Moosdorf Explained

Moosdorf
Pushpin Map:Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Coordinates:48.0444°N 12.9889°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:Manfred Emersberger
Elevation M:488
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:5141
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:07748
Website:www.moosdorf.ooe.gv.at

Moosdorf is a municipality in the district of Braunau am Inn in the region of Innviertel within the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It had a population of 1,684 as at 1 January 2019.

The name Moosdorf (lit.: "moss village") relates to its proximity to the Ibmer Moor, the largest bog complex in Austria and the easternmost of all pre-Alpine bogs. Moos is Upper German for "moor" or "bog".

Subdivisions

The municipality incorporates the following 15 villages and hamlets (with population in brackets as at 1 Jan 2019):

  • Einsperg (89)
  • Elling (161)
  • Furkern (43)
  • Habersdorf (55)
  • Hackenbuch (336)
  • Haslach (33)
  • Jedendorf (91)
  • Kimmelsdorf (204)
  • Moosdorf (487)
  • Moosmühl (29)
  • Mühlbach (38)
  • Puttenhausen (18)
  • Seeleiten (25)
  • Stadl (34)
  • Weichsee (41)

The municipality consists of the cadastral municipalities of Moosdorf and Stadl.