Moosdorf

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Moosdorf
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Moosdorf
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°02′40″N12°59′20″E / 48.04444°N 12.98889°E / 48.04444; 12.98889
Country Austria
State Upper Austria
District Braunau am Inn
Government
   Mayor Manfred Emersberger (SPÖ)
Area
[1]
  Total
15.7 km2 (6.1 sq mi)
Elevation
488 m (1,601 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01) [2]
  Total
1,638
  Density104/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
5141
Area code 07748
Vehicle registration BR
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.

References

  1. "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018" (in German). Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018" (in German). Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.