Felixdorf

market community Felixdorf
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Wiener Neustadt-Land
License plate :	WB
Surface:	2.54 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 53 '  N , 16 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 53 '0 "  N , 16 ° 14' 0"  E
Height :	282  m above sea level A.
Residents :	4,359 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	1716 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2603
Area code :	02628
Community code :	3 23 07
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 31 2603 Felixdorf
Website:	www.felixdorf.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Walter Kahrer ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (25 members)	16 8th 1 16 8th 1  A total of 25 seats SPÖ : 16 ÖVP : 8 FPÖ : 1
Location of Felixdorf in the Wiener Neustadt-Land district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Felixdorf is a market town in the Wiener Neustadt-Land district in Lower Austria with 4,359 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

The market town of Felixdorf is located in the southern industrial district in Steinfeld, around 10 km north of Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria. At 2.48 square kilometers, it is the fourth smallest municipality in Lower Austria in terms of area. 10.66 percent of the area is forested.

There are no other cadastral communities apart from Felixdorf . Felixdorf Markt is the only village and the only settlement name.

The southern municipal boundary runs partly along a side branch of the Tirolerbach . The main course of the Piesting flows along the northern edge of the municipality , the water of which drives the turbine of a small hydropower plant just west of the Mohrstrasse bridge. The weir system connected to the power station divides the Piesting into two side arms, between which there is an island completely overgrown with alluvial forest. Just before the bridge of the southern railway, under which the Piesting flows at the northwestern end of the municipality, both side arms meet again.

Dense, natural alluvial forest grows along the entire course of the stream, which has become rare in the southern Vienna Basin. Parts of this forest have already been the subject of local politics several times, land reallocations should enable the community to expand. On the other hand, a movement formed which ultimately led to the formation of the Association for the Protection of the Riparian Forest and the Environment in Felixdorf .

history

Felixdorf (bottom left) and the surrounding area around 1873 (recording sheet of the regional survey )

Kuk artillery barracks (1902: barracks for the shooting test commission )

Before the birth of Christ, the area was part of the Celtic Kingdom of Noricum and belonged to the surroundings of the Celtic hill settlement Burg on the Schwarzenbacher Burgberg .

Later under the Romans, today's Felixdorf was then in the province of Pannonia .

The municipality of Felixdorf is part of the Steinfeld and originally belonged to the municipality of Wiener Neustadt . In order to use this area, the town of Felixdorf was founded in 1821 on the initiative of the mayor of Wiener Neustadt , Felix Mießl . The settlement should originally have been called "Franzensdorf" in honor of Emperor Franz I. But since it was doubted that the settlement was viable, this request was rejected and the settlement was named after the founder Felixdorf. The name "Franzensdorf" was later given to a settlement near Groß-Enzersdorf .

On January 1, 1889, Felixdorf, which until then had belonged to the municipality of Wiener Neustadt, became an independent municipality.

Among other things, the 30.5 cm M.11 mortar was shot in at the Felixdorf artillery firing range in 1911 .

On the night of February 5 to 6, 1921, an express train coming from Italy collided with a freight train in Felixdorf station during heavy snowfall. Seven travelers died and 14 were seriously injured.

→ Main article : Felixdorf railway accident

In 1940, at the suggestion of Hermann Oberth, a rocket test site was built in Felixdorf .

religion

Felixdorf has a Roman Catholic parish , a Protestant church and a mosque.

53.5% of the population are Roman Catholic , 17.0% belong to Islam , 6.5% are Protestant . 19.5% are without religious beliefs. After Waldegg, Felixdorf is the Austrian municipality with the second highest proportion of Muslims in the 2001 census.

Population development

politics

The municipal council has 25 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 18 SPÖ, 4 ÖVP, and 3 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP, 4 FPÖ, and 1 tree-trunk-tree list.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP, 2 FPÖ, 2 Felixdorfer Bürgerinitiative Liste Weiss, and 1 Baum-Stamm-Baum list.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 SPÖ, 7 ÖVP, and 1 Felixdorf citizens' initiative.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 SPÖ, 8 ÖVP, and 3 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 SPÖ, 8 ÖVP, 2 FPÖ, and Felixdorf Independent Citizens' List.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 SPÖ, 8 ÖVP and 1 FPÖ.

mayor

• 1945–1961 Lorenz Frasel
• 1961–1988 Heinrich Ramoser
• 1988-2010 Karl Stieber (SPÖ)
• since 2010 Walter Kahrer (SPÖ)

In 2015, the head of the municipality was unexpectedly terminated by a municipal council resolution with a majority of the SPÖ's votes. In the subsequent court ruling, the Regional Court of Wiener Neustadt saw the expulsion as "immoral and apparently politically motivated", so the chief officer was allowed to resume work in October 2018. The community suffered damage in excess of EUR 200,000 due to the additional salary and legal fees.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Felixdorf

• Filial church Felixdorf

economy

There were 136 non-agricultural workplaces in 2001, agricultural and forestry operations according to the 1999 survey 2. The number of people in work at the place of residence was 1817 according to the 2001 census. In 2001 the activity rate was 43.42 percent.

traffic

The place is on the Südbahn , regional trains and the S-Bahn lines S3 and S4 stop . Every day there are around three trains an hour to Vienna and Wiener Neustadt. In addition, most of the regional trains of the inner Aspangbahn begin , which runs via Traiskirchen to Vienna Central Station . The place is on Wiener Neustädter Straße B 17, so that both Vienna and the district capital Wiener Neustadt are easily accessible. The next driveways to the A2 south motorway to the west of the town can also be reached in a few minutes.

Organizations

Association for the protection of the alluvial forest and the environment in Felixdorf

This association has existed since April 5, 2007 and was able to change some construction projects or prevent their implementation. It is a non-partisan and non-profit-making association. The chairman of the association is Gustav Schranz. He is supported by the deputies Fritz Harrer and Bernd Hrabal, the treasurer Susanna Stöger and numerous other members.

Personalities

Personalities (after 1945):

• Franz Staffa (1907–1981) Member of the National Council, local council in Felixdorf
• Franz Stöhr (1921–1970) Member of the Lower Austrian Parliament, local council in Felixdorf
• Johann Farnleitner (* 1939) former federal minister and councilor in Felixdorf
• Traude Votruba (* 1942) former state councilor in Lower Austria. and councilor in Felixdorf

Honorary Citizen (after 1945):

• Karl Renner (1870–1950) Federal President
• Oskar Helmer (1887–1963) Federal Minister
• Bruno Kreisky (1911–1990) Federal Chancellor
• Hans Coppel (1923–1980) Deputy Governor of Lower Austria.
• Heinrich Ramoser (1925–1993) Mayor of Felixdorf
• Erwin Buchta (* 1935), commercial councilor, former executive councilor in Felixdorf
• Karl Stieber (* 1939) former mayor of Felixdorf

Web links

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

• Homepage of the community of Felixdorf
• SPÖ Felixdorf
• ÖVP Felixdorf
• Association for the protection of the alluvial forest and the environment in Felixdorf

• 32307 - Felixdorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 4th part: Municipalities of Lower Austria 107. Felixdorf . In: Austrian official calendar online . Jusline Austria (Verlag Österreich), Vienna 2002–, ZDB -ID 2126440-5 .
2. ^ Gertrud Gerhartl, Wiener Neustadt. History, art, culture, economy 2nd edition, ISBN 3 7003 1032 3 , p. 376.
3. ↑ Gerhartl, p. 429
4. ↑ Lukas Kapeller: They don't want to become friends , Der Standard , September 22nd and 23rd, 2007, p. 10 online version
5. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Felixdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on September 17, 2019 . 
6. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Felixdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on September 17, 2019 . 
7. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Felixdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on September 17, 2019 . 
8. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Felixdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on September 17, 2019 . 
9. ^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Felixdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on September 17, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Felixdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian state government, January 26, 2020, accessed on February 9, 2020 . 
11. ^ Market town of Felixdorf: Felixdorf . In: The Lower Austrian district of Wiener Neustadt and its communities . 2nd Edition. Lower Austria. Verlag GesmbH, Wiener Neustadt 1996, p. 47 .
12. ↑ Patrick Wammerl: " Bauchfleck " for the community: the head of the office is back . October 10, 2018 ( kurier.at [accessed October 10, 2018]).

Remarks

1. ↑ The shooting range east of Sollenau, which is still known today, but has since been officially renamed the Steinfeld Schießversuchsplatz, has never been part of the Felixdorf municipal area. Its name is largely due to three circumstances: after the founding of the local community Felixdorf, the naming of the heather area of ​​the Steinfeld as Felixdorfer Haide , which settled in Felixdorf (Bahnstrasse 2; from 1902: barracks for the shooting test commission ) from the middle of the 19th century to 1945 military administration of the shooting range as well as the post office, according to which the Felixdorf post office ( post code 2603) is also a delivery office for the communities of Ebenfurth and Matzendorf-Hölles . The Felixdorf shooting range ( ) is part of the Haschendorf cadastral community of the political municipality of Ebenfurth, its postal address is, according to DKM (Hasch) endorf ( sic! ) , Großmittler Straße 20, 2603 Felixdorf . - (Ad barracks from :) The barracks in Felixdorf . In: Rudolf F. Marwan-Schlosser : barracks, soldiers, events. Barracks and military facilities in Wiener Neustadt, Bad Fischau, Wöllersdorf, Katzelsdorf, Felixdorf-Grossmittel-Blumau . Weilburg-Verlag, Wiener Neustadt 1983, ISBN 3-900100-09-8 , pp. 130-134.