Loosdorf

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market community
Loosdorf
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Coat of arms of Loosdorf
Loosdorf (Austria)
Loosdorf
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Lower Austria
Political District : Melk
License plate : ME
Surface: 11.84 km²
Coordinates : 48 ° 12 '  N , 15 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '2 "  N , 15 ° 24' 4"  E
Height : 234  m above sea level A.
Residents : 3,807 (January 1, 2020)
Population density : 322 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 3382
Area code : 02754
Community code : 3 15 20
Address of the
municipal administration:
Europaplatz 11
3382 Loosdorf
Website: www.loosdorf.at
politics
Mayor : Thomas Vasku ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2015 )
(23 members)
16
5
2
16 
A total of 23 seats
Location of Loosdorf in the Melk district
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Municipal Office
Municipal Office
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Loosdorf is a market town with 3807 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Melk district in Lower Austria .

geography

Loosdorf is located in the Pielach valley in the Lower Austrian Alpine Foreland on the southern edge of the Dunkelsteinerwald in the Mostviertel . The area of ​​the market town covers 11.91 square kilometers. 17.23 percent of the area is forested. The Marktbach flows through Loosdorf .

Community structure

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

The community consists of the cadastral communities Albrechtsberg , Loosdorf, Neubach, Rohr and Sitzenthal.

Neighboring communities

Dunkelsteinerwald
Melk
(Linzerstraße, B1)
Neighboring communities Haunoldstein (Wienerstraße, B1)
Schollach Hürm

coat of arms

The Loosdorf coat of arms shows a shield split in red and blue , with a silver oblique left bar at the front, a rising golden panther on a green three-mountain at the back , holding a lantern with a red flame. The coat of arms was awarded on October 6, 1590.

history

In ancient times, the area was part of the Noricum province .

In 1843 the noble Polish family Ledóchowski acquired the estate in Sitzenthal. After the early death of his first wife, Count Antoni August Ledóchowski left Sitzenthal with his three children and built a villa in Loosdorf, which the family lived in until 1874.

At least ten members of the IKG Ybbs / Amstetten from Loosdorf fell victim to the Shoah .

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 3519 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 3366 inhabitants, in 1981 3216 and in 1971 3224 inhabitants.

politics

The municipal council has 23 members.

  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 SPÖ, 6 ÖVP and 1 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 SPÖ, 6 ÖVP and 1 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 SPÖ, 6 ÖVP and 1 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP and 1 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP and 2 FPÖ.
  • With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP and 2 FPÖ.
mayor

Culture and sights

economy

In 2001 there were 162 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 38 in agriculture and forestry. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment in the place of residence was 1,642. In 2001 the employment rate was 48.22 percent.

traffic

  • Road: Due to the good traffic situation on Wiener Straße B1 (until 2002 Bundesstraße 1), the Westautobahn A1 and the Westbahn , the market is of supraregional importance as a business location. This is particularly favored by the motorway connection and the settlement of a number of companies. The two large petrol stations on the motorway act as the center for the industrial park.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Loosdorf  - 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. Johannes Kammerstätter: Portable Fatherland . Wieselburg 2012.
  3. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Loosdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on October 25, 2019 .
  4. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Loosdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on October 25, 2019 .
  5. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Loosdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on October 25, 2019 .
  6. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Loosdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on October 25, 2019 .
  7. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Loosdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on October 25, 2019 .
  8. Rupert Feuchtmüller, Gerhard Flossmann u. a .: Renaissance-Schloss Schallaburg , 1st edition 1989, ISBN 3-900892-00-8