Kottes-Purk

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Kottes-Purk
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Kottes-Purk (Austria)
Kottes-Purk
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Lower Austria
Political District : Zwettl
License plate : ZT
Main town : Kottes
Surface: 58.48 km²
Coordinates : 48 ° 25 ′  N , 15 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 706  m above sea level A.
Residents : 1,465 (January 1, 2020)
Population density : 25 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 3622, 3623
Area code : 02873
Community code : 3 25 15
NUTS region AT124
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Kottes 18
3623 Kottes-Purk
Website: www.kottes-purk.at
politics
Mayor : Josef Zottl ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(19 members)
16
3
16 3 
A total of 19 seats
Location of Kottes-Purk in the Zwettl district
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Kottes, capital of the municipality of Kottes-Purk
Kottes, capital of the municipality of Kottes-Purk
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Kottes-Purk is a market town with 1465 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Zwettl district in Lower Austria . Kottes lies between 650 m and 890 m above sea level, surrounded by forest-covered hills.

geography

Sommerlinde natural monument in Günzles
Natural monument field maple in Purk

Kottes-Purk is located in the valley of the Kleine Krems in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the market town covers 58.6 square kilometers. 38.68 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 32 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

The community consists of the cadastral communities Bernhards, Dankholz, Doppl, Elsenreith, Ensberg, Ernst, Felles, Fohra, Gotthardschlag, Gschwendt, Günzles, Heitzles, Hörans, Kalkgrub, Kottes, Leopolds, Münichreith, Pfaffenschlag, Pötzles, Purk, Reichpolds, Richterhof, Runds, Schoberhof, Singenreith, Teichmanns, Trittings, Voirans, Voitsau, Weikartsschlag and Wernhies.

Neighboring communities

Sallingberg Lichtenau in the Waldviertel
Ottenschlag Neighboring communities Albrechtsberg on the Great Krems
Kirchschlag , Raxendorf Mühldorf Weinzierl am Walde

history

Before 1108 Voitsau was still called Vogitisawa = Au des Vogit (the bailiff).

This region of the southern Waldviertel was under the influence of the noble-free Waldo von Grie towards the end of the 11th century and was shaped by farms belonging to aristocratic entourage. This was also the case with Kottes, whose court in the last third of the 11th century represented a kind of opening center for clearing and in the 12th century developed into an administrative center due to the development of the parish.

The cleared area around Purk was in the border area of ​​Waldos, where he had set up a permanent house (= "Wallburg"?). The territory came under contract to the Margrave of Babenberg , who handed it over to his sister Gerberga, wife of the Bohemian Duke Bořivoj II. , Around 1100 as a marriage property . By 1120 at the latest, she had a church built in the area of ​​the castle in swampy ground, which was consecrated in 1124. The later Anger shape of the place is deceptive. In the early 12th century Göttweiger owned, the settlement consisted of a line of seven farmers west of the Purker Paches with farm fields of approx. 11 yoke. A half-sized hoof indicates the service function at the castle / church. Adjacent there, the Göttweiger official seat was created from another hoof. It was not until the 14th century that the monastery gradually settled peasants east of the church, which resulted in the anger shape of the town center. (Univ. Doz. Dr. Hans Krawarik)

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census , there were 1628 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 1672 inhabitants, in 1981 1788 and in 1972 1890 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: 16 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
  • With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
mayor
  • 1971–1990 Josef Vogl
  • 1990–1992 Friedrich Lagler
  • 1992–2005 Franz Hörhan (ÖVP)
  • 2005–2017 Wolfgang Vogl (ÖVP)
  • since 2017 Josef Zottl (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Parish Church of Kottes
Purk Parish Church
Elsenreith local chapel
Local chapel Voitsau
Corn cutters in Kottes
See also:  List of listed objects in Kottes-Purk

economy

In 2001 there were 60 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 238. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment in the place of residence was 726. In 2001 the activity rate was 46.13 percent.

Wachau marble was quarried in the numerous quarries .

literature

  • Heimat Kottes-Purk, published by the market town of Kottes-Purk.

Web links

Commons : Kottes-Purk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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 Kottes-Purk. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on December 6, 2019 .
  3. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Kottes-Purk. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed December 6, 2019 .
  4. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Kottes-Purk. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed December 6, 2019 .
  5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Kottes-Purk. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed December 6, 2019 .
  6. ^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Kottes-Purk. Office of the Lower Austrian state government, December 1, 2015, accessed on December 6, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Kottes-Purk. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 31, 2020 .