Gemeindeamt Wilhering

The municipality of Wilhering (270m) has developed into a modern feel-good community in recent years and currently has 6,320 inhabitants.

The market town of Wilhering lies upstream of Linz on the Danube, at the transition from the Alpine foothills to the Bohemian Massif on the border with the district of Eferding. A granite island (the village of Fall) and the Kürnbergerwald forest form the connection between the two landscape areas. The Danube, an international waterway, borders the municipality to the north.

The foothills of the Alps are a Schlier hill country, with fertile loess lying on the gravel cover; this was formed during the Ice Age from the mud of the meltwater rivers. Wilhering and Schönering lie on low terraces, with the Höfberg rising in between and reaching as far as the village of Ufer. The Mühlbach forms a wide valley with a number of villages. Between Dörnbach and Schönering is a ridge that stretches from Appersberg to Winkeln.


Area: 29.97 km²
Altitude: 270 m above sea level
Population: 6,330 - of which 5,835 main residences and 495 secondary residences (as of 09/2021)

15 localities: Wilhering, Ufer, Höf, Fall, Edramsberg, Schönering, Mühlbach, Winkeln, Katzing, Reith, Thalham, Lohnharting, Dörnbach, Appersberg, Hitzing

Cadastral communities: Wilhering, Schönering, Dörnbach