Bischofstetten
market community Bischofstetten
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Lower Austria | |
Political District : | Melk | |
License plate : | ME | |
Surface: | 19.1 km² | |
Coordinates : | 48 ° 7 ' N , 15 ° 28' 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 |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Werner Nolz ( ÖVP ) | |
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members) |
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Location of Bischofstetten in the Melk district | ||
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
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):
- Bischofstetten (690)
- Book Trench (17)
- Christenberg (38)
- Dörfl (41)
- Grossa (8)
- Grünwies (15)
- Hague (38)
- Haberg (13)
- Hanau (35)
- Back pit (17)
- Mitterschildbach (17)
- Neubing (37)
- Niederbauern (6)
- Oberschildbach (14)
- Oberweg (7)
- Rametzhofen (33)
- Sierning (28)
- Strohdorf (35) including Stockhof
- Tonach (79) including grub and fiefdom
- Unterschildbach (33)
- On the move (8)
- Winkelsdorf (14)
- Zauching (7)
The community consists of the cadastral community Bischofstetten.
Neighboring communities
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
- Catholic parish church Bischofstetten hl. Agatha
Personalities
- Walter Fantl-Brumlik (1924–2019), survivor of the Holocaust and contemporary witness, who spent his childhood in Bischofstetten.
Web links
- Website of the market town
- 31504 - Bischofstetten. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mayor Werner Leopold Nolz. In: market town of Bischofstetten. From Bischofstetten.at, accessed on October 16, 2019.
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ Results of the 2015 municipal council elections in Bischofstetten. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on November 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Bischofstetten. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on March 15, 2020 .