Waidhofen an der Thaya district

location
Basic data
state	Lower Austria
NUTS III region	AT-124
Administrative headquarters	Waidhofen an der Thaya
surface	669 km²
Residents	25,682 (January 1, 2020)
Population density	38 inhabitants / km²
License Plate	WT
District Commission
District Captain	Günter Stöger
website	www.noel.gv.at/Bezirke/ ; BH-Waidhofen-ad-Thaya
map

The Waidhofen an der Thaya district is an administrative district of the Province of Lower Austria .

history

The district was founded in 1868 and included the administrative districts of Waidhofen , Dobersberg , Raabs , Schrems and Litschau . With the establishment of the Gmünd district, the Waidhofen district gave up its judicial districts Schrems and Litschau.

When Austria joined the German Reich in 1939, the district was renamed the Waidhofen an der Thaya district and the South Moravian judicial district of Zlabings was added. In 1945 the district was restored within the boundaries of 1938.

geography

It lies on the border with the Czech Republic and covers 669.14 km². It is located in the northern Waldviertel and is also part of the main spatial planning region of the Waldviertel .

Neighboring districts

	Jihočeský kraj (Cz) , Jihomoravský kraj (Cz)
District of Gmünd		Horn district
	District Zwettl

Administrative division

The Waidhofen an der Thaya district is divided into:

15 municipalities ,
- including 3 cities and
- 10 market towns.

In 2007, the 15 municipalities merged to form the small region of the future region Thayaland .

Regions in the table are small regions in Lower Austria

local community	Ew	km²	Ew / km²	Judicial district	region	Type	Metadata
Dietmanns	1,039	6.88	151	Waidhofen an der Thaya	Thayaland	market community	According to code: 32202
Dobersberg	1,572	47.57	33	Waidhofen an der Thaya	Thayaland	market community	According to code: 32203
Gastern	1,194	24.98	48	Waidhofen an der Thaya	Thayaland	market community	According to code: 32206
Groß-Siegharts	2,721	44.26	61	Waidhofen an der Thaya	Thayaland	urban community	Acc. To code: 32207
Karlstein on the Thaya	1,481	48.88	30th	Waidhofen an der Thaya	Thayaland	market community	According to code: 32209
Kautzen	1,112	35.38	31	Waidhofen an der Thaya	Thayaland	market community	According to code: 32210
Ludweis-Aigen	905	51.19	18th	Waidhofen an der Thaya	Thayaland	market community	Acc. To code: 32212
Pfaffenschlag near Waidhofen an der Thaya	923	29.74	31	Waidhofen an der Thaya	Thayaland	local community	According to code: 32214
Raabs an der Thaya	2,635	134.65	20th	Waidhofen an der Thaya	Thayaland	urban community	Acc. To code: 32216
Thaya	1,388	43.3	32	Waidhofen an der Thaya	Thayaland	market community	Acc. To code: 32217
Vitis	2,655	55.53	48	Waidhofen an der Thaya	Thayaland	market community	According to code: 32219
Waidhofen an der Thaya	5,365	46.05	117	Waidhofen an der Thaya	Thayaland	urban community	According to code: 32220
Waidhofen an der Thaya-Land	1,270	32.47	39	Waidhofen an der Thaya	Thayaland	local community	According to code: 32221
Waldkirchen an der Thaya	501	42.69	12	Waidhofen an der Thaya	Thayaland	market community	According to code: 32222
Windigsteig	921	25.58	36	Waidhofen an der Thaya	Thayaland	market community	According to code: 32223