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Breiteneich (village) ; locality ; cadastral community Breiteneich
	Basic data
Pole. District , state	Horn (HO), Lower Austria
Pole. local community	horn
Coordinates	48 ° 40 ′ 27 " N , 15 ° 41 ′ 34" E Coordinates: 48 ° 40 ′ 27 " N , 15 ° 41 ′ 34" E
height	330 m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	384 (January 1, 2020)
Area d. KG	8.76 km²
Post Code	3580
prefix	+ 43/02982
	Statistical identification
Locality code	03963
Cadastral parish number	10041
Counting district / district	Breiteneich (31109 005)
	Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; NÖGIS

BW

Breiteneich is a place and a cadastral municipality of the municipality of Horn in the Horn district in Lower Austria .

geography

The place is on the eastern edge of the Horner Basin . The altitude in the town center is 330 meters. The area of the cadastral community covers 8.76 km². The population is 353 (as of 2001).

Post Code

Different postcodes are used in Horn. Breiteneich has the postcode number 3580.

history

The area of Breiteneich was already settled in the Neolithic , as various finds show. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1223 in the Middle Ages. Around 1400 a Jörg of Praytenaycher can be traced and in 1429 there are first indications of a castle, which is called Capella Castri Praittenaich in a spring . In 1541 Margarthe and Erasmus von Schneckenreith built Breiteneich Castle as one of the earliest Renaissance castles in Lower Austria.

On October 1, 1938, the local and cadastral community Breiteneich was incorporated into Horn and became independent again on October 10, 1945. Since January 1st 1970 the place belongs again to the municipality Horn.

Population development

Number of inhabitants
(source: Ortlexikon Niederösterreich)
year	1830	1890	1923	1951	1961	1971	1991	2001
Residents	283	384	424	377	329	328	299	353

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Breiteneich is located on the municipal road from Horn to Rodingersdorf and on the Kamptalbahn . The ÖBB operate the request stop Breiteneich b. Horn . The PostBus bus company travels to the Breiteneich-Ortsmitte stop on lines 1251 ( Retz - Jetzelsdorf ), 1253 and 1255 (Horn-Retz), 1302 (Horn- Eggenburg ), 1315 (Horn- Weitersfeld ) and 9156 (Schweinburg-Horn).

Attractions

Old castle in Breiteneich

Breiteneich Castle : The old castle was built in 1541, came into the possession of the Hoyos family in 1766and is now privately owned after several changes of ownership. The New Palace next to it was built in 1670.

Prussian cemetery : Outside the village is the Prussian cemetery. A memorial commemorates the events of 1866soldiers of the Prussian army buriedafter a cholera epidemic during the Austro-Prussian War .

On the right side of the road to Horn is the former castle tavern , the construction of which is similar to the old castle. It is a two-story building with a beautifully decorated arched portal. The six windows on the upper floor are adorned with rampant sgraffito strips. Two saddled horses dominate the facade; they give the impression that they have just thrown their riders off. The year 1583 appears twice.

Web links

Entry for Breiteneich in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
Website of the municipality of Horn
Literature about Breiteneich in the Lower Austrian State Library
Breiteneich's pictures in the topographical collection of the Lower Austrian State Library

Individual evidence

^ Hermann Maurer: Two new zoomorphic sculptures of linear ceramics from Breiteneich, VB Horn, Lower Austria. In: Find reports from Austria , 34th vol. (1995), pp. 435-436.
^ Franz Eppel: The Waldviertel. His works of art, historical forms of life and settlement. 8th edition, Salzburg 1984, p. 85, ISBN 3-900173-01-X .
^ Herman Rafetseder: Area and name changes of the municipalities of Austria since the middle of the 19th century (= research on the history of the cities and markets of Austria 2). Linz 1989, p. 151. ISBN 3-900387-22-2 .
↑ Historisches Ortlexikon Niederösterreich ( Memento of the original dated November 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.2 MB), part 2, p. 44. @1@ 2
^ Franz Eppel: The Waldviertel. His works of art, historical forms of life and settlement. 8th edition, Salzburg 1984, p. 85, ISBN 3-900173-01-X .

[1] Hermann Maurer: Two new zoomorphic sculptures of linear ceramics from Breiteneich, VB Horn, Lower Austria. In: Find reports from Austria , 34th vol. (1995), pp. 435-436.

[2] Franz Eppel: The Waldviertel. His works of art, historical forms of life and settlement. 8th edition, Salzburg 1984, p. 85, ISBN 3-900173-01-X .

[3] Herman Rafetseder: Area and name changes of the municipalities of Austria since the middle of the 19th century (= research on the history of the cities and markets of Austria 2). Linz 1989, p. 151. ISBN 3-900387-22-2 .

[4] Historisches Ortlexikon Niederösterreich ( Memento of the original dated November 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.2 MB), part 2, p. 44. @1@ 2

[Eppel-5] Franz Eppel: The Waldviertel. His works of art, historical forms of life and settlement. 8th edition, Salzburg 1984, p. 85, ISBN 3-900173-01-X .