Kirchberg an der Pielach
market community Kirchberg an der Pielach
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Lower Austria | |
Political District : | Sankt Pölten-Land | |
License plate : | PL | |
Surface: | 63.41 km² | |
Coordinates : | 48 ° 2 ' N , 15 ° 26' E | |
Height : | 371 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 3,207 (January 1, 2020) | |
Population density : | 51 inhabitants per km² | |
Postal code : | 3204 | |
Area code : | 02722 | |
Community code : | 3 19 18 | |
NUTS region | AT123 | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Schloßstraße 1 3204 Kirchberg an der Pielach |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Franz Singer ( ÖVP ) | |
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (23 members) |
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Location of Kirchberg an der Pielach in the Sankt Pölten-Land district | ||
View from the town hall to the church |
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Kirchberg an der Pielach is a market town with 3207 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Sankt Pölten-Land district in Lower Austria .
geography
Kirchberg an der Pielach is located in the Pielach valley in the Mostviertel in the Lower Austrian Alps . The area of the market town covers 63.52 square kilometers. 54.54 percent of the area is forested.
Community structure
The municipality includes the following seven localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Kirchberg an der Pielach (1273)
- Kirchberg area (238) including Fronberg
- Castle Area (265)
- Schwerbach area (421) including Marbach and Schwerbach
- Sois area (541) including Sois
- Tradigistdorf (317)
- Tradigist area (152) including Dörfl on the Eben
The community consists of the cadastral community of Kirchberg an der Pielach.
history
In ancient times, the area was part of the Noricum province .
In the 6th to 9th centuries there was probably an Avar settlement in the local area , followed by Slavic residents. The castle in Kirchberg was built in the 11th century. The first mention of the place followed around 1250 as "Chirichperg". 1608 Kirchberg is mentioned as a market place. In 1848 there was a revolution and the liberation of the peasants, in 1850 a community council was formed. With the connection of Austria in 1938 the place to Lower Danube came. On May 8, 1945, Soviet troops moved in, followed by democratic elections in November 1945 and the restoration of Austrian sovereignty.
Population development
In the first and last decades of the 20th century there was a strong increase in population. In the past 25 years, the positive birth balance has been offset by a negative migration balance.
Culture and sights
- Catholic parish church Kirchberg an der Pielach hl. Martin: from the 10th and 14th centuries
- Castle from the 16th century with a beautiful Renaissance portal , inner courtyard with an open arcade
- baroque statue of Nepomuk
- Catholic branch church Tradigist hl. Andreas: built in 1464
- Model railway layout (model of a 30 km section of the Mariazellerbahn)
- Skywalk am Kirchenberg , viewing platform opened in 201434 meters above the village
Sports
The Kirchberg sports club was founded on October 26, 1946.
The former karate world champion Karina Gansch comes from Kirchberg an der Pielach. She became Austria's first female Shōtōkan world champion in Bern in 1998 .
Economy and Infrastructure
The number of non-agricultural workplaces increased from 136 in 2001 to 179 in 2011. There were 156 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey. This number fell to 146 in 2010. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment was on Residence 1,387. The employment rate in 2016 was 52.8 percent.
traffic
railroad
Kirchberg is on the Mariazellerbahn . This railway line stops in the municipality in the Kirchberg an der Pielach station, as well as the Tradigist and Schwerbach stops. Kirchberg was a system crossing station between June 1991 and December 2015 with a two-year interruption.
Streets
Kirchberg is connected to the higher-ranking road network by the B39 ( Pielachtal Straße ). In addition, major national roads lead over the "air" to Kettenreith , as well as over Tradigist and the "Gaisbühelsattel" to Eschenau . From Tradigist there is also a road over the “Morigrabensattel” to Schrambach .
politics
The mayor of the market town is Franz Singer, and the head of the district is Hannes Karner. In the market town council there after the local elections in 2020 on a total of 23 seats following distribution of seats: ÖVP 17, SPÖ 5, FPÖ 1. Otherwise there are no mandates.
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- 2019: Gerhard Hackner, head of office, tourism obman and multifunctional
Sons and daughters of the church
- Lambert Karner , pastor, speleologist and archaeologist was born here.
Personalities associated with the community
- Karl Stolz , entrepreneur and mayor
- Cardinal Franz König was a student here from 1911 to 1919
literature
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Lower Austria, south of the Danube , part 1. Berger Verlag, Horn / Wien 2003, pp. 944 f., ISBN 3-85028-364-X
- Heinz Palt: Home register of the market town of Kirchberg an der Pielach . Kirchberg an der Pielach 1975
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Kirchberg an der Pielach, population development. Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Kirchberg viewing platform on the Mostviertel Tourismus GmbH website
- ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Kirchberg an der Pielach, workplaces. Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Statistics Austria, coordinated employment statistics 2016. Accessed on February 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Kirchberg an der Pielach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on February 25, 2020 .
- ↑ https://www.noen.at/pielachtal/kirchberg-an-der-pielach-gerhard-hackner-ist-ehrenbuerger-kirchberg-an-der-pielach-gerhard-hackner-anton-gonaus-kirchberg-halle-135611549 (accessed on February 12, 2019)
Web links
- Market municipality Kirchberg on the Pielach homepage of the municipality
- 31918 - Kirchberg an der Pielach. Community data, Statistics Austria .