Ice yarn

market community Ice yarn
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Gmuend
License plate :	GD
Surface:	22.52 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 55 '  N , 15 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 55 '0 "  N , 15 ° 6' 0"  E
Height :	565  m above sea level A.
Residents :	680 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	30 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3862
Area code :	02863
Community code :	3 09 06
Address of the municipal administration:	Stiftsplatz 9 3862 Eisgarn
Website:	www.eisgarn.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Günter Schalko ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (15 members)	11 4th 11 4th  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 11 SPÖ : 4
Location of Eisgarn in the Gmünd district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

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

geography

Eisgarn is located in the northern Waldviertel in Lower Austria, six kilometers north of Heidenreichstein . The area of ​​the market town covers 22.49 square kilometers. 42.73 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Ice yarn (356)
• Groß-Radischen (197) with Guggus and Teilhof
• Small Radishes (62)
• Wielings (65)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Eisgarn, Groß-Radischen, Klein-Radischen and Willings.

With the Lower Austria. Municipal structural improvement was merged as of 1 January 1972, the municipalities Eisgarn, Großradischen and Wielings to the municipality Eisgarn.

Neighboring communities

	Reingers
Litschau		Eggern
	Heidenreichstein

history

Eisgarn is a typical clearing name and is derived from the Old Slavic izgorje , which means something like burned-out area . The village was first mentioned in a document in 1294. Johann von Klingenberg, who received the county of Litschau as pledge for the financial support of the Habsburg Albrecht II , founded a secular canon monastery here in 1330 . The foundation was confirmed by the duke in 1344. The school in the monastery building, already mentioned in a document in 1393, still exists today and is one of the oldest elementary schools in Lower Austria.

In 1680 there was an expansion of the settlement through the establishment of the anterior village by Provost Ezechiel Ludwig. Ice yarn was raised to the market in 1930.

coat of arms

A six-spoke silver wagon wheel appears in a green shield.

Community partnerships

Since August 18, 1996 there has been a partnership with the market town of Groß-Schweinbarth in the Gänserndorf district .

Population development

Like many communities in the Waldviertel , Eisgarn is confronted with a population decline. While 1,449 inhabitants were counted in 1910, their number fell below the 1,000 threshold for the first time in 1961 (989). According to the results of the 2001 census , there were only 694 inhabitants, in 2011 only 668. The decline is due to both a negative balance of migration and a negative birth balance . In the last few years Eisgarn was able to slightly increase the number of inhabitants again.

politics

The municipal council has 15 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP and 6 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.

mayor

• until 2010 Karl Brunner (ÖVP)
• 2010–2013 Karl Mader (ÖVP)
• since 2014 Günter Schalko (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Eisgarner Collegiate Church

Collegiate pen Eisgarn

See also:  List of listed objects in Eisgarn

• Parish Church of the Assumption : to the west wing of the likely 1330/40 from the conversion and extension of a Romanesque Marienkirche incurred Gothic church was 1765-1782 a baroque tower with onion dome built. In 1999 the parish church was completely renovated.
• Propsteihof : Gothic core from the 14th century
• Colomanistein

economy

In the municipality of Eisgarn there are 59 agricultural and forestry businesses, 29 of which are full-time businesses (as of 2010). In the manufacturing sector be four operations 37 people working mainly in the production of goods. In the service sector, 20 companies employ 61 people, mainly in trade (as of 2011).

The largest employer in town is the Raiffeisen warehouse.

education

There is a kindergarten and a primary school in the municipality of Eisgarn .

health

A general practitioner is available in the community to provide health care for the population.

Personalities

Honorary citizen of the community

• Ulrich Küchl (* 1943), pastor i. R. von Eisgarn and Altpropst des Stift Eisgarn
• Franz Eglau (1920–2018) master carpenter i. R.
• Ignaz Haimerl (1910–1987), high school supervisor

Web links

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

• 30906 - Ice yarn. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Entry on Eisgarn in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: dissolutions or associations of municipalities from 1945
3. ↑ ^{a b} Marktgemeinde Eisgarn. Retrieved August 16, 2019 . 
4. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Eisgarn, population development. Retrieved August 15, 2019 . 
5. ^ Result of the municipal council election 1995 in Eisgarn. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on May 18, 2020 . 
6. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Eisgarn. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on May 18, 2020 . 
7. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Eisgarn. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on May 18, 2020 . 
8. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Eisgarn. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on May 18, 2020 . 
9. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Eisgarn. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on May 18, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Eisgarn. Office of the Lower Austrian state government, January 26, 2020, accessed on May 18, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Eisgarn, agricultural and forestry operations. Retrieved August 15, 2019 . 
12. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Eisgarn, workplaces. Retrieved August 15, 2019 . 
13. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Eisgarn, employees. Retrieved August 15, 2019 . 
14. ^ Community of Eisgarn, School, Education. Retrieved August 15, 2019 . 
15. ^ Community of Eisgarn, Social Affairs, Health. Retrieved August 15, 2019 .