Unserfrau-Altweitra

Unserfrau-Altweitra is located in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 40.19 km². 45.17 percent of the area is forested.

The community is located south of Gmünd an der Lainsitz . Cadastral communities are Altweitra, Heinreichs bei Weitra, Ober-Lembach, Pyhrabruck, Schagges, Ulrichs and Unserfrau. In Heinrichs there is a difference between the name of the cadastral community and that of the settlement. The cadastral community itself bears the name Heinr ei chs bei Weitra , while the place is called Heinr i chs bei Weitra .

The neighboring Czech town of Nové Hrady (Gratzen) can be reached via the road that leaves Pyhrabruck in a north-westerly direction .

In the west of the municipality the Gratzenbach flows in the Luigraben south of Pyhrabruck , which flows into the Strobnitz at Nové Hrady .

Community structure

The municipality includes the following seven localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Altweitra (265) with the Am Waller settlement

Heinrichs bei Weitra (188) with Edenhof, Göllitzhof and Würgelhäusl

Ober-Lembach (80)

Pyhrabruck (53)

Schagges (93)

Ulrichs (76) with Friedrichshof

Our Lady (226)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Altweitra, Heinreichs bei Weitra, Oberlembach, Pyhrabruck, Schagges, Ulrichs and Unserfrau.

Neighboring communities

	Nové Hrady ( CZ )
		Grossdietmanns
Harbach mud bath	Weitra

history

According to legend, a statue of the Virgin Mary was washed ashore during a flood, from which the name Unserfrau am Sande was derived and which prompted pilgrimages . The original chapel, which is still preserved today, was built at the end of the 12th century, next to this the parish church was built from 1250, which was expanded during the Gothic and Baroque periods . The heyday of the pilgrimage was the 17th century, at that time there was a medicinal bath in the place , from which the cistern on the church forecourt can still be visited. The pilgrimage finally ebbed under Joseph II .

coat of arms

Blazon : "Divided by gold and green, at the top two gold-studded, silver-tipped red roses , at the bottom a silver potato blossom, raised by a silver wavy bar."

Crest Explanation: The two red roses in the upper half of the emblem represent the two parish churches Nativity in Unserfrau and Assumption in Heinreichs while the white flower in the bottom half of that of Maria Theresa arranged cultivation of potatoes in Pyhrabruck, the first in Austrian Empire , remembered. The silver wave stands for the Lainsitz, the golden tinge in the coat of arms symbolizes the cultivation of grain, the green one the wealth of forests.

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1016 inhabitants. In 1991 the municipality had 983 inhabitants, in 1981 1019 and in 1971 1116 inhabitants.

politics

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The municipal council has 19 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ. (15 members)
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 2 List Pesendorfer.
With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 2 independent citizen lists.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 2 independent citizen lists.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 independent citizen list.

mayor

until 2010 Rudolf Müllner (ÖVP)
since 2010 Otmar Kowar (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Parish church of Heinrich near Weitra

Parish Church of Our Lady

Branch church Altweitra

Catholic parish church of Heinrich near Weitra Assumption of Mary
Catholic Parish Church of Our Lady of Birth: The parish church in Unserfrau, consecrated to the Birth of Mary , is a former fortification with an east tower. It includes, among other things, a high-quality statue of the Virgin Mary from 1440, a sacrament house at the transition from Gothic to early Renaissance from 1525 and a Christ on the whip column from the 18th century. The original chapel , later used as a Karner, contains high-quality frescoes from 1520.
Catholic branch church Altweitra Hll. Peter and Paul
Oberlembach local chapel
Schagges local chapel

economy

There were 23 non-agricultural workplaces in 2001, agricultural and forestry operations 136 according to the 1999 survey. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at the place of residence was 453.

literature

Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle , Claudia Haas, Renate Holzschuh-Hofer, Wolfgang Huber, Katharina Packpfeifer, Eva Maria Vancsa-Tironiek, Wolfgang Vogg: Lower Austria north of the Danube (= Dehio-Handbuch . Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs ). Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna et al. 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2 , p. 42-43, 1192-1194 .
Franz Eppel : The Waldviertel, its works of art, historical forms of life and settlement. Salzburg 1989, ISBN 3-900173-01-X .

Web links

Commons : Unserfrau-Altweitra - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

30939 - Unserfrau-Altweitra. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
^ Result of the municipal council election 1995 in Unserfrau-Altweitra. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on June 3, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Unserfrau-Altweitra. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on June 3, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Unserfrau-Altweitra. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on June 3, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Unserfrau-Altweitra. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on June 3, 2020 .
↑ Election result of the municipal council election 2015 in Unserfrau-Altweitra. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on April 26, 2019 .
↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Unserfrau-Altweitra. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on June 3, 2020 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-1] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[NÖGrw1995_30939-2] Result of the municipal council election 1995 in Unserfrau-Altweitra. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on June 3, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2000_30939-3] Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Unserfrau-Altweitra. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on June 3, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2005_30939-4] Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Unserfrau-Altweitra. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on June 3, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2010_30939-5] Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Unserfrau-Altweitra. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on June 3, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2015_30939-6] Election result of the municipal council election 2015 in Unserfrau-Altweitra. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on April 26, 2019 .

[NÖGrw2020_30939-7] Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Unserfrau-Altweitra. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on June 3, 2020 .