Waldburg, Austria

Waldburg

Coat of arms
Waldburg

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 48°30′30″N 14°26′20″E / 48.50833°N 14.43889°E / 48.50833; 14.43889Coordinates: 48°30′30″N 14°26′20″E / 48.50833°N 14.43889°E / 48.50833; 14.43889
Country Austria
State Upper Austria
District Freistadt
Government
 • Mayor Michael Hirtl (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total 26.6 km2 (10.3 sq mi)
Elevation 685 m (2,247 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
 • Total 1,365
 • Density 51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 4240
Area code 07942
Vehicle registration FR
Website www.oberoesterreich.
at/waldburg

Waldburg is a municipality in the district of Freistadt in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

Geography

Waldburg is lies in the Mühlviertel. The Jaunitz creek and the Kronbach creek flow through the Waldburg region. The "Sepp'n Höhe" is, at 780 m above sea level, Waldburg's highest point.

Subdivisions

  • Freudenthal
  • Harruck
  • Lahrndorf
  • Marreith
  • Mitterreith
  • Oberschwandt
  • Prechtleinschlag
  • Sankt Peter
  • Schöndorf
  • Unterschwandt
  • Waldburg

Neighboring municipalities

Reichenthal Rainbach
Schenkenfelden Freistadt
Hirschbach Neumarkt

Sights

The parish church of Waldburg has three magnificent late-gothic winged altars. The High Altar is sacred to Mary Magdalene. The right Side Altar is sacred to Saint Wolfgang and the left Side Altar is sacred to Saint Catherine.

Museum Mini Agrimundus: Traditional miniatures from rural living.

Twin towns

Waldburg ist twinned with Waldburg a town in the district of Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2014-01-01.
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