A dynamic small town that hosts one of the biggest economic fairs in the country, but has some cultural assets. It was in Ried that a very famous family of sculptors, the Schwanthaler family, lived and worked. Their works can be seen in the churches of the region, in the Innviertel Volkskundehaus museum, where they are harmoniously exhibited in a beautifully renovated vaulted space. Ried is also home to a major Austrian sportswear brand, Fischer, known for its skis and tennis rackets (the triangle logo).
Ried im Innkreis is a town in the Austrian state of Upper Austria, approximately 70 km (43 mi) west of Linz and 60 km (37 mi) north of Salzburg. It is the capital of the district of Ried im Innkreis, and it serves as the administrative centre for the Innviertel region.
Geography
Ried is situated in a hollow of the Alpine foothills, to the north of the Hausruck Forest (Hausruckwald). The name of the city is derived from the Middle High German “Riet” (also: Rieth, Reet, Rohr, and the like), which denotes the reed which grows along the shores of swamps. Ried im Innkreis is 433 m (1,421 ft) above sea level. It measures 3.2 km (2.0 mi) from the North to the South and 3.6 km (2.2 mi) from the East to the West and it is 6.7 km² (2.6 sq mi) in area.
Town structure
Ried consists of a city core, composed of several spatially separated squares (e.g. Hauptplatz, Stelzhamerplatz, Kirchenplatz, Roßmarkt, Marktplatz, and Hoher Markt), as well as a few other quarters. Most of them have a long history of their own. Others were designed as new development areas and then obtained their own name, but often have no distinct boundaries. In particular, these areas belong to the city core:
- Bad Ried
- Hopfenberg
- Kapuzinerberg
- Kleinried
- Kreuzbergsiedlung
- Lughofergründe
- Riedberg
- Schloßberg
- St. Anna
- Stöcklgras
- Wegleiten
Neighbouring municipalities
The following municipalities are adjacent to Ried. They are listed in clockwise direction, starting from the South: Neuhofen im Innkreis, Mehrnbach, Aurolzmünster, Tumeltsham and Hohenzell.
