Roitham

Roitham is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district of Gmunden Traun in the district with 1975 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Gmunden.

Geography

Roitham is located on 424 m altitude in Traun quarter. The expansion is 6.5 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 6.2 km. The total area is 21 km ². 20.5% of the area is forested, 69.5 % of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 27 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Altmanning (34)
  • Au ( 36)
  • Auholz (9 )
  • Außerpühret (91)
  • Außerroh (36)
  • Bichlbauer ( 4)
  • Buhl (18 )
  • Deising (64 )
  • Edt (16 )
  • Edtmayer (6 )
  • Hötzelsdorf ( 5)
  • Innerroh (39)
  • Kemating (118 )
  • Kirn Bach ( 42)
  • Lebl - Roith (18 )
  • Magling (19)
  • Mitterbuch (34 )
  • Nöstling (11)
  • Oberbuch (85 )
  • Palm Village (81 )
  • Roitham ( 967 )
  • Sandgasse (27 )
  • Stötten (85 )
  • Unterpühret (34)
  • Front Book (32 )
  • Wangham (46 )
  • Watzing (25 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Ausserpühret, Deising, Kemating and Roitham.

Neighboring communities

Coat of arms

Blazon: From red and green humiliated, divided by a silver, broken with a right step bars; above under the silver, continuous Traunfall bridge a silver Kaplan water turbine, down a golden shell. Municipality Colors: Green - white-green.

The coat of arms was granted in 1985. Under the bridge Traunfall turbine stage and the power plant and the Traunfall symbolize itself Mussel as an attribute of Saint James the Elder. stands for the parish patron.

History

Originally in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria lying, was the place since the 12th century the Duchy of Austria. The Roman Catholic parish church was built in 1350 in late gothic style. 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

The distribution of seats after the last municipal elections in 2009: Social Democratic Party 11 seats, the ÖVP and FPÖ 9 seats 5 seats. Mayor Alfred Gruber of the SPÖ.

Population development: In 1991, the municipality had 1,924 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 2005 inhabitants.

Culture and sights

  • Traunfall
  • Late Gothic parish church St. James the Elder
  • Castle Au an der Traun ( privately owned )
  • Power plant Untersiebenbrunn with the first Kaplan turbines over 1000 horse power, which went into operation in 1923 and the next was erected in 1925 Traunfall bridge is located.
  • See also: List of the listed objects in Roitham

Personalities

Sons and daughters:

  • Alois Hanselitsch ( born November 25, 1914), state officials, politicians of the SPÖ, Deputy Mayor ( 1970-1972 ) and City Council ( 1972-1980 ) the city of Salzburg

People with relationship to the community:

  • Christoph Ransmayr ( born March 20, 1954), Austrian writer
  • Monika Forstinger ( born July 15, 1963), politician
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