Großschönau (Lower Austria)

market community

Großschönau

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Gmuend

License plate :

GD

Surface:

41.95 km²

Coordinates :

48 ° 39 ' N , 14 ° 56' E Coordinates: 48 ° 39 '0 " N , 14 ° 56' 0" E

Height :

681 m above sea level A.

Residents :

1,209 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

29 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

3922

Area code :

02815

Community code :

3 09 12

NUTS region

AT124

Address of the
municipal administration:

Großschönau 80
3922 Großschönau

Website:

www.grossschoenau.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Martin Bruckner ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(19 members)

16

3

16 3

A total of 19 seats

ÖVP : 16
SPÖ : 3

Location of Großschönau in the Gmünd district

Großschönau municipal office

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Großschönau is a market town with 1209 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Gmünd district in Lower Austria .

geography

Großschönau is located in the western Waldviertel in Lower Austria on Greiner Straße B 119, which leads from Weitra via Groß-Gerungs to Grein . The area of the market town covers 41.95 km². 37.01 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipal area comprises 13 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Angel Stone (109)
Friedreichs (73)
Great Reds (129)
Grossschoenau (325)
Harmannstein (101)
Hirschenhof (27)
Mistelbach (60)
Red Fern (79)
Rugged (54)
Thaures (87)
Wachtberg (34)
Woernharts (95)
Midget (36)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Engelstein, Friedreichs, Großotten, Großschönau, Harmannstein , Mistelbach, Rothfarn, Schroffen, Thaures, Wachtberg, Wörnharts and Zweres.

Neighboring communities

	Weitra	Schweiggers
Bad Großpertholz
	Great Gerungs	Zwettl

Population development

The decline in the population could be stopped in 2001, because from 1991 to 2001 the birth and migration balance were positive. After that, emigration increased again.

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 5 other, 1 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 3 FPÖ and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 2 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: 16 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.

mayor

since 2000 Martin Bruckner

Culture and sights

Engelstein Castle

Parish church Großschönau

The world of sun in Großschönau

Engelstein Castle : A Gothic castle complex that has been redesigned and expanded several times

Catholic parish church Großschönau hl. Leonhard, with a Romance core

Former Castle Harmannstein , there branch church Harmannstein hl. John the Baptist, Harmannstein local chapel

The world of sun in Großschönau

economy

There are 157 agricultural and forestry businesses in Großschönau . Of these, 62 are full-time businesses that cultivate two thirds of the area (as of 2010). In the manufacturing sector, 19 companies employ 113 people, mainly in the manufacture of goods and in construction. The service sector gives work to 128 people, mainly in trade and in social and public services (as of 2011).

energy

Großschönau in Lower Austria is one of the 24 municipalities in Austria (as of 2019) that received the highest award in the e5 municipal energy project. The e5 community project aims to promote the implementation of a modern energy and climate policy at community level.

traffic

Road: The federal road B119 from Amstetten to Weitra and the state road L72 lead through the market town .
Bus: From Großschönau there are bus connections to Gmünd, Großgerungs, Weitra and Zwettl in the Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region .

health

In Großschönau there is a health center with a general practitioner, dietologist, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychotherapy.

education

There is an elementary school in the community for training young people.

Web links

Commons : Großschönau (Lower Austria) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

30912 - Großschönau (Lower Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .
Entry about Burg-Schloss Engelstein on NÖ-Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era, University of Salzburg
Entry via Engelstein Castle to Burgen-Austria

TDW Großschönau (Association for Tourism, Village Renewal and Economic Impetus )

Topothek Großschönau historical images, located, indexed and dated

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Großschönau, population development. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Großschönau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on June 4, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Großschönau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on June 4, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Großschönau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on June 4, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Großschönau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on June 4, 2020 .
^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Großschönau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on November 22, 2018 .
↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Großschönau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 26, 2020 .
↑ Martin Bruckner lets you look deeper ... (MP3; 42.1 MB) Free Radio Freistadt , January 16, 2019, accessed on February 7, 2019 (from 10:11 minutes).
^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Großschönau, agricultural and forestry operations. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Großschönau, Arbeitsstättens. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
↑ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Großschönau, employees. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
↑ e5 communities in Austria as of March 2019
↑ OpenStreetMap, Großschönau. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
↑ Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region, timetable notice, Großschönau. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
↑ Bioenergetic Training Center, Großschönau Health Center. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
↑ Marktgemeinde Großschönau, Education. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-1] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[2] Statistics Austria, A look at the community Großschönau, population development. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .

[NÖGrw1995_30912-3] Result of the local council election 1995 in Großschönau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on June 4, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2000_30912-4] Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Großschönau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on June 4, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2005_30912-5] Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Großschönau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on June 4, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2010_30912-6] Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Großschönau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on June 4, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2015_30912-7] Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Großschönau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on November 22, 2018 .

[NÖGrw2020_30912-8] Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Großschönau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 26, 2020 .

[9] Martin Bruckner lets you look deeper ... (MP3; 42.1 MB) Free Radio Freistadt , January 16, 2019, accessed on February 7, 2019 (from 10:11 minutes).

[10] Statistics Austria, A look at the community Großschönau, agricultural and forestry operations. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .

[11] Statistics Austria, A look at the community Großschönau, Arbeitsstättens. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .

[12] Statistics Austria, A look at the community Großschönau, employees. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .

[13] 5 communities in Austria as of March 2019

[14] OpenStreetMap, Großschönau. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .

[15] Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region, timetable notice, Großschönau. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .

[16] Bioenergetic Training Center, Großschönau Health Center. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .

[17] Marktgemeinde Großschönau, Education. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .