Lichtenegg (Lower Austria)

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Lichtenegg
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Lichtenegg (Lower Austria) (Austria)
Lichtenegg (Lower Austria)
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Lower Austria
Political District : Wiener Neustadt-Land
License plate : WB
Surface: 35.33 km²
Coordinates : 47 ° 36 '  N , 16 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 36 '0 "  N , 16 ° 12' 0"  E
Height : 770  m above sea level A.
Residents : 1,039 (January 1, 2020)
Population density : 29 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 2812, 2813, 2842, 2851
Area code : 02643
Community code : 3 23 17
Address of the
municipal administration:
Hauptstrasse 22
2813 Lichtenegg
Website: www.lichtenegg.gv.at/
politics
Mayor : Josef Schrammel ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(19 members)
17th
2
17th 
A total of 19 seats
Location of Lichtenegg in the Wiener Neustadt-Land district
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View of Lichtenegg - the fortified church in the center of the picture
View of Lichtenegg - the fortified church in the center of the picture
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Lichtenegg is a municipality with 1039 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Wiener Neustadt-Land district in Lower Austria .

geography

Lichtenegg is located in the Bucklige Welt , in the southwest of the industrial district in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 35.39 square kilometers. 48.83 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 20 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

  • Amlos (64)
  • Feichten (19)
  • Kaltenberg (127)
  • Kuehbach (51)
  • Lichtenegg (286)
  • Maierhöfen (19)
  • Pengersdorf (34)
  • Pesendorf (20)
  • Pregart (16)
  • Pürahöfen (9)
  • Purgstall (45)
  • Ransdorf (89)
  • Schlagergraben (3)
  • Spratzau (54)
  • Tafern (31)
  • Tiefenbach (22)
  • Thal (93)
  • Laundry (13)
  • Wieden (36)
  • Winkl (8)

The community consists of the Lichtenegg cadastral community .

Neighboring communities

history

Before the birth of Christ, the area was part of the Celtic Kingdom of Noricum and belonged to the surroundings of the Celtic hill settlement Burg on the Schwarzenbacher Burgberg , which was the main town for the entire north-east Noricum .

Later under the Romans, today's Lichtenegg was then in the province of Pannonia .

The natural scientist Johann Jakob von Tschudi acquired the Jakobshof in 1848.

Population development


Religions

According to the 2001 census data , 96.2% of the population are Roman Catholic and 0.6% Protestant . 0.1% belong to Orthodox churches . 2.8% of the population have no religious denomination.

parish

The pastor of the Lichtenegg parish had been Johann Hartl since September 1st, 1974. He retired on August 31, 2011. On September 1st 2011 Pastor Thomas Rath took over the leadership of the parish.

politics

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The municipal council has 19 members.

  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 18 ÖVP and 1 SPÖ.
  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 18 ÖVP and 1 SPÖ.
  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 ÖVP, 1 FPÖ, and 1 SPÖ.
  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 ÖVP, and 2 SPÖ.
  • With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 18 ÖVP and 1 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 3 FPÖ. Since the FPÖ only put up two candidates but won three seats, only 18 of the 19 seats in the municipal council were filled.
  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 17 ÖVP and 2 FPÖ.
mayor
  • 1945–1950 Johann Mayrhofer
  • 1950–1961 Heinrich Piribauer
  • 1961–1967 Josef Handler
  • 1967–1984 Franz Steiner
  • 1984–1995 Alfred Höller
  • 1995–2014 Franz Rennhofer (ÖVP)
  • since 2014 Josef Schrammel (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

  • Catholic pilgrimage church Kaltenberg Maria Schnee
  • Catholic parish church Lichtenegg hl. Jakobus the Elder: The original facility, built around 1200 in Lichtenegg, was expanded in the 15th century to a defense system with a defensive upper floor in the nave and defensive tower. This fortified church is one of the few fortified churches that have survived, with the surrounding wall reinforced with round towers with beam holes for the battlements and the church with tower, which has been specially raised for defensive purposes. An oven with a hob in the church tower, lounge facilities and special defense facilities are still preserved today as special equipment.
  • Lichtenegg wind power plant , wind power plant with viewing platform

economy

In 2001 there were 55 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry operations 109 according to the 1999 survey. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment in the place of residence was 465. In 2001 the activity rate was 43.41 percent.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  2. ^ Municipality of Lichtenegg: Parish Gazette No. 2, May 2011 (PDF document, 274 KB; accessed on January 6, 2011)
  3. ^ Municipality of Lichtenegg: Pfarrblatt No. 3, October 2011 (PDF document, 345 KB; accessed on January 6, 2011)
  4. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Lichtenegg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on February 12, 2019 .
  5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Lichtenegg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on February 12, 2019 .
  6. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Lichtenegg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on February 12, 2019 .
  7. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Lichtenegg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on February 12, 2019 .
  8. ^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council election in Lichtenegg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on February 12, 2019 .
  9. Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Lichtenegg. Office of the Lower Austrian state government, January 26, 2020, accessed on February 9, 2020 .
  10. ^ Alfred Höller and Roman Lechner: Lichtenegg . In: The Lower Austrian district of Wiener Neustadt and its communities . 2nd Edition. Lower Austria. Verlag GesmbH, Wiener Neustadt 1996, p. 131 .