Kirchberg an der Pielach

market community

coat of arms

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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 Coordinates: 48 ° 1 '39 " N , 15 ° 25' 43" 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

Website:

www.kirchberg-pielach.at

politics

Mayor :

Franz Singer ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(23 members)

17th

5

1

17th 5 1

A total of 23 seats

ÖVP : 17
SPÖ : 5
FPÖ : 1

Location of Kirchberg an der Pielach in the Sankt Pölten-Land district

View from the town hall to the church

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

Skywalk (viewing platform) in Kirchberg an der Pielach, Austria

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Branch church Tradigist

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 adPielach railway station

Mariazellerbahn wagon with Kirchberg motifs

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