Rohrau (Lower Austria)

Rohrau is located in the industrial district in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 20.47 square kilometers. 8.66 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

structure

Cadastral communities	Locations in the municipality
Gerhaus (3.12 km²) Hollern (6.03 km²) Pachfurth (5.55 km²) Rohrau	Gerhaus (D) Hollern (D) Pachfurth (D) Rohrau (M)
Legend

Legend for the breakdown table

In the cadastral municipalities column , all cadastral municipalities of a municipality are listed. In the brackets the respective area is given in km².

All settlements recorded by Statistics Austria, which also have their own local area code, are listed in the Localities column . In the hierarchy level of the same column, indented to the right, only settlements that consist of at least several houses are shown.

The most important of the abbreviations used are:

M = capital of the municipality
Stt = district
R = Rotte
W = hamlet
D = village
ZH = scattered houses
Sdlg = settlement
Hgr = group of houses
E = single farmstead (only if you have your own local area code)

The complete list of Statistics Austria is in: Topographical settlement identification according to STAT

It should be noted that some places can have different spellings. Thus, cadastral communities can spell themselves differently than localities or communities of the same name.

Source: Statistics Austria - List for Lower Austria (PDF)

The municipality includes the following four localities and cadastral communities (residents in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Gerhaus (251)
Hollern (226)
Pachfurth (649)
Rohrau (488)

Incorporations

In 1972 the communities Hollern, Pachfurth and Rohrau were merged.

history

Rohrau is in the immediate vicinity of the historic Carnuntum, an important Roman legionary camp in antiquity (today the Petronell / Carnuntum municipality) on a connecting road (today the B211) between the fortifications of the Carnuntum legionary camp and Prugg Castle (Bruck an der Leitha, which goes back to a Roman complex and the next possible river crossing with a bridge over the Leitha was). Rohrau has always been a place of passage.

In the 13th century there was a Rohrau line of the House of Liechtenstein , which resided in the forerunner of the local Rohrau Castle.

Culture and sights

Rohrau Castle

Postage stamp on the 150th anniversary of the death of Joseph Haydn

Haydn's Birthplace : The thatched-roof farmhouse has beenopen to the publicsince 1959 as the Joseph Haydn Memorial and Haydn Museum ; it is not far from Rohrau Castle.
Rohrau Castle : late baroque castle. The facade of the castle is one of the few examples of the simple "Josephine" style that prevailed under Emperor Joseph II. The facade can be compared with that of the old Vienna General Hospital and the Josephinum (Vienna) . The Rohrau Castle itself goes back to a two-part medieval moated castle, the system of which can still be seen in the floor plan and in the remains of the moat. Only one of the towers of the castle is visible in the north corner of the entrance courtyard, but this is not accessible.
Count Harrachsche Gemäldegalerie: In Rohrau Castle you can see Austria's largest private collection of 17th and 18th century paintings.
Parish church of St. Vitus with the Haydn organ and the tomb of the parents of the Haydn family. The parish church and the surrounding cemetery together with the chapel at the cemetery entrance, the wrought-iron baroque cemetery gate and the impressive chestnut trees that surround the church grounds form a beautiful ensemble.
Stephanie-Harrach-Platz : Plaque in honor of the eponym, Marian column with a kneeling depiction of Mary in prayer
Oldest Haydn monument in the world , in front of the Rohrau municipal office. It originally stood on the so-called Haydn Island in the palace garden, which no longer exists today.

See also the list of cellar lanes in Rohrau

Regular events

Haydn Days: The Haydn Days take place every year in early summer (June) at Rohrau Castle.

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2001 there were 47 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 74 in agriculture and forestry. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 633. In 2001, the employment rate was 45.29 percent.

politics

Mayor is Herbert Speckl. Head of office is Josef Rössler.
The mandates in the municipal council are divided between 14 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, 1 FPÖ (election 2010).

Population development: According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1455 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 1,224 inhabitants, in 1981 1,258 and in 1971 1,341 inhabitants.