Tarsdorf is a municipality in the district of
Braunau am Inn
Braunau am Inn (; German for "Braunau on the Inn") is a town in Upper Austria on the border with Germany. It is known for being the birthplace of Adolf Hitler.
Geography
The town is on the lower river Inn below its confluence with the Salzach, w ...
in the
Austria
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n state
Upper Austria
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.
Geography
Tarsdorf is located in the
Innviertel
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. Situated at an altitude of 429 metres (1,407 ft), the municipality covers an area of 32.2 km² (12.4 mi²), measuring 7.1 km (4.4 mi) from north to south and 6.8 km (4.2 mi) from east to west. 37.9% of the land is forested, while 54.7% is used for agriculture. The
Filzmoos, a
raised bog
Raised bogs, also called ombrotrophic bogs, are acidic, wet habitats that are poor in mineral salts and are home to flora and fauna that can cope with such extreme conditions. Raised bogs, unlike fens, are exclusively fed by precipitation ( ombro ...
, is located within the municipality.
Villages
The villages in the municipity are (with population in brackets as at 1 Jan 2020):
* Am Anger (69)
* Döstling (50)
* Eckldorf 57
* Ehersdorf (203)
* Eichbichl (83)
*
Fugging (106)
* Haid (48)
* Hofstadt (89)
* Hofweiden (124)
* Hörndl (243)
* Hucking (59)
* Leithen (76)
* Neues Dorf (82)
* Ölling (18)
* Schmidham (38)
* Sensberg (53)
* Sinzing (4)
* Staig (28)
* Tarsdorf (481)
* Wimm (1)
* Winham (52)
* Wolfing (45)
* Wupping (51)
History
Finds in the
Weilhart Forest indicate that the
Tarsdorf area had already been settled by the
Neolithic
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. Burial mounds from the
Hallstatt period
The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Western Europe, Western and Central European Archaeological culture, culture of Late Bronze Age Europe, Bronze Age (Hallstatt A, Hallstatt B) from the 12th to 8th centuries BC and Early Iron Age Europe ...
have been discovered. The area was settled by
Celts
The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancien ...
around 500 BC.
In the
Roman era
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, the road from
Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872.
The town is on the site of the ...
to
Burghausen led through Tarsdorf. It ran through
Hofweiden,
Tarsdorf and
Hörndl. The remains of a rustic villa, a millstone, shards of bowls, bricks from an underfloor heating system, pieces of plaster and a silver coin, all dating back to the first four centuries AD, have been discovered between
Hofweiden and
Tarsdorf.
In the sixth centuries the immigrating Bajuwars, ancestors of today's Bavarians, cleared large parts of the Weilhart-forest.
Population Development
Notable People
*
Richard Puchner (1883-1965), architect and builder
*
Georg Dechant (1884-1953), politician, farmer and landlord
References
External links
*
Cities and towns in Braunau am Inn District
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