Bischofstetten

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Bischofstetten (Austria)
Bischofstetten
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Lower Austria
Political District : Melk
License plate : ME
Surface: 19.1 km²
Coordinates : 48 ° 7 '  N , 15 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 7 '24 "  N , 15 ° 28' 12"  E
Height : 274  m above sea level A.
Residents : 1,230 (January 1, 2020)
Population density : 64 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 3232
Area code : 02748
Community code : 3 15 04
NUTS region AT121
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Kirchenplatz 3
3232 Bischofstetten
Website: www.bischofstetten.at
politics
Mayor : Werner Nolz ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(19 members)
12
6th
1
12 6th 1 
A total of 19 seats
Location of Bischofstetten in the Melk district
Bergland Artstetten-Pöbring Bischofstetten Blindenmarkt Dorfstetten Dunkelsteinerwald Emmersdorf an der Donau Erlauf Golling an der Erlauf Hofamt Priel Hürm Kilb Kirnberg an der Mank Klein-Pöchlarn Krummnußbaum Leiben Loosdorf Mank Marbach an der Donau Maria Taferl Melk Münichreith-Laimbach Neumarkt an der Ybbs Nöchling Persenbeug-Gottsdorf Petzenkirchen Pöchlarn Pöggstall Raxendorf Ruprechtshofen St. Leonhard am Forst St. Martin-Karlsbach St. Oswald Schollach (Niederösterreich) Schönbühel-Aggsbach Texingtal Weiten Ybbs an der Donau Yspertal Zelking-Matzleinsdorf NiederösterreichLocation of the municipality of Bischofstetten in the Melk district (clickable map)
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

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Bischofstetten is a market town with 1230 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Melk district in Lower Austria .

geography

Bischofstetten is located in the hilly landscape of the Lower Austrian Mostviertel, 17 kilometers by road southwest of St. Pölten . The area of ​​the market town covers 18.99 square kilometers. 23.87 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 23 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

The community consists of the cadastral community Bischofstetten.

Neighboring communities

Hürm St. Margarethen an der Sierning
( St. Pölten-Land district ) 		Ober-Grafendorf
( St. Pölten-Land district )
Neighboring communities Weinburg
( St. Pölten-Land district )
Kilb Hofstetten-Grünau
( St. Pölten-Land district )

history

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

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census , there were 1186 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 1144 inhabitants, in 1981 there were 1086 and in 1971 a total of 1071 inhabitants.

politics

The municipal council has 19 seats.

In the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the ÖVP won 11 and the SPÖ 8 seats, with the ÖVP losing 2 seats to the SPÖ. With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.

mayor
  • until 2009 Heinrich Fuchs (ÖVP)
  • 2009–2019 Reinhard Hager (ÖVP)
  • since 2019 Werner Nolz (ÖVP)

economy

In 2001 there were 34 non-agricultural workplaces, 74 agricultural and forestry businesses according to the 1999 survey. The number of people in employment at the place of residence was 540 according to the 2001 census. The 2001 employment rate was 46.54 percent. There is an inn and a local supermarket in Bischofstetten.

Culture and sights

Parish Church of Bischofstetten
See also:  List of listed objects in Bischofstetten

Personalities

  • Walter Fantl-Brumlik (1924–2019), survivor of the Holocaust and contemporary witness, who spent his childhood in Bischofstetten.

Web links

Commons : Bischofstetten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mayor Werner Leopold Nolz. In: market town of Bischofstetten. From Bischofstetten.at, accessed on October 16, 2019.
  2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  3. ↑ Results of the 2015 municipal council elections in Bischofstetten. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on November 22, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Bischofstetten. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on March 15, 2020 .