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Traun Basin
Traun () is an Austrian municipality located on the north bank of the Traun (river), river Traun and borders Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, to the east. The name ''Traun'' is derived from the Celtic word for river (). Traun is the fifth largest town in Upper Austria, located in the district of Linz-Land. History Neolithic: Excavation findings suggest that the first settlements date to when the Roman road led from Wels to :de:Lorch, Lorch (Enns (city), Enns). 6th century: Bavarii settle in the area of Traun. about 790: The name ''dru'' appears on a document for the first time. about 813 to 824: First mentioning as a place in a document. 1113: First evidence of the former moated castle. 1560: Reconstruction of the castle into a Renaissance building. 1725: Reconstruction of the castle into a Baroque building. 1784: First school in Traun opens. 1785: Fusion with the villages of St. Dionysen and Oedt. about 1850: First industries: Enderlin, Berl and Graumann brothers (textiles) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality (Austria)
In the Republic of Austria, the municipality (, sometimes also ) is the administrative division encompassing a single village, town, or city. The municipality has municipal corporation, corporate status and local self-government on the basis of parliamentary democracy, parliamentary-style representative democracy: a municipal council () elected through a form of party-list proportional representation, party-list system enacts municipal laws, a municipal executive board () and a mayor (, grammatical gender, fem. ) appointed by the council are in charge of municipal administration. Austria is currently (January 1, 2020) partitioned into 2,095 municipalities, ranging in population from about fifty (the village of Gramais in Tyrol (state), Tyrol) to almost two million (the city of Vienna). There is no unincorporated area, unincorporated territory in Austria. Basics The existence of municipalities and their role as carriers of the right to self-administration are guaranteed by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linz Airport
Linz Airport (, ) is a minor international airport located in Hörsching, near Linz, the third-largest city in Austria. It was also known as the Blue Danube Airport until 2019. History Early years Air traffic used to take place at the ''Südbahnhofmarkt'' in the center of Linz where the zeppelin Estaric I took off on 30 October 1909. In 1925 air traffic was established between Linz and Vienna. Starting in 1934, the air traffic operation was based in the Linz-Katzenau district (nowadays industrial center), which was later terminated by the NSDAP after 1938. The airport was then moved to Hörsching. The following table shows some of the units of the Luftwaffe (air force in Nazi Germany), which were deployed from 1943 to 1945. Since 1956 regular passenger air traffic takes place. Since 1966 daily flight connections to Frankfurt Airport are available. Development since the 1970s In 1972 a passenger terminal was built and was officially opened in 1976. Since 1985 the flight path ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delfortgroup
delfort is a privately owned manufacturer of specialty paper and printed products with headquarters in Traun, Upper Austria. As of 2016, the company employed over 2,300 employees worldwide and operated six mills in Europe and Asia, three converting plants in the US and Mexico, and six sales offices. Global operations delfort operated nine subsidiaries across Europe, Asia and the Americas (as of June 2016), manufacturing and converting specialty papers for a number of applications. delfort’s production sites include: * Delfortgroup printing services * Dr. Franz Feurstein * Dunafin Kft. * Mundet (USA & Mexico) * OP Papírna (in Olšany, Czech Republic) * Tervakoski Oy (in Tervakoski, Finland) * Wattens Vietnam * Wattenspapier In 2016, the company employed around 2,300 people and sold over 9,476 km² of paper in the year 2015. The group's CEO is Martin Zahlbruckner and the CFO and COO is Roland Faihs. Specialty paper and printing delfort makes papers for the food an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Höhere Technische Lehranstalt
A Höhere Technische Lehranstalt (German for ''Higher Technical Education Institute'', or more loosely translated ''Technical College''), commonly known as HTL, is an engineering-focused high school/institution of further education in Austria. As an umbrella term it is used for either * Höhere Technische Lehranstalt (HTL, HTLA), * Höhere Technische Bundeslehranstalt (HTBLA, HTBL, Federal Higher Technical Institute), or * Höhere Technische Bundeslehr- und Versuchsanstalt (HTBLuVA, Federal Higher Technical Institute for Education and Experimentation). These institutions are an important part of Austrian vocational education. HTLs specialise in disciplines such as civil engineering, electronics, electrical engineering, information technology, informatics, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics and chemistry. There are 75 HTLs in Austria (as of 2016). HTLs also existed in Switzerland until 1995 when these institutions were converted into Swiss Universities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oedter See
Oedter See is a lake of Upper Austria Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg (state), Salzbur .... Lakes of Upper Austria {{Austria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Austria
Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which has been the capital city, capital of Lower Austria since 1986, replacing Vienna, which became a separate state in 1921. With a land area of and a population of 1.7 million people, Lower Austria is the largest and second-most-populous state in Austria (after Vienna). Geography With a land area of situated east of Upper Austria, Lower Austria is the country's largest state. Lower Austria derives its name from its downriver location on the river Enns (river), Enns, which flows from the west to the east. Lower Austria has an international border, long, with the Czech Republic (South Bohemian Region, South Bohemia and South Moravian Region, South Moravia) and Slovakia (Bratislava Region, Bratislava and Trnava Regions). The state has the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
