Göstling on the Ybbs
market community Göstling on the Ybbs
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Lower Austria | |
Political District : | Scheibbs | |
License plate : | SB | |
Surface: | 143.66 km² | |
Coordinates : | 47 ° 48 ' N , 14 ° 56' E | |
Height : | 532 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 2,025 (January 1, 2020) | |
Population density : | 14 inhabitants per km² | |
Postal code : | 3345 | |
Area code : | 07484 | |
Community code : | 3 20 02 | |
NUTS region | AT121 | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Göstling an der Ybbs 41 3345 Göstling an der Ybbs |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Friedrich Fahrnberger ( ÖVP ) | |
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (21 members) |
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Location of Göstling an der Ybbs in the Scheibbs district | ||
Göstling in summer |
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Göstling an der Ybbs is a market town in the Scheibbs district in Lower Austria with 2025 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).
geography
Göstling an der Ybbs is located in the Mostviertel in Eisenwurzen in Lower Austria. The area of the market town covers 143.55 square kilometers. 84.7 percent of the area is forested.
The market is on the Lower Austria. Eisenstrasse in the middle of the Göstling Alps ( Hochkar 1808 m , Dürrenstein 1878 m ) in the triangle of Lower Austria , Styria and Upper Austria and belongs to the political district of Scheibbs . Geographically, Göstling and the Göstling Alps mountain group belong to the northern Limestone Alps .
Community structure
The municipality includes the following 13 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Eisenwiesen (28) including book maize
- Göstling an der Ybbs (557)
- Großegg (2) and courtyard
- Hochreit (107)
- Koenigsberg (88)
- Lassing (170) including Hochkar
- Mendling (18)
- Oberkogelsbach (46)
- Pernegg (26)
- Steinbach Wall (88)
- Stixenlehen (331) including ditch, oil ditch and Senonerfeld
- Straw Market (340)
- Ybbssteinbach (224) including Hagenbach, Hochrieß and Steinbach
The community consists of the cadastral communities Göstling, Hochreith, Königsberg, Lassing, Steinbachmauer and Ybbssteinbach.
Neighboring communities
St. Georgen am Reith ( Amstetten district ) | Lunz am See | |
Hollenstein an der Ybbs ( Amstetten district ) | Gaming | |
Landl ( district Liezen , Styria ) | Wildalpen ( district Liezen , Styria ) |
history
In ancient times, the area was part of the Noricum province .
In the Göstling massacre, which took place on the night of April 12th to 13th, 1945, 76 Jewish slave laborers (42 women, 23 men and 11 children) were murdered in Göstling . Members of the Waffen SS and HJ set the victims' camp barracks on fire using bazookas and hand grenades .
Population development
According to the results of the 2001 census , there were 2,181 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 2,187 inhabitants, in 1981 2,198 and in 1971 2,159 inhabitants.
Culture and sights
- Catholic parish church Göstling an der Ybbs hl. Andreas: late baroque, Gothic gates, tower redesigned in Baroque style in 1718 by Josef Munggenast . The pictures of St. Andrew, St. Mary and St. Anthony of Padua were painted in 1794 by Martin Johann Schmidt , known as Kremser Schmidt.
- Catholic parish church Mendling zu Lassing hl. Laurentius
- Sgraffito: Sgraffito in Göstling an der Ybbs (see "Gallery" below)
- Dr. Stepan Park
Events
- Whitsun festival: annual Whitsun festival of the local football club
- Siebenhüttenfest: organized by the ski club and the Kameradschaftsbund around Mary's Admission to Heaven
- Snowflake Ball of the Young ÖVP : a ball on or around St. Stephen's Day
- Mountain rescue festival: always takes place on the first weekend in August
Economy and Infrastructure
In the past, the place was characterized by the iron industry ( Eisenwurzen ) and agriculture . Today, besides agriculture and forestry, tourism is predominant.
In 2001 there were 99 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry holdings 110 according to the 1999 survey. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 907. The 2001 activity rate was 42.54 percent. One of the employers is the Ybbstaler Solebad, which opened in December 2009 and has around 60 employees.
tourism
- Ybbstaler brine bath
- Winter tourism: Göstling is one of the most traditional holiday destinations in Lower Austria and, with the Hochkar, has the largest and most snow-sure ski area in Lower Austria. There are slopes of all levels of difficulty, from easy slopes to steep mogul slopes. The ski area has four four-seater chairlifts, a detachable four-seater chairlift, two drag lifts and a double chairlift. In addition to another, smaller ski area (Steinbach lifts), natural tobogganing, an indoor swimming pool with a sauna park, several cross-country ski trails , including the "Hochreit panorama trail " and ice rinks, complement the tourist offers in winter.
- Summer tourism: In summer tourism, hiking up to 1880 m above sea level on managed alpine pastures, rafting , paragliding and the “ Mendlingtal ” adventure world with one of the last wooden drift systems in Europe should be emphasized.
traffic
- Rail: Until 2009, Göstling had a station on the narrow-gauge Ybbstalbahn of the ÖBB . In summer 2012 the museum railway Kienberg-Gaming - Lunz, a former section of the Ybbstalbahn, was extended to Göstling.
- Bus: There are public bus routes to Waidhofen an der Ybbs , Scheibbs , Palfau and the Hochkar valley station.
politics
The municipal council has 21 members.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 9 SPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 8 SPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 8 SPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 9 SPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 8 SPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 9 SPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
mayor
- until 2007 Viktor Gusel (ÖVP)
- 2008–2014 Franz Heigl (ÖVP)
- since 2014 Friedrich Fahrnberger (ÖVP)
Personalities
- Christoph Bertl (* 1981), pop singer, composer and entertainer
- Andreas Buder (* 1979), ski racer, grew up in Göstling
- Elfi Deufl (* 1958), ski racer, lives in Göstling
- Johannes Dürr (* 1987), cross-country skier, grew up in Göstling
- Katharina Gallhuber (* 1997), ski racer, lives in Göstling
- Franz Kemetmüller (* 1961), district captain
- Herbert Mandl (* 1961), alpine ski trainer and ski racer, grew up in Göstling
- Olga Pall (* 1947), ski racer, was born in Göstling
- Thomas Sykora (* 1968), Austrian ski racer
- Kathrin Zettel (* 1986), ski racer, lives in Göstling
literature
- Elisabeth Kraus-Kassegg: Göstling market on the Ybbs. Past and present. Festschrift on the occasion of the market survey. Göstling an der Ybbs 1962.
- Michaela Herrmann: Chronicle of the market town of Göstling for the years 1305–2005. Göstling at the Ybbs 2005.
- Herrmann Strobl: Chronicle of the year market town Göstling an der Ybbs 1900–1969. 2nd Edition. Göstling at the Ybbs 2010.
- Martin Prieschl: The Göstling massacre on April 13, 1945. In: Edition Austria 1938–45. Archiv-Verlag, Vienna / Braunschweig 2015 (loose-leaf collection).
Web links
- Side of the community
- Ybbstaler brine bath
- 32002 - Göstling on the Ybbs. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ Heinz Arnberger, Claudia Kuretsidis-Haider (ed.): Commemoration and dunning in Lower Austria. Reminder signs of resistance, persecution, exile and liberation (= part of: Anne Frank Shoah Library ). 2nd Edition. Mandelbaum Verlag, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-85476-367-3 .
- ^ Result of the municipal council election 1995 in Göstling an der Ybbs. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on October 12, 2019 .
- ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Göstling an der Ybbs. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on October 12, 2019 .
- ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Göstling an der Ybbs. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on October 12, 2019 .
- ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Göstling an der Ybbs. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on October 12, 2019 .
- ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Göstling an der Ybbs. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on October 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Göstling an der Ybbs. Office of the Lower Austrian state government, January 26, 2020, accessed on February 29, 2020 .