Sankt Johann am Wimberg

St. Johann am Wimberg (also Sankt Johann am Wimberg ) is a municipality in the district of Rohrbach in Upper Austria in the upper Upper Austria with 1013 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Rohrbach.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.4 Coat of Arms

• 5.1 traffic

• 6.1 Natural Monuments
• 6.2 Sports
• 6.3 Regular events

Geography

St. Johann am Wimberg situated at an altitude of 720 m above sea level. A. in the east of the district Rohrbach in Upper Austria upper. Based on the nature conservation space planning is one of the south-western part of the municipality to indoor unit Zentralmühlviertler highlands, the northeastern part, however, to indoor unit Southern Bohemian Forest foothills. The expansion is 7.3 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 5.9 kilometers, the total area covers 19.77 km ².

St. Johann am Wimberg is thus in the middle of the municipalities of the district. With 51 inhabitants per km ², the municipality was 2013 again in the lower middle of the municipalities of the district. The municipality covers an average height of 650-750 meters, said Hans Berg 850 meters is the highest point of the municipality. The lowest point is approximately 560 meters on the northern boundary of the municipality.

2001 29.5 percent of the municipal area were forested, 66.5 percent of the area was used for agriculture. In comparison with the state of Upper Austria St. Johann am Wimberg is significantly less forested than the national average (Upper Austria: 38.3 percent ) or essentially consists more agricultural area ( Upper Austria: 49.3 percent). The proportion of other uses ( construction areas, gardens, waters and other ), at 4.0 percent, well behind the Upper Austrian average of 13.8 percent.

Neighboring municipalities are maple in the north, St. Veit im Mühlkreisautobahn in the east, Niederwaldkirchen in the south, St. Ulrich in Mühlkreisautobahn in the southwest and St. Peter am Wimberg in the West.

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, which molds the relief filled and (mainly granites and gneisses ) only pending solid rock on the hills or slopes incised valleys. What remained was a torso area with flat - undulating relief and gentle slope and crest shapes, from Hans Berg takes a back from southeast to northwest in the municipality over Haiden and Peter Berg.

The starting material of soil formation are igneous rocks such as granites ( Mauthausen and Weinberger granite), dike rocks ( pegmatites, aplites, etc.) and cover rocks ( Perlgneis, basic mixed gneiss, schist gneiss ). The soils are generally mild, basenarm and sour. Agricultural areas have mostly medium subtle, moderately dry and deep and well supplied with water lime-free soils on rock from brown soils of fine-grained silicate rock ( Mauthausen granite, Perlgneis ) or of coarse-grained silicate rock ( Weinberger granite or porphyry gneiss). The sandy- clayey rocks brown soils are only partially penetrated by individual larger stones. On Verebnungsflächen pseudovergleyte unconsolidated sediment - brown earths and Reliktpseudogleye are also to be found. Furthermore, there are in hollows and trenches through groundwater and slope water influenced gleyed unconsolidated sediment - brown earths and Gleye. There are also in the valley of streams lime-free gley soils.

Waters

The Pesenbach rises in the west of the municipality and drained to the southwest. In the north of the municipal territory of Hummel Mühlbach and Bummermühlbach form the main streams. The Hummel Mühlbach springs north of Haiden and then passes to the north, forming a short time, parts of the western boundary of the municipality. The Hummel Mühlbach has very deep into the terrain and has steep forested flanks formed. The Bummermühlbach in parts forms the north-eastern boundary of the municipality, where he takes up the left side Groißenbach, the Reid Erbach and Höhlbach. The rivers of the municipality are formed close to nature and hardly regulated banks accompanying woody plants are usually continuous, while natural standing water bodies are missing.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the two cadastral Peter Berg and St. Johann. The cadastral St. Johann is situated in the south of the municipal area and comprises 941.89 acres, the cadastral lying in the north Petersberg has a size of 1035.29 acres on. Overall, the community is divided into six districts, with the cadastral district of St. John the districts of Sankt Johann am Wimberg, impact and safety village are. St. John is the capital of the municipality. It is located in the center of the municipality at the Westbahnhof district road and is divided into the village of St. Johann, the easternmost scattered settlement Pesenbach, the southern mountain hamlet Reindl and the northerly rotting Haiden. In addition, include the individual farms and wastelands Grundentaler, Töberl and Walchshof to St. Johann. Overall, the district was home to 2001 144 building, 26 workplaces and 30 agricultural and forestry holdings. In the southwest of the municipality is the village of village security. It consists of the scattered settlement Sure village 680 m above sea level. A. and the north-eastern village of collateral scattered settlement of Black Mill and the wastelands Habring, Kirschlag and Loizendorf. 2001, there was the district of 33 buildings, two workplaces and 24 agricultural and forestry use. The third district in the cadastral St. Johann shock is the southeast corner of the municipality. The scattered settlement impact 800 m above sea level. A. is on a parallel road leading to the Westbahnhof district town road, with the south to rotting Hans Berg and located to the west of the county road Wimberger retting is counted Holzhäuseln to blow. In the district of shock there were in 2001 46 buildings, three workplaces and 14 agricultural and forestry holdings. The cadastral Petersberg in the northern part of the municipality are the three districts Auhäuser, Penning and Peter Berg. The district Petersberg is in the northwest of the municipality and consists of scattered settlement Petersberg 750 m above sea level. A. on the western boundary of the municipality and various Rotten, hamlets and wastelands. Surrounded Peter Berg of the desert Wirz Ling, the desert Wurza, the rotting Böschl, the rotting woman blow and the farmstead (from north to south east). To the northeast and east of Wirz Ling also are the also the district Petersberg belonging Rotten Viebach and Bummermühle, the hamlet Reid and the wasteland Kitzberg. East of woman blow moreover the farmstead Parkfried. Overall, the district Petersberg 2001 from 47 buildings was at a place of work and 32 agricultural and forestry use. Also, the district Penning in the northeast of the community consists of widely scattered settlement parts. In addition to the scattered settlement Penning 700 m above sea level. A. include situated on the north-eastern boundary of the municipality wastes Gassed and Groiß and rotting Ehrlinger to Penning. North of Penning also lies the rotting Kattring, northeast of the hamlet Fürling, east and southeast of the desert Mayrhof hamlet Wolfsberg. To Penning 2001 were 49 buildings with six workplaces and 28 agricultural and forestry holdings. The smallest district of the municipality was Auhäuser, which is the bulk of the settlement in the neighboring community helping mountain. For Auhäuser 2001, three buildings and two agricultural and forestry holdings in the town of St. Johann were counted with the rotting Kitzmühle.

History

Originally under the suzerainty of the Bishops of Passau, the place during the Napoleonic Wars was repeatedly occupied, inter alia, of Bavaria. Since 1814, the place is definitely a thing 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 recovery of Upper Austria was. Originally the church from 1850 part of the judicial district Neufelden, but after its dissolution it was January 1, 2003 the district court Rohrbach slammed.

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 city council of St. Johann am Wimberg has always been the ÖVP, which in the period since 1945 is always the absolute majority of votes and mandate achieved or until 1991 always also had a two-thirds majority. 1955 reached the Austrian People's Party as the only party nominee even 100 percent of the vote in 2003, it recorded 62.9 percent of its worst result. The second strongest party in the local council of St. Johann am Wimberg the Social Democratic Party of Austria since 1945 was predominantly ( SPÖ), you stepped up to the year 1955 in every election and was able to between 7.6 percent ( 1945) and 37.1 percent (2003 reach ). Prior to 1985, the SPÖ was placed 7.6 to 15.1 percent, after it achieved 13.1 to 37.1 percent. With the exception of 1967 and 2009, it could take second place in every -shows. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ ) occurred only in the municipal elections in 1991 in the community, but could not obtain a mandate. The entrance into the council managed otherwise 1967 list a home and most recently in 2009 a civil list. In the last local elections of 2009, the ÖVP came to 65.7 percent, or nine seats, the Social Democratic Party reached 14.9 percent, or two seats and the first time is incurred Initiative.Zukunft St. Johann am Wimberg came to 19.4 percent, or also two mandates.

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 Albert striker (ÖVP ) decide by 55.5 percent against the candidate of the Social Democratic Party itself. Also in 2003, the result was 57.4 percent compared to the local council election against the candidate of the Social Democratic Party concise. However, in 2009 reached 75.9 percent striker, the candidate of the Citizens' List running against him.

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 fallen. 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 1945 with 92.2 percent, as a result she was able to record vote share 1949-1985 from 82.2 to 88.8 percent. Thereafter, however, the share of the vote went almost ÖVP gradually to just over 60 percent. The second strongest party in state elections was always the SPÖ, the election results from 7.6 to 28.4 percent was recorded for itself. Your best result had the SPÖ this 2003, its worst 1945. Third largest party, the FPÖ was mainly used as WdU reached 8 percent in 1949, first in the sequence to 1985 but always remained below three percent. Since 1991, the FPÖ did but on results from 5.9 to 14.6 percent. At the last state election in 2009, the ÖVP came with 62.0 percent and their second worst result so far in the first place. The SPÖ only came to 10.5 percent, had about 18 percent of their share of the vote from 2003 exits. The FPÖ reached 14.6 percent as well as the Greens, her best result, with the Greens came to 8.1 percent.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was the town of St. Johann am Wimberg awarded on April 2, 1984 by a decision of the Upper Austrian government. The council had previously done on 20 January 1984 the coat of arms and the municipality of colors (red - yellow-blue ) decided, with the municipality colors have been approved by the decision of the state government. The blazon of the coat of arms is: divided by blue, red and silver by Göppelschnitt; right a silver mill wheel, left a golden font, consisting of column base, column, curved bowl and domed lid, sullied up with a Latin cross. The crest takes its symbolism with respect to the abundance of water and the parish church of the community. The waterwheel is reminiscent of the seven mills that were once in the church in operation. The baptismal font in turn characterizes the earlier patronage of John the Baptist Parish Church of St. Johann. Was designed the coat of arms of Joseph cyclists.

Population Development

1991 Sankt Johann am Wimberg had 943 inhabitants, in 2001 there were 1018 inhabitants, in 2011 1002 inhabitants.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Most important road link in the municipality is the Wimberg district road (L 1514). You coming reached the municipality of the neighboring parish of St. Veit in Mühlkreisautobahn in the south and extends north across the districts shock, St. Johann and Haiden before it turns to the west and the town towards St. Peter am Wimberg leaves. The road provides darbei a connection between the Haslacher district road (L 1512 ) and the Hans mountain road (L 1511). Only in the north- east of the municipality also passes on a short piece of the Hans mountain country road (L 581 ) the community. The road leads from Waxenberg to help mountain where it discharges into Rohrbacher Straße (B 38).

Culture and sights

Natural Monuments

At the top of Hans Berg ( 850 m) which is the composer of the Upper Austrian anthem hoamatlond, Hans Schnopfhagen, dedicated Schnopfhagen Memorial.

Sports

Sankt Johann am Wimberg has a drag lift at the Hans Berg, which is maintained by the SSU St. Johann.

The lift slope has three snow blowers and snow lances eleven There is a drag lift and a children's area with two magic carpets and a cable lift.

Regular events

• Music Ball ( Musikverein St. Johann )
• Water Slide ( rural youth of St. John )
• Hans Berg Radspektakel ( sports club St. Johann )