Himberg

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Himberg (disambiguation) .

market community Himberg
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Bruck an der Leitha
License plate :	BL (since 2017; old: WU)
Surface:	47.61 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 5 '  N , 16 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 4 '53 "  N , 16 ° 26' 16"  E
Height :	172  m above sea level A.
Residents :	7,443 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	156 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2325
Area code :	02235, 02234 (Velm)
Community code :	3 07 32
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 38 2325 Himberg
Website:	www.gemeinde-himberg.at
politics
Mayor :	Ernst Wendl ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (29 members)	16 8th 3 2 16 8th 3 2  A total of 29 seats SPÖ : 16 ÖVP : 8 GREEN : 3 FPÖ : 2
Location of Himberg in the Bruck an der Leitha district
Aerial view of Himberg
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Himberg is a market town in the Vienna Basin with 7443 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Bruck an der Leitha district in Lower Austria .

geography

Himberg is located a few kilometers south of Vienna in the industrial district in Lower Austria. The cold corridor flows through the community.

The area of ​​the market town covers 47.63 square kilometers. Almost six percent of the area is forested.

The Münchendorfer Seenland with its bathing ponds is located near Velm . This consists of weekend house settlements in Münchendorf and southwest of Velm from the bathing lakes , Bauersee , Blahasee , Fasanensee , Kienersee , Neuhofsee and Schneidergrabensee settlements . The weekend settlements Badesee and Kafkasee are near Pellendorf .

Community structure

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

• Gutenhof (village; 36)
• Himberg (market; 5329)
• Pellendorf (village; 706)
• Velm (village; 1372)
• Fasanensee (village)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Gutenhof, Himberg, Pellendorf and Velm.

Neighboring communities

Maria-Lanzendorf Achau ( district Mödling )	Lanzendorf	Twelve axing
Münchendorf ( District Mödling )		Rauchwarth Ebergassing
Trumau ( Baden district )	Moosbrunn	Gramatneusiedl

history

In ancient times the area was part of the province of Pannonia . The first settlements in the area of ​​today's Himberg came from the Teutons and Romans . The region gained importance through the Roman legionary camps Vindobona , Alanova and Carnuntum .

The name Himberg appears for the first time around 1100 in connection with the battle on the Lechfeld in 955 against the Hungarians, when the region went to the Babenberg margraves.

The community owes its name to a follower of the Babenbergs , namely Marquardus de Hintperg. Later the spelling changed from Hintberg to Himperch in Himberg . The Babenberg Duke Friedrich II. The arguable acquired Himberg in 1243, including the castle and all associated possessions.

From 1312–1315, Himberg was the scene of the Inquisition . On behalf of Passau Bishop Bernhard von Prambach , two Waldensians were burned at the stake here as part of a national heretic persecution .

Around 1320 Himberg was raised to an independent parish and in 1365 Himberg received market rights , which underlines its great importance in the Middle Ages .

The invasion of the Turks in the course of the siege of Vienna in 1529 and 1683 not only destroyed the castle, but also caused serious damage to the site. As compensation for the damage suffered in the Turkish Wars, King Ferdinand, who later became Emperor Ferdinand I , confirmed the freedom of the market for his subjects in Himberg with a decree of August 10, 1533 and also granted this place the toll privilege. After that there was a weekly market every Friday and an ox market in St. Laurence, as well as Hungarian (today Burgenland) wine and tolls collected throughout the year.

In 1749, the wealthy bourgeois class of Himberg bought themselves free from the sovereign property for the amount of 40,100  guilders . Himberg became a free market.

Himberg around the year 1873 ( recording sheet of the regional survey)

Gutenhof (top right) in: Münchendorf and the surrounding area around 1873 (recording sheet of the state survey)

In the 19th century, different businesses began to settle in Himberg. The opening of the Vienna-Bruck Eastern Railway also supported the economic development of the area around Himberg.

The agricultural estate Gutenhof (around 1790 a Spanish sheep farm for a few decades ) was owned by the Velm rulership until 1833, after which Eduard Ritter von Troll († January 11, 1870 in Gutenhof; age: 69), from 1837 kk Truchsess , who from In 1869 negotiations were in progress with the municipality of Vienna to sell the property in order to use it as Vienna's central cemetery , and after the failure of the project (not least due to the amount and scope of his claims), he voluntarily retired.

In 1872, Gutenhof came into the possession of Franz von Hopfen (1825–1901), who left parts of it to the kk agriculture ministry for teaching purposes for ten years . As part of the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873, Gutenhof was an exhibition venue where agricultural products and test results were presented to the public (focus: steam plow , artificial fertilizer , water supply ). From 1896 the Mayr-Melnhof'sche Gutenhof was one of the first farms in Austria in which electricity (obtained from the cold corridor ) was largely made usable .

The very first Kaplan turbine was installed in Velm in 1919 for the Börtel and knitting yarn factory , which was in service here until 1955 and is now on display in the Technical Museum.

During the National Socialist rule, it was incorporated into Greater Vienna on October 15, 1938 , where Himberg remained as part of the 23rd district of Vienna until August 31, 1954. On September 1, 1954, Himberg, like most of the so-called former peripheral communities, regained full independence and at the same time was expanded to include the Gutenhof cadastral community.

On January 1, 1971, the municipality of Himberg and Velm was voluntarily amalgamated and on January 1, 1972, the Lower Austrian provincial government ordered the compulsory merger with the Pellendorf municipality.

From 1954 until its dissolution on January 1, 2017, Himberg was part of the Vienna-Umgebung district .

On September 7, 2019, the first LGBTIQ Pride in Lower Austria took place in Himberg . This came in response to an incident in which a same-sex couple was cursed on the street in Himberg.

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census , there were 5423 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 5173 inhabitants, in 1981 4981 and in 1971 4614 inhabitants.

Culture and sights

Parish Church of Himberg

High-voltage overhead lines between the villages of Himberg and Pellendorf

See also:  List of listed objects in Himberg

• Catholic parish church Himberg hl. Georg: A church built around 1130, which was originally part of a castle that was destroyed in the 16th century. A chapel was added to the south around 1230 and expanded around 1400, probably referring to the addition of the south aisle. The early Gothic choir was built around the middle of the 13th century and the prominent west tower was expanded in the 1st half of the 15th century. After the church at the Second Siege of Vienna was damaged, took place in the wake of an increase in repair and vaulting of the nave . The sacristy is in the baroque style and was added to the north in the middle of the 18th century. During the Second World War , the church was badly damaged and rebuilt in 1951/52.
• Evangelical Lukaskirche : The simple building under a gable roof with a side-mounted facade tower was built in 1961 according to plans by Rudolf Angelides .
• In 2011 the new depot of the Kunsthistorisches Museum was completed in Himberg .

Economy and Infrastructure

Himberg train station

In 2001 there were 260 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry operations 65 according to the 1999 survey. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at the place of residence was 2,486. In 2001, the activity rate was 47.04 percent.

Himberg train station is on the Ostbahn .

safety

• The Himberg police station is located at Wiener Straße 20a, so it is the only post responsible for all three districts of the community .
• There is also a volunteer fire brigade in each of the three districts of Himberg . They work largely independently of one another. However, special events are largely held together.

The Himberg fire brigade has its fire station at Gutenhoferstraße 32, where five fire engines and around 60 active firefighters are stationed. In 2014, the Himberg fire brigade completed around 250 missions. The Pellendorf volunteer fire brigade is located at Lanzendorferstrasse 21. Five vehicles are stationed on it, two of which are former vehicles of the Himberg fire department. The team consists of around 50 members. The competition group, which consists of the Pellendorf fire brigade, became the state winner in the cupping competition in July 2015. The Velm fire brigade is located at Velmerstrasse 24. Four fire engines are stationed in the fire station.

• The Himberg rescue center is a branch of the Schwechat Red Cross . An ambulance is stationed on it. Together with the Red Cross Schwechat, they cover almost the entire district Wien environment south of Vienna from.

politics

The municipal council has 29 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 18 SPÖ, 8 ÖVP and 3 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 18 SPÖ, 7 ÖVP, 3 FPÖ and 1 LIF.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 18 SPÖ, 7 ÖVP, 3 FPÖ and 1 LIF.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 20 SPÖ, 7 ÖVP, 1 BLH citizen list Himberg and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 18 SPÖ, 8 ÖVP, 2 FPÖ and 1 Greens.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 SPÖ, 7 ÖVP, 4 FPÖ and 3 Greens.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 SPÖ, 8 ÖVP, 3 Greens and 2 FPÖ.

mayor

• 1989-2018: Erich Klein (SPÖ)
• since 2019: Ernst Wendl (SPÖ)

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Karl Eduard Bauernschmid (1801–1875), civil servant, politician and journalist
• Ludwig Bandl (1842–1892), gynecologist, first writer of the Bandl ring and inventor of the Bandl curette
• Thomas Panny (* 1987), footballer
• Julius Robert (1826–1888), chemist and industrialist
• Herwig Zens (1943–2019), painter and art teacher

literature

• Alfred Fischeneder-Meiseneder: The architecture of the Gothic in the east of Austria. Studies on sacred buildings in the 14th and 15th centuries with a focus on around 1400. Diss. University of Vienna 2016, pp. 103-104.
• Vectigal. Concerning the Imperial toll at Himberg. (ddto Vienna, April 29, 1712.) (tit. fict.) . Sl, s. a. - Full text online .
• Josef Past: Chronicle of the market town of Himberg. A historical reader from 1120 to 1994. Verlag der Marktgemeinde Himberg, Himberg 1994, OBV .
• Martin Windischhofer: The Waldensians in Austria. Departure, persecution and change of the early movement until 1315. Diploma thesis. University of Vienna, Vienna 2006, OBV , p. 111.
• Johann Bernsteiner; Peter Schuh: Back then it was in Himberg. A book about the years 1960-2010 in Himberg. Self-published by the authors, Himberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-200-02324-6 .
• Johann Bernsteiner, Peter Schuh: From Hintperg to Himberg, Velm and Pellendorf. A book about the market town of Himberg. Self-published by the authors, Himberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-200-03209-5 .

Web links

Commons : Himberg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Himberg  - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Community website
• Entry on Himberg in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

• 30732 - Himberg. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Geomix.at: Himberg near Vienna

Individual evidence

1. ^ Term coined in Johann Richter: Münchendorfer Seenland . In: Petrus Kaserer (Hrsg.): Chronicle Münchendorf: 4300 BC to 2004 AD. Self-published by the community of Münchendorf, Münchendorf 2004, p. 82 ff.
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ↑ 4th part: Municipalities - Lower Austria - 195. Himberg . In: Austrian official calendar online . Jusline Österreich GmbH (Verlag Österreich), Vienna 2002–, ZDB -ID 2126440-5 .
4. ^ Vienna, July 10th. (...) Urban Affairs. In:  Local-Anzeiger der "Presse" , No. 190/1869 (XXII. Year), July 11, 1869, p. 1 (unpaginated), center right. (Online at ANNO ).
5. ↑ Local review. (...) A victim of the cemetery question. In:  Morgen-Post , No. 13/1869 (XXth year), January 14, 1870, p. 3 (unpaginated), bottom left. (Online at ANNO ).
6. ↑ The field irrigation, manure results and steam plowing in Gutenhof, as a world exhibition item. In:  Wiener Weltausstellung-Zeitung. Central organ for the world exhibition in 1873 , No. 144/1873 (3rd year), May 6, 1873, p. 2 (unpaginated). (Online at ANNO ). ;
   Wilhelm Ritter v (on) Hamm :  In Gutenhof. In:  International Exhibition Newspaper. Supplement to the Neue Freie Presse , No. 3258/1873, September 18, 1873, p. 3 f. (Online at ANNO ).
7. ↑ Transport and Industry. Electricity in the agricultural business. In:  Vorarlberger Landes-Zeitung , No. 272/1897 (XXXIV. Volume), November 27, 1897, p. 2 (unpaginated), center right. (Online at ANNO ).
8. ^ The engineer and inventor Viktor Kaplan. For the 140th birthday. Feature by Ilse Huber. orf.at, audio image, broadcast November 26, 2016, 9.05–9.59. - Audible for 7 days.
9. ↑ Statistics Austria: dissolutions or associations of municipalities from 1945
10. ↑ Pride Parade lured hundreds to Himberg - derStandard.at. Retrieved September 7, 2019 (Austrian German). 
11. ^ After homophobic attacks: A Pride Parade for Himberg - derStandard.at. Retrieved September 7, 2019 (Austrian German). 
12. ↑ Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 , part 1: Himberg: Parish church hl. George . Berger publishing house, Horn / Vienna 2003, p. 795 f.
13. ^ Marietta Mayrhofer-Krammel: Protestant Church Buildings in Austria after 1945 ; University of Vienna, Diploma thesis 2012 ( online )
14. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Himberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on June 25, 2020 . 
15. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Himberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on June 25, 2020 . 
16. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Himberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on June 25, 2020 . 
17. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Himberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed June 25, 2020 . 
18. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Himberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on June 25, 2020 . 
19. ↑ Results of the local council election 2020 in Himberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on June 25, 2020 . 
20. ↑ Honorary citizenship for retired mayor Erich Klein . Article dated February 7, 2019, accessed February 8, 2019.