Mauerbach

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Mauerbach (disambiguation) .

market community Mauerbach
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Sankt Pölten-Land
License plate :	PL (since 2017; old: WU)
Surface:	20.35 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 15 '  N , 16 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '30 "  N , 16 ° 10' 35"  E
Height :	282  m above sea level A.
Residents :	3,642 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	1140, 3001, 3400
Area code :	01/979 or 01/577
Community code :	3 19 50
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 246 3001 Mauerbach
Website:	www.mauerbach.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Peter Buchner ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (23 members)	13 5 4th 1 13 5 4th 1  A total of 23 seats ÖVP : 13 GREEN : 5 SPÖ : 4 FPÖ : 1
Location of Mauerbach in the Sankt Pölten-Land district
View of the monastery church and on the right the prelate court of the Mauerbach Charterhouse
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Mauerbach is a market town with 3642 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the St. Pölten district in Lower Austria .

geography

Mauerbach is located in the Vienna Woods on the edge of the industrial district in Lower Austria; in terms of spatial planning, it is included in the " Lower Austria Central " region . The area of ​​the market town covers 20.35 square kilometers, 80 percent of which is forested. The Mauerbach stream of the same name flows through the municipality .

Community structure

The municipality comprises three localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Hornbeam (17)
• Mauerbach (3345) including deer garden and Untermauerbach
• Steinbach (280)

The community consists of the only cadastral community Mauerbach.

Population development

history

In ancient times the area was part of the province of Pannonia . After Austria was " annexed " to the German Reich in 1938, in contrast to nearby Purkersdorf , the place was initially not attached to Greater Vienna , but assigned to the district of Sankt Pölten .

The Vienna-Umgebung district , to which Mauerbach had belonged since 1956, was dissolved on December 31, 2016. Mauerbach was originally supposed to become part of the Tulln district . After objections from citizens, Mauerbach was assigned to the St. Pölten-Land district , to which it has belonged since January 1, 2017.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Mauerbach

• Kartause Mauerbach : The early baroque former monastery of the Carthusians is one of the most important architectural monuments of its kind in Austria. In 1984 the careful renovation by the Federal Monuments Office began , which has since also housed restoration workshops there. The Mauerbach Advent market is held there every year.
• The former gate church of the Charterhouse next to the Kartausentor, since 1782 parish church of Mauerbach
• Mauerbach Castle Park : In 1833 the area was cultivated under Georg Simon Freiherr von Sina and a villa was built. In 1967 this was canceled due to dilapidation. A seminar hotel and restaurant has been located on the site since 2007, where the OSCE met among others in 2017.
• The Kaiser Franz Josef I Jubilee Elementary School. Built in 1908 according to plans by Josef Hofbauer
• Since 2013 the market town of Mauerbach has 3 Tut gut! - hiking trails . These start at the car park of the Mauerbach Charterhouse. The tut gut also serves as a public connection - step path, which leads from the post garage / end of bus 450 around the Charterhouse. Both projects were set up by GGR Matthias Pilter in cooperation with the FVVV Mauerbach.
• In 2018, the revitalization of the coachman's stable, which has since housed the municipal office and the local history museum, was completed.

In a hiking guide from the Biedermeier period , the work “ Vienna's Environs for Twenty Hours Around ” by Adolf Schmidl from 1835, the walks that were already popular there are mentioned:

Mauerbach is a focal point of the most charming excursions, which are particularly suitable for high summer, as you always stay in the woods. By the way, the ladies have to be reminded: never to forget your coat on a trip to Mauerbach. Apart from thunderstorms, the approach of which one does not perceive so soon in the narrow field of vision of the valley, there is always a considerable coolness after sunset which one does not find in other areas around Vienna, and one has an hour to drive before you can reach the outdoors in Mariabrunn.

Sports

• The USC Wiesbauer Mauerbach soccer club is the largest sports club in Mauerbach. The association puts its focus on youth work. Around 150 young people play in nine youth teams. The USC Wiesbauer Mauerbach currently has no combat team because the current sports field does not have the required dimensions for the game. The women's team, which plays in the women's group Northwest Championship, plays its championship games in a neighboring municipality. Since May 2014, the USC Wiesbauer Mauerbach has also offered children from four years of age exercise opportunities in a soccer kindergarten.
• There are two tennis clubs in Mauerbach: the SC Mauerbach Tennis and the MTC Mauerbach.
• The Sportunion Mauerbach also offers a variety of sports opportunities.

Economy and Infrastructure

There were 140 non-agricultural workplaces in 2001 and 11 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at the place of residence was 1668. The 2001 activity rate was 51.18%. In terms of gross per capita income, Mauerbach is one of the ten richest places in Austria.

education

• Kindergarten Mauerbach 1
• Mauerbach kindergarten 2
• Mauerbach elementary school
• Mauerbach Music School: Mauerbach has had its own music school since 1989 . 180 students are currently being taught by 10 teachers.
• Mauerbach local history museum

politics

Mayor of the market town is Peter Buchner.

After the municipal council election on January 26, 2020, there will be a total of 23 seats in the municipal council as follows:

• List of ÖVP Mauerbach 13
• List The Greens 5
• List SPÖ 4
• FPÖ 1

Personalities

• Frederick the Beautiful (1289–1330), Duke of Austria, founded the Mauerbach Charterhouse

Picture gallery

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  Parish church and the Prima Porta of the former Mauerbach Charterhouse

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  The Kaiser Franz Josef I Jubilee Elementary School

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  Land survey 1873: In the north of Mauerbach in the buildings of the Charterhouse (center bottom right) the Viennese supply house at that time was located

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  Land survey 1873: town center with the southern surroundings (middle above)

Web links

Commons : Mauerbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Mauerbach  - travel guide

• 31950 - Mauerbach. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Entry on Mauerbach in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Perspectives for the main regions. (PDF) Retrieved January 10, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ^ NÖN: District Vienna environment is dissolved . Article dated September 10, 2015, accessed September 10, 2015.
4. ↑ WU municipalities will be reorganized Article from September 24, 2015, accessed on September 27, 2015.
5. ^ Diepresse.com: Lower Austria: new municipalities assigned . Article dated September 24, 2015, accessed September 27, 2015.
6. ↑ Directions and an online map of the tut gut ( memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ^ Adolf Schmidl: Vienna's surroundings for twenty hours in a circle. Described by Adolf Schmidl after his own hikes. Printed and published by Carl Gerold, Vienna 1835, p. 292.
8. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Mauerbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 26, 2020 .