Grossriedenthal

Grossriedenthal
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Tulln
License plate :	TU
Surface:	18.75 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 29 '  N , 15 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 29 '0 "  N , 15 ° 52' 0"  E
Height :	277  m above sea level A.
Residents :	916 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	3470, 3471
Area code :	02279
Community code :	3 21 09
Address of the municipal administration:	Großriedenthal 23 3471 Großriedenthal
Website:	www.grossriedenthal.at
politics
Mayor :	Franz Schneider ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (15 members)	10 5 10 5  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 10 SPÖ : 5
Location of Großriedenthal in the Tulln district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Großriedenthal is a municipality with 916 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Weinviertel in the Tulln district in Lower Austria .

geography

Großriedenthal is located north of the Danube between the southern edge of the Weinviertel and the striking ridge of the Wagram, around eight kilometers by road north of Kirchberg am Wagram . The area of ​​the municipality covers 18.83 square kilometers. 3.42 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Grossriedenthal (425)
• Neudegg (183)
• Ottenthal (308)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Großriedenthal, Neudegg and Ottenthal.

Neighboring communities

• in the northwest: Hohenwarth-Mühlbach am Manhartsberg (Hollabrunn district)
• In the northeast: Ziersdorf (Hollabrunn district), Heldenberg (Hollabrunn district)
• In the east: Großweikersdorf
• In the southeast: Kirchberg am Wagram
• In the southwest: Fels am Wagram

history

The place name appeared for the first time in 1110 in a document in Passau . Riedenthal once meant a cleared area in the valley, later the valley of the good Weinriede.

The Riedenthal estate was owned by the noble family of the same name, whose castle was probably located on the local mountain in the north of the community. In 1285 a wooden castle was first mentioned on the local mountain. There are still earth stalls on this today .

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census , there were 984 inhabitants. In 1991 the municipality had 998 inhabitants, in 1981 998 and in 1971 1,043 inhabitants.

politics

The municipal council has 15 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 2 others.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.

mayor

• until 2015 Franz Geier (ÖVP)
• since 2015 Franz Schneider (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Parish church Großriedenthal

Listed barn on Hintausweg

Kellergasse Reithergraben

Kellergasse Mühlgraben

See also : List of listed objects in Großriedenthal  and List of cellar lanes in Großriedenthal

• Catholic parish church Großriedenthal hl. Lorenz
• Catholic branch church Ottenthal hl. Ulrich
• Museum of Simple Things : The “Museum of Simple Things” is housed in a Renaissance knight's estate, which was converted into a large farm in the 17th century. Household and work equipment from everyday rural life in earlier times as well as clothing and furniture are exhibited. The museum participates annually in the “Lössfrühling am Wagram” and the “Long Night of Museums”.
• Hausberg: The Hausberg is a truncated cone that was piled up between 1000 and 1300 as the substructure of a fortified house, which served as a refuge and protection against enemy attacks. The supple loess was well suited for the huge earthworks, for mountains, ditches and walls . This house had a bridge gate at the guard house. Behind it there was a wide formation room for the soldiers and a solid wooden house with a tower for the lookout and defense. From the summit you can look out over the neighboring villages and with good visibility the view extends over the Danube to the Dürnrohr power station .
• The Aubergfelsen , a natural monument on the Spielberg .

economy

In 2001 there were 23 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry businesses according to the 1999 survey 148. The number of people in work at the place of residence was 473 according to the 2001 census. In 2001 the activity rate was 49.18 percent.

Sports

• UPS Großriedenthal
• Großriedenthal tennis club

literature

• Elfriede Burger, Friedrich Burger: Religious small monuments of the large community Großriedenthal and the saints in legend and history. Local history working group for the city and district of Tulln, Tulln 1996.

Web links

Commons : Großriedenthal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 32109 - Grossriedenthal. Community data, Statistics Austria .

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 elections 1995 in Großriedenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed January 30, 2020 . 
3. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Großriedenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on January 30, 2020 . 
4. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Großriedenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed January 30, 2020 . 
5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Großriedenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on January 30, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Results of the 2015 municipal council elections in Großriedenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed January 30, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Results of the 2020 municipal council elections in Großriedenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 30, 2020 . 
8. ^ Report of the mayoral election in the district gazette mein district.at , February 19, 2015.
9. ↑ Johann Werfring: Muscle washing machine in the farmers' panopticon . In: “Wiener Zeitung” of June 26, 2014, supplement “ProgrammPunkte”, p. 7.
10. ↑ Catalog page in the ORF booklet for the Long Night of Museums 2013 ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.