Eschenau (Lower Austria)

Eschenau is located in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria in a side valley of the Traisen about 20 km south of St. Pölten . The area of the community, a church and scattered settlement, covers 24.71 square kilometers. 49.68 percent of the area is forested. The highest mountain is the Lindenberg at 946 m, followed by the Lorenzipechkogel at 883 m. A popular destination is the Kaiserkogel with the Kaiserkogelhütte at 716 m above sea level.

Community structure

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

Eschenau (582) including Entzberg, Inzenreith and Windbichl
Laimergraben (23)
Rotheau (491) including Au
Sonnleitgraben (21)
Steubach (148) including Buchberg, Ehrenecker Kogel, Haselhof and Uferweg settlement
Wehrabach (28)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Eschenau and Wehrabach .

Neighboring communities

In the Lilienfeld district :

In the St. Pölten-Land district :

history

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

In 1230 the place was mentioned in a document as "Eschenowe" owned by the Lilienfeld Abbey. At that time the parish was incorporated by the monastery . In the 13th century , the Altenburg , the ancestral seat of the ministerial family of the Altenburgs , was located near the suburb of Rotheau . Eschenau has been an independent parish since 1786.

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census , there were 1162 inhabitants. In 1991 the community had 1016 inhabitants, in 1981 1024 and in 1971 1020 inhabitants.

politics

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The municipal council has 19 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ, 2 Rotheau / Eschenau Active List (REAL) and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ and 1 non-partisan citizens' list Eschenau / Rotheau.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 15 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.

mayor

1945 Gustav Neuber
1946–1960 Josef Kaiser
1960–1970 Anton Haidinger
1970–1987 Josef Kaiser
1987–1991 Fridolin Oblasser
1992–1996 Hubert Wochner
1996–2000 Karl Teicher
2000-2008 Franz Wögerer
since 2008 Alois Kaiser (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Parish church Eschenau in Lower Austria

Catholic parish church Eschenau in Lower Austria hl. Katharina: A simple hall church around 1300 with a retracted square choir square and a massive fortified tower in the south, which was expanded in 1541.

Center of Eschenau from Kaiserkogel seen from
Kaiserkogel - Kaiserkogelhütte
Elementary school; Established in 1908 as a jubilee elementary school on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I.
Rotheau-Eschenau train station with rental bike station in August 2014

economy

In 2001 there were 40 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 79 in agriculture and forestry. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 532. The 2001 employment rate was 47.33 percent.

traffic

Road: The L107 Rotheau - Rabenstein an der Pielach , which connects Traisental and Pielachtal , runs through the community .

Web links

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

Municipality of Eschenau Homepage of the municipality
31402 - Eschenau (Lower Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

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

^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Eschenau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed October 10, 2019 .

^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Eschenau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed October 10, 2019 .

^ Election result of the 2005 municipal council election in Eschenau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed October 10, 2019 .

^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Eschenau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed October 10, 2019 .

^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Eschenau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on October 10, 2019 .

↑ Results of the 2020 municipal council elections in Eschenau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 26, 2020 .

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[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-1] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[NÖGrw1995_31402-2] Result of the local council election 1995 in Eschenau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed October 10, 2019 .

[NÖGrw2000_31402-3] Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Eschenau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed October 10, 2019 .

[NÖGrw2005_31402-4] Election result of the 2005 municipal council election in Eschenau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed October 10, 2019 .

[NÖGrw2010_31402-5] Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Eschenau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed October 10, 2019 .

[NÖGrw2015_31402-6] Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Eschenau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on October 10, 2019 .

[NÖGrw2020_31402-7] Results of the 2020 municipal council elections in Eschenau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 26, 2020 .