Ludweis-Aigen

market community

Ludweis-Aigen

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Waidhofen an der Thaya

License plate :

WT

Main town :

Ludweis

Surface:

51.19 km²

Coordinates :

48 ° 46 ′ N , 15 ° 29 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ N , 15 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ E

Height :

507 m above sea level A.

Residents :

905 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

18 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

3762

Area code :

02847

Community code :

3 22 12

NUTS region

AT124

Address of the
municipal administration:

Ludweis 1
3762 Ludweis-Aigen

Website:

www.ludweis-aigen.at

politics

Mayor :

Hermann Wistrcil ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(15 members)

11

4th

11 4th

A total of 15 seats

ÖVP : 11
SPÖ : 4

Location of Ludweis-Aigen in the Waidhofen an der Thaya district

Municipal office in Ludweis

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Ludweis-Aigen is a market town with 905 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Waidhofen an der Thaya district in Lower Austria .

geography

Ludweis-Aigen is located in the northern Waldviertel in Lower Austria south of Raabs an der Thaya . The area of the market town covers 51.18 square kilometers. 30.31 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipal area comprises the following 14 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Aigen (81)
Blumau an der Wild (163)
Diemschlag (47)
Drosiedl (55)
Kollmitzgraben (24)
Liebenberg (28)
Ludweis (175)
Oedt an der Wild (66)
Pfaffenschlag (44)
Wheel food (6)
Bike (50)
Suction cups (25)
Seebs (72)
Troebings (49)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Aigen, Blumau an der Wild, Diemschlag, Drösiedl, Kollmitzgraben, Liebenberg, Ludweis, Oedt an der Wild, Pfaffenschlag, Radessen, Radl, Sauggern, Seebs and Tröbings.

Neighboring communities

	Raabs
Groß-Siegharts		Japons ( horn ), Irnfritz knives ( horn )
	Brunn / Wild ( Horn ), Göpfritz / Wild ( Zwettl )

history

Historical seal mark from Radl

The eponymous district of Ludweis was first mentioned in 1242, Aigen as early as 1122. The district of Ludweis-Aigen that was mentioned earliest in a document is Liebenberg in 1112.

Ludweis was raised to the market in 1363. Aigen was a center of the Reformation in the 16th century .

coat of arms

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1023 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 1,136 inhabitants, in 1981 1,310 and in 1971 1,471 inhabitants.

politics

The municipal council has 15 members.

After the merger of Ludweis and Aigen: election results on March 19, 1972: 14 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ. (17 members)
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 5 PUP and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, 3 PUP and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 7 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ. (19 members)
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ. (15 members)
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.

mayor

1966–1997 Franz Rabl (ÖVP)
? –2012 Walter Zeindl (ÖVP)
2012–2018 Helmut Schuecker (ÖVP)
since 2018 Josef Hölzl (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Drösiedl Castle

Aigen parish church near Raabs

Parish church Blumau an der Wild

Parish church Ludweis

Radl local chapel

Seebs local chapel

Drösiedl Castle
Liebenberg ruins
Catholic parish church Aigen near Raabs hl. James the Elder
Catholic parish church Blumau an der Wild hl. John the Baptist
Catholic parish church Ludweis hl. Aegyd
Catholic chapel Liebenberg hl. Sebastian

economy

In 2001 there were 30 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 152 in agriculture and forestry . The number of people in work at the place of residence was 412 according to the 2001 census. The employment rate in 2001 was 40.95 percent.

Personalities

Wilhelm von Hofkirchen , Herr zu Kollmitz and Drösiedl (around 1529–1584), President of the Austrian Court War Council
Herbert Loskott (* 1926), composer, local researcher, music educator

Honorary citizen of the community

Franz Rabl (1928–2007), mayor 1966–1997, member of the ÖVP state parliament from 1964 to 1988

Web links

Commons : Ludweis-Aigen - collection of images, videos and audio files

32212 - Ludweis-Aigen. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Entry for Aigen in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
Entry about Liebenberg Castle ruins on Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
↑ 40 years of the market town of Ludweis-Aigen. 1972-2012. Ludweis-Aigen community newspaper, March 2012.
^ Result of the municipal council election 1995 in Ludweis-Aigen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on April 16, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Ludweis-Aigen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed April 16, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Ludweis-Aigen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on April 16, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Ludweis-Aigen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on April 16, 2020 .
↑ Results of the 2015 municipal council elections in Ludweis-Aigen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on April 23, 2019 .
↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Ludweis-Aigen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 26, 2020 .
↑ Josef Hölzl is provisional mayor of Ludweis-Aigen NÖN, March 31, 2018

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

[2] 40 years of the market town of Ludweis-Aigen. 1972-2012. Ludweis-Aigen community newspaper, March 2012.

[NÖGrw1995_32212-3] Result of the municipal council election 1995 in Ludweis-Aigen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on April 16, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2000_32212-4] Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Ludweis-Aigen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed April 16, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2005_32212-5] Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Ludweis-Aigen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on April 16, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2010_32212-6] Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Ludweis-Aigen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on April 16, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2015_32212-7] Results of the 2015 municipal council elections in Ludweis-Aigen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on April 23, 2019 .

[NÖGrw2020_32212-8] Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Ludweis-Aigen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 26, 2020 .

[9] Josef Hölzl is provisional mayor of Ludweis-Aigen NÖN, March 31, 2018