Gerasdorf near Vienna

Borough Gerasdorf near Vienna
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Korneuburg
License plate :	KO (since 2017; old: WU)
Surface:	35.24 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 18 '  N , 16 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 17 '42 "  N , 16 ° 28' 3"  E
Height :	165  m above sea level A.
Residents :	11,401 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	2201
Area code :	02246
Community code :	3 12 35
Address of the municipal administration:	Kirchengasse 2 2201 Gerasdorf near Vienna
Website:	www.gerasdorf.at
politics
Mayor :	Alexander Vojta ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (37 members)	15th 12 6th 3 1 15th 12 6th 3 1  A total of 37 seats SPÖ : 15 ÖVP : 12 FPÖ : 6 GREEN : 3 NEOS : 1
Location of Gerasdorf near Vienna in the Korneuburg district
Gerasdorf Church
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Gerasdorf bei Wien is a municipality with 11,401 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Korneuburg district in Lower Austria .

geography

Gerasdorf near Vienna is located in the Weinviertel in Lower Austria on the northern Vienna city limits. Most of the time that the Vienna-Umgebung district existed, it was its only municipality on the left side of the Danube. The area of ​​the municipality covers 35.24 square kilometers, around one percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Gerasdorf (9685)
  • Gerasdorf (approx. 1500)
  • Kapellerfeld (approx. 2500)
  • Föhrenhain (approx. 820)
  • Oberlisse (approx. 3000)
• Seyring (1716)

The community consists of three cadastral communities (area 2016):

• Gerasdorf (1,764.52 ha)
• Kapellerfeld (805.29 ha)
• Seyring (954.69 ha)

Neighboring communities

Großebersdorf ( District Mistelbach )	Wolkersdorf in the Weinviertel ( District Mistelbach )	Pillichsdorf ( District Mistelbach )
Hagenbrunn		Deutsch-Wagram ( District Gänserndorf )
	Vienna

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  Gerasdorf (left) around 1873

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  Seiring and the "Kapeller Feld" in Marchfeld around 1873 ( recording sheet of the regional survey)

history

Until 1848 were under Gerasdorf and Seyring basic rule : In Gerasdorf were the Vienna Schottenstift , the Abbey of Klosterneuburg and gentlemen Bisamberg (Family Abensperg and Traun ) and Süßenbrunn ; in Seyring it was the German Beroldingen family . From 1849 there were two independent local parishes.

After the "Anschluss" of Austria to the Third Reich , the place was incorporated into Greater Vienna in autumn 1938 . 1946 decided to carry out in 1954, Gera village belonged to the territory Amendment Act to those 80 Wiener edge communities that return to the State of Lower Austria were back broken.

In 1972 the municipality of Seyring was incorporated into the municipality of Gerasdorf. In May 1992 Gerasdorf was raised to a market town. On December 17, 1998, the Lower Austrian state parliament decided to elevate Gerasdorf to the city.

The oldest places in the municipality are Gerasdorf and Seyring. Gerasdorf is first mentioned in a document in the Klosterneuburg tradition book around 1200 , "Viricus des Gerhartesdorf" is a witness of a donation to the monastery.

The oldest documented mentions of Seyring also date from the 11th century, the first mentions are as "Seuringe". Allegedly, a ring of lakes is said to have surrounded the village earlier, from which the place name could be traced back.

The Volksbildungshaus of Oberlisse

The two settlements Oberlisse and Kapellerfeld did not emerge until the interwar period after 1918, whereby the name Kapellerfeld refers to a settlement which was already abandoned as "Capellen" in 1258 and which is said to have been half a kilometer south of today's settlement.

In today's cadastral municipality of Seyring, the Seyring military airfield with the code name “Wetterfrosch” of the German Air Force and an air combat school (“Wien-Seyring”) was located during World War II . During the Balkan campaign in 1941, the 4th (F) reconnaissance group 121 ( Luftflotte 4 ) was stationed there. From 1944 this military airfield was the target of Allied air raids. Bomb craters in the surrounding forests and remains of this airport - such as concrete runways , earth walls around former gun emplacements and remains of the hangars' foundations - are still visible in and around Seyring today.

In September 2015 it was announced that the Vienna-Umgebung district will be dissolved on December 31, 2016. Gerasdorf was to become part of the Gänserndorf district from January 1, 2017 . In an online citizens' survey organized by the municipality in September 2015, however, a two-thirds majority voted in favor of belonging to the Korneuburg district . On September 24, 2015, the Lower Austrian state parliament granted the citizens' request and approved the assignment of Gerasdorf to the Korneuburg district.

Population development

year population 1869 1330 1880 1364 1890 1444 1900 1526 1910 1733 1923 1759 1934 2455 1939 3485 1951 3466

year population 1961 0.3947 1971 0.4728 1981 0.5279 1991 0.6661 2001 0.8231 2006 0.9353 2011 10,278 2017 10,862

Source: Statistics Austria

Demographic data

feature	total	Share in the population	Men	Women
0-4 years	450	04.2%	225	225
5–9 years	553	05.1%	292	261
10-14 years	579	05.4%	313	266
15-19 years	669	06.2%	360	309
20–24 years	543	05.0%	311	232
25-29 years	430	04.0%	225	205
30–34 years	533	05.0%	251	282
35-39 years	662	06.2%	305	357
40–44 years	880	8.2%	432	448
45–49 years	1082	10.1%	537	545
50–54 years	998	9.3%	505	493
55–59 years	782	7.3%	395	387
60–64 years	553	05.1%	283	270
65–69 years	603	05.6%	288	315
70–74 years	549	05.1%	264	285
75–79 years	467	04.3%	229	238
80–84 years	234	02.2%	094	140
85-89 years	135	01.3%	049	086
90 years or older	052	00.5%	018th	034

Source: Statistics Austria

Religions

Roman Catholic parishes exist in Gerasdorf (with Oberlisse and Kapellerfeld) and Seyring. From 1953 to 1965 Kurt Knotzinger was chaplain and pastor in Gerasdorf.

There is a Protestant church in Gerasdorf and Kapellerfeld .

politics

The municipal council has 37 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 SPÖ, 8 ÖVP, 3 ULI environmental list Gerasdorf (Greens) and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 SPÖ, 8 ÖVP, 4 FPÖ and 3 ULI environmental list Gerasdorf (Greens).
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 SPÖ, 7 ÖVP, 5 FPÖ and 2 ULI environmental list Gerasdorf (Greens). (29 members)
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 SPÖ, 8 ÖVP, 5 Greens and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 SPÖ, 8 ÖVP, 6 FPÖ and 2 Greens.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 SPÖ, 10 ÖVP, 7 FPÖ, 2 Greens and 1 DU - The Independent Gerasdorf.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 15 SPÖ, 12 ÖVP, 6 FPÖ, 3 Greens and 1 NEOS.

mayor

• until 2008 Bernd Vögerle (SPÖ)
• since 2008 Alexander Vojta (SPÖ)

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Gerasdorf near Vienna

• Seyring Castle: The castle is a two-story, classical building with single-story side wings. It has been partially preserved and expanded. Seyring Castle is located in a park-like area and houses a cultural center, a sports facility and a primary school. The cultural center offers a wide range of events such as concerts, readings or cabaret programs.
• Catholic parish church Gerasdorf bei Wien Sts. Peter and Paul, surrounded by a cemetery and a former defensive wall. Late baroque rectory.
• Catholic parish church Seyring Hl. Rosalia am Anger

economy

• 214 Non-agricultural workplaces (2001), smaller industrial and commercial enterprises e.g. B. Sausage production Stastnik , plastic technology EDER Robust Plastik , sun protection technology STOTTAN
• 47 agricultural and forestry holdings (1999)
• 3,779 persons in employment at home (2001)
• 47.3% activity rate (2001)

traffic

Gerasdorf train station

Gerasdorf is an important rail junction on the one hand on the route from Vienna-Stadlau to Wolkersdorf / Mistelbach / Laa an der Thaya and on the other hand on the route from Vienna-Floridsdorf to Gänserndorf / Hohenau / Breclav. In the municipality of Gerasdorf near Vienna there is not only the Gerasdorf train station (core zone border Vienna, route S2), but also the Kapellerfeld and Seyring train stations. The Süßenbrunn stop (Vienna core zone border, route S1) is located in the Vienna cadastral community of the same name, which is directly adjacent . Since the city limits run through the platform of the Gerasdorf stop, part of it is itself in Vienna.

• Train: The  S1 S-Bahn line takes you every half hour from the Süßenbrunn stop in Vienna to Gänserndorf and the city ​​center of Vienna . The S-Bahn line  S2 takes you up to four times an hour from Gerasdorf station to Wolkersdorf and Vienna and up to two times an hour to Mistelbach and the thermal town of Laa an der Thaya . Since December 13, 2015, S7 trains from and to Vienna Airport and from / to Wolfsthal have also stopped here. Kapellerfeld and Seyring are served by ÖBB trains at the same rate as Gerasdorf station.
• Bus: there are also four regional bus routes (124 and 125, which connect Gerasdorf with the Viennese cadastral communities Süßenbrunn , Leopoldau and Stammersdorf , and 220 and 225, which connect Gerasdorf to the neighboring communities in the north). In the Gerasdorf area, far away from the town center and only accessible via detours, there are the stations Wagramer Straße / Ostbahn and Campingplatzweg, which are served by line 25A (between Rennbahnweg U and Süßenbrunner Platz).

Personalities

Honorary citizen of the community

• 2001: Johann Kaller (* 1925), former mayor of Gerasdorf near Vienna
• Johann Schneider († 2019), municipality and city council

Sons and daughters of the church

• Hanns Studniczka (1891–1975), writer, translator and lawyer

People related to the community

• Lukas Mandl (* 1979), politician and former Vice Mayor

Web links

Commons : Gerasdorf bei Wien  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 31235 - Gerasdorf near Vienna. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• www.gerasdorf-wien.gv.at Homepage of the municipality of Gerasdorf

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Land prices in Gerasdorf Website of the municipality of Gerasdorf, June 5, 2019, accessed on August 13, 2020
3. ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying, Regional Information, reference date December 31, 2016, accessed February 19, 2017
4. ↑ Friedrich Schweickhardt: Presentation of the Archduchy of Austria under Ens , Volumes 23 and 24, p. 97, Mechitharisten, Vienna 1834
5. ^ NÖN: District Vienna environment is dissolved . Article dated September 10, 2015, accessed September 10, 2015.
6. ↑ Gerasdorf parish courier from October / November. 2015 (see p. 3) ( Memento of the original dated November 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ WU communities are being reorganized ORF, accessed on September 24, 2015.
8. ↑ A look at the community of Gerasdorf near Vienna <31235>. (PDF) Statistics Austria, accessed on September 20, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Demographic data Gerasdorf near Vienna. (PDF) Statistics Austria, July 17, 2017, accessed on September 20, 2017 . 
10. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Gerasdorf near Vienna. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on February 3, 2020 . 
11. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Gerasdorf near Vienna. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on February 3, 2020 . 
12. ^ Result of the 2005 municipal council election in Gerasdorf near Vienna. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on February 3, 2020 . 
13. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Gerasdorf near Vienna. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on February 3, 2020 . 
14. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Gerasdorf near Vienna. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on February 3, 2020 . 
15. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Gerasdorf near Vienna. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on February 3, 2020 . 
16. ↑ https://www.mein Bezirk.at/mistelbach/c- Menschen / gerasdorfer-altbuergermeister-feiert- 95er_a4090374 , accessed on June 13, 2020.
17. ↑ https://www.mein Bezirk.at/mistelbach/c-politik/gerasdorfs-ehrenbuerger-johann-schneider-verstorben_a3398235 , accessed on May 18, 2019.