Krumbach (Lower Austria)

market community

Krumbach

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Wiener Neustadt-Land

License plate :

WB

Surface:

43.93 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 31 ' N , 16 ° 12' E Coordinates: 47 ° 31 '27 " N , 16 ° 11' 31" E

Height :

533 m above sea level A.

Residents :

2,272 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

52 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

2851, 2852, 2853, 2871

Area code :

02647

Community code :

3 23 15

NUTS region

AT122

Address of the
municipal administration:

Marktstrasse 17
2851 Krumbach

Website:

www.krumbach-noe.at

politics

Mayor :

Josef Freiler ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(21 members)

17th

2

17th 2 2

A total of 21 seats

ÖVP : 17
SPÖ : 2
FPÖ : 2

Location of Krumbach in the Wiener Neustadt-Land district

Krumbach

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Krumbach is a market town with 2272 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the south of Lower Austria in the Bucklige Welt .

Community structure

Krumbach is the only village that is made up of numerous districts. Districts are Ausserlehen, Buchegg, Egg, Feichten, Haselgraben, Hochhalt, Hosien, Königsegg, Kraxenberg, Löder, Möltern, Ödhöfen, Ponholz, Prägart, Ransgraben, Saubichl, Tiefenbach, Unterhaus, Weißes Kreuz, Zöberau, Zöbersdorf as well as numerous individual layers.

Neighboring communities

history

Originally the name of the water body with the meaning "winding brook".

First documented mention: 1182 Chrumpach.

Population development

religion

According to the 2001 census data , 95.0% of the population are Roman Catholic and 1.2% Protestant . 0.3% are Muslims , 0.4% belong to Orthodox churches . 2.5% of the population have no religious denomination.

coat of arms

Blazon : In the red shield, a rising silver lion with a chain around its neck, turned right.

The coat of arms of the Lords of Krumbach , which appears in a seal from 1291, served as a template . This seal coat of arms has been used as the market coat of arms since January 19, 1957.

politics

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The municipal council has 21 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 ÖVP, and 4 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 7 Bauernbund Krumbach, 2 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 17 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.

mayor

1945 Anton Schwarz
1945–1946 Johann Gebhart
1946–1950 Ernst Bauer
1950–1963 Florian Freiler
1963–1979 Ernst Blochberger
1979–1990 Friedrich Gamauf
1990–1995 Otmar Gebhart
1995-2007 Friedrich Trimmel (ÖVP)
since 2007 Josef Freiler (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Krumbach Castle

Rococo rectory

Erasmus Church

Hotel Krumbach Castle
Catholic parish church Krumbach hl. Stephan
Museum village Krumbach
Erasmuskirche (cemetery church)
Abraham column
Abrahampark
Holzerpark

Public facilities

Catholic Church
Monastery (Congregation for Sisters of the Poor)
Parish and community library
General Practitioner
dentist
Ophthalmologist
vet
Local office of the Red Cross
Voluntary fire brigades (FF Weißes Kreuz, FF Krumbach)

education

New Middle School (NMS) Krumbach
Music School Association Bucklige Welt - South
Lower Austria state kindergarten Krumbach
Polytechnic school
Krumbach elementary school

Personalities

Honorary citizen of the community

Othmar Zaoralek (July 7, 1870 to April 29, 1964), elementary school teacher, local researcher, painter, holder of the ring of honor of the Krumbach market town.
Friedrich Gamauf (1921–2005), entrepreneur, honorary citizen and honorary ring bearer, Golden Badge of Honor of Lower Austria and papal order " Bene Merenti "
Franz Grabenwöger (born February 4, 1940 in Furth), long-time secretary of Cardinal König and pastor of Krumbach from September 1992 to August 2009. Then continued as a pastor in Krumbach. In 1984 he was given the papal honorary title " Monsignor ". Pastor Grabenwöger has been a member of the Catholic student association KAV Danubia Vienna-Korneuburg in the ÖCV since his time in the seminary in Vienna . He was awarded honorary citizenship on the occasion of his golden jubilee as a priest on June 23, 2013.
Ernst Brandstätter (born September 29, 1953), community secretary.

Born in Krumbach

Franz Blochberger (* 1942), retired regional councilor, economic councilor
Robert Holzbauer (* 1956), historian

People with sphere of activity in Krumbach

Josef Matthias Hauer (1883–1959), composer and music theorist, from 1902 to 1904 elementary school teacher in Krumbach
Rainer Holzbauer (* 1971), author and director, holder of the papal order "Knight's Cross of the New Year's Order "
Alois M. Holzer (* 1976), ORF weather editor, storm researcher, research manager, lives and works in Krumbach

literature

Krumbach and its northern surroundings around 1873 (recording sheet of the state survey )

Moritz Alois Becker: From the life of a nobleman in the XVI. Century . In: Scattered Leaves. Konegen, Vienna 1880, pp. 172–206 ( digitized, from page 172 )