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36-469: The Innviertel is the northwestern quarter of Upper Austria and includes the districts Braunau am Inn , Ried im Innkreis and Schärding . Since the formation of the political districts in 1868, the quarters in Upper Austria no longer have a legal basis and are purely regional names. The older Habsburg districts ( Kreise ), which were still based on the old quarters, were superseded. Unlike

72-509: A long time. Linguistically, despite the extensive adoption of Austrian standard vocabulary, the dialect characteristics of West Central Bavarian were retained in the Innviertel; which mainly consist of a large number of vocalization features typical of the region (e.g. the word milk, in the Innviertel referred to as Milli or Muich , is mostly known as Müch in the rest of Austria), has survived to this day (compare Bavarian language ). In

108-588: A million refugees . The Soviet and American armies occupied Upper Austria as hundreds of thousands of people fled from both sides of the land front. The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the state was 65.9 billion € in 2018, accounting for 17.1% of the Austria's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 39,500 € or 131% of the EU27 average in the same year. The Upper Austrian state constitution defines Upper Austria as an independent state of

144-650: A region of the Duchy of Bavaria . In the mid-13th century, it became known as the Principality above the Enns River ( Fürstentum ob der Enns ), this name being first recorded in 1264. (At the time, the term "Upper Austria" also included Tyrol and various scattered Habsburg possessions in southern Germany.) In 1490, the area was given a measure of independence within the Holy Roman Empire , with

180-763: A revolt against imperial Habsburg oppression. This was an early occurrence of a parliamentary system in the Holy Roman Empire . Only after the War of the Bavarian Succession was the area separated from the Electorate of Bavaria . The trigger for the war was the death of the childless Bavarian elector, Maximilian III Joseph (1745–1777). On his death the Bavarian line of the Wittelsbachs died out. A number of Central European powers laid claim to parts of

216-410: A separate "Regional Implementation Commission" ( Landes-Einrichtungskommission ) under the direction of Baron Franz Xaver Pockensteiner von Wolffenbach, since the Innviertel had not been an administrative unit until then, but had been administered from Burghausen which was still Bavarian. When the reforms by Emperor Joseph II were intensified by the introduction of new church and school rules in 1795,

252-533: A strong presence, for example in the Innviertel . [REDACTED] Administratively, the state is divided into 15 districts ( Bezirke ), three Statutarstädte and 438 municipalities. Historically, Upper Austria was traditionally divided into four regions: Hausruckviertel , Innviertel , Mühlviertel , and Traunviertel . Mondsee (town) Mondsee is a town in the Vöcklabruck district in

288-426: Is Austria 's leading industrial region. As of 2009, it accounted for approximately a quarter of the country's exports. As of January 1, 2021, 1,495,608 people resided in the state, of which 107,318 (7.17 percent) were European Union / European Economic Area / Switzerland / UK citizens and 96,623 (6.46 percent) were third-country nationals. The majority of Upper Austrians are Christian . In 2001, 79.4 percent of

324-565: Is Linz . Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic , as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria , Styria , and Salzburg . With an area of 11,982 km (4,626 sq mi) and 1.49 million inhabitants, Upper Austria is the fourth-largest Austrian state by land area and the third-largest by population. For a long period of the Middle Ages, much of what would become Upper Austria constituted Traungau ,

360-479: Is a term for the Hausruckviertel or for Upper Austria in general) at the level of the young farmers' clubs ( Innviertler Zeche ). From that time, locally-recognised sayings and declarations of war stem such as Wenn d’ Innviertler keman, hoasts umirucka! ("When the Innviertel folk come, it's time to go home!"). A certain local rivalry has emerged in the last few years, even in institutional circles such as in

396-509: The Alpine foothills , the rural Innviertel is approximately 2,250 km (870 sq mi) in area and comprises the broad Inn valley, which is largely flat and fertile, and the adjacent undulating landscape in the east, which is rich in granite in the north and coal . From the 6th century, most of the Innviertel , with its ducal courts at Ranshofen and Mattighofen, was part of

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432-698: The Nazi dictator , who had been born in the Upper Austrian town of Braunau am Inn and raised in Upper Austria, Upper Austria became Reichsgau Oberdonau , although this also included the southern part of the Sudetenland, annexed from Czechoslovakia, and a small part of Styria. In 1945, Upper Austria was partitioned between the American zone to the south and the Soviet zone to the north. Today Upper Austria

468-510: The Austrian occupation in 1705 and 1706. However, after its transfer to Austria in 1779, no broader resistance formed. For example, Franz Stelzhamer promoted mutual nationality in his prosaic work “Dá Soldatnvödá” and was considered an Upper Austrian "national poet" from the 19th century even though he came from the Innviertel. Nonetheless, up to the 20th century there were disputes between groups from Innviertel and so-called "Landlers" ("Landl"

504-533: The Austrian state of Upper Austria located on the shore of the lake Mondsee . The town is home to the medieval Mondsee Abbey , whose cloister church was used for the site of the wedding in The Sound of Music . The town is also known for the SKGLB railway museum and for prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements at Mondsee , which are part of UNESCO World Heritage Sites . One of its past sons

540-912: The Bavarian Lower Danube Circle together with parts of the Hausruckviertel . In 1811, the parishes in this area were separated from the Diocese of Linz and assigned to the Bishopric of Passau . Only under the Munich Treaty did the Kingdom of Bavaria finally cede the Innviertel and other areas to the Empire of Austria on 1 May 1816. On 1 July 1816, the Diocese of Linz also took over the corresponding areas again from

576-564: The Bishopric of Passau. At the political level, the incorporation of the new territory into the Land ob der Enns ("Land above the Ems", now Upper Austria ) was carried through with a series of measures: oaths of allegiance were sworn by royal Bavarian officials and homage was paid by the Innviertel nobility to the new sovereign. More difficult was administrative integration, which was carried out by

612-402: The Innviertel in terms of area and inhabitants is Braunau am Inn with 17,438 inhabitants, followed by Ried im Innkreis (12,209). The town of Schärding with 5,216 inhabitants is well-known as a tourist centre because of its baroque town centre. The name Innviertel for the region dates from after its incorporation into Austria in 1779; before then, it was part of Bavaria and its name

648-457: The Innviertel is also reflected in the "capital city debate", which was kicked off by the Mayor of Ried, Albert Ortig, during the 2009 election campaign and in which he declared the town of Ried to be the capital of the Innviertel and thus provoked the politicians of Braunau. Despite all of those circumstances, the inhabitants of the Innviertel identify far more with their region today than those in

684-797: The Mattiggau region of the German stem duchy of Bavaria , the northern part belonging to the Rottach gau . In 1507, Innbaiern became part of the Rentamt  [ de ] of Burghausen with its courts at Wildshut (merged with the Mattighofen District Court), Braunau , Mauerkirchen , Friedburg , Schärding and Ried . The Mondsee area in south Bavaria was lost to the Habsburgs as early as 1506. Administered from

720-604: The democratic Republic of Austria. In its constitution, Upper Austria also declares its support for a united Europe that is committed to democratic, constitutional, social and federal principles as well as the principle of subsidiarity, preserves the autonomy of the regions and ensures their participation in European decision-making. In its regional constitution, Upper Austria defines its position in Europe as an independent, future-oriented and self-confident region that participates in

756-587: The early 17th century. The Innviertel was ceded from the Electorate of Bavaria to Upper Austria in the Treaty of Teschen in 1779. During the Napoleonic Wars , Upper Austria was occupied by the French army on more than one occasion. In 1918 after the collapse of Austria-Hungary , the name Oberösterreich was used to describe the province of the new Austria. After Austria was annexed by Adolf Hitler ,

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792-598: The further development of a united Europe. Like Styria, Upper Austria is a swing state that usually has a signal character in nationwide elections. The conservative Austrian People's Party dominates in rural areas, the Social Democratic Party of Austria has its strongholds in the cities of Linz , Wels and Steyr or in the Attnang-Puchheim railroad junction , but the right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria has also traditionally had

828-480: The inadequately -developed road link to the nearby city of Salzburg to which the upper Innviertel (Braunau district and the southwestern parts of Ried district) is oriented. Nevertheless, the Vienna-Linz-Munich link is an important transport route. As the urban centre of the lower Innviertel (Schärding District, northeastern parts of Ried district), Passau plays a major role. A perceived independence of

864-528: The inheritance, including, first and foremost, Austria with its demands for the cession of Lower Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate . With the ratification of the Treaty of Teschen , which ended the War of the Bavarian Succession, the Innviertel became part of Upper Austria in 1779. Thanks to the Treaty of Schönbrunn in 1809, Bavaria took possession of the Innviertel again in 1810. It was assigned to

900-504: The languages spoken in adjacent Lower Bavaria . Innviertel is the birthplace of Franz Xaver Gruber , composer of Silent Night , opera singer Franz Xaver Gerl , the Schwanthaler family of Baroque sculptors, SS general and war criminal Ernst Kaltenbrunner , beatified conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter , and physicist Anton Zeilinger . Both Adolf Hitler and the diplomat Egon Ranshofen-Wertheimer were born in

936-561: The people still belonged to the Roman Catholic church , about 4.4% were members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church , 4.0 percent were Muslims , and 8.8 percent were of no confession. By the end of 2020, the proportion of Catholics had fallen to 62 percent, while the corresponding proportion of Protestants was about 3.1 percent of the Upper Austrian population. After World War II , Upper Austria received

972-408: The population in the parish of St. Georgen gathered signatures at secret gatherings. The higher drinks taxes, which forced breweries to close, also aroused the resentment of the population. So the residents of Innbaiern were not very content with their new situation and the cry "Better to die Bavarian than suffer imperial ruin!" ( Lieber bayrisch sterben als kaiserlich verderben! ) was in circulation for

1008-519: The remaining quarters of Upper Austria. They, with the exception of the Mühlviertel, which is bordered by the Danube, deviate to some extent geographically from the modern district boundaries. Today the Innviertel has about 215,000 people in its towns, villages and hamlets. Its Bavarian roots show in the local German dialect, Innviertlerisch , a Western Central Austro-Bavarian variant similar to

1044-482: The rest of Upper Austria, most of the area was part of Duchy and, later, Electorate of Bavaria until the 1779 Treaty of Teschen . It is a fertile, densely populated, flat to hilly landscape that is part of the Alpine foothills and lies between the rivers Salzach , Inn , Danube and the Hausruck hills. The Innviertel covers an area of around 2250 km and its population is just under 218,000. The largest city in

1080-553: The status of a principality . By 1550, there was a Protestant majority. In 1564, Upper Austria, together with Lower Austria and the Bohemian territories , fell under Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II . At the start of the 17th century, the Counter-Reformation was instituted under Emperor Rudolf II and his successor Matthias . After a military campaign, the area was under the control of Bavaria for some years in

1116-480: The tourist sector, from the Grieskirchen district to the Innviertel and, further east, to the state capital of Linz . It is primarily expressed in sporting competitions and political and public debates about the disadvantages of the Innviertel compared to the more central regions of Upper Austria, which at times dominate reporting in the local media. One of those political points of contention for years has been

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1152-476: The town of Braunau am Inn on the German border. 48°18′N 13°24′E  /  48.300°N 13.400°E  / 48.300; 13.400 Upper Austria Upper Austria ( German : Oberösterreich [ˈoːbɐˌ(ʔ)øːstɐraɪç] ; Bavarian : Obaöstareich ; Czech : Horní Rakousy [ˈɦorɲiː ˈrakousɪ] ) is one of the nine states or Länder of Austria . Its capital

1188-655: The town of Burghausen , the lands beyond the Inn river for centuries had two important roles: strategically as an eastern defence line against the rising Archduchy of Austria , and economically as arable land for crop farming . During the Bavarian uprising of 1705–1706 against the occupation by the Habsburg Emperor Joseph I , Braunau was the seat of the short-lived Bavarian State Defence Congress (December 1705), or " Braunau Parliament ", which called for

1224-625: The west the language changes gradually over into the West Central Bavarian dialects. In the architecture of the towns, the colourfully decorated house facades of the Inn-Salzach Style are reminiscent of the Bavarian tradition. The first Bavarian-Upper Austrian regional exhibition took place in 2004 in Passau , Asbach , Reichersberg and Schärding. The Innviertel was the centre of the violent Bavarian uprising against

1260-570: Was Innbaiern ("Inn-Bavaria"). In 1779, when the region was incorporated into Austria – specifically into the Archduchy of Österreich ob der Enns ("Austria above the Enns "), the precursor of today's state of Upper Austria – the newly-acquired area was initially referred to as the Fünfte Viertel ("Fifth Quarter") as the Archduchy had been previously divided into four quarters. It

1296-539: Was only after the amalgamation of the historical Mühlviertel and Machlandviertel  [ de ] into the modern Mühlviertel that the area became known as the Innviertel . The quarter spans the Austrian political districts of Schärding , Ried im Innkreis and Braunau am Inn . Major towns in Innviertel include the district capitals Braunau am Inn , Ried im Innkreis and Schärding as well as Mattighofen and Altheim . Located within

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