Vöcklamarkt
Voecklamarkt is a market town in Upper Austria in Vöcklabruck district in Hausruckviertel with 4738 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district franc market.
Geography
Voecklamarkt is located on 488 m altitude in Hausruckviertel. The expansion is 7.1 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 8.5 km. The total area is 27.4 km ². 18.2% of the area is forested, 68.6 % of the area is used for agriculture.
Structure
Quarters are: Aierzelten, Exlwöhr, Gopprechting, Gries, Gründberg, Hörading, Hötzing, Haid, Hainberg, Calvary, goiter Ling, Krichpoint, Landsberg, Long Meadow, Mörasing, Mösendorf, Mösenthal, Maulham, Moss, Mühlreith, Redl, Reichenthalheim, Rohrwies, Schmidham, Spielberg, Thal, Thalberg, undergrowth, Voecklamarkt, Viecht, Walchen, Walke ring Waschprechting, washing Precht Inger Berg, Wies, Wilding.
Population Development
In 1991, the municipality had 4513 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 4765 inhabitants. 2003 5036 inhabitants. In 2010, the first time the 5000 border was breached: 5063 inhabitants (as of 30 November 2010)
History
In the area of today's Voecklamarkt settled since 15 BC the Romans. They were 450 years in this field. Near the late Gothic parish church still bears witness to a milestone of this period.
Around 700 the country was endorsed by the Bavarians, which came upon the Redltal after Voecklamarkt.
Controversial is the origin of the name of the Vöckla River, which is preserved in the oldest forms as Fechelisaha or Fechilaha. It is believed that the name derives either Vöckla from the personal name Vechela and the word Ache for running water, or goes back to the Celtic word Fechil for fish.
Of paramount importance for the Christianization and cultural development of the region around Voecklamarkt the monasteries were founded in the 8th century, mainly carried out by the Bavarian Duke Odilo 748 founding of Mondsee and the 777 by his son Tassilo III were. founded pins Mattsee and Kremsmuenster.
Was first documented in 1075 as Voecklamarkt " Vechelsdorf ". Up to 1200 Voecklamarkt was part of Bavaria. Since 1200, the village belonged to the Duchy of Austria.
Vekkelsdorf, also Vekklasdorf, since 1489 the market Voecklamarkt, a, as already mentioned, " bambergische parish foundation ", named in 1068 by Bishop Altmann is, however, still called by centuries as " ain Branch tions Pfäffing ", as in 1581 still appears in Frankenburg Urbarium. Only in 1476, is recorded in the Vekkelsdorf Schottenmatrikel of Scots Abbey in Vienna as a parish. That was after the time when the bishops of Bamberg in 1379 the Attergau to Duke Albrecht III. had sold from Austria and had been as of the Gothic parish church of Vekkelsdorf 1457 already, the choir ( presbytery ), finished.
Since 1490 he is the Principality of Austria above the Enns attributed.
Due to its location right on the infamous Haushamerfeld Voecklamarkt was in the 17th century in the center of the peasant wars.
During the Napoleonic Wars, the place was occupied several times.
Culture and sights
The settlement name Walchen means the Italians, " Italians " in turn comes from the old Germanic and was the former name for the Celts. The immigrant Bavarians found a Roman settlement. Even today, the Roman Quadrafluren in the fields are detectable.
The gender of the " Walhen " occurs in Attergau already 1040 and 1371 mentioned in Schauberger land register. To 1380, it seems as prince's fief of " Ulrich von Walhen gesezzen in the Atergouw in pflegze camera " on.
Hans Christoph Geymann was around 1590 the present castle building built in the Renaissance style. Because of their Lutheran faith the Geymanns had to leave in 1632 Walchen. Franz Christoph Khevenhüller got it and sold it already in 1638 at the Imperial Treasurer Nicholas Gurland. 1736 pulled the plague the family Gurland and Walchner villagers away. Only the Countess Dorothea Gurland survived and was insane. You haunts as "white woman ", so the oral tradition of the village. 1749 came Walchen and Wildenhag in Erbweg to Christoph Leopold Schallberg, who sold it in 1766 to John G. Graf Clam. The Bavarian Baron Christoph von Aretino bought 1802 Castle Walchen and wrote it in 1814 from the raffle. Winner was M. Josef Freiherr von Weichs. Clemens von Weichs was 1822 plants still existing avenue of lime trees. Since 1881 the owners changed rapidly: Georg Ritter von Aichinger, Otto von Steinbeis, Felix Freiherr von Thon Dittmer, George Kaisinger, Friedrich Waldeck, Otto Mitkiwitz, Cecil Gosling and Prince Albrecht zu Schaumburg -Lippe. 1959 acquired wife Pauline Hanreich -Ludwig the castle and restored since the dilapidated building from scratch.
In 1979, the Children's World Museum was opened in Grange.
2001 the Upper Austrian craftsmen price of the company high Holzer was awarded for the outstanding restoration of the facade.
Today in Walchen Castle concerts and other cultural events take place again and again.
The parish church Voecklamarkt, the " Cathedral of the Vöcklatales " is not only the symbol of Voecklamarkt, but also stands for a lively church and religious life. Another highlight is the ecumenical cooperation between Catholic and Protestant parish.
Coat of arms
Blazon: Azure, a silver wave pole with two blue wave bands on either side accompanied by a respective standing on green ground, silver, black open tower with red pointed roof and golden pommel. The municipality colors are green, white and red.
The market coat of arms was granted in 1560 by Emperor Ferdinand I.. It symbolizes the state of the market at the Vöckla, which formed the boundary between the two great dominions of the Attergau, Frankenburg and chamber.
Traffic
Voecklamarkt is the Western Railway Station and the local railway Voecklamarkt - Attersee. In addition, the site is located on the Vienna road (B1).
Personalities
- Anton Emminger (1890-1962), farmer and politician