Bergland (Lower Austria)

Mountain country
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Melk
License plate :	ME
Surface:	33.87 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 9 '  N , 15 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 9 '20 "  N , 15 ° 10' 56"  E
Height :	252  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,938 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	3254
Area code :	07416
Community code :	3 15 03
Address of the municipal administration:	Bergland 1 3254 Bergland
Website:	www.bergland.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Walter Wieseneder ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	15th 3 1 15th 3 1  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 15 SPÖ : 3 FPÖ : 1
Location of Bergland in the Melk district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Bergland is a municipality with 1938 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Melk district in Lower Austria .

geography

Bergland is located in the Lower Austrian Mostviertel on both sides of the Erlauf north of Wieselburg . The area of ​​the municipality covers 33.87 km², 17.4% of the area is forested.

Community structure

The community consists of the only village Bergland or the cadastral communities :

• Mountain country
• Gumprechtsberg including Annatsberg, Dürnbach , Lehen, Preßbach and Schöllenbach
• Holzing including Echling, Fohra, Königstetten, Oberweinzierlberg, Pyhra, Reidl, Unterweinzierlberg and Weinzierlberg
• Landfriedstetten including Dollbach, Hosinghof, Kendl, Reith and Schwannerfelden
• Plaika including Berging, Edichenthal, Hagenau, Krottenthal, Oberegging, Polln, Thalling and Unteregging
• Ratzenberg including Henning, Kolm, Mitterndorf , Obereichen and Untereichen
• Welfare well including wocking

Neighboring communities

Ybbs on the Danube	Erlauf	Pöchlarn ∗∗ Zelking-Matzleinsdorf
Neumarkt an der Ybbs		Ruprechtshofen
Petzenkirchen * Wieselburg ∗ ( District Scheibbs ) Wieselburg-Land ∗ ( District Scheibbs )

^∗ Petzenkirchen and the town of Wieselburg behind it are embedded between the Bergland and Wieselburg-Land, so that the latter border on both sides of Wieselburg

^∗∗ only a short distance

history

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

Bergland is a young community; it emerged from the earlier communities Landfriedstetten and Ratzenberg, which merged in 1968, and Holzing and Gumprechtsberg (affiliated in 1972).

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census , there were 1747 inhabitants. In 1991 the community had 1614 inhabitants, in 1981 1528 and in 1971 1511 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: 16 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, and 4 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, and 5 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.

mayor

• 1985-2017 Franz Wieser (ÖVP)
• since 2017 Walter Wieseneder (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Bergland (Lower Austria)

• Remains of the Wocking moated castle

economy

In 2001 there were 65 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry businesses according to the 1999 survey 141. The number of people in work in the place of residence was 856 according to the 2001 census. In 2001 the activity rate was 50.2%. On the border with Wieselburg one was Hofer KG -Filiale built.

Web links

Commons : Bergland, Lower Austria  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• http://www.bergland.gv.at
• 31503 - Bergland (Lower Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 50 years of Bergland municipality - website of Bergland municipality (accessed June 9, 2018)
2. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Bergland. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on August 7, 2019 . 
3. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Bergland. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on August 7, 2019 . 
4. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Bergland. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on August 7, 2019 . 
5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Bergland. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on August 7, 2019 . 
6. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Bergland. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on August 7, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Bergland. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on March 15, 2020 . 
8. ↑ "Providing incentives for a life in the mountains". In: gemeindebund.at. September 25, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017 .