Waldburg
Coat of arms of Waldburg
Coat of arms
Waldburg is located in Austria
Waldburg
Waldburg
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°30′30″N 14°26′20″E / 48.50833°N 14.43889°E / 48.50833; 14.43889
CountryAustria
StateUpper Austria
DistrictFreistadt
Government
 • MayorJosef Eilmsteiner (ÖVP)
Area
[1]
 • Total26.58 km2 (10.26 sq mi)
Elevation
685 m (2,247 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total1,375
 • Density52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4240
Area code07942
Vehicle registrationFR
Websitewww.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

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. ↑ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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