Eggern

market community Eggern
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Gmuend
License plate :	GD
Surface:	20.23 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 54 '  N , 15 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 54 '0 "  N , 15 ° 8' 0"  E
Height :	578  m above sea level A.
Residents :	680 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	34 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3861
Area code :	02863
Community code :	3 09 04
Address of the municipal administration:	Marktplatz 1 3861 Eggern
Website:	www.eggern.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Karl Schraml ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (15 members)	13 2 13 2  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 13 SPÖ : 2
Location of Eggern in the Gmünd district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Eggern is a market town with 680 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Gmünd district in Lower Austria .

geography

Eggern is located in the northern Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the market town covers 20.2 square kilometers. 36.77 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Eggern (481) including mountains, Guggus and Niederwehr
• Reinberg-Heidenreichstein (107) including Pengers
• Reinberg-Litschau (92)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Eggern, Reinberg-Heidenreichstein and Reinberg-Litschau.

Neighboring communities

Reingers		Kautzen ( Waidhofen )
Ice yarn		Gastern ( Waidhofen )
Heidenreichstein		Pfaffenschlag ( Waidhofen )

history

Eggern was first mentioned in a document in 1230 and originally belonged to the county of Raabs-Litschau. Until 1635 Eggern was an imperial estate of its own. The church from 1792, consecrated to St. Aegidius , forms the cultural center of the place .

In 1590/91 Eggern counted 17 subordinate houses; In 1751 the place had 18 subordinate houses. From the end of the 17th century Eggern was part of the Litschau rule.

coat of arms

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Population development

The population of Eggern has been falling continuously for decades, as both the birth balance and the migration balance are negative.

Culture and sights

Eggern parish church

See also:  List of listed objects in Eggern

• Catholic parish church Eggern hl. Aegyd

economy

There are 48 agricultural and forestry businesses in Eggern, 18 of which are full-time businesses (as of 2010). 22 people are employed in the manufacturing sector, mainly in the manufacture of goods. In the service sector, sixteen companies employ 49 people (as of 2011).

politics

The municipal council has 15 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.

mayor

• until 2005 Erwin Zlabinger (ÖVP)
• 2005–2019 Herbert Zimmermann (ÖVP)
• since 2019 Karl Schraml (ÖVP)

Personalities

• Franz Wurz (* 1946), automobile athlete
• Alexander Wurz (* 1974), F1 racing driver

literature

• Stephan Biedermann: History of the parish Eggern (Eggern 1954).
• Josef Bauer: Eggern. 1230-1988. Market survey and award of the coat of arms (Eggern 1978).
• Stefan René Buzanich: The lifeworld of the village subjects of the Kuefstein rule Litschau as reflected in the legacy treatises of the 1st half of the 18th century (dissertation at the University of Vienna, 2020, 4 volumes).

Web links

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

• 30904 - Eggern. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• http://www.eggern.gv.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Stefan René Buzanich: The lifeworld of the village subjects of the Kuefstein rule Litschau as reflected in the legacy treatises of the 1st half of the 18th century (dissertation at the University of Vienna, 2020, 4 volumes). S. 23 .
3. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Eggern, population development. Retrieved August 15, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Eggern, agriculture and forestry. Retrieved August 15, 2019 . 
5. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Eggern, workplaces. Retrieved August 15, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Eggern, employees. Retrieved August 15, 2019 . 
7. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Eggern. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on April 27, 2020 . 
8. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Eggern. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed April 27, 2020 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the 2005 municipal council elections in Eggern. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on April 27, 2020 . 
10. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Eggern. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on April 27, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Results of the 2020 municipal council elections in Eggern. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on April 27, 2020 .