Hollenstein on the Ybbs

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Amstetten

License plate :

AT THE

Surface:

126.5 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 48 ' N , 14 ° 46' E Coordinates: 47 ° 48 '11 " N , 14 ° 46' 20" E

Height :

485 m above sea level A.

Residents :

1,690 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

13 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

3343

Area code :

07445

Community code :

3 05 16

NUTS region

AT121

Address of the
municipal administration:

Walcherbauer 2
3343 Hollenstein ad Ybbs

Website:

www.hollenstein-ybbs.gv.at

politics

Mayoress :

Manuela Zebenholzer ( SPÖ )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(19 members)

11

4th

11 4th 4th

A total of 19 seats

SPÖ : 11
ÖVP : 4
FAIR : 4

Location of Hollenstein an der Ybbs in the Amstetten district

Municipal Office

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Hollenstein an der Ybbs is a municipality with 1690 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Ybbstal in the Amstetten district in Lower Austria .

geography

Hollenstein on the Ybbs

Hollenstein an der Ybbs is located in the Mostviertel in Eisenwurzen in Lower Austria . 86.41 percent of the municipality's area is forested.

Community structure

The municipal area comprises the following 14 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Mountain (51)
Dornleiten (317) including Walchen
Garnberg (12)
Grießau (5)
Hohenlehen (24)
Hollenstein an der Ybbs (525)
Krenngraben (155) including Point and Seimannslehen
Oberkirchen (34)
Oisberg (39) including Großhollenstein station
Saddle (39)
Thalbauer (38)
Thomasberg (75) including Obersteg
Walcherbauer (297) including a long field
Wenten (79)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Garnberg, Großhollenstein, Krengraben, Oberkirchen and Oisberg.

The main town consists of the village of Hollenstein an der Ybbs. The cadastral community of Großhollenstein on the other bank of the Ybbs includes not only Hollenstein but also the village of Wenten.

Neighboring communities

Weyer ( Steyr-Land district , Upper Austria )	Gaflenz ( Steyr-Land district , Upper Austria )	Opponitz St. Georgen am Reith
		Göstling an der Ybbs ( district Scheibbs )
Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen ( district Liezen , Styria )	Landl ( district Liezen , Styria )

history

Hollenstein 1701 on a painting in the Fürstengang Freising

In ancient times, the area was part of the Noricum province and was already settled at that time.

Holnstein was first mentioned in a document in the 12th century, and the Hochstifte Freising and Passau are named as landlords. A village of Hollenstein as such only emerged in the 15th century due to the development of the iron industry. Hollenstein expanded in the 15th and 16th centuries due to the increasing iron industry to a settlement with around 20 houses. The small iron industry (hammer mills) was important for a few centuries.

The wood industry developed later. Towards the end of the Second World War, Hungarian Jews , including women, were forcibly used by the Reich Forestry Administration for road repair work, logging and other agricultural activities.

Some houses on the village square date from the end of the 18th century.

Hollenstein an der Ybbs municipal archive

The oldest holdings are documents confirming the Tädingsbuch by Bishop Moritz von Freising (August 16, 1563) and by Bishop Veit Adam von Freising (August 2, 1618).

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census , the municipality had 1,907 inhabitants, compared to 1,948 inhabitants in 1991, 1,993 inhabitants in 1981 and 2,149 inhabitants in 1971.

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 SPÖ, 8 ÖVP and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 SPÖ and 8 ÖVP.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 SPÖ and 7 ÖVP.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 SPÖ and 7 ÖVP.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 SPÖ and 8 ÖVP.
With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 SPÖ and 9 ÖVP.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 11 SPÖ, 4 ÖVP and 4 FAIR.

mayor

1996-2013 Franz Gratzer (SPÖ)
2013-2016 Manfred Gruber (SPÖ)
since 2016 Manuela Zebenholzer (SPÖ)

Culture and sights

Hohenlehen Castle

Parish church Hollenstein an der Ybbs

Calvary

Hohenlehen Castle
Catholic parish church Hollenstein an der Ybbs hl. John the Baptist and St. Nicholas
The crypt of Bohuslav Kokoschka and his mother is in Hollenstein. Kokoschka built the crypt himself. Oskar Kokoschka , Bohuslav's older brother, is buried in Montreux .
The Lower Austrian Eisenwurzen Nature Park is located in the municipality .

economy

In 2001 there were 85 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry operations 87 according to the 1999 survey. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 798. In 2001, the activity rate was 42.89 percent. There were 282 unemployed people on average in 2003.

Six lifts and 14 km of slopes are available to skiers in the Königsberg ski area.

traffic

Train: Hollenstein an der Ybbs is located on the narrow-gauge Ybbstalbahn of the ÖBB that is set in this area . The Hohenlehen , Kleinhollenstein , Saimannslehen , Großhollenstein train station and the Blamau stop were located in the municipality .

Bus: Since September 4th 2010 the bus line MO1 has been running between Hollenstein and Waidhofen an der Ybbs. This stops at the stops “Unterleiten”, “Ortsmitte”, “Bundesstraße”, “Weyer junction”, “Krenngraben” and “Hohenlehen Bundesstraße”. On weekdays 14 buses run from Hollenstein to Waidhofen. Line MO11 runs from Hollenstein to Weyer (Upper Austria) and line MO12 from Hollenstein to Göstling.

Personalities

Hermann Baumann (1866–1940), farmer and politician
Werner Eschauer (* 1974), tennis player
Franz Gratzer (1952–2013), politician
Karl Strubecker (1904–1991), mathematician
Rudolf Winkelmayer (* 1955), veterinarian and food scientist

literature

Willibald Bissenberger u. a .: Hollenstein an der Ybbs. A village in the course of a little over a hundred years ... Waidhofen an der Ybbs 2003, ISBN 3-200-00050-3 .
Willibald Bissenberger u. a .: Gem on the wayside. Hollenstein 2004, ISBN 3-200-00121-6 .