Wilhering

Wilhering is a market town in Upper Austria in the district of Linz-Land in the central area with 5791 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The competent court is the district court district Traun. In the village is the Cistercian Wilhering.

• 3.1 Population structure
• 3.2 Demographics

• 5.1 municipal
• 5.2 Mayor

• 6.1 Workplaces and Employees
• 6.2 Health
• 6.3 Education

Geography

Wilhering situated at an altitude of 270 m above sea level. A. in the Upper Austrian central area west of Linz. The municipality is bounded on the north by the Danube, east and northeast is covered by Kürnberger forest, dominated the East for agriculture. Neighboring municipalities are Leon thing in the east and southeast, Traun and Kirchberg Thening in the south, alcove (district Vienna) in the west and Ottenheim and Puchenau (both district Urfahr ) in the north. The extension is from north to south and from west to east each 7 km. The municipality covers 29.99 km ² area, which Wilhering is the fifth largest municipality in the area. The municipal area is covered 40 percent of the forest, 44 percent is made up of farmland. Gardens account for 8 percent of the municipal area, waters four percent, one percent of construction areas and other land three percent.

Community structure

Wilhering consists of the cadastral (KG) Dörnbach ( 679.17 acres ) Beautiful ring ( 975.97 hectares) and Wilhering ( 1341.90 hectares). The KG Wilhering includes the north and east of the municipality, with the cadastral in the east extends approximately up to Mühlbach and is home to the majority of the Kürnberger forest. The cadastral districts the case, politeness, Mühlbach, Wilhering and banks are. The market Wilhering (270 m above sea level. A. ) to the Cistercian Abbey Wilhering is the capital of the municipality. He lie in the north of the cadastral near the Danube. The village Höf closes west to the market at the village bank (280 m above sea level. A. ) lies northwest of Wilhering on the Danube. In the northeast the cadastral located near the Innbach further the village case, which also includes a portion of the power plant Ottenheim - Wilhering is counted. The rotting Mühlbach (280 m above sea level. A. ) extends to the west of the cadastral over the valley of Mühlbach. The KG Beautiful ring is located in the east of the municipality. Uninhabited While the north and east of the cadastral and are characterized by lowland forest and agricultural land are the major districts Edramsberg and Beautiful ring at the Eferdinger road (B 129). In addition, the districts angles, Reith and Unterthalham are in the southeast of the cadastral. The village Edramsberg (321 m above sea level. A. ) extends between the Eferdinger Street and Mill Valley, south also joins the Eferdinger street, the village (269 m above sea level. A. ) on, which also includes the farmstead Piesmayr and the settlement Beautiful ring in Steinfeld belong. The village lies east of Winklern Beautiful ring and has already grown together with Beautiful ring. Farther east, there is the village of Reith ( 339 m above sea level. A. ), south of the village Unterthalham with the settlement Unterthalham on tinder box. In the south of the municipality is the cadastral Dörnbach. The cadastral comprises several districts, where the village is located in the north Katzing the cadastral at the Mühlbachstraße (L 1390 ). If you follow the road south to follow the rout Dörnbach (314 m above sea level. A. ) and the rotting Hitzing (330 m above sea level. A. ). East of the main road are the scattered settlement Lohnharting and the village Appersberg.

Geology

The territory of Wilhering has several geological zones, which are mainly attributed to the northern foothills of the Alps. The forest belongs Kürnberger but as an offshoot of the Mühlviertler highlands to the Bohemian Massif. Apart from the Bohemian Massif, the landscape was formed during the Tertiary and Quaternary or overprinted with the background of the area by the silting up of the Molassemeers arose. The resulting existing schlier was overlaid by gravel blankets that were piled up during the cold and warm periods and worn again. Thus were formed terraces on which loess and clay were deposited. To the north and west are tart formed floodplains, which consist primarily of fine alluvial material. They are followed in the north and west of Lower terraces that have been aufgeschottert in Würmkaltzeit. The hill country in the south and the central municipal areas consist of a superimposed deck gravel closing base which Kürnberger forest of granite and gneiss.

Soils

The soils of the municipal area can be divided into the bottoms of Auzone, divide the soils of the low-floor terraces and the soil of the hill country. In Aubereich of Innbaches consist profound, sometimes weakly gleyed brown Auböden. The construction of the power plant Ottenheim - Wilhering no horror Auböden longer available due to the low floods. The soils of low terraces have a rich shade. Depending on your age they may be karbonhaltig or already decarbonating and verlehmt or vergleyt. Most soil types in this area are light to medium - brown soils and unconsolidated sediment Pseudoglye. Just as the low terraces and the ground forms of the hills are heterogeneous. At the transitions to the low terraces consist gleyed, moderately wet unconsolidated sediment - brown soils from Schliermaterial. Furthermore pseudvergleyte come before calcareous unconsolidated sediment - brown soils. On the hills are located to Decklehm with superimposed cover gravels, which supplied well with water, have formed deep unconsolidated sediment - brown soils. Major proportion of the Bodenbildng have ceiling gravel, Decklehm, loess, and alluvial schlier.

Climate

The community is expected to Wilhering Cfb climate, among which are warm- temperate, fully humid Regenklimat is to understand. Wilhering lies in the milder, precipitation poorer section of the Alpine foothills. Own climate data for Wilhering missing, but comparatively the data of the nearest weather station can be used in Horsching. These recorded in 2004 year one years rainfall of 768 mm, a Mean annual temperature of 9.4 ° C, a mean January temperature of -1.6 ° C and a mean July temperature of 19.1 ° C.

History

The first mention was made in the year 985

Originally in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria lying, was the place since the 12th century the Duchy of Austria.

1146 saw the establishment of the Cistercian monastery Wilhering. Since 1490 the place is the Principality of Austria above the Enns attributed. 1733 the monastery was almost completely destroyed by fire, the church was rebuilt in the Rococo style. During the Napoleonic Wars, the place was occupied several times.

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.

1975 Wilhering was raised to a market town.

Population

Population structure

2013 lived in the community Wilhering 5,791 people, which Wilhering was in the upper middle of the 22 municipalities of the district. Even with the population density was Wilhering in the upper middle of these communities. End of 2001, 95.4 percent of the population Austrian citizens (Upper Austria 92.8 percent, District Linz-Land 91.4 per cent), by the beginning of 2013, the value decreased slightly to 94.9 per cent ( 91.1 per cent of Upper Austria, Linz District country 89.0 percent). A total of 294 foreigners were counted in 2013 in the community who came to 88 per cent from Europe and 7 percent from Asia. The largest contingent of people presented with a citizenship of the EU countries (57 percent), were added 23 from the former Yugoslavia ( excluding Slovenia ). From the Kronstorfer population were born abroad 2013 526. (Upper Austria: 79.4 percent) to the Roman Catholic Church in 2001, 76.6 percent of residents known, 9.3 percent were Protestant, 8.1 percent and 2.7 percent commitment without Islamic faith.

The average age of the municipality 's population in 2001 was approximately the national average. 18.7 percent of the population of Wilhering were younger than 15 years ( Upper Austria: 18.8 percent ), 63.4 percent from 15 to 59 years old (Upper Austria: 61.6 percent). The percentage of residents over 59 stood at 17.9 percent below the national average of 20.2 percent. The average age of the population of Wilhering changed in the sequence in comparison with other municipality in the district bit. The proportion of under-15s fell by 1 January 2013 strongly to 17.1 percent, while the share of people between 15 and 59 years increased to 66.2 percent. The proportion of 59 -year-old, however, dropped to 16.8 percent. Marital status in 2001 41.8 percent of the population of Wilhering were single, 48.4 percent married, widowed, divorced and 5.5 percent to 4.4 percent.

Demographics

The community Wilhering recorded only a slight population growth of around 14 percent, this increase was only slightly below that of the district and the province of Upper Austria between the late 19th century and 1934. From 1934 the population of the community began to rise continuously, although the growth rates still but moving up to the beginning of the 1960s the average for the province of Upper Austria below the district average. However, in the 1960s there was a huge population growth, during which time the population increased within 10 years by 59 percent, or about 1,500 inhabitants. After a stagnation in the 1970s, the municipality recorded since the 1980s a return to high growth rates, which led to an increase in population of around 500 people per decade. Was that population growth in the 1970s, still marked by a strong positive birth rate and the emigration of inhabitants, so benefited Wilhering from the 1980ßer years, both from a strong positive birth rate and a high level of immigration, and this trend continues into the 21st century.

Coat of arms

Blazon: A silver bar split shaft; up in a golden green, diagonally left down Haferrispe, below in red with a silver, winged, angel wearing a miter head.

The wave band characterizes the location of the village on the Danube. The Haferrispe underlines the importance of agriculture in the community. The winged Puttokopf has the Cistercian monastery was founded in 1146. The municipality colors are green, yellow and red.

Policy

Parish council

The Parish Council, the supreme body of the municipality comprises 31 seats and is elected every six years, Upper Austria on municipal elections in the course. The parish council is composed of seven members, with the Social Democratic Party of Austria is ( SPÖ) since 2009, three members and the Austrian People's Party ( ÖVP) four members. Strongest force in the community policy was mainly the ÖVP, which always had the votes and majority mandate 1973-1997. Between 1973 and 1985 the People's Party even had an absolute majority of votes and mandate, in 1973 she was able to enter even a Zweidritztelmehrheit with 67.4 percent. With the increasing population numbers, however, the ÖVP lost successive votes shares, which could reach 2003, only 35.5 per cent, and her so far worst result. Conversely, to the losses of the ÖVP, the SPÖ could with the rising population numbers more and more defined. Had she in 1973 only 26.0 per cent share of the vote, so they could from year to year to gain share of the vote. The SPÖ occupied 1973-1997 always in second place, before they ended up with a 48.8 percent and its best-ever result at number 2003. At the same time, the SPÖ reported in this year an absolute majority of seats for themselves. The FPÖ was always the third strongest party in Wilhering 1973-1997. and recorded in 1997 with 14.4 percent of its best result. 2003, however, the FPÖ fell behind the Greens, who came to 10.7 percent for the first appearance. In the municipal elections of 2009, the ÖVP regained first place with 42.0 percent. The Social Democrats took second place with 39.1 percent, but could as well as the People's Party win 13 seats. The Austrian People's Party won two seats in the election, the SPÖ lost three. The Greens lost slightly to 9.6 percent, but were able to maintain their three mandates. The FPÖ came to 7.4 per cent and two seats (plus a mandate ).

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 elections in 1997, Mayor Mario Mühlböckknapp prevailed with 51.4 percent against the ÖVP candidate. 2003 and 2009, he was able to prevail with 71.2 and 58.5 percent in the first ballot. The vice mayor is provided by the ÖVP.

The strength of the People's Party in local elections also took advantage of the state - ÖVP in state elections. Thus, the ÖVP reached in each case the first place and from 42.7 to 57.6 percent of the vote in state elections 1973-2009. From 1973 to 1985 it was enough for the ÖVP for an absolute majority of votes. The Social Democratic Party took in every election the second place, while 36.7 percent best and 2009 with 23.5 per cent recorded in the period since 1973 in 2003, it recorded its worst result. The FPÖ was until 1997 the third-strongest force in the community and was able to achieve the best result with 16.8 percent this year. Thereafter, however, the FPÖ fell behind the Greens. At the last state election, 2009 the People's Party was once again a 47.9 percent first. He was followed by the Social Democratic Party with 23.5 per cent and the Greens at 13.8 per cent. The FPÖ came to 10.8 percent, the AAF to 2.7 percent.

Economy and infrastructure

Workplaces and employees

Wilhering hosted in 2001 six companies with 20 or more employees. Overall, carried out as part of the Census Census of gave 141 workplaces with 667 employees (excluding agriculture ), where 81 percent of people in employment were. The number of workplaces showed a rise compared to the year 1991 by 55 ( plus 64 percent ), the number of employees by as much as 258 person (plus a 63 per cent). The most important industry in 2001 was the area of ​​the manufacturing sector with 13 factories and 145 employees ( 22 percent of all employees ) prior to public education with 12 workplaces and 121 employees ( 18 percent), the real estate, renting and corporate facilities, we may with 28 workplaces and 98 employees ( 15 percent) and trade in 29 workplaces and 80 employees ( 12 percent). 40 percent of employees in Wilhering were employees or officials, 37 percent of workers and 17 percent of farmers.

Health

• Rehabilitation Clinic: established in 2005.

Education

• Three elementary schools: in the places Wilhering, Beautiful ring, Dörnbach
• Stiftsgymnasium: private high school in the monastery, founded in 1895.
• Two Caritas Kindergartens
• Krabbelstube

Culture and sights

• Pin Grange: shows the collection of the painter Fritz Fröhlich
• Wilhering: pin system from 1146, Romanesque, Gothic and Rococo elements
• Collegiate Church Wilhering: restoration of the church after the great fire of 1733; one of the most splendid rococo churches in German-speaking
• Sanctuary Dörnbach: first mentioned in 985; the Sanctuary is also the parish church of Dörnbach. The location is at the southern foothills of the Kürnberges in the market town Wilhering. A late Gothic stone pulpit on the outside wall of the church (1501 ) - church structurally unique in this form - suggests that the early church held as a pilgrimage church an important function. Recent extensions were made in 1875 ( the choir room and the mighty tower on the west side ).
• Fish Trail: The trail is a total of 83 display cases, 4 water regions, 60 native fish species, and beside still 15 and living in the aquatic

Twinning

Arch in Lower Bavaria, Germany, since 2002