Gerersdorf (Lower Austria)

Gerersdorf

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Sankt Pölten-Land

License plate :

PL

Surface:

13.67 km²

Coordinates :

48 ° 12 ' N , 15 ° 33' E Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '57 " N , 15 ° 33' 18" E

Height :

289 m above sea level A.

Residents :

985 (January 1, 2020)

Postal code :

3385

Area code :

02749

Community code :

3 19 07

NUTS region

AT123

Address of the
municipal administration:

Florianiplatz 6
3385 Gerersdorf

Website:

www.gerersdorf.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Herbert Wandl ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(15 members)

15th

A total of 15 seats

ÖVP : 15

Location of Gerersdorf in the Sankt Pölten-Land district

Center of Gerersdorf (2018)

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Gerersdorf is a municipality with 985 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Sankt Pölten-Land district in Lower Austria .

geography

Gerersdorf is located in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 13.67 square kilometers, about three percent of the area is forested.

The whole municipality belongs to the catchment area of the Pielach. The municipality measures 6 km from north to south and approx. 4 km from east to west. The altitudes range between 254 m in Hetzersdorf and 312 m at Pummersdorfer Kreuz. At the church it is 290 m. The highest point of the community is the church tower and this is 330 m.

The average amount of precipitation in a year is about 650 mm, the greatest precipitation was measured in 2002 (872 mm), the lowest value was in 1994 with 498 mm.

Waters

Pielach
Salauer Mühlbach
Elixenbach
Annethbach
Gerersdorferbach (created by the confluence of the Elixen and Annethbach)
Moosbach (flows into the Kremnitzbach)
Kremnitzbach
Halterleitenbach
Loipersdorf gravel pond (approx. 3 hectares)

Community structure

The community consists of twelve cadastral communities and is divided into just as many towns of the same name (in brackets: area as of December 31, 2019 or population as of January 1, 2020):

Distelburg (51.62 ha; 7 Ew.)
Eggsdorf (142.36 ha; 27 Ew.)
Friesing (67.27 ha; 0 Ew.)
Gerersdorf (203.00 ha; 600 Ew.)
Grillenhöfe (143.12 ha; 79 Ew.) Including Jägerhöfe
Hetzersdorf (100.90 ha; 56 Ew.)
Hofing (46.14 ha; 16 Ew.)
Loipersdorf (157.83 ha; 39 Ew.)
Salau (70.00 ha; 28 Ew.)
Stainingsdorf (96.83 ha; 44 Ew.)
Völlerndorf (229.40 ha; 73 Ew.)
Weitendorf (57.43 ha; 16 Ew.)

Neighboring communities

Gerersdorf borders in the east on Sankt Pölten, in the south on Ober-Grafendorf, in the south-west on Markersdorf-Haindorf, in the west on Prinzersdorf and Hafnerbach and in the north on Neidling.

	Envious
Hafnerbach Prinzersdorf		Sankt Pölten
Markersdorf-Haindorf	Ober-Grafendorf

history

The first mention of the community dates back to 1040 with the then name Geroltestorff. In 1313 the parish Gerersdorf was first mentioned in a document. Up to the year 1150 all places in the municipality had already been founded.

After the abolition of the basic subservience of the peasants by the Reichstag on September 7, 1848, the Reichsgemeindegesetz of March 17, 1849 decreed that one or more cadastral communities should be grouped together. If possible, the parishes should cover the area of the parishes.

In 1850, according to the provisional municipal law of 1849, 15 cadastral municipalities became the municipality of Gerersdorf. The community area included the area of the parish Gerersdorf. The following localities were part of the new municipality: Gerersdorf, Eggsdorf, Stainingsdorf, Loipersdorf, Völlerndorf, Matzersdorf, Salau, Uttendorf, Prinzersdorf, Weitendorf, Hetzersdorf, Hofing, Distelburg, Friesing, Grillenhöfe and Jägerhöfe. At that time 894 inhabitants lived on 18.1 km². Johann Staindl became the first mayor of Gerersdorf.

In 1868 the Gerersdorf parish school became a Gerersdorf elementary school on the basis of the Reich School Act - from this point on, the maintenance of the building was the responsibility of the municipality. 20 years later the Gerersdorf Volunteer Fire Brigade was founded. In 1925 the parish hall was built.

1950 was the year of the first "territorial losses". Prinzersdorf and Uttendorf form their own municipality - the municipality of Prinzersdorf and Matzersdorf joined the municipality of Pummersdorf.

On January 1, 1972, according to the Lower Austrian Provincial Law, the municipality of Gerersdorf was dissolved and divided between St. Pölten and Prinzersdorf. The last mayor of the municipality before the dissolution was Johann Dangl. In 1972 he became a local council in the city of Sankt Pölten and was responsible for ensuring that various projects in the Gerersdorf area were carried out and implemented.

The division of the cadastral communities was as follows: Hetzersdorf, Weitendorf, Distelburg, Grillenhöfe, Friesing, Hofing, Gerersdorf, Stainingsdorf and Eggsdorf came to the municipality of Sankt Pölten. Völlerndorf, Loipersdorf and Salau became part of the Prinzersdorf community, which was founded in 1950.

The Gerersdorf residents didn't like the lost independence at all - a community that had existed for centuries was dissolved. Resistance arose in the former community. Led by Helmut Lechner and Hans Mayer, research was carried out and an attempt was made to follow the example of the Alberndorf community . Alberndorf managed to become independent again in 1977.

A survey of the population showed that 78% of those eligible to vote were in favor of restoring the Gerersdorf community. In June 1978 the complaint was brought to the Constitutional Court. On April 27, 1981 it was finally clear: Gerersdorf will be free again by the end of December 31, 1981. This was announced on New Year's Eve in a big New Year's Eve celebration at midnight: “Gerersdorf is free!” The first municipal council elections after the re-establishment took place on March 14, 1982. Helmut Lechner became the first mayor of the new community.

On March 23, 1985, the Lower Austrian provincial government awarded the municipality of Gerersdorf the municipal coat of arms. On May 5, 1996, the whole of Austria celebrated the 1000th anniversary of the country (first documented mention) and Gerersdorf itself also celebrated its birthday - 1200 years of Gerersdorf. The years 1999–2001 brought major changes to the community's transportation system. The Westbahn was set up on three tracks and the Friesing station was closed.

Parish name

The name of Gerersdorf has changed several times over the centuries. The following name changes in the course of history have been handed down:

Parish church hl. John the Baptist

1040 Geroltestorff
1250 Geroltsdorf
1313 Gerolezsdorf
1380 Gerestorf
1388 Gerolstorff
1393 Geroldstorff
1429 Gereinsdorf
1475 Geroltsdorf
1507 Gerestorf
1591 Gerestorff

Excerpt from the Gerersdorf homeland book on the origin of the name:

Soon afterwards, the St. Pölten monastery was built and its surroundings were populated, including our community area. After Gerold II., Who was prefect of the Ostland from 811 to 832, the place name "Geroltzsdorf" is likely to come from, which appears for the first time around 1040 in a deed of donation from the Passau bishop to the monastery of St. Pölten.

Culture and sights

Gerersdorf parish church

economy

In 2001 there were 34 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 52 in agriculture and forestry. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 418. In 2001, the employment rate was 49 percent.

traffic

Streets

Wiener Straße B 1: runs 3.2 km through the municipality
West Autobahn A1: in the south of the municipality (north of Völlerndorf), runs 1.4 km through the municipality
State roads: 18.8 km (14 times over the municipal boundary), connect the villages
Municipal roads: 5.76 km (with street names in Gerersdorf), lead to all houses in the villages
Dirt roads: 31 km (excluding 5.5 km rail sidewalks)

Lanes

Westbahn: formerly Empress Elisabeth Bahn, runs 3 km across the municipality
Mariazellerbahn: in the south of the municipality, runs 1.8 km through the municipality

societies

Gerersdorf volunteer fire department
FCU Gerersdorf / Ebersdorf
Country youth Gerersdorf
Catholic youth group
Village renewal Gerersdorf
Healthy community of Gerersdorf
Creative women's group
Music association Gerersdorf
ÖKB local association Gerersdorf
RC Racer - model car driver
Seniors' Association
Sportunion Gerersdorf
Gerersdorf community bus association

politics

With a total of 15 seats in the municipal council after the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2015, there is the following distribution of mandates:

ÖVP 13, SPÖ 2

mayor

1850–1863 Johann Staindl senior
1863–1866 Josef Hierner
1866–1888 Johann Staindl junior
1888–1889 Karl Riedinger
1889–1909 Leopold Lechner
1909–1922 Anton Resch
1922–1939 Franz Gruber
1939–1945 Johann Birgmayr
1945–1950 Franz Prisching
1950 -0000Karl Fuchs
1950–1960 Johann Birgmayr
1960–1970 Franz Harm
1970–1971 Johann Dangl

1972–1981 the community Gerersdorf was dissolved

1982–1990 Helmut Lechner
1990-2006 Josef Ramler
since 2006 Herbert Wandl (ÖVP)

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms shows on the one hand in a divided shield two diverging, covered lions, which in its representation are part of the coat of arms of the canon monastery of St. Pölten, which exercised local authority over the community until its abolition in 1784. On the other hand, this coat of arms should visibly express the unconditional will of its community citizens to live in an independent communal community through the sacrificial bowl with upturned flames.

The colors of the municipal flag to be derived are "red-yellow-blue". This coat of arms was awarded and sealed in the Lower Austrian country house in Vienna on March 23, 1985.