Wilhering (Central Bavarian: Wilaring) is a municipality in the district Linz-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Wilhering Wilaring | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Wilhering Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates: 48°19′22″N 14°11′30″E / 48.32278°N 14.19167°E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Upper Austria |
| District | Linz-Land |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | LAbg. Mario Wolfgang Mühlböck (SPÖ) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29.97 km2 (11.57 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 270 m (890 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
| • Total | 5,911 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4073 |
| Area code | 0 72 26 |
| Vehicle registration | LL |
| Website | www.wilhering.at |
Its slogan is "culture and life". There is the Wilhering Abbey, a Cistercian Abbey, and a Rococo church, and woods around. The Cisterican Abbey was established in the 1146 and was then rebuilt after it had been burnt down. It contains sketches and paintings by Austrian Baroque painters. The church has a Rococo interior which is one of the best examples of this style in Austria. [3]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1869 | 1,690 | — |
| 1880 | 1,654 | −2.1% |
| 1890 | 1,646 | −0.5% |
| 1900 | 1,692 | +2.8% |
| 1910 | 1,848 | +9.2% |
| 1923 | 1,958 | +6.0% |
| 1934 | 1,919 | −2.0% |
| 1939 | 2,137 | +11.4% |
| 1951 | 2,446 | +14.5% |
| 1961 | 2,568 | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 4,079 | +58.8% |
| 1981 | 4,108 | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 4,649 | +13.2% |
| 2001 | 5,191 | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 5,778 | +11.3% |
Politics
The mayor of the city is Mario Mühlböck[4] of the SPÖ, the leading party in Wilhering.
Education and schools
Wilhering has an education and child care facility. There are three elementary schools in Dörnbach, Schönering and Wilhering, and a middle school until eighth grade. The Stifter High School is a private school in Wilhering. Wilhering has two kindergartens.
Public transport
Wilhering has its own public transport, a bus company that covers the entire municipality called WILIA, founded 1930.[5]
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