Bergern in the Dunkelsteinerwald
Bergern in the Dunkelsteinerwald
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Lower Austria | |
Political District : | Krems-Land | |
License plate : | KR | |
Main town : | Unterbergern | |
Surface: | 36.73 km² | |
Coordinates : | 48 ° 22 ' N , 15 ° 33' E | |
Height : | 305 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 1,269 (January 1, 2020) | |
Population density : | 35 inhabitants per km² | |
Postal code : | 3512 | |
Area code : | 02714 | |
Community code : | 3 13 03 | |
NUTS region | AT124 | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Unterbergern 29 3512 Unterbergern |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Roman Janacek ( ÖVP ) | |
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members) |
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Location of Bergern in the Dunkelsteinerwald in the Krems-Land district | ||
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Bergern im Dunkelsteinerwald is a municipality with 1269 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Krems-Land district in Lower Austria .
geography
The community is located in the Dunkelsteinerwald in Lower Austria's Mostviertel , but also belongs to the Wachau and, geologically, to the Waldviertel . The area of the municipality covers 36.53 square kilometers. 68.42 percent of the area is forested.
Community structure
The municipal area comprises the following 10 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Geyersberg (23)
- Maria Langegg (29)
- Nettles (64)
- Oberbergern (297)
- Paltmuehl (21)
- Plaimberg (7)
- Scheiblwies (61)
- Schenkenbrunn (145) including Kreuzberg
- Unterbergern (533) including Donauleiten
- Wolfenreith (89)
The community consists of the cadastral communities Geyersberg, Maria Langegg , Nesselstauden, Oberbergern, Scheiblwies, Schenkenbrunn, Unterbergern and Wolfenreith.
Neighboring communities
Mautern | ||
Rossatz-Arnsdorf |
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Paudorf |
Schönbühel-Aggsbach ( Melk ) | Dunkelsteinerwald ( Melk ) | Wölbling ( St. Pölten ) |
history
The large municipality of Bergern was not formed until 1968 through the voluntary amalgamation of the municipalities of Unterbergern, Oberbergern, Schenkenbrunn (with the places Schenkenbrunn, Wolfenreith and the Rotte Paltmühl) and Geyersberg (with the places Geyersberg, Nesselstauden, Scheiblwies, Maria Langegg and the Rotte Plaimberg).
Population development
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politics
Municipal council
In the council there are a total of 19 seats after the municipal elections of 26 January 2020 the following distribution of seats: ÖVP 17, SPÖ 2, other no seats.
mayor
Roman Janacek has been the mayor of the municipality since 2010 , Doris Reisinger is the head of the office.
coat of arms
The coat of arms shows an upward-pointing, curly, golden tip covered with a green conifer, accompanied by a golden vine in a red field with the same grape in front and a golden ear of wheat in a blue field in the back . The municipal flag has the colors red, gold and blue.
Economy and Infrastructure
In 2001 there were 34 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 124. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at the place of residence was 608. The 2001 activity rate was 48.81 percent.
Culture and sights
See the list of listed objects in Bergern in the Dunkelsteinerwald
Personalities
- Hans Haselböck (* 1928), organist and composer
- Gerhard Hradetzky (* 1944), organ builder
Others
Parts of the municipality are in the Wachau World Heritage Site (viticulture in Unterbergern), and the Wachau and Wachau – Jauerling (bird protection) European protected areas , and the municipality is entirely in the Wachau landscape protection area and the surrounding area .
In Geyersberg there is a neo-Druid stone circle that was erected by the local teacher and writer Wilhelm Cerveny at the beginning of the 1980s.
On August 27, 2017, a US military helicopter of the type Black Hawk had to make an emergency landing in the municipality of Bergern after it was damaged in contact with several treetops.
Web links
- Community website
- "Dunkelsteinerwald.net" - mysticism & magic as well as history & stories of the Dunkelsteinerwald region
- 31303 - Bergern in the Dunkelsteinerwald. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ Statistics Austria: dissolutions or associations of municipalities from 1945
- ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Bergern in the Dunkelsteinerwald. Office of the Lower Austrian state government, January 26, 2020, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Helmut Birkhan : Observations on the mysterious image of the Celts, especially in Austria. Celtic conference in Hallstatt 2010, p. 5.
- ↑ US military helicopter made an emergency landing near Krems. In: noe.orf.at. July 27, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
- ↑ US military helicopters had to make an emergency landing in Lower Austria. In: kurier.at. July 28, 2017, accessed December 30, 2017 .