Schwanenstadt

Swan City is a town in Upper Austria in Vöcklabruck district in Hausruckviertel with 4058 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district Vöcklabruck.

  • 2.1 Population development
  • 4.1 Museums
  • 4.2 Structures
  • 4.3 Regular events
  • 6.1 traffic
  • 6.2 Public bodies
  • 6.3 Education
  • 7.1 municipal
  • 7.2 Mayor
  • 7.3 Coat of Arms
  • 8.1 freeman
  • 8.2 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 8.3 Honorary ring bearer
  • 8.4 of Honour in Gold of the city Swan City

Geography

Geographical Location

Schwan city is located on 389 m altitude in Hausruckviertel. The extension from north to south is 2 km, from west to east 2.1 km away. The total area is 2.6 km ². 3.7% of the area is forested, 44.4 % of the area is used for agriculture.

Neighboring communities

Borders the following municipalities: Oberndorf bei Swan City, Redlham, Rüstorf and Schlattmann

Population

Demographics

History

The Story of Swan city dates back to the time of the Illyrians and Celts. They founded near the present city center, a settlement called Tergolape ( "Little market on the water"). During the Roman colonial period was due to the favorable location on the main road Ovilava ( catfish ) - Juvavum (Salzburg) built a post office. Tergolapes final position is still subject to scientific debate. The first documented traditional name for the flourishing place was Suanaseo ( 788 AD). The newly designated market swan found in 1361 its first-time documentary mention. On June 26, 1627, the market swan swan town to town was elevated after Count Adam of Herberstorff had acquired the market for 125,000 guilders for sale. In the following centuries swan city developed more and more into an economic, social, cultural, sporting and educational center.

Originally in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria lying, was the place since the 12th century the Duchy of Austria. Since 1490 he is the Principality ' Austria above the Enns ' attributed. During the Napoleonic Wars, the place was occupied several times. In 1627, its town charter by Adam Graf von Herberstorff. 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 village belonged to the Upper Danube. After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria. The community was until the end of 2004 part of the judicial district swan city and was effective January 1, 2005 Part of the judicial district Vöcklabruck.

Culture and sights

Museums

  • Pausinger villa:
  • Heritage House and Local History Museum:

Structures

After devastating fires in centuries past several townhouses have been built with Baroque and Renaissance facades again. The landmark is the city tower at the west end of the town square, in which the Stadtturmgalerie is. Also worth seeing is the town hall with a beautiful courtyard and the local museum, the rk. Parish Church and the Protestant Church.

  • Almost crib:
  • Roman Catholic parish church:

Regular events

Place annually on Whit Tuesday in the town square a horse market place.

Sports

The ÖTB Turnverein swan city is one of the oldest clubs in the city, founded in 1870. Activities range from mother-child gymnastics, aerobics on the way to gymnastics and volleyball in 12 weekly units.

The Swan townspeople football club SC Swan city center was in season 2004/2005 Master of Regional and played with it in the second highest Austrian playing level, the First League. According to financial problems of the club but in 2008 sold the license to the SC Magna Wiener Neustadt.

Even the swan townspeople Alpine Club is very active in the issue of child care.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

In Swan City intersect Wiener Straße (B 1) and the Gallspacher road (B 135). In the fall of 2006, construction began on the ring road, which will run south of the city center. The nearest motorway junction is Steyrmühl (A1 ) in about 8 km. Public bus lines there are in the direction of catfish and Vöcklabruck and low Talheim and Gmunden. In ÖBB Swan City Train Station stop regional and regional express trains of Western Railway line between Vienna and Salzburg.

Public institutions

  • In winter there is a skating rink available. In addition, there are tennis courts, outdoor tennis courts, several posted jogging tracks, a leisure pool, a sauna and a gym ball.
  • With effect from 1 January 2005, the District Court swan town was abandoned and assigned the community the district court Vöcklabruck.

Education

In Swan City, there are two kindergartens, one primary school, two primary schools (focus on sports and music ), 1 Polytechnic School and one music school.

Policy

Parish council

The council consists of 25 members and is since the municipal elections of 2009 mandates the following parties together:

Mayor

To the mayor was elected by the People's Party at the last council election Karl Staudinger.

Coat of arms

Blazon: Azure, on a green, wavy sign foot with two silver, red reinforced, floating swans a silver, two-tower, gezinnter gatehouse, the perforated round arch with raised, golden portcullis and whipped, golden gate leaves, the towers with red, a golden pommel bearing cone roofs. About the gatehouse a red, Excessively of a golden crown David sign with a golden mill wheel. The municipality colors are blue and yellow.

The original, 1565 first demonstrated market coat of arms showed a standing swan. On the occasion of the city survey in 1627 the coat of arms in use today was introduced. Gate and towers mark the place as a city, the water wheel is the root of Arms Adam Graf Herberstorffs who procured the municipal law shortly after the acquisition of the market swan. The swans are available for the popular etymological derivation of the place name.

Personalities

Freeman

  • Franz Wagner (1872-1956), was the only one swan townspeople against the union with Germany in the plebiscite in 1938
  • Berthold Folberth, Protestant pastor A. B.
  • KommR National A.D. Rudolf Staudinger (1923-1995)
  • KonsR Puchmair John (1930-2007), Roman Catholic priest, dean iR

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Ignaz Parhammer (1715-1786), Jesuit, educator
  • Süssmayr (1766-1803), composer, conductor, pupil of Mozart
  • Rudolf Staudinger (1923-1995), former Mayor of the City
  • Bernhard Reider (born 1958 ), singer and participants in The Big Chance
  • Peter Ablinger (* 1959 ), Composer
  • Gudrun Harrer (* 1959), journalist, Iraq expert, Chargé d'Affaires of the Austrian Embassy in Baghdad from 1 January 2006
  • Hans Peter Mössenböck ( born 1959 ), computer scientist and university teacher
  • Habringer Rudolf (* 1960), writer
  • Marcus Starck (* 1963), journalist, writer

Honorary ring bearer

  • KonsR Puchmair John (1930-2007), Roman Catholic. Priest, dean I.R.
  • August Froschauer (* 1927), municipal service manager iR, Golden Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria, former commander of the volunteer fire department city, honorary commander of the volunteer fire department and city honors section commander of the fire brigade section Swan City
  • KommR. Helmut buffer, Chartered Accountants, tax and business consultants, general beeid. and court. certified expert

Decoration of Honour in Gold of the city of Swan City

  • August Froschauer (* 1927), municipal service manager I.R.
  • John Linner
Oberndorf bei Schwanenstadt Pontius Pilate Attnang-Puchheim Aurach am Hongar Berg im Attergau Desselbrunn Fornach Frankenburg am Hausruck Frankenmarkt Gampern Lenzing Mondsee (town) Niederthalheim Oberhofen am Irrsee Oberwang Pilsbach Pitzenberg Redleiten Regau Rutzenham Seewalchen am Attersee Steinbach am Attersee Tiefgraben Timelkam Ungenach Wolfsegg am Hausruck Zell am Moos Zell am Pettenfirst
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