Annaberg (Lower Austria)

Annaberg

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Lily field

License plate :

LF

Main town :

Annarotte

Surface:

63.52 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 52 ' N , 15 ° 23' E Coordinates: 47 ° 52 '18 " N , 15 ° 22' 34" E

Height :

976 m above sea level A.

Residents :

516 (January 1, 2020)

Postal code :

3222

Area code :

02728

Community code :

3 14 01

NUTS region

AT122

Address of the
municipal administration:

Annaberg 14
3222 Annaberg

Website:

www.annaberg.gv.at

politics

Mayoress :

Claudia Kubelka ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(15 members)

11

3

1

11 3 1

A total of 15 seats

ÖVP : 11
SPÖ : 3
GREEN : 1

Location of Annaberg in the Lilienfeld district

Annaberg town center with a view of the Ötscher

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Annaberg is a municipality with 516 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Lilienfeld district in Lower Austria . The main town is on the Annaberg .

geography

Annaberg is located in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria. Geologically, the area belongs to the Lower Austrian Limestone Alps . The area of the municipality covers 63.48 square kilometers. 81.47 percent of the area is forested.

The Türnitz , one of the two source rivers of the Türnitz Traisen , has its source near Annaberg .

Community structure

The municipality includes the following four localities and cadastral communities of the same name (number of inhabitants in brackets, as of January 1, 2020):

Annarotte (209) including Annaberg, Äussere Schmelz, Innere Schmelz, Koteau, Pfarralm and Schmelz
Main door carrot (68)
Long-sided rot (155) including Erlaufboden, Joachimsberg, Reith and Wienerbruck
Lassing grotto (84) with sawmill

Neighboring communities

In the Lilienfeld district :

In the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district (federal state of Styria ):

Mariazell

In the Scheibbs district :

Puchenstuben

In the St. Pölten-Land district :

Schwarzenbach an der Pielach

history

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

The area around Annaberg came in 1202 through a gift from Leopold VI. to the Cistercian Abbey of Lilienfeld . Abbot Gerhard began to reclaim the 976 m high saddle as early as 1207 . Ten years later there was a permanent settlement and a chapel that was consecrated to St. Anna . In 1327 this was expanded due to the numerous visits of pilgrims. Annaberg was raised to a parish in 1380.

In the Thirty Years' War in 1639 the whole village was destroyed by fire and rebuilt with the help of donations from Emperor Ferdinand II and his wife Eleonora Gonzaga . Especially in the 18th century there was also brisk mining activity, such as the silver mine in the village of Schmelz. Further yet lead , gypsum and coal mined. A popular activity in the area around Annaberg was the Ameisln , which was operated by the Bandion family until the 21st century.

The opening of the Mariazellerbahn in 1907 finally brought the age of tourism.

In September 2013, the Annaberg multiple murder occurred in the community .

Religions

About two thirds of the population is Roman Catholic ( Parish Annaberg ), about one third is a member of the Evangelical Church AB (as part of the Evangelical Parish Mitterbach ).

Population development

Population development
year	1971	1981	1991	2001
Residents	1040	1031	891	687

politics

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The municipal council has 15 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 3 FPÖ and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 3 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 Greens.

mayor

1945–1975 Johann Tesar (ÖVP)
?
2002–2020 Petra Zeh (ÖVP)
since 2020 Claudia Kubelka (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Parish Church Annaberg

Catholic parish church Annaberg in Lower Austria hl. Anna

economy

In 2001 there were 52 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry operations 47 according to the 1999 survey. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 297. The 2001 activity rate was 43.95%. The Wienerbruck power plant is located in the Annaberg municipality .

There is also a ski area at the top of the pass.

tourism

Annaberg is also one of the ski areas in Lower Austria, which is only 1.5 hours away from Vienna. It is therefore popular with skiers and snowboarders on weekends. In winter, the Annaberg offers the whole range of winter sports: skiing , snowboarding , cross-country skiing , snowshoeing including various "winter adventure activities" such as fairytale forest, waveride in Anna-Park or the like.

In summer it is naturally quieter: numerous hiking routes and bridle paths allow gentle access to the landscape around the Annaberg. The place lies with the Lower Austrian Mariazellerweg (variant 06B), the Via Sacra , the Traisentaler Rundwanderweg 655 and the Waldmarkweg 622 on several Austrian and regional long-distance hiking trails,

traffic

Annaberg station

Road: Bundesstraße 20 ( Mariazeller Straße ) runs through Annaberg and leads from St. Pölten over the Annaberg Pass to Mariazell . In several hairpin bends it leads from Türnitz to Annaberg with a gradient of up to 12% .
Bus: Post buses also run on Mariazeller Straße, connecting Annaberg with St. Pölten and Mariazell.
Train: Annaberg station of the narrow-gauge Mariazellerbahn is located in Reith, which belongs to the municipality of Annaberg and is approx. 6 km away from the main town of Annaberg, which is on the top of the pass. The next station Wienerbruck-Josefsberg is also still in the area of the municipality of Annaberg. It is frequented by many hikers through the Ötschergräben . Both stations are equipped with waiting rooms, public toilet facilities and benches. Operationally, they can be used as a passing point on the single-track route. In 2015 the Mariazellerbahn was the main attraction of the Lower Austrian provincial exhibition "Conquering the Alps - Nature and Technology".

Personalities

People born in Annaberg

Johann Tesar (1895–1988), member of the Lower Austrian state parliament and mayor
Erwin Wenzl (1921–2005), Governor of Upper Austria
Sepp Gamsjäger (1923–1991), draftsman and graphic artist

People related to the community

Bruno Heinrich (1908–1992), chaplain in Annaberg and Josefsberg
Mira Lobe (1913–1995), children's book author, used Annaberg as a second home in the 1960s. From May to September 2013 the exhibition “100 Years of Mira Lobe” was shown.
Liese Prokop (1941–2006), athlete and politician, buried in Annaberg

literature

Claudia Kubelka, Hannes Hoffert-Hösl: Annaberg - the first 800 years. Landscape, history, culture, people. Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, Weitra 2017, ISBN 978-3-99028-718-7 .

Web links

Commons : Annaberg - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Annaberg Municipality Homepage of the municipality
Annaberg tourist information and lifts
Entry on Annaberg in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
31401 - Annaberg (Lower Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
^ Franz Groiß: Ant and folk culture. In: Ants in Biology and Folk Culture: Appreciated, Cursed, Omnipresent. Exhibition ants - unknown fascination on the doorstep. Lower Austrian State Museum , St. Pölten / Biology Center Linz 2009 ( PDF ; 916 kB), pp. 165–175.
^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Annaberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed October 10, 2019 .
↑ Results of the municipal council election 2000 in Annaberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed October 10, 2019 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Annaberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed October 10, 2019 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Annaberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed October 10, 2019 .
^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Annaberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on October 10, 2019 .
↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Annaberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 26, 2020 .
↑ BERGFEX: Annaberg ski area - Annaberg ski holiday. Retrieved December 18, 2019 .
↑ Annaberger Lifte - nature and adventure. Retrieved December 18, 2019 .
↑ Stations - experiences around the route. Retrieved December 18, 2019 .
↑ Pictures for the opening of the exhibition “100 Years of Mira Lobe”. On Annaberg.gv.at, accessed on January 8, 2019.