Mattighofen

Mattighofen
Mattighofen
Country	Austria
State	Upper Austria
District	Braunau am Inn
Mayor	Friedrich Schwarzenhofer (SPÖ)
Area	5 km2 (2 sq mi)
Elevation	454 m  (1490 ft)
Population	5,619 (1 January 2011)[1]
- Density	1,124 /km² (2,911 /sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	BR
Postal code	5230
Area code	07742
Website	www.mattighofen.at Coordinates: 48°06′24″N 13°08′58″E / 48.10667°N 13.14944°E / 48.10667; 13.14944

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

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.

Mattighofen is the headquarters of the KTM Sportmotorcycle company.

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2003 elections:

• Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 19
• Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 7
• Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ): 3
• Aktion Umwelt Mattighofen (Environmental Action Mattighofen): 2

References

1. ^ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2011-01-01.