Loich

Loich
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Sankt Pölten-Land
License plate :	PL
Surface:	24.58 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 0 ′  N , 15 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′ 45 "  N , 15 ° 24 ′ 5"  E
Height :	449  m above sea level A.
Residents :	594 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	24 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3211
Area code :	02722
Community code :	3 19 20
Address of the municipal administration:	Loich 5 3211 Loich
Website:	www.loich.gv.at/
politics
Mayor :	Anton Grubner ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (15 members)	10 5 10 5  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 10 SPÖ : 5
Location of Loich in the Sankt Pölten-Land district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Loich after a postcard from around 1910

Loich is an Austrian municipality with 594 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the district of Sankt Pölten-Land in the state of Lower Austria .

geography

The area of ​​the municipality covers 24.51 square kilometers. 65.02 percent of the area is forested.

Loich is located in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria in a side valley of the Pielach , which branches off 4 km southwest of Kirchberg an der Pielach in a southerly direction and is formed by the Loichbach and its tributaries. The place Loich itself is about 30 km southwest of the center of the district and state capital St. Pölten . The area belongs to the Türnitz Alps , a mountain group of the Northern Limestone Alps .

The highest elevations are the Eisenstein at 1185  m above sea level. A. in the southeast and the Schwarzenberg with 1033  m above sea level. A. in the east of the municipality.

Expansion of the municipal area

The area of ​​the municipality of Loich extends from the Pielach Valley in the north to the watershed of the Pielach and Traisen in the south. In the west, south and east the community is bounded by the natural boundaries of the valley formed by the Loichbach. Here the community has its highest elevations with several mountains at an altitude of 1000 meters. The lowest point is 397  m above sea level. A. in the municipality of Dobersnigg, where the Pielach leaves the municipality.

Community structure

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

• Dobersnigg (63)
• Hammerlmühl area (26)
• Loich (211)
• Loicheck area (44)
• Oed area (24)
• Rehgraben area (48)
• Rugged Area (69)
• Schwarzengraben Area (23)
• Settlement (86)

The community consists of the cadastral community Loich.

Neighboring communities

The municipality of Loich borders in the north and in the east on the municipality of Kirchberg an der Pielach . While the border in the north is formed by the Pielach , the border in the east is determined by the 1033 m high Schwarzenberg and in the south by the 1185 m high Eisenstein. In the southeast the community borders on Türnitz ( Lilienfeld district ), in the south and southwest on Schwarzenbach an der Pielach . The neighboring community in the northwest is Frankenfels .

history

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

politics

• Mayor of the community is Anton Grubner.
• In the council there since the municipal elections in 2020 on a total of 15 seats following distribution of seats:

List ÖVP 10, SPÖ 5, others no seats.

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 669 inhabitants. In 1991 the community had 653 inhabitants, in 1981 661 and in 1971 656 inhabitants.

Attractions

• Local history museum: the local history museum of the Loich culture and local history association is partly an open-air museum, consisting of a drying house, a press house, the Pichl mill and the local area. The grinding process from grain to flour can be demonstrated in the mill. In addition, old farm equipment about fruit growing and processing, equipment for wool, hemp and flax processing, equipment and documents about coal mining and a mineral collection can be viewed.

• Parish church: built in 1784, with baroque side altars, consecrated to St. Nicholas
• Kaiser Jubilee Fountain: erected by the Loich community on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Emperor Franz Josef

See also:  List of listed objects in Loich

Economy and Infrastructure

The Pielachtaler Moststube in the Dobersnigg district near the Loich train station (2018)

In 2001 there were 23 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 64 in agriculture and forestry. The number of people in work at home was 296 according to the 2001 census. In 2001, the employment rate was 45.73 percent.

traffic

Loich station (2018)

The municipality of Loich is located away from the main roads and can only be reached via the state road running in the valley of the Loichbach , which branches off from the Pielachtal road (B 39) in the Dobersnigg district . Via the B 39 there is a connection to the district and state capital St. Pölten as well as the West Autobahn (A 1) about 30 km away.

In the north of the municipality, the Mariazellerbahn runs along the Pielach. The Loich stop is in the Dobersnigg part of the municipality . From here there are hourly regional train connections to St. Pölten.

Personalities

People related to the community:

• Heinz Fischer (* 1938), Austrian Federal President , spent part of his childhood in Loich and also attended the local school

Honorary citizen:

• Alois Hösl, Mayor from 1964 to 1987
• Wilhelm Sommerecker, honorary chief fire inspector and commander of the Loich volunteer fire brigade from 1982 to 1991

literature

• Franz Xaver Schweickhardt : Representation of the Archduchy of Austria under the Ens, Ober-Wienerwald district (today around Mostviertel), Volume 7: Schwerbach area (Kirchberg rule) to Weissenbach , Vienna 1837 ( online version ).
• Monika Bobak: 700 years of Loich - Loich community chronicle, created on the occasion of the 700th anniversary. Loich municipality, 2007

Web links

Commons : Loich  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community Loich Homepage of the community

• 31920 - Loich. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )