Höflein on the Danube

Höflein an der Donau ( district ) ; locality ; cadastral municipality Höflein an der Donau
	Basic data
Pole. District , state	Tulln (TU), Lower Austria
Judicial district	Klosterneuburg
Pole. local community	Klosterneuburg
Coordinates	48 ° 21 '0 " N , 16 ° 16' 44" E Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '0 " N , 16 ° 16' 44" E
Residents of the village	802 (January 1, 2020)
Area d. KG	3.91 km²
	Statistical identification
Locality code	06704
Cadastral parish number	01702
Counting district / district	Höflein on the Danube (32144 037)
	Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; NÖGIS

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Höflein an der Donau is a cadastral municipality of Klosterneuburg in Lower Austria ( Tulln district ) located on the Danube , immediately north of Vienna .

Höflein on the Danube (top center) is located on the northern border of the Vienna Woods and at the northeastern end of the Alps (record sheet of the 3rd country record, around 1872)

Höflein on the Danube borders in the west on Greifenstein (cadastral municipality of Sankt Andrä-Wierter ), in the east on Kritzendorf , in the south on Hadersfeld . In the north, Höflein extends over the Danube and borders on Stockerau and Spillern .

The village has a length of approx. 2 kilometers and is approx. 300 meters wide, lies between a mountain slope and the southern bank of the Danube. Between the river kilometers 1945.7 and 1947.9 this flows through the Höfleiner area. The river is the only waterway in Europe that is kilometers upstream, i.e. H. Höflein is 1946 kilometers from the mouth of the Black Sea.

history

The establishment of the place took place in the year 996. In this year a place "Houlin" is mentioned for the first time in a document. Until 1938 Höflein was an independent municipality. With the creation of “ Greater Vienna ” in March 1938, Höflein and the city of Klosterneuburg became the 26th district of Vienna. After the dissolution of “Greater Vienna” in 1954, the former municipalities of Klosterneuburg, Kritzendorf , Höflein, Kierling , Maria Gugging , Weidling and Weidlingbach became today's municipality of Klosterneuburg.

Data

Area: 3.91 km²
Population: 824
Area code: 02243
Postal code : 3421

Mayor is Manfred Hoffelner. Other politicians from Höflein who are active in the Klosterneuburg municipal council are Vice Mayor Richard Raz (ÖVP), GR Martin Zach (The Greens) and GR Christoph Raz (ÖVP) and City Councilor Karl Schmid (SPÖ).

Attractions

Höfleiner parish church with quarry stone defensive wall

Parish church Höflein ; from the twelfth century in a dominant, elevated position in the village. In 1682 the hall church was extended to the east and redesigned in Baroque style.
See also the list of listed objects in Klosterneuburg , section cadastral municipality Höflein an der Donau.

Personalities

The former athlete Max Raub , who won two Olympic medals in a two-person kayak, lives in Höflein . Schlager legend Rudi Hofstetter , who was also a Höfleiner, died a few years ago . On September 9, 2011, canoeist Corinna Kuhnle won her second world title at the Canoe World Championships in Bratislava, she also comes from Höflein on the Danube. The winner of the Red Bull Dolomitenmann extreme sports relay from 2014, Stephan Brodicky , also comes from Höflein. Also the two artists, the cabaret artist and actor Gery Seidl and the actor Alexander Hoffelner .

Web links

Commons : Höflein an der Donau - Collection of images, videos and audio files