Fels am Wagram

market community Fels am Wagram
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Tulln
License plate :	TU
Surface:	29.41 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 26 '  N , 15 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '19 "  N , 15 ° 49' 3"  E
Height :	208  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,365 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	80 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3481
Area code :	02738
Community code :	3 21 06
Address of the municipal administration:	Wiener Straße 15 3481 Fels am Wagram
Website:	www.fels-wagram.at
politics
Mayor :	Christian Bauer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (21 members)	15th 4th 2 15th 4th 2  A total of 21 seats ÖVP : 15 SPÖ : 4 FPÖ : 2
Location of Fels am Wagram in the Tulln district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Fels am Wagram is a market town with 2365 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Tulln district in Lower Austria .

geography

The market town is located north of the Danube, on the striking ridge of the Wagram and is best known for its viticulture .

Fels am Wagram is 40 km west of Vienna and 15 km east of Krems an der Donau on the northern edge of the Tullnerfeld directly above the Wagram . The place is about 5 km away from the Danube floodplains and the mouth of the Kamp .

The area of ​​the market town covers 29.5 square kilometers, 6.9 percent of which is forested.

On the loess plateau between Fels and Gösing there are seven cellar lanes called Dorner, Steinagrund, Mitterweg, Zwerigraben, Hammergraben , Scheibe and Floss where typical regional wine cellars can be found.

Community structure

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

• Fels am Wagram (1611) including the Anzenthaler mill and station settlement
• Goesing am Wagram (339)
• Stettenhof (140)
• Thurnthal (275)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Fels am Wagram, Gösing, Stettenhof and Thürnthal.

Neighboring communities

Fels am Wagram with its incorporated villages is surrounded by the following communities:

• in the north: Hohenwarth-Mühlbach am Manhartsberg
• in the northwest: Straß im Straßertale
• in the west: Grafenegg
• in the southwest: Grafenwörth
• in the southeast: Kirchberg am Wagram
• in the northeast: Großriedenthal

history

Thürnthal Castle

The municipality of Fels was raised to market municipality on March 27, 1927 .

During the Second World War , the Fels am Wagram concentration camp was located in Fels , a satellite camp for Hungarian Jews of the Mauthausen concentration camp , as well as a labor camp and a field airfield of the German air force .

Religions

There are Roman Catholic parishes in Fels am Wagram and Gösing am Wagram. The chapel in Fels, which is documented as early as the 14th century, was dedicated to the Pulgarn nunnery and hospital near Steyregg in 1349 . In 1498 the chapel came to the diocese of Passau and was looked after by the mother parish in Kirchberg am Wagram .

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census , there were 1,966 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 1,848 inhabitants, in 1981 1,850 and in 1971 1,925 inhabitants.

Community partnerships

• since 1997 Fels (Luxembourg) in Luxembourg

politics

The municipal council has 21 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. (19 members)
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ, 2 FPÖ and 1 LIF.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 8 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 7 SPÖ. (19 members)
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 8 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.

mayor

• until 2007 Franz Sauerstingl
• 2007–2015 Rudolf Stiegler (ÖVP)
• since 2015 Christian Bauer (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Parish church Fels am Wagram

Parish church of Gösing am Wagram

See also : List of listed objects in Fels am Wagram  and List of cellar lanes in Fels am Wagram

• Thürnthal Castle in Thürnthal: baroque-classicist building by Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach , first half of the 18th century.
• Catholic parish church Fels am Wagram hl. Margaretha
• Catholic parish church Gösing am Wagram hl. John the Baptist: erected in 1671, early baroque

economy

In 2001 there were 57 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry operations 194 according to the 1999 survey. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 900. In 2001, the activity rate was 46.69 percent.

Personalities

People related to the community

• Franz Xaver Gegenbauer (1764–1827), teacher and composer , lived in Fels am Wagram from 1786 until his death

literature

• Hermann Pickl: Chronicle of rock. Market town of Fels am Wagram, Fels am Wagram 1988.

Web links

Commons : Fels am Wagram  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 32106 - Fels am Wagram. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Web presence of the market town of Fels am Wagram

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Fels am Wagram. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed January 30, 2020 . 
3. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Fels am Wagram. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on January 30, 2020 . 
4. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Fels am Wagram. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed January 30, 2020 . 
5. ^ Election result of the local council election 2010 in Fels am Wagram. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on January 30, 2020 . 
6. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Fels am Wagram. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed January 30, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Fels am Wagram. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 30, 2020 .