Kirchschlag (Lower Austria)

market community Kirchschlag
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Zwettl
License plate :	ZT
Surface:	29.24 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 23 '  N , 15 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 23 '0 "  N , 15 ° 13' 0"  E
Height :	821  m above sea level A.
Residents :	622 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	3631, 3664
Area code :	02872
Community code :	3 25 14
Address of the municipal administration:	Kirchschlag 2 3631 Kirchschlag
Website:	www.kirchschlag.gv.at
politics
Mayoress :	Christina Martin ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (15 members)	11 2 2 11 2 2  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 11 FPÖ : 2 SPÖ : 2
Location of Kirchschlag in the Zwettl district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Kirchschlag is a market town with 622 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Zwettl district in Lower Austria .

geography

Kirchschlag is located in the southern Waldviertel in Lower Austria, about four kilometers south of Ottenschlag . The area of ​​the market town covers 29.24 square kilometers. 46.67% of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Bernhardshof (34)
• Corner (30)
• Gassles (10)
• Kienings (19)
• Kirchschlag (241)
• Merkengerst (25)
• Plessberg (43)
• Roggenreith (67)
• Disc (110)
• Schneeberg (43)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Bernhardshof, Eck, Gastles, Kienings, Kirchschlag, Merkengerst, Plessberg, Roggenreith, Scheib and Schneeberg.

Neighboring communities

	Ottenschlag
Martinsberg		Kottes-Purk
	Pöggstall	Raxendorf

history

The survey on the market town took place on July 30, 1983.

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census , there were 717 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 738 inhabitants, in 1981 795 and in 1971 883 inhabitants.

politics

The municipal council has 15 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 4 FPÖ and 2 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 2 FPÖ and 2 SPÖ.

mayor

• 1975-2010 Karl Honeder (ÖVP)
• 2010–2020 Johann Stieger (ÖVP)
• since 2020 Christina Martin (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Kirchschlag parish church

See also:  List of listed objects in Kirchschlag

• Catholic parish church Kirchschlag hl. Nicholas

economy

In 2001 there were 26 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry operations 101 according to the 1999 survey. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment in the place of residence was 322. In 2001 the activity rate was 45.32%.

Personalities

• Karl Honeder (* 1946), politician

Web links

Commons : Kirchschlag, District Zwettl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 32514 - Kirchschlag (Lower Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Changes to the community from 1945 (associations, partitions, name and status changes). Statistics Austria, p. 170 , accessed on February 9, 2019 . 
3. ^ Result of the municipal council election 1995 in Kirchschlag. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on December 6, 2019 . 
4. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Kirchschlag. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed December 6, 2019 . 
5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Kirchschlag. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed December 6, 2019 . 
6. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Kirchschlag. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed December 6, 2019 . 
7. ^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Kirchschlag. Office of the Lower Austrian state government, December 1, 2015, accessed on December 6, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Kirchschlag. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 31, 2020 .