Martinsberg

market community

Martinsberg

coat of arms

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Zwettl

License plate :

ZT

Surface:

33.75 km²

Coordinates :

48 ° 23 ' N , 15 ° 9' E Coordinates: 48 ° 22 '30 " N , 15 ° 9' 0" E

Height :

825 m above sea level A.

Residents :

1,089 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

32 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

3664, 3665

Area code :

02874

Community code :

3 25 17

NUTS region

AT124

Address of the
municipal administration:

Martinsberg 6
3664 Martinsberg

Website:

www.martinsberg.at

politics

Mayor :

Friedrich Fürst ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(19 members)

16

3

16 3

A total of 19 seats

ÖVP : 16
SPÖ : 3

Location of Martinsberg in the Zwettl district

Center of Martinsberg

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Martinsberg is a market town with 1089 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Zwettl district in Lower Austria .

geography

Martinsberg is located in the southwestern part of the Waldviertel at the east end of the Weinsberger Forest . The area of the market town covers 33.75 square kilometers. 43.1 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 17 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Edlesberg (38)
Großenbach (25)
Wood meadow (11)
Hundsbach (9)
Reduction (38)
Kleinpertholz (84)
Loitzenreith (19)
Martinsberg (491)
Mitterndorf (60)
Oed (62)
Pit sign (21)
Poggschlag (72)
Reitzendorf (43)
Thumling (49)
Walpersdorf (20)
Weixelberg (33)
Wiehalm (14)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Edlesberg, Kleingerungs, Kleinpertholz, Loitzenreith, Martinsberg, Mitterndorf, Oed, Reitzendorf, Thumling, Walpersdorf, Weixelberg and Wiehalm.

Neighboring communities

	Bad Traunstein	Ottenschlag
Gutenbrunn		Kirchschlag
	Pöggstall

history

The community was first mentioned in writing in 1135 as part of the donation of the area by Countess Adelheid von Wildberg to the Kremsmünster Abbey as Prumste , the church consecrated to Saint Martin was consecrated in 1140 by the Passau Bishop Reginbert and made a parish church. The place received market rights in 1299 and at the same time also had a schoolmaster named Magister Leo. In 1503 the market and the surrounding villages were sold to the rule of Pöggstall, during the Reformation the place was strongly Protestant and only became a separate parish again in 1784. In 1906 the place is connected to the railway network, but the railway traffic is stopped again in 1986.

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1221 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 1242 inhabitants, in 1981 1317 and in 1971 1419 inhabitants.

politics

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The municipal council has 19 members.

With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 6 SPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 5 Independent Electoral Community - List Franz Ledermüller and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 5 independent electoral community - Franz Ledermüller list and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 3 independent electoral community - Gernot Mader list.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 3 independent electoral community - list Gernot Mader.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.

mayor

until 2010 Johann Höllrigl (ÖVP)
since 2010 Friedrich Fürst (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Martinsberg parish church

Kleingerungs local chapel

Martinsberg Catholic parish church with rectory
Martinsberg pillory
Local chapel of Kleingerungs hl. Anna
Edlesbergersee: To the west of Martinsberg in the Edlesberg district is the Edlesbergersee (more rarely also called Edlesbergerteich). This represents a local recreation area and fish reserve. Together with the Hanslteich, the Kampleitenteich and Reitzendorferteich, the 13.67 hectare pond was created under Anton Freiherr von Seldern in the middle of the 18th century to act as a water reservoir for the wood flood in the Weitenbach .

economy

In 2001 there were 45 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry operations according to the 1999 survey 132. The number of people in work at home was 534 according to the 2001 census. In 2001 the activity rate was 45.12 percent.

traffic

Martinsberg-Gutenbrunn station with the ÖBB 5042.14 diesel multiple unit

Railway: The place formed the end point of the Schwarzenau – Zwettl – Martinsberg local railway , which until 1986 also served passenger traffic. After that, it was only used for freight transport (especially wood, waste disposal and heating oil), and in 2014 the tracks were finally dismantled.
Industrial line: The industrial line Gutenbrunn – Martinsberg existed between 1922 and 1933 , this led from Martinsberg station to the saw in Gutenbrunn.