Wilhering Explained

Wilhering
Native Name:Wilaring
Pushpin Map:Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Austria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Upper Austria
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Linz-Land
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:LAbg. Mario Wolfgang Mühlböck
Elevation M:270
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:LL
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:4073
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:0 72 26
Website:www.wilhering.at

Wilhering (Central Bavarian: Wilaring) is a municipality in the district Linz-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

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. [1]

Politics

The mayor of the city is Mario Mühlböck[2] 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.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Planetware.com . 23 January 2011.
  2. Web site: Wilhering.at . 22 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Wilhering.at . 20 January 2020.