Gramatl

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Gramatl ( village )
locality
Gramatl (Austria)
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Basic data
Pole. District , state Neunkirchen  (NK), Lower Austria
Judicial district Neunkirchen
Pole. local community Wartmannstetten   ( KG  Straßhof)
Coordinates 47 ° 39 '45 "  N , 16 ° 3' 7"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 39 '45 "  N , 16 ° 3' 7"  Ef1
height 575  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village 112 (January 1, 2020)
Building status 35 (2001)
Post Code 2620f1
Statistical identification
Locality code 05335
Counting district / district Straßhof (31 844 003)
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; NÖGIS
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112

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The Gramatl chapel

The place Gramatl is located in southern Lower Austria and belongs to the market town of Wartmannstetten ( Neunkirchen district ).

Geographical location

The coordinates of Gramatl are 47 ° 39 '44.5 "north latitude and 16 ° 3' 7.4" east longitude, the altitude is 575 m.

Population
development
date Residents
(1499) (14 yards)
1794 108
1830 120
1869 132
1951 119
1981 101
2001 114

The place

Gramatl currently has about 35 houses and 114 inhabitants (according to the 2001 census). There has been a new chapel since 1971, which was renovated in 2006 for the 35th anniversary. A few years ago, the newly built playground and sports field was expanded to include an ice rink, which is also used for curling .

history

etymology

The first mention of "Gramatel" dates back to 1365. The vernacular term "gruamatl" stands for the second mowing and is derived from the word Grummet (for Grünmahd). Over the centuries, the spelling has changed again and again. One finds among others: Grammadel (1420), Gramadl / Gramätl (1499), Grammatl (1558).

Description according to Schweickhardt

Franz Xaver Schweickhardt described Gramatl as follows in 1836:

Gramatl: a village not far from Neunkirchen with 19 houses. The next post station is Neunkirchen. This place belongs to the parish and school, after Hassbach, only a quarter of an hour away; the patronage of the rule Steyersberg. (...) In the village of Gramatl there are 22 families (59 males, 61 females, 30 school-age children), 32 draft oxen, 29 cows, 54 sheep, 2 goats and 19 breeding pigs.
According to the manorial land register, this small place appears 300 years ago, but is much older.
(...) There is neither a river nor a stream nearby; Forests are all around, and it also has a little huntability. The products and trade of the inhabitants are limited to timber and lime kilns, for their grounds and cattle-raising are quite insignificant.
Incidentally, there are no noteworthy items here. The events and the fates suffered in this place, which is quite isolated, are also unknown.

Important events

  • In 1365 the place Gramatl was first mentioned in a document.
  • In 1666 the place was the scene of a crime ( child murder ).
  • In 1892 the sad story of the Wechselhof occurred (see Margaretenhof ).
  • The new chapel was inaugurated in 1971.
  • In 1971, four farms were on fire in a major fire.
  • In 2002, Gramatl took part in the Blooming Lower Austria competition and was voted Lower Austria 's “Most Beautiful Smallest Community” .

Margaretenhof

The Margaretenhof, located at the foot of the Kulmberg, belongs to Gramatl from an administrative point of view and also bears the house number “Gramatl 1”. It was first mentioned in 1499, but was then still called Wechselhof. It wasn't until the 19th century that the name was changed after the courtyard became the scene of a terrible crime. Tradition has it that the stingy Wechselhof farmer and his son drowned the benevolent farmer's wife in the courtyard well.

Historical buildings and monuments

Grabensee

West of Gramatl at the confluence of two streams are the remains of Grabensee Castle, which was first mentioned in 1387. The legend of the Grabensee shoemaker who is supposed to repair shoes while sitting on the ruins of the castle is well known. The Lower Austrian State Museum carried out archaeological excavations in 1961/62 to clarify the history of the sunken castle.

Weaver cross

The Weber Cross, the oldest legal monument in the community, is located directly on the street between Gramatl and Straßhof. The wayside shrine was built in the late Gothic style, on the capital you can see a chiseled flesh beard and a weaver's ship. According to a legend, a butcher and a weaver killed each other here because of a girl. The cross should serve as an atoning remembrance.

literature

  • Home register 800 years Wartmannstetten 1192-1992 . Wolfgang Haider-Berky & Karl Pölzelbauer, 1992
  • Legends from the Lower Austrian Wechsel region . Wolfgang Haider-Berky
  • Representation of the Archduchy under the Ens . Franz Schweickhardt Ritter von Sickingen, Vienna 1832
  • Historical local dictionary . Dr. Kurt Klein (Vienna Institute of Demography)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Grabensee shoemaker . say.at. Retrieved April 25, 2019.