Gastern

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market community
Gastern
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Gastern (Austria)
Gastern
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Lower Austria
Political District : Waidhofen an der Thaya
License plate : WT
Surface: 24.98 km²
Coordinates : 48 ° 53 '  N , 15 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '0 "  N , 15 ° 13' 0"  E
Height : 504  m above sea level A.
Residents : 1,194 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code : 3852
Area code : 02864
Community code : 3 22 06
Address of the
municipal administration:
Hauptstrasse 19
3852 Gastern
Website: www.gastern.at
politics
Mayor : Roland Datler ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(19 members)
15th
2
1
1
15th 
A total of 19 seats
Location of Gastern in the Waidhofen an der Thaya district
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View from Kleinzwettl to the center of Gastern with Martinskirche
View from Kleinzwettl to the center of Gastern with Martinskirche
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Gastern is a market town with 1194 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Waidhofen an der Thaya district in Lower Austria .

geography

Gastern is located in the northern Waldviertel in Lower Austria; the next larger towns are Heidenreichstein and Waidhofen an der Thaya . The area of ​​the market town covers 24.97 square kilometers. 20.57% of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

  • Forward (220)
  • Garolden (100)
  • Gastern (328)
  • Immense Punch (40)
  • Small Moths (119)
  • Kleinzwettl (103)
  • Oar (121)
  • Weissenbach (104)
  • Wiesmaden (59)
  • Alm (village)
  • Grünau (village)
  • Harmes (village)

The community includes the cadastral communities Frühwärts, Garolden, Gastern, Immenschlag, Kleinmotten, Kleinzwettl, Rueders, Weissenbach and Wiesmaden.

West of Gastern is the Wagnermühle and east on Reutbach the Triglasmühle .

Neighboring communities

Kautzen Dobersberg
Eggern Neighboring communities Thaya
Pfaffenschlag near Waidhofen an der Thaya

history

Gastern is named after Garsten Abbey in Upper Austria, which was first mentioned in 1177. In 1931 the place was raised to the market. Between 1954 and 1957 the future pastor of Traunstein Josef Elter , known as the “sculptor pastor ”, worked as a chaplain in Gastern and Dobersberg.

Population development

The population has been falling steadily for a hundred years. In the last few decades the main reason for this is the negative balance of migration , the birth balance is only slightly negative.

coat of arms

Blazon : In the blue field a black post covered with a golden spike and a golden weaver's bobbin.

politics

BW

The municipal council has 19 members.

  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ, 1 Greens, and 1 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ, 1 FPÖ and 1 Greens.
mayor
  • until 2013 Alois Österreicher (ÖVP)
  • since 2013 Roland Datler (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Weissenbach branch church
See also:  List of listed objects in Gastern

economy

Weissenbach branch church

There are 78 agricultural and forestry holdings in Gastern, 29 of which are full-time businesses. These cultivate two thirds of the agricultural area (as of 2010). In the manufacturing sector, fifteen factories employ 175 people, mainly in the manufacture of goods and in construction. In the service sector, 84 people work in 36 companies (as of 2011).

Infrastructure

traffic

Gastern is on Thayatal Straße (B 30), which leads from Guntersdorf via Retz to Drosendorf .

health

A general practitioner ordains in the ward.

Gastern primary school

education

In Gastern there is a kindergarten and an elementary school.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Gastern  - 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. a b c 4th part: Municipalities - Lower Austria - 119. Gastern . In: Austrian official calendar online . Jusline Österreich GmbH (Verlag Österreich), Vienna 2002–, ZDB -ID 2126440-5 .
  3. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Gastern, population development. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
  4. Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Gastern. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 26, 2020 .
  5. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Gastern, agriculture and forestry operations. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
  6. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Gastern, workplaces. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
  7. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Gastern, employees. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
  8. OpenStreetMap, Gastern. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
  9. Gastern parish, parish, health. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
  10. ^ Gastern parish, education. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .