Sankt Johann am Walde

St. Johann am Walde ( also Sankt Johann am Walde ) is a municipality with 2041 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the west of Upper Austria, the Innviertel. The competent court is the district court district Mattighofen.

Geography

St. Johann am Walde is located at 623 m altitude on the Kobernaußerwald. The extension is from north to south 10.6 kilometers, from west to east 7.2 km. The total area is 40 km ². 64.5 % of the area is forested, 31.5% of the area is used for agriculture.

Neighboring communities:

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 23 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

Dobl (126 )
Frauschereck (219 )
Geierseck (73)
Grubmühl (88 )
Hoh (26 )
Klafterreith (167)

Obereck (161 )
Peretseck (57)
Raucheneck (41)
Roith (43 )
St. Johann am Walde ( 248)
Schaubergwerk (114 )

Scherfeck (57)
Suggest Reck (196 )
Schnaidt (143 )
Schneibenschlag (53)
Schöfeck (24)
Schwandt (33 )

Stixeck (90)
Strasbourg (28 )
Warleiten (40)
Windschnur (20 )
Winkl (9 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral St. Johann.

Origin of the name

The parish church was built in the late 13th century, instead of hunting chapel. It is dedicated to St. John the Baptist, it was built in the vernacular Sailiga ( blessed ) Hans, now they say Saiga Hans. The place was then called St. in Püchen (p. Johans in the Puechen, 1580 ) Johann.

Coat of arms

Official description of the municipality coat of arms: Shared; above in green diagonally crossed a golden, slanted left ax and a golden book sheet, bottom in gold three red, two -to-one asked, wide-brimmed hats. The municipality colors are green and yellow.

The adopted by the City Council on March 4, 1983 municipal coat of arms was created within a competition in the community and approved by the Upper Austrian Provincial Government on 18 April 1983. The ax refers both to the local saint and to the strong prevailing forestry. The book sheet commemorates the first mention of the place. The red holiday hats in the lower crest half were, according to oral tradition, the distinguishing feature of the first settlers clearing, the Spießmoja farmers.

History

The town originated as early as the 13th century around the church, and was the center of a major logging area, as it shows the coat of arms.

Since the establishment of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place was Bavarian until 1779 and came to the Peace of Teschen with the Innviertel (then ' Innbaiern ') to Austria. During the Napoleonic Wars shortly Bavarian, He joined the 1814 final to Upper Austria. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on 13 March 1938, the village belonged to the Upper Danube. After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria.

Policy

Mayor: Mayor Gerhard Berger SPÖ.
City Council: The council consists of 25 members and is since the municipal elections of 2009 mandates the following parties together:
11 SPÖ - represents the Mayor
10 ÖVP
4 FPÖ

Population Development

The community is with the state of the census of 15 May 2001 with 2064 inhabitants at the highest level since the Census. This is equivalent to since the 1991 census, an increase of 1.33 percent. In 1869 the population was 1453 inhabitants.

Culture and sights

Beandhaus St. Johann am Walde: The Beandhaus is the only museum in St. Johann am Walde. The name is derived from the name of the former inhabitants of the house. The museum shows the smallest form of an agricultural unit is impressive is, was how difficult life used to be. Since 1990, this museum is open to the public.
Nature reserve Spießmoja: The nature reserve ' Spießmoja ' is named the Spieaßmoja farmers after the first settlers of this area. It consists mainly of a bog, where many rare bog plants can be found.

Sports and Clubs

Ski lift in Peretseck
Section fistball (3x District League Braunau )
Football section (1st class south-west)
Section Table Tennis
Section Tennis
Section Alpine skiing
Section Hiking
Golf course

And another 20 clubs

Economy

Resident companies:

In the town of St. Johann am Walde, there are 60 enterprises. The largest operation, the company finished plasters Haslinger. Half of the local businesses are accounted for craft work sites, the rest of the company will be provided mainly by Guest, department stores and other small businesses. Basically, St. Johann am Walde developed from a formerly prevailing agricultural and forestry community to a commuter community.

Public institutions

Municipal office
Public playground

Education

In St. Johann am Walde, there is a school center with two schools and a music school:

Kindergarten
Elementary school
Secondary school
School of Music

Regular events

Ms. Ecker shear beer tent: It is annually organized mostly in the last week of August, of the volunteer fire department Frauschereck. It takes three days, and on Friday and Saturday bands play ( evergreens, popular songs ...) and on Sunday held a brunch in which the band Sankt Johann provides musical accompaniment.
Pentecost: Organized by the Section fistball: On Saturday, a children's Olympics will be held, at which children and young people can prove in the decathlon. And on Whit Sunday, a so-called Gaudi tournament. Clubs from the place and the surroundings give here the fist ball games against each other, the jack in the hand.
Pfarrfest: Framed by the band Saint John hosted a brunch the parish, which takes place after the morning Mass at the parish court.
Maschkerer: This event takes place both in Sankt Johann, and, five days later, in Maria Schmolln. On 31 December, so New Year's Eve, pull masked Beware of door to door. The folk dance group and the theater club maintain the Maschkerergehen for more than 200 years. In recent years, more and more children groups have joined forces in the community, to imitate the big mines.

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