Asparn on the Zaya

market community Asparn on the Zaya
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Mistelbach
License plate :	MI
Surface:	40.48 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 35 '  N , 16 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 35 '14 "  N , 16 ° 29' 40"  E
Height :	222  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,881 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	46 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2151
Area code :	02577
Community code :	3 16 03
Address of the municipal administration:	Asparn ad Zaya 169 2151 Asparn an der Zaya
Website:	www.asparn.at
politics
Mayor :	Manfred Meixner ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	12 6th 1 12 6th 1  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 12 SPÖ : 6 FPÖ : 1
Location of Asparn an der Zaya in the Mistelbach district
View of Asparn from the west
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Asparn an der Zaya is an Austrian market town with 1,881 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Mistelbach district in Lower Austria .

geography

Asparn an der Zaya is located in the Weinviertel in Lower Austria . The Zaya is a tributary of the March . The district capital Mistelbach is only seven kilometers away. The area of ​​the market town covers 40.48 square kilometers. 28.25 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Altmanns (111)
• Asparn on the Zaya (1061)
• Michelstetten (226)
• Olgersdorf (239)
• Schletz (244)

Neighboring communities

Grace Village	Fallbach
		Mistelbach
Niederleis	Shop village

history

The Neolithic massacre of Schletz in Asparn-Schletz made this place a concept of prehistory .

The place was first mentioned in a document on September 29, 1108, in the late Middle Ages it developed into a market, which was approved for the construction of a curtain wall in the 14th century and a coat of arms in 1512. After the Lords of Asparn became extinct in the 13th century, the Sunnbergers (before 1286) and the Wallseer (1380) belonged to the lordship.

In 1610 Count Seyfried Christoph von Breuner bought the Asparn estate for 145,000 guilders , expanded the castle into his main residence and founded the Minorite monastery . During the Kuruzen invasions and the Swedish War in 1645, the place was badly affected.

In the final days of World War II , Asparn became the site of infantry fighting that left five civilians dead. Eight houses burned down, six bridges were blown up. On April 19, 1945, Red Army soldiers marched into Asparn. Heavy fighting took place in Michelstetten between April 20 and 23, in which one child was killed and 70% of the entire housing stock was destroyed or badly damaged.

On January 1, 1972, the municipality of Asparn an der Zaya and the municipalities of Michelstetten and Olgersdorf were united to form the municipality of Asparn an der Zaya on the basis of the Lower Austrian Municipal Structure Improvement Act 1971.

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census , there were 1814 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 1688 inhabitants, in 1981 1710 and in 1971 1862 inhabitants.

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.

mayor

• ? -? Josef Bogendorfer (CS)
• until 2007 Heinrich Eberlein (ÖVP)
• 2008–2016 Johann Panzer (ÖVP)
• since 2016 Manfred Meixner (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Asparn Castle

Michelstetten Parish Church

Wine Country Museum

Kellergasse at the cemetery in Asparn an der Zaya

See also : List of listed objects in Asparn an der Zaya  and List of cellar alleys in Asparn an der Zaya

• Asparn Castle : The castle was built in the second half of the 13th century.
• Catholic parish church Asparn an der Zaya hl. Pancras
• Minorite Monastery : The former monastery houses the Wine Country Museum.
• Parish church Michelstetten hl. Veit: The oldest church building in the northeastern Weinviertel was a fortified church.

Museums

• The Prehistory Museum , a branch of the Lower Austrian Provincial Museum , is located in Asparn Castle. It has existed since 1970 and shows 40,000 years of human history, from mammoth hunters to the Celts. In the archaeological open-air site in the castle park there are models of dwellings from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages in their original size.
• Excavation of the Schletz massacre : at the site of the excavation of the ' Schletz massacre ', an artist depicted the catastrophe in a scene of fighting dry trees.
• Weinland Museum: a regional museum with 25 showrooms for history, art and folk culture in the Minorite monastery in the Lower Austrian Weinviertel, with annual special exhibitions
• Michelstetten School Museum
• FILMHOF WEIN4TEL: The Filmhof, founded in 2003, is a year-round theater and film center and a flourishing restaurant in the former estate of Asparn / Zaya Castle. The atmospheric, lively cultural place with a cozy courtyard and mature trees attracts guests from the wider region, especially in summer. The highlight of the events is the summer Filmhof Festival every year.

Regular events

• Filmhof Festival: The Filmhof Festival in Asparn an der Zaya shows top-class theater and the most important film productions of recent years. It takes place annually for two months in summer. (see web links)

economy

In 2001 there were 47 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 76 in agriculture and forestry. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at the place of residence was 811. In 2001, the employment rate was 45.58 percent.

education

• kindergarten
• Elementary school
• new Lower Middle School
• Special school
• music school

Personalities

• Josef Bogendorfer (1858–1925), farmer and politician
• Joseph Hardtmuth (1758–1816), architect and inventor
• Josef Maurer (1853-1894), pastor and local history researcher
• Rudolf Prokschi (* 1953), Roman Catholic church historian
• Anton Schurz (1794–1879), writer

literature

• Josef Maurer : History of the Asparn market on the Zaya . Vienna, self-published 1887, XVI, 553 pp.
• Johannes Bernold: Asparner History Book - Regesten about the history of the market town Asparn an der Zaya. Asparn an der Zaya, contemporary. Documentation archive, 167 p., 55 p.

Web links

Commons : Asparn an der Zaya  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the market town
• Filmhof Festival
• Museum of Prehistory
• Wine Country Museum in the Minorite Monastery
• Entry on Asparn an der Zaya in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
• 31603 - Asparn on the Zaya. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Army History Museum / Military History Institute (HGM / MHI), Military History Research Department (MilFoA), study collection, inventory 1945, box 5, fasc. 45/9, municipality reports Lower Austria, District Mistelbach
3. ↑ Lower Austrian Municipal Structure Improvement Act 1971
4. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Asparn an der Zaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on March 18, 2020 . 
5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Asparn an der Zaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on March 18, 2020 . 
6. ^ Result of the local council election 2005 in Asparn an der Zaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on March 18, 2020 . 
7. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Asparn an der Zaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on March 18, 2020 . 
8. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Asparn an der Zaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on March 18, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Asparn an der Zaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on March 18, 2020 .