Waidmannsfeld

Waidmannsfeld
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Wiener Neustadt-Land
License plate :	WB
Surface:	21.47 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 52 '  N , 15 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 52 '6 "  N , 15 ° 58' 57"  E
Height :	495  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,499 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	70 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	2761, 2763
Area code :	02632
Community code :	3 23 31
Address of the municipal administration:	Schulstrasse 20 2763 Waidmannsfeld
Website:	www.waidmannsfeld.at
politics
Mayor :	Andreas Knabel ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	16 3 16 3  A total of 19 seats SPÖ : 16 ÖVP : 3
Location of Waidmannsfeld in the Wiener Neustadt-Land district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Waidmannsfeld is a municipality with 1499 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Wiener Neustadt-Land district in Lower Austria .

geography

The municipality of Waidmannsfeld stretches from the valley of the Waidmannsbach (a right tributary of the Piesting ) to the Kitzberg and the Neukogel to the Neusiedl district and the Rotte Ortmann (SCA paper mill) in the industrial district in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 21.38 square kilometers. 77.9 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Neusiedl (1086)
• Schallhof (25)
• Waidmannsfeld (388)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Neusiedl bei Pernitz and Waidmannsfeld.

Neighboring communities

The neighboring communities of Waidmannsfeld are Gutenstein , Miesenbach , Pernitz and Waldegg , which also belong to the Wiener Neustadt-Land district .

history

Before the birth of Christ, the area was part of the Celtic Kingdom of Noricum and belonged to the surroundings of the Celtic hill settlement Burg on the Schwarzenbacher Burgberg , which was the main town for the entire north-east Noricum .

Later under the Romans, today's Waidmannsfeld was then in the province of Pannonia .

Population development

religion

According to the data of the 2001 census , 72.9% of the population are Roman Catholic and 3.5% Protestant . 4.4% are Muslims , 1.2% belong to Orthodox churches . 16.1% of the population have no religious denomination.

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 SPÖ, 4 ÖVP, 3 citizens' list "We".
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 SPÖ, 3 Team Weißenberger, and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 SPÖ and 3 ÖVP.

mayor

• until 1945 Adalbert Winkler
• 1945/1946 Anton Pospisek (KPÖ)
• 1946–1970 Franz Cibulka (SPÖ)
• 1970–1980 Anton Kadluba (SPÖ)
• 1980–1990 Franz Knabel (SPÖ)
• 1990-2006 Josef Stadler (SPÖ)
• 2006–2015 Kurt Cykel (SPÖ)
• since 2015 Andreas Knabel (list SPÖ)

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Waidmannsfeld

economy

In 2001 there were 51 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 34 in agriculture and forestry. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 790. The 2001 employment rate was 45.04 percent.

Personalities

• Michaela Dorfmeister (* 1973), ski racer and two-time Olympic champion
• Josef Reixenartner (1928–1988), member of the state parliament and councilor (SPÖ)
• Franz Rottensteiner (* 1942), publicist and critic
• Franz Schönthaler (1821–1904), former kuk court sculptor, born in the Neusiedl district

Web links

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

• 32331 - Waidmannsfeld. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Waidmannsfeld. Office of the Lower Austrian state government, January 26, 2020, accessed on February 9, 2020 . 
3. ^ Josef Stadler: Waidmannsfeld . In: The Lower Austrian district of Wiener Neustadt and its communities . 2nd Edition. Lower Austria. Verlag GesmbH, Wiener Neustadt 1996, p. 213 .