Mattighofen Explained

Name Xandektm:Mattighofen
Pushpin Map:Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Coordinates:48.1067°N 13.1494°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Austria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Upper Austria
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Braunau am Inn
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Friedrich Schwarzenhofer
Elevation M:454
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:BR
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:5230
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:07742
Website:www.mattighofen.at

Mattighofen is a town in the district of Braunau am Inn, part of the Innviertel region, in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

History

Initially Mattighofen belonged to the stem duchy of Bavaria, that became a part of Francia. In 757 a Kaiserpfalz (palace) of the ruling Carolingian dynasty was documented here. On the Frankfurt synod of 1007 Emperor Henry II granted the Mattighofen estates to the newly created Bishopric of Bamberg. It was acquired by the House of Wittelsbach in the 16th century and affected by the War of the Bavarian Succession after which it passed to the Archduchy of Austria according to the 1779 Treaty of Teschen. Mattighofen received town privileges in 1986.

Economy

Mattighofen is the headquarters of the KTM brand, which produces Automobiles, Motorcycles and bicycles, and Husqvarna Motorcycles, a Swedish-origin company designs which also engineers, manufactures and distributes motocross, enduro, supermoto and street motorcycles.

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2009 elections: