Hohenruppersdorf

market community

Hohenruppersdorf

coat of arms

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Gänserndorf

License plate :

GF

Surface:

21.42 km²

Coordinates :

48 ° 27 ' N , 16 ° 39' E Coordinates: 48 ° 27 '0 " N , 16 ° 39' 0" E

Height :

244 m above sea level A.

Residents :

936 (January 1, 2020)

Postal code :

2223

Area code :

02574

Community code :

3 08 28

NUTS region

AT126

UN / LOCODE

AT HON

Address of the
municipal administration:

Obere Hauptstrasse 4
2223 Hohenruppersdorf

Website:

www.hohenruppersdorf.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Hermann Gindl ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(15 members)

10

3

2

10 3 2

A total of 15 seats

ÖVP : 10
SPÖ : 3
FPÖ : 2

Location of Hohenruppersdorf in the Gänserndorf district

Municipal office and Gasthaus Zum Schwarzen Adler

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Hohenruppersdorf is a market town with 936 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Gänserndorf district in Lower Austria .

geography

Hohenruppersdorf and the surrounding area (center) in the state survey around 1873

Hohenruppersdorf is located in the hill country of the eastern Weinviertel in Lower Austria, about three kilometers east of Bad Pirawarth and Gaweinstal . The area of the market town covers 21.42 km², 30.1% of the area is forested.

Community structure

There is only the cadastral community Hohenruppersdorf.

Neighboring communities

	Sulz
Gaweinstal ( Mistelbach )		Spannberg
	Matzen-Raggendorf	Ebenthal

history

Hohenruppersdorf was first mentioned in a document in 1170. A market is documented for the first time in 1324. Hohenruppersdorf was raised to a parish in 1347 and was initially incorporated into the Mauerbach Charterhouse . The place was originally surrounded by a wall and served as a place of refuge in the 14th, 17th and 18th centuries.

Population development

According to the results of the census , there were 1012 inhabitants in 1971, 993 inhabitants in 1981, 974 inhabitants in 1991 and 936 inhabitants in 2001.

politics

The municipal council has 15 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 2 senior citizen lists (ÖVP).
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ, 2 JIH-Junge Initiative Hohenruppersdorf and 1 senior citizen list (ÖVP).
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 KAUTZ citizens' list KAUTZ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 3 FPÖ and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.

mayor

until 2005 Hermann Pfalz (ÖVP)
since 2005 Hermann Gindl (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Parish church Hohenruppersdorf

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Catholic parish church Hohenruppersdorf hl. Cross: The baroque parish church surrounded by a cemetery was built between 1788 and 1790. The core of the church tower is medieval.
To the north of the church, the former ossuary donated in 1508 has been preserved as a crypt.
The town hall of Hohenruppersdorf is also baroque, but was later heavily redesigned.
A Trinity column from 1713 stands on the main square.

economy

Weinviertel saffron

In 2001 there were 34 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 107. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment in the place of residence was 434. In 2001 the activity rate was 47.64%.