Auersthal

Auersthal is located in the Lower Austrian Weinviertel , about 10 km east of Wolkersdorf . The area of the market town covers 15.18 km². 2.47 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

There is only the cadastral community of Auersthal.

Neighboring communities

Wolkersdorf ( Mistelbach District )	Groß-Schweinbarth	Matzen-Raggendorf
Bockfließ ( Mistelbach district )
	Strasshof	Schönkirchen-Reyersdorf

history

As part of the history of Lower Austria , Auersthal was founded around 1050 in the course of a wave of settlements from Bavaria. In 1140 the place was first mentioned as "Urolfstal". In 1485 Auersthal and the neighboring town of Aichstauden were burned down by the Hungarians. In 1529 the Turks plundered the place and in 1645 Swedish soldiers were in Auersthal. After the French in 1805 and 1809, the Prussians came to the place in 1866. The First World War brought a lot of hardship and misery, just as the Second World War did not spare Auersthal. From 1945 to 1955 Auersthal belonged to the Soviet occupation zone. The place has flourished since the second half of the 20th century and is today a modern tourist community near the federal capital Vienna.

Population development

In 1991 the community had 1804 inhabitants. In 2003 there were 1856 inhabitants. In 2016 the population was 1923.

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: 10 ÖVP, 8 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 8 SPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 9 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 7 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 6 SPÖ.

mayor

until 2010 Ferdinand Fürhacker (ÖVP)
since 2010 Erich Hofer (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Parish church Auersthal

Catholic parish church Auersthal hl. Nicholas
Particularly noteworthy are the chapels, martyrs and wayside shrines in and around Auersthal. They are lovingly cared for by the citizens and the village renewal association has cataloged them all in a colored brochure.
The municipal office was completely renovated in 2003.

Theater group Auersthal: The theater group Auersthal association founded in 1983 puts on a play every November.
In Auersthal there is a music association with a music school and a church choir.

economy

In 2001 there were 69 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry operations according to the 1999 survey 126. The number of people in work in the place of residence was 812 according to the 2001 census. In 2001, the activity rate was 44.08 percent.

The central monitoring station for natural gas transport and storage of OMV in Austria is also located here.

literature

Anton Vilanek: Effects of the cultural landscape change on the spatial development of a rural community demonstrated using the example of the market town of Auersthal . Diploma thesis, Vienna University of Technology 2007.