Coat of arms

Official description of the municipality coat of arms: Azure, on a green sign foot a silver, gequaderter tower with three battlements along with embrasures, three black open, elongated windows, two round openings for light and black open round arch, from which leads a golden crossroads over the green grass to the lower plate edge. On both sides of the tower between green trees on the right and four left three gold-colored houses with red roofs and turrets.

History

The place was a long time Austrian border town to the neighboring Bavaria. For this reason, he was also charged in 1515 by Emperor Maximilian I to the market. During the Napoleonic Wars Bavarian short, it belongs since 1814 finally to 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. A special flush happened Riedau from the 60s with the settlement of the company Leitz. The construction of the leisure center, creating favorable ground conditions and other infrastructure projects were the result. A school center with a focus on computer science was built. The Austria House the Winter Olympics in Japan was rebuilt in the center Riedaus and houses since the wood and tool museum LIGNORAMA. In recent years, the Pramtalsaal has been converted into an attractive event center, refurbished the school, as well as created the Betreubare living. By the end of 2002, the village belonged to the district court Raab, after its dissolution, she was assigned to the judicial district of Schärding.

Policy

• Mayor Berta is Scheuringer of the ÖVP.
• The council consists of 25 councilors: 11 ÖVP, SPÖ 9, 4 FP, 1 GREEN.

Population Development

In 1991, the municipality had 1897 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 2020 inhabitants.

Sports

In the leisure sector Riedau is next to the local outdoor pool characterized by numerous sports clubs, including the football club SV Luksch Riedau, the tennis club, the Table Tennis Union or the karate club. Since March 2009, is in the former indoor swimming pool, a gym available.

Culture and sights

Regular events

• Riedenauer Roßmarkt: The Riedenauer Roßmarkt is the most traditional event of Riedau, and is held annually on the basis of the right conferred by Emperor Maximilian in 1515 market Right on the 2nd Saturday in March

Traffic

Riedau is leading to Passau on the part of the Western Railway, on the main road 137 between Passau and catfish, as well as near the Innkreis motorway.