Echsenbach

market community Echsenbach
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Zwettl
License plate :	ZT
Surface:	23.11 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 43 '  N , 15 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 43 '0 "  N , 15 ° 12' 0"  E
Height :	572  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,274 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	55 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	3804, 3900, 3902, 3903
Area code :	02849
Community code :	3 25 04
Address of the municipal administration:	Kirchenberg 6 3903 Echsenbach
Website:	www.echsenbach.at
politics
Mayor :	Josef Baireder ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	15th 2 2 15th 2 2  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 15 FPÖ : 2 SPÖ : 2
Location of Echsenbach in the Zwettl district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Echsenbach is a market town with 1274 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Zwettl district in Lower Austria .

geography

Echsenbach is located in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the market town covers 23.13 km². 21.65 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Echsenbach (791)
• Gerweis (133)
• Grand Kainraths (93)
• Haimschlag (86)
• Small Poppies (78)
• Rieweis (30)
• Wolfenstein (63)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Echsenbach, Gerweis, Großkainraths, Haimschlag, Kleinpoppen, Rieweis and Wolfenstein.

Neighboring communities

	Vitis ( Waidhofen )	Schwarzenau
Zwettl		Allentsteig

history

Echsenbach, the noble seat of the von Ochsenbach family , was first mentioned in a document in 1175.

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1249 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 1259 inhabitants, in 1981 1214 and in 1971 1315 inhabitants.

politics

Mayor of the market town is Josef Baireder, Maria Kletzl's head of office.

In the market town council there after the local elections of 26 January 2020 on a total of 19 seats following distribution of seats: ÖVP 15, the FPÖ and SPÖ 2 2 seats.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Echsenbach

• Austria's only schnapps glass museum with around a thousand exhibits from the Harald Rath collection.
• Twice a year Glass Art Weeks (glass blowing in the glassworks).

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2001 there were 36 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 90 in agriculture and forestry. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at the place of residence was 586. The 2001 employment rate was 48.27 percent. The largest employer in the community is Hartl Haus Holzindustrie GmbH .

Regional cooperation

The market town of Echsenbach is a member of the ASTEG micro-region .

Personalities

• Rudolf Franz Eichhorn (1853–1925), pastor and social reformer, was born in the Kleinpoppen district.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Echsenbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 31, 2020 . 

Web links

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

• Website of the market town of Echsenbach

• 32504 - Echsenbach. Community data, Statistics Austria .