Mattighofen

Mattighofen is a town with 6740 inhabitants inside the Upper Austrian Innviertel in Mattigtal. The capable judicial district is the judicial district Mattighofen. Mattighofen turned into one of the 5 early Bavarian ducal courts. 757 become a royal Palatinate. In 1007, the Mattiggau turned into donated to the diocese of Bamberg. In 1517 Count Christoph von Ortenburg acquired by using buy the castle and the rule. His son Joachim introduced in 1563 in his Lower Bavarian county, the Reformation. For a long time, this also prompted conflicts for Mattighofen with the Bavarian dukes. In 1602, the counts reconciled with the dukes.

In go back, but, they needed to sell the rule for 102,000 guilders to the Wittelsbach. Through the Peace of Teschen in 1779 to 80, the whole Innviertel with Mattighofen came to Austria. During the Napoleonic Wars once more briefly Bavarian, the vicinity belongs for the reason that 1816 sooner or later to Upper Austria. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on March thirteen, 1938, the vicinity belonged to the Gau Oberdonau. After 1945 the healing of Upper Austria passed off.