Göttlesbrunn-Arbesthal

Göttlesbrunn-Arbesthal is located in the industrial area in Lower Austria in the district of Bruck an der Leitha . The area of the municipality covers 26.25 km², 18.14% of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

Arbesthal (523)
Goettlesbrunn (924)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Arbesthal and Göttlesbrunn.

Incorporations

In 1971 the municipalities of Arbesthal and Göttlesbrunn were merged.

history

Neolithic finds that date back to approx. 3000 BC indicate that today's Göttlesbrunn was already settled in the Stone Age . Were dated. A double-handled vessel, clay vessels and shards as well as various bronze spirals were recovered from a grave from the early Bronze Age (2000 BC). Several plate graves date from the Celtic and Roman times , most of which were uncovered during field work, as well as a medieval treasure trove - a buried pot with around 4,000 pieces of silver and gold coins.

middle Ages

During the time of Charlemagne , farmers came into the country, cleared the land and began to create cultivated land. This first settlement, which was accompanied by Christianization , came to an abrupt end with the devastating defeat of the Bavarian army against the Hungarians in 907. It was not until 955, after the Hungarians had been finally defeated in the battle of the Lechfeld , that the ownership of the Carolingian period was resumed.

In the year 1083 the former name of Arbesthal "Arawezital" appears for the first time in a document. The first documentary mention of Göttlesbrunn comes from the year 1239, but the place was founded much earlier. Since new settlements were looking for areas where there were springs, the “Jägerbründl” spring, which is still known today, played a major role in the development of the place. This fact can also be seen from the origin of the place name: "Gotinsprun" (until 1239), "Gotesprune", "Goteinsprun", "Gödelsprunn" and finally from 1675 "Göttlesbrunn". In the Middle Ages, the "Knights of Götespruner" appear, who appear again and again in later local history. Around 1329 part of the village belonged to the rule of the von Stadeck brothers , which later became part of the Grafschaft von Rohrau , which in the following period had a significant impact on the fate of Göttlesbrunn. The Göttweig monastery exercised its feudal lordship over part of the town and over Arbesthal . From 1524 until the peasants' liberation in 1848, the place remained linked to the family of the Knights von Harrach .

Modern times

During the Reformation , Göttlesbrunn remained Catholic, while Arbesthal - reformed from Trautmannsdorf - was Protestant until 1584. During the first Turkish siege of Vienna in 1529 , but especially during the retreat, Göttlesbrunn and Arbesthal were devastated. The residents fled, if possible, into hiding places or into the forest, where they awaited the retreat. Such a part of the forest is still called “Zitterdörfl” from an old tradition. As soon as the horrors of the Turkish invasion were overcome, the plague broke out in 1575 . As a result, the population was repeatedly exposed to military billeting and requisitions.

In 1602 soldiers burned the place down more than halfway. In 1606 the population was plundered by the insurgent crowds of the Transylvanian Prince Bocskay . No sooner had the troubled places recovered than in 1621, Bethlen Gabor , a prince of Transylvania again invaded Lower Austria. With the exception of the church, Göttlesbrunn was completely burned down. The same fate befell the two villages during the Second Turkish Siege of Vienna in 1683 . When the Kuruzen broke in in 1705, Göttlesbrunn and Arbesthal were again devastated and many residents were killed. The subsequent reconstruction was now only possible with the help of the manor. In 1805 the entire Bruck district was occupied by Napoleonic troops. The population had to deliver food and other things to the French army, but the damage and burdens of the occupation remained bearable. Extensive looting did not occur until 1809. In 1831 cholera first struck the afflicted local population.

In the course of the revolution of 1848 there were again numerous billeting in the village, as well as in the war of 1866 . In 1885 Göttlesbrunn received market rights.

Göttlesbrunn is located in the north of Bruck an der Leitha, around 1873 ( recording sheet of the state survey)

With the First World War and the collapse of the monarchy , material hardship returned to the population. The 1920s and 1930s were overshadowed by a severe economic crisis and political unrest.

Population development

census	Residents
2009	1,367
2006	1,360
2001	1.311
1991	1,209
1981	1.104
1971	1,090
1961	1,077
1910	1,430
1869	1,374

Source: Population development of Göttlesbrunn-Arbesthal. (PDF) Statistics Austria

The north of Göttlesbrunn

Culture and sights

Sports

The SC Göttlesbrunn-Arbesthal played in 2014/2015 and 2016/2017 in the 1st class East in the Lower Austrian Football Association.

Economy and Infrastructure

There were 57 non-agricultural workplaces in 2001, and agricultural and forestry businesses according to the 1999 survey 129. The number of people in work at the place of residence was 654 according to the 2001 census. The employment rate in 2001 was 50.64%, there was an annual average of unemployed in the area 2003 16.

A large part of the farms are dedicated to viticulture.

The two places are on Landesstraße 166 and close to the A 4 motorway . The Göttlesbrunn service station is located there .

The Jakobsweg Burgenland, which comes from Frauenkirchen and is integrated into the Jakobsweg Austria in Haslau-Maria Ellend , runs through Göttlesbrunn, mainly in Burgenland .

politics

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council with 19 members had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 6 SPÖ. With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council with 19 members had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ. With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council with 19 members has the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.