Karlstein on the Thaya

market community Karlstein on the Thaya
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Waidhofen an der Thaya
License plate :	WT
Surface:	48.88 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 53 '  N , 15 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '0 "  N , 15 ° 24' 0"  E
Height :	442  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,481 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	30 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3822
Area code :	02844
Community code :	3 22 09
Address of the municipal administration:	Wilhelm-Matzinger-Straße 2 3822 Karlstein an der Thaya
Website:	www.karlstein-thaya.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Siegfried Walch ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	16 2 1 16 2 1  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 16 SPÖ : 2 FPÖ : 1
Location of Karlstein an der Thaya in the Waidhofen an der Thaya district
Municipal Office
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Karlstein an der Thaya is a market town with 1481 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Waidhofen an der Thaya district in Lower Austria .

geography

Karlstein an der Thaya is located in the northern Waldviertel in Lower Austria and is traversed by the German Thaya . The area of ​​the market town covers 48.86 km². 33.64 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 12 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Eggersdorf (54)
• Göpfritzschlag (101)
• Goschenreith (60)
• Griesbach (103)
• Hohenwarth (91)
• Karlstein an der Thaya (610)
• Münchreith an der Thaya (94)
• Obergrünbach (113)
• Schlader (42)
• Thuma (140)
• Thures (43)
• Wertau (30)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Eggersdorf, Göpfritzschlag, Goschenreith, Griesbach bei Dobersberg, Hohenwarth, Karlstein, Münichreith an der Thaya, Obergrünbach, Schlader, Thuma and Thures.

Neighboring communities

Dobersberg	Waldkirchen an der Thaya
Thaya		Raabs an der Thaya
Waidhofen an der Thaya	Groß-Siegharts

history

Karlstein an der Thaya was first mentioned in a document in 1112 as Chadelstain , and around 1345 as Karlstein . Name interpretation: Burg am Felsen, which is named after a man named Karl. In the 18th century the place became a center of the watch industry ( see article: Horologenland ) and before 1784 it became a market. During the First World War , the Karlstein an der Thaya internment camp was located here .

coat of arms

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Population development

Karlstein has been losing inhabitants since the beginning of the 20th century. In the last few decades, both the birth balance and the migration balance have been negative.

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 3 AL.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, 1 FPÖ and 1 AL.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, 1 FPÖ and 1 other.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 7 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.

mayor

• 1885–1897 Karl Kittinger
• until 2005 Karl Wanko (ÖVP)
• 2005–2018 Ernst Herynek (ÖVP)
• since 2018 Siegfried Walch (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Karlstein Castle

Parish church Münichreith an der Thaya

Farmhouse Obergrünbach

Kellergasse in Thuma

See also : List of listed objects in Karlstein an der Thaya  and List of cellar lanes in Karlstein an der Thaya

• Karlstein Castle : The castle on the Thaya is an old spur castle that was rebuilt in the Gothic era . In 1880 it became the seat of a watch factory.
• Catholic parish church Münichreith an der Thaya hl. Bartholomäus: The parish church is essentially a Gothic building with baroque and later redesigns.
• The simple branch church dedicated to the Holy Trinity was built in 1898.

economy

In 2010 there were 100 agricultural and forestry holdings, 51 of which were full-time farms, and these farmed three quarters of the area. In the manufacturing sector, twelve companies employed 537 people, 517 of them manufacturing goods. The service sector employed 209 people in 63 companies, almost half of them in social and public services.

• Pollmann : An automotive supplier that has its headquarters here and also operates other plants in other countries.

traffic

• Street: Karlstein is on Thayatal Straße B 30.
• Rail: The community has no rail connection.

health

A general practitioner ordains in the market town. There is a pharmacy in the village

education

A kindergarten, a primary school and a higher technical federal college are available in Karlstein for the education of young people .

Personalities

Honorary citizen of the community

• Hermann-Josef Weidinger OPraem (1918-2004), known as the "herb pastor"
• 2018: Ernst Herynek († 2018), Mayor of Karlstein an der Thaya 2005–2018

Sons and daughters of the church

• Johann Holetschek (1846–1923), astronomer
• Karl Kittinger (1857–1920), politician ( DNP , GDVP ), postmaster and innkeeper

literature

• Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle , Claudia Haas, Renate Holzschuh-Hofer, Wolfgang Huber, Katharina Packpfeifer, Eva Maria Vancsa-Tironiek, Wolfgang Vogg: Lower Austria north of the Danube (=  Dehio-Handbuch . Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs ). Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna et al. 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2 , p. 485-487 .

Web links

Commons : Karlstein an der Thaya  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 32209 - Karlstein on the Thaya. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Elisabeth Schuster: The Etymology of Lower Austrian Place Names, Part 2, 1990
3. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Karlstein an der Thaya, population development. Retrieved September 9, 2019 . 
4. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Karlstein an der Thaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed June 17, 2019 . 
5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Karlstein an der Thaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on June 17, 2019 . 
6. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Karlstein an der Thaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed June 17, 2019 . 
7. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Karlstein an der Thaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on June 17, 2019 . 
8. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Karlstein an der Thaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on June 17, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Karlstein an der Thaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 26, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Siegfried Walch is the new mayor of the municipality of Karlstein an der Thaya, February 20, 2018
11. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Karlstein an der Thaya, agriculture and forestry operations. Retrieved September 9, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Karlstein an der Thaya, workplaces. Retrieved September 9, 2019 . 
13. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Karlstein an der Thaya, employees. Retrieved September 9, 2019 . 
14. ^ Market town of Karlstein an der Thaya, Life, Health. Retrieved September 9, 2019 . 
15. ↑ Marktgemeinde Karlstein an der Thaya, Education. Retrieved September 9, 2019 . 
16. ↑ https://www.noen.at/waidhofen/karlstein-marktgemeinde-trauert-um-ehrenbuerger-ernst-herynek-todesfall-103792688 (accessed on February 9, 2019)