Frankenburg am Hausruck

History

Frankenburg was part of the Roman province Noricum since the year 16 AD. Around 600, Bavarians migrated from the area of Franken and cleared the area in the Hausruck. Around 1100, Rapoto von Julbach built the Frankenburg on the Hofberg, which gave it its name. Since the 12th century the village belonged to the Duchy of Austria. Since 1490 it has been assigned to the principality of Upper Austria. Hans von Khevenhüller-Frankenburg bought Kammer Castle from Emperor Rudolf II in 1581, as well as the dominions of Kogl Castle (where the Khevenhüllers built Kogl Castle in 1750) and Frankenburg with Frein Castle, which were united to form the "County of Frankenburg". Castle Frankenburg on the Hofberg was abandoned as the administrative seat, and on June 11, 1621, Emperor Ferdinand II elevated Frankenburg to the status of the market town. When in May 1625 - at the time of the Thirty Years' War - a Roman Catholic clergyman was to be installed in Frankenburg, there was an armed rebellion by the majority of Protestant-minded citizens and farmers. However, this rebellion was abandoned after three days because the Bavarian governor Adam Graf von Herberstorff promised "mercy" if the rebels came to Haushamerfeld without arms and weapons. However, this "mercy" was terrible: Herberstorff appeared accompanied by a strong military unit and declared the Frankenburgers present condemned to death. Thirty-six committee men had to roll the dice for their lives in pairs: half of them were pardoned, the other found death by hanging. This Frankenburg dice game was the prelude to the Upper Austrian Peasant Wars. Karl Itzinger set a literary monument to this event in his novel Das Blutgericht am Haushamerfeld (The Blood Court at Haushamer Field), and since 1925 they have been reenacted every two…

Geography

Frankenburg am Hausruck is situated at an altitude of 519 m in the Hausruckviertel. The extension from north to south is 10.6 km, from west to east 10.3 km. The total area is 48.5 km², 44.5% of the area is forested, 49.3% of the area is used for agriculture. The municipal territory includes the following 63 localities (in parentheses number of inhabitants as of January 1, 2022): * Arbing (40) * Au (118) * Außerhörgersteig (41) * Badstuben (89) * Brunnhölzl (22) * Diemröth (44) * Dorf (76) * Egg (73) * Engern (28) * Erdpries (4) * Erlatwaid (50) * Exlwöhr (25) * Finkenröth (12) * Fischeredt (36) * Fischigen (19) * Frankenburg am Hausruck (2238) * Friedhalbing (30) * Geldigen (14) * Göblberg (3) * Grünbergsiedlung (84) * Halt (39) * Haslach (39) * Haslau (51) * Hintersteining (35) * Hoblschlag (52) * Hofberg (38) * Innerhörgersteig (63) * Innerleiten (155) * Kinast (20) * Klanigen (136) * Leitrachstätten (19) * Lessigen (292) * Loixigen (100) * Marigen (15) * Märzigen (22) * Mauern (34) * Mayrhof (24) * Mitterriegl (97) * Mühlstaudet (31) * Niederriegl (56) * Oberedt (47) * Oberfeitzing (17) * Oberhaselbach (13) * Ottigen (4) * Ottokönigen (89) * Pehigen (23) * Perschling (32) * Point (6) * Pramegg (24) * Raitenberg (32) * Redltal (10) * Renigen (45) * Schnöllhof (60) * Seibrigen (45) * Stöckert (16) * Tiefenbach (18) * Unterau (43) * Unteredt (20) * Unterfeitzing (66) * Unterhaselbach (43) * Vordersteining (40) * Wiederhals (23) * Zachleiten (32) The municipality consists of the cadastral communities Frankenburg, Frein, Hintersteining, Hofberg and Hörgersteig.

Most-observed species

• Mistletoe

  Viscum album L. · Magnoliopsida
  681
• European Silver-fir

  Abies alba Mill. · Pinopsida
  441
• Ground-ivy

  Glechoma hederacea L. · Magnoliopsida
  419
• Ribwort Plantain

  Plantago lanceolata L. · Magnoliopsida
  417
• Beech

  Fagus sylvatica L. · Magnoliopsida
  411
• Bugle

  Ajuga reptans L. · Magnoliopsida
  395
• Pedunculate Oak

  Quercus robur L. · Magnoliopsida
  375
• Common Nettle

  Urtica dioica L. · Magnoliopsida
  364

Most recent

• M 3.9 — 2021-01-20
  3 km NNE of Ardning, Austria
• M 3.8 — 2008-08-12
  6 km SE of Maria Schmolln, Austria
• M 2.8 — 2008-08-06
  2 km SE of Schalchen, Austria
• M 4.1 — 2008-07-18
  Austria
• M 3.2 — 2008-06-22
  4 km ESE of Micheldorf in Oberösterreich, Austria
• M 2.5 — 2008-05-21
  8 km NE of Filzmoos, Austria