Euratsfeld

market community

Euratsfeld

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Amstetten

License plate :

AT THE

Surface:

30.45 km²

Coordinates :

48 ° 5 ' N , 14 ° 56' E Coordinates: 48 ° 4 '58 " N , 14 ° 55' 57" E

Height :

308 m above sea level A.

Residents :

2,680 (January 1, 2020)

Postal code :

3324

Area code :

07474

Community code :

3 05 11

NUTS region

AT121

Address of the
municipal administration:

Marktplatz 1
3324 Euratsfeld

Website:

www.euratsfeld.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Johann Weingartner ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(21 members)

18th

2

1

18th 2 1

A total of 21 seats

ÖVP : 18
GREEN : 2
SPÖ : 1

Location of Euratsfeld in the Amstetten district

Municipal Office

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Euratsfeld is a market town with 2680 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Amstetten district in Lower Austria .

geography

Euratsfeld is located around eight kilometers southeast of Amstetten in the Mostviertel between Ybbs plane and Randegger Hochkogel . The area of the market town covers 30.45 square kilometers. About 16 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

Euratsfeld consists of three cadastral communities (area 2016):

Euratsfeld (1,212.45 ha)
Gafring (942.76 ha)
Großaigen (905.46 ha)

The only village is Euratsfeld. Districts are Aichet, Aigen, Auberg, Braunshof, Distelberg, Euratsfeld, Ferndorf, Gafring, Giemetsberg, Göttersdorf, Grissenberg, Haslau, Hinterberg, Kalkstechen, Latzelsberg, Lixing, Mittergafring, Niederaigen, Oberaigen, Obergafring, Oberumberg, Panhalm, Pisching, Pollenberg, Reidl, Schleiferhub, Schnotzendorf, Seibetsberg, Stelzberg, Untergafring, Völkrahof, Walchenöd, Windischendorf as well as numerous individual locations.

Neighboring communities

Amstetten	St. Georgen am Ybbsfelde	Ferschnitz

Neuhofen an der Ybbs	Randegg ( Scheibbs district )	Wang ( Scheibbs District )

history

In ancient times, the area was part of the Noricum province .

Euratsfeld was first mentioned in a document in 1332, and in 1908 the municipality received market rights .

coat of arms

Blazon : in a shield divided diagonally by blue and silver, a bishop in gold with chasuble and miter, in his right hand a book, in the left a staff; at his feet a black bear walking to the right, who carries a silver bundle on his back.

Population development

According to the result of the census:

1971: 1,771 inhabitants
1981: 1,840 inhabitants
1991: 2,088 inhabitants
2001: 2,319 inhabitants

politics

The municipal council has 21 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 19 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 18 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 Greens.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 18 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 Greens.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 2 Greens.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 2 Greens.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 2 Greens.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 18 ÖVP, 2 Greens and 1 SPÖ.

mayor

1970–1971 Alois Mock (ÖVP)
until 2010 Franz Menk (ÖVP)
since 2010 Johann Weingartner (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Parish church Euratsfeld

Catholic parish church Euratsfeld hl. John the Baptist: a Gothic hall church with an image of St. Florian von Lorch by Martin Johann Schmidt 1770.

economy

In 2001 there were 54 non-agricultural workplaces, according to the 1999 survey 146 agricultural and forestry holdings. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 1,083. The employment rate in 2001 was 48 percent. On average in 2003 there were 56 unemployed in the municipality.

Sports

The market town's soccer team currently plays in the West Regional League.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Alois Mock (1934–2017), politician (ÖVP), Vice Chancellor (1987–1989) and Foreign Minister (1987–1995) of the Republic of Austria
Christine Haiden (* 1962), editor-in-chief of the magazine Welt der Frauen

literature

Herbert Berndl-Forstner: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist in Euratsfeld, Lower Austria. Diocese of St. Pölten, Amstetten district. St. Peter, Salzburg 1999, ( Austria's Christian Art Centers 334).
Irmgard Hampl: Euratsfeld - a place growing. Reflections on the residents and their lives in the Euratsfeld market in Lower Austria. Vienna 1992, (University of Vienna, diploma thesis).
Franz Menk among other things: Chronicle of the market town Euratsfeld. Market town of Euratsfeld, Euratsfeld 2008.