Hardegg (Lower Austria)

Borough Hardegg on the Thaya
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Hollabrunn
License plate :	HL
Surface:	93.2 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 51 '  N , 15 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '9 "  N , 15 ° 51' 32"  E
Height :	309  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,305 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	14 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2082
Area code :	0 29 48
Community code :	3 10 16
Address of the municipal administration:	Pleissing 2 2083 Hardegg-Pleissing
Website:	www.hardegg.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Friedrich Schechtner ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	16 3 16 3  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 16 SPÖ : 3
Location of Hardegg an der Thaya in the Hollabrunn district
City of Hardegg with Hardegg Castle, seen from the Hardegger Warte
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Hardegg an der Thaya is a municipality with 1305 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Hollabrunn district in Lower Austria .

geography

City of Hardegg with Hardegg Castle in winter, view from the Czech side

Hardegg Castle as seen from the Hardegger Blick ( Czech Republic )

Thaya bridge Hardegg - Čížov (state border in the middle of the river)

The landscape around Hardegg belongs to the Waldviertel and belongs to the Weinviertel as part of the Hollabrunn district . North borders Hardegg with the river Thaya in the Czech Republic . The city of Hardegg itself - without the incorporated towns - has only 84 inhabitants as of January 1, 2020, making it the smallest city in Austria.

Community structure

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

• Felling (118)
• Hardegg (84)
• Heufurth (78)
• Mallersbach (155)
• Merkersdorf (116)
• Niederfladnitz (300) including Karlslust
• Pleissing (134)
• Riegersburg (234)
• Waschbach (86)

The community consists of the cadastral communities of Felling, Hardegg, Heufurth, Mallersbach , Merkersdorf, Niederfladnitz, Pleissing, Riegersburg, Umlauf and Waschbach.

Neighboring communities

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history

On January 1, 1972, the municipalities of Merkersdorf and Riegersburg-Pleißing were incorporated into Hardegg, and Niederfladnitz followed on January 1, 1975.

Border crossing

After the seasonal opening of the Hardegg - Čížov border crossing on April 12, 1990, the border crossing was opened to pedestrians, cyclists and skiers on an hourly basis all year round on May 9, 2006. In July 2006, the Felling - Podmyče border crossing was opened to pedestrians and cyclists on an hourly basis . Since the Schengen expansion on December 21, 2007, the current internal border can in principle be crossed at any point and at any time, which is why there are no longer any explicit border crossings.

Population development

Hardegg was very isolated, especially up until the fall of the Iron Curtain . There is only the Hardegg - Čížov bridge over the Thaya to the Czech Republic . This is also reflected in the decreasing number of residents. The only economic factor to be mentioned is increasing tourism. The highest population since the beginning of statistical recording by the state was already recorded in 1890, when Hardegg had 3,209 inhabitants. Since then - with the only exception of the period between the two censuses in 1939 and 1951 - the population has been steadily decreasing. Incidentally, this is indicative of the Hollabrunn district, in which no population growth has been recorded since 1890.

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 15 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.

mayor

• 2008–2019 Heribert Donnerbauer (ÖVP)
• since 2019 Friedrich Schechnter (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Riegersburg Castle

Parish Church of Hardegg and Karner

Felling Parish Church

Kellergasse Kellerweg in Niederfladnitz

Kellergasse Riegersburgerstrasse in Niederfladnitz

Kellergasse Roggenbauerkreuz near Pleißing

See also : List of listed objects in Hardegg (Lower Austria)  and List of cellar lanes in Hardegg

• Thayatal National Park
• Thaya Bridge Hardegg - Čížov
• Hardegg Castle
• Kaja Castle near Merkersdorf
• Karlslust Palace
• Riegersburg Castle
• Catholic parish church Hardegg hl. Veit with Karner and cemetery
• Catholic parish church Felling hll. Peter and Paul
• Brick pillars of the former gallows between Niederfladnitz and Oberretzbach
• Hardegg peep box museum in the former elementary school
• Galerie Kultur.Punkt Hardegg on the main square
• Mother-of-pearl manufacture

Regular events

• Pumpkin festival in the Retzer Land in the village of Pleissing

economy

In 2001 there were 56 non-agricultural workplaces; according to the 1999 survey, there were 108 agricultural and forestry holdings. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at the place of residence was 597. The employment rate in 2001 was 40.8 percent.

• Lignite mining Langau Riegersburg- : In the cadastral Riegersburg also a former is mine for coal mining.
• RM Austria - mother-of-pearl design : The last mother-of-pearl turner's shop in Austria is located in the cadastral community of Felling.
• Kaolin mining in Mallersbach : In Mallersbach and Niederfladnitz kaolin was mined until 1975.

Sports

Several long-distance hiking trails lead through Hardegg:

• European long-distance hiking trail E8
• Eastern Austrian border route
• Thayatalweg

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Freddy Quinn (* 1931 in Niederfladnitz), pop singer and musician
• HC Artmann (* 1921 in Niederfladnitz, † 2000 in Vienna), poet and translator, with language player

Honorary citizen of the community

• Erwin Pröll (* 1946) (Governor of Lower Austria, May 21, 2000)

Web links

Commons : Hardegg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• hardegg.gv.at

• 31016 - Hardegg (Lower Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Entry on Hardegg in the Austria Forum  (in the Heimatlexikon)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistics Austria: Population on 1.1.2020 by locality (area status 1.1.2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Areas and inhabitants (as of December 31, 2015) Data from Hardegg from Statistics Austria from December 31, 2015, accessed on September 25, 2016.
3. ↑ Changes to the community from 1945 (associations, partitions, name and status changes). Statistics Austria, pp. 73, 84 , accessed on February 12, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Web link: LH Pröll to open new border crossings to the Czech Republic ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2011 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.  
5. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Hardegg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed December 27, 2019 . 
6. ^ Election result of the 2000 municipal council election in Hardegg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on December 27, 2019 . 
7. ^ Result of the local council election 2005 in Hardegg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on December 27, 2019 . 
8. ^ Election result of the local council election 2010 in Hardegg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on December 27, 2019 . 
9. ^ Election results for the 2015 local council election in Hardegg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on December 27, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Results of the local council election 2020 in Hardegg. Office of the Lower Austrian state government, January 26, 2020, accessed on May 27, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Web link: Thayatal National Park officially opened ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2011 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.