Melktal

The Melktal is a small region on the Melk at the transition from the Wachau to the Mostviertel south of the Danube in Lower Austria . The Melktal consists of four communities:

• St. Leonhard am Forst
• St. Georgen an der Leys
• Oberndorf an der Melk
• Zelking-Matzleinsdorf

The Melktal is located in these four municipalities, together they cover an area of ​​131.61 km² and have a total of 8546 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The Melktal lies in the political districts of Melk and Scheibbs .

As part of the Melktal region, there is cross-community cooperation on the basis of a small-region strategy as well as joint events and initiatives, such as the Melktal music band, the Melktal gardening days or the annual classic car meeting.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria - Population at the beginning of 2002–2020 by municipalities (area status 01/01/2020)
2. ↑ Rosemarie Schauer-Wolkenstein: New faces for the Melktal region. In: Tips. Medienhaus Wimmer, May 19, 2018, accessed on January 22, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Melktal small region on course for the future. In: Homepage of the community of St. Leonhard am Forst. June 7, 2017, accessed January 22, 2019 .