Harmannstein

Harmannstein ( village ) ; locality ; cadastral community Harmannstein
	Basic data
Pole. District , state	Gmünd (GD), Lower Austria
Judicial district	Gmünd in Lower Austria
Pole. local community	Großschönau
Coordinates	48 ° 38 '34 " N , 14 ° 54' 29" E Coordinates: 48 ° 38 '34 " N , 14 ° 54' 29" E
height	730 m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	101 (January 1, 2020)
Building status	33 (2011)
Area d. KG	3.23 km²
	Statistical identification
Locality code	03626
Cadastral parish number	07310
Counting district / district	Friedreichs (30912 003)
	Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; NÖGIS

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Harmannstein is a cadastral municipality in the market town of Großschönau in the Gmünd district in Lower Austria .

geography

Harmannstein is located in northwestern Lower Austria ( Waldviertel ) at an altitude of approx. 730 meters south of Weitra.

The village has 101 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

history

The history of the place goes back to at least 1150. The name refers to Hadmar II von Kuenring , who owned a castle west of the place at today's Johannesberg , which was the court and administrative seat for a larger area. Later the name was transferred to the place below the former castle.

Culture and sights

Harmannstein branch church

To the west of the village is the 839 meter high Johannesberg, which is visible from afar and is part of the European watershed . The wall and moat of the former Kuenringerburg can still be seen on its summit plateau . By 1381 at the latest, the castle had already fallen into disrepair.
Former castle Harmannstein , same place Filialkirche Harmannstein : The extended chapel is the daughter church St today. John the Baptist.
Harmannstein local chapel
On the eastern edge of the village there is a trapdoor column , an interesting relic of the jurisdiction of earlier times.

literature

The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . Harmannstein, location description, local chapel, branch church hl. Johannes d. Partly with floor plan, tabernacle pillar at the foot of the Johannesberg, niche shrine at the former drop gate pillar at the eastern exit of the village. P. 396.
Franz Eppel : The Waldviertel, its works of art, historical forms of life and settlement. Revised and expanded by Gertrud Eppel and Wilhelm Zotti. 9th revised edition. Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1989, ISBN 3-900173-01-X .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_03626-1] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )