Hernstein

market community

Hernstein

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

to bathe

License plate :

BN

Surface:

46.63 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 54 ' N , 16 ° 6' E Coordinates: 47 ° 53 '40 " N , 16 ° 6' 21" E

Height :

438 m above sea level A.

Residents :

1,549 (January 1, 2020)

Postal code :

2560

Area code :

02633, 02672

Community code :

3 06 14

NUTS region

AT122

Address of the
municipal administration:

Berndorfer Strasse 6
2560 Hernstein

Website:

www.hernstein.gv.at

politics

Mayoress :

Michaela Schneidhofer, MSM ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(19 members)

15th

4th

15th 4th

A total of 19 seats

ÖVP : 15
SPÖ : 4

Location of Hernstein in the Baden district

View of Hernstein from the district of Aigen

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Hernstein (old spelling occasionally also Herrnstein ) is a market town with 1549 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Lower Austria and is located about 50 km south of Vienna in the Baden district .

Community structure

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

Aigen (365)
Alkersdorf (64)
Grillenberg (371)
Hernstein (488)
Small field (46)
Neusiedl (189)
Pollau (26)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Grillenberg, Hernstein, Kleinfeld, Neusiedl bei Grillenberg, Pöllau, Steinhof and Veitsau.

Population development

census	Residents
2012	1503
2011	1508
2006	1408
2001	1421
1991	1305
1981	1191
1971	1097

Source: Hernstein population development. (PDF) Statistics Austria

Neighboring communities

	Pottenstein	Berndorf
Pernitz		Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
Waldegg	Market Piesting , Wöllersdorf-Steinabrückl	Matzendorf-Hölles

history

Hernstein goes back to the formation of rule by the Bavarian Counts of Falkenstein and Neuburg . In 1125 the Falkensteiner Reginold was documented as the named de Harrandistein . When the Falkenstein family fell in the middle of the 13th century, Hernstein fell to the Freising monastery . In the early modern period the rulership in Hernstein changed frequently. On May 19, 1994, Hernstein was raised to a market town.

Hernstein / Hörnstein (center left) and the surrounding area around 1873 (recording sheet of the regional survey )

coat of arms

Blazon :

In a shield divided by a drawbar cut , above in blue two crossed golden keys , on the right in green a silver square tower standing on a natural rock, with an open gate and black window provided with a crenellated defensive tower , on the left in silver a green pine with the same trunk, which is a golden resin pot carries.

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 15 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.

Mayor

since March 3rd, 2020 Michaela Schneidhofer, MSM (ÖVP)
2000 - 3 March 2020 Leopold Nebel (ÖVP)
1974 - 2000 Leopold Schneidhofer (ÖVP)
1972 - 1974 Josef Leitner (ÖVP)
1950 - 1972 Franz Leitner (ÖVP)
1945 - 1950 Johann Penninger (KPÖ)

Vice Mayor

since March 3rd, 2020 Hubert Karl (ÖVP)
February 26, 2015 - March 3, 2020 Michaela Schneidhofer, MSM (ÖVP)
2005 - 02.26.2015 Johann Leitner (ÖVP)
2000 - 2005 Franz Steiner (ÖVP)
1995 - 2000 Leopold Nebel (ÖVP)
1982 - 1995 Franz Balber (ÖVP)
1971 - 1982 Franz Krenn (ÖVP)

Mayor before amalgamation of municipalities

On January 1, 1971, the communities of Hernstein, Grillenberg and Kleinfeld were merged to form the community of Hernstein.

Mayor of the community of Grillenberg

1965 - 1970 Franz Krenn (ÖVP)
1960 - 1965 Johann Schimana
1951 - 1960 Johann Brandner
1950 - 1951 Franz Schöndorfer
1945 - 1950 Karl Groiß
1945 - 1945 Josef Szöke (KPÖ)
?
4.3.1849 -? Werner Singer

Mayor of the community of Kleinfeld

1960 - 1970 Adolf Steiner
1945 - 1960 Johann Lauth
1945 - 1945 Franz Lukas (KPÖ)

Culture and sights

Hernstein Castle

Parish church Grillenberg

Hernstein parish church

The St. Vincent Chapel on the Hart

Hernstein castle ruins
The Hernstein Castle , emerged from a Grange, was commissioned by Archduke Leopold Ludwig 1856-1880 by Theophil Hansen to one of the most important investments of historicism rebuilt. In 1965 it was converted into a seminar hotel, the castle operates under the name of Hernstein Institute , and since 2013 also the seminar hotel Schloss Hernstein.
Catholic parish church Grillenberg hl. Margareta
Catholic parish church Hernstein hl. Laurence
Pechermuseum (as resin extraction is referred to the production of resin or pitch from plants)

education

Lower Austria state kindergarten Hernstein in Hernstein
Hernstein-Grillenberg primary school in Grillenberg

Sports

SV-Grillenberg
SV-Hernstein - tennis stock sport

fire Department

Aigen Volunteer Fire Brigade
Grillenberg volunteer fire department
Hernstein volunteer fire department
Kleinfeld volunteer fire brigade
Neusiedl volunteer fire department

Personalities

Josef Fux (1841–1904), genre painter and set designer

literature

Moriz Alois Becker (Ed.): Hernstein in Lower Austria, his estate and the country in the wider area , Holzhausen, Vienna 1885–1889, OBV .
- Josef von Zahn: History of Hernstein in Lower Austria and the associated goods Starhemberg and Emmerberg . Holzhausen, Vienna 1889. - archive.org .
Erwin Schilder: Berndorf - past and present . Municipality, Berndorf 1975, OBV .
René Riegler: Castles, palaces and ruins in the Baden district . Self-published, Ternitz 1997, OBV .
Peter Metz: Hernstein through the ages. From early history to our time. DVD-Video, Hernstein Municipality, Hernstein 2007, OBV .
Verena Bendek: Hernstein Castle. About Hansen's historical rooms, their equipment and their interior . Thesis. University of Vienna, Vienna 2008. - Full text online (PDF; 2.5 MB) .
Helene Schießl: Hike and experience chapels, wayside shrines, crosses and picture trees in the Hernstein municipality. Kral, Berndorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-902447-51-7 .
Gabriele Handl, Christian Handl: Our Triestingtal. Altenmarkt, Berndorf, Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn, Furth, Hernstein, Hirtenberg, Kaumberg, Leobersdorf, Pottenstein, Weissenbach . Volume 1, 3rd edition. Kral, Berndorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-902447-46-3 .

Web links

Commons : Hernstein - collection of images, videos and audio files

30614 - Hernstein. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Entry on Hernstein in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
Website of the market town of Hernstein

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
↑ Entire legal regulation for coat of arms municipal colors Hernstein
^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Hernstein. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on July 3, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Hernstein. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on July 3, 2020 .
^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Hernstein. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on July 3, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Hernstein. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on July 3, 2020 .
^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Hernstein. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on July 3, 2020 .
↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Hernstein. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on July 3, 2020 .
↑ Hernstein since 1945
↑ Hernstein since 1945
↑ Hernstein since 1945
↑ Grillenberg
↑ Hernstein since 1945
↑ Lower Austria state kindergarten Hernstein
↑ Hernstein-Grillenberg elementary school
↑ Grillenberg sports club
↑ Hernstein Sports Club
↑ Facebook: Sportverein Hernstein - Tennis Stocksport
↑ Aigen Volunteer Fire Brigade
↑ Grillenberg Volunteer Fire Brigade
↑ Hernstein volunteer fire department
↑ Kleinfeld volunteer fire department
↑ Neusiedl volunteer fire department

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-1] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[2] Entire legal regulation for coat of arms municipal colors Hernstein

[NÖGrw1995_30614-3] Result of the local council election 1995 in Hernstein. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on July 3, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2000_30614-4] Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Hernstein. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on July 3, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2005_30614-5] Election result of the local council election 2005 in Hernstein. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on July 3, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2010_30614-6] Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Hernstein. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on July 3, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2015_30614-7] Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Hernstein. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on July 3, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2020_30614-8] Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Hernstein. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on July 3, 2020 .

[9] Hernstein since 1945

[10] Hernstein since 1945

[11] Hernstein since 1945

[12] Grillenberg

[13] Hernstein since 1945

[14] Lower Austria state kindergarten Hernstein

[15] Hernstein-Grillenberg elementary school

[16] Grillenberg sports club

[17] Hernstein Sports Club

[18] Facebook: Sportverein Hernstein - Tennis Stocksport

[19] Aigen Volunteer Fire Brigade

[20] Grillenberg Volunteer Fire Brigade

[21] Hernstein volunteer fire department

[22] Kleinfeld volunteer fire department

[23] Neusiedl volunteer fire department