Mitterbach am Erlaufsee

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Lily field

License plate :

LF

Main town :

Mitterbach sea rot

Surface:

67.32 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 49 ' N , 15 ° 18' E Coordinates: 47 ° 48 '50 " N , 15 ° 17' 42" E

Height :

789 m above sea level A.

Residents :

481 (January 1, 2020)

Postal code :

3224

Area code :

03882

Community code :

3 14 08

NUTS region

AT122

Address of the
municipal administration:

Hauptstrasse 14
3224 Mitterbach am Erlaufsee

Website:

www.mitterbach.at

politics

Mayor :

Thomas Teubenbacher ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(15 members)

13

2

13 2

A total of 15 seats

ÖVP : 13
SPÖ : 2

Location of Mitterbach am Erlaufsee in the Lilienfeld district

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Mitterbach am Erlaufsee is a municipality with 481 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Lilienfeld district in Lower Austria .

geography

Mitterbach am Erlaufsee is located in the southern Mostviertel in Lower Austria. Mitterbach itself borders directly on Styria ; Mariazell is only about seven kilometers further south . In the municipality are the Ötschergräben , the Erlaufsee , the Erlaufstausee and the Gemeindealpe (with ski area).

The area of the municipality covers 67.32 square kilometers. 78.86% of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

Josefsrotte (136) including Eben, Erlaufklause, Friedenstein, Josefsberg and reservoir settlement
Mitterbach-Seerotte (345) including Erlaufboden, Erlaufsee, Hagen, Hinterötscher, Hochmitterbach, Mitterbach, Seerotte and Unter der Alm

The community consists of the cadastral communities Josefsrotte and Mitterbachseerotte.

Neighboring communities

	Puchenstuben Bez. Scheibbs
Gaming Bez. Scheibbs		Annaberg
	Mariazell District Bruck-Mürzzuschlag (Styria)

history

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

Due to the immigration of Protestant lumberjacks in the 18th century, there is a strong Protestant community in Mitterbach with the well-preserved Mitterbach tolerance prayer house .

Population development

politics

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The municipal council has 15 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 Mitterbach home lists, 5 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 for Mitterbach.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 19 ÖVP, 4 Mitterbacher Heimatliste and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.

mayor

2000–2020 Alfred Hinterecker (ÖVP)
since 2020 Thomas Teubenbacher (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Catholic parish church Josefsberg

Evangelical parish church in Mitterbach am Erlaufsee

Catholic parish church Josefsberg hl. Joseph
Evangelical parish church in Mitterbach am Erlaufsee

economy

There were 47 non-agricultural workplaces in 2001, and agricultural and forestry businesses according to the 1999 survey 27. The number of people in work at the place of residence was 245 according to the 2001 census. The 2001 activity rate was 42.92%.