Langschlag (Lower Austria)

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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Zwettl
License plate :	ZT
Surface:	61.13 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 35 '  N , 14 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 34 '40 "  N , 14 ° 53' 5"  E
Height :	765  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,730 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	28 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3921
Area code :	02814
Community code :	3 25 16
Address of the municipal administration:	Marktplatz 37 3921 Langschlag
Website:	http://www.langschlag.at
politics
Mayor :	Andreas Maringer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	17th 2 17th 2  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 17 SPÖ : 2
Location of Langschlag in the Zwettl district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Langschlag is a market town with 1730 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Zwettl district in Lower Austria .

geography

Center of Langschlag

Langschlag is located in the west of the Waldviertel on the upper reaches of the Zwettl (river) in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the market town covers 61.13 square kilometers. About 52 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 18 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Bruderndorf (117)
• Bruderndorferwald (89)
• Fraberg (20)
• Kainrathschlag (93)
• Kasbach (44)
• Kehrbach (63)
• Kleinpertholz (82)
• Kogschlag (46)
• Long lay (620)
• Long Club Forest (150)
• Mittelberg (13)
• Mid-punch (107)
• Münzbach (42)
• Reichenauerwald (28)
• Schmerbach (9)
• Siebenhöf (90)
• Stierberg (55)
• Streith (62)

The community consists of the cadastral communities of Bruderndorf, Bruderndorferwaldhäuser, Fraberg, Kainrathschlag, Kasbach, Kehrbach, Kleinpertholz, Koggschlag, Lamberg, Langschlag, Langschlägerwaldhäuser, Mittelberg, Mitterschlag, Münzbach, Schmerbach, Siebenhöf, Stierberg and Streith.

Neighboring communities

	Bad Großpertholz
		Great Gerungs
Liebenau (Upper Austria)

history

The place was first mentioned in 1209.

Langschlag appears in the purchase protocols as "market" as early as 1740, and in 1923 the market rights were reassigned.

Population development

According to the result of the 2001 census , there were 2008 residents. In 1991 the market town had 1978 inhabitants, 1981 1914 and in 1971 1655 inhabitants.

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 ÖVP, and 2 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, and 3 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, and 4 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 17 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.

mayor

• 1997–2018 Herbert Gottsbachner (ÖVP)
• since 2018 Andreas Maringer (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Langschlag (Lower Austria)

• Waldviertel narrow-gauge railways
• Merchant Museum
• Stone hiking trail
• Frauenwieserteich : bathing pond and fishing pond
• Gesundheitshotel Klosterberg - therapeutic fasting
• Community house at the fire station in Bruderndorf

economy

In 2001 there were 21 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 238 in agriculture and forestry. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment in the place of residence was 861. The 2001 employment rate was 45.75 percent.

Personalities

• Karl Fichtinger (1923–1996), politician
• Ferdinand Staudinger (1933–2018), biblical scholar

Web links

Commons : Langschlag, Lower Austria  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Web presence of the market town of Langschlag
• 32516 - Langschlag (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. ^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council election in Langschlag. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on March 4, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Results of the local council election 2020 in Langschlag. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 31, 2020 .