Sulz in the Weinviertel

market community Sulz in the Weinviertel
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Gänserndorf
License plate :	GF
Main town :	Obersulz
Surface:	31.38 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 29 ′  N , 16 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	227  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,206 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	2224
Area code :	02534
Community code :	3 08 57
Address of the municipal administration:	Obersulz 21 2224 Sulz in the Weinviertel
Website:	www.sulz-weinviertel.gv.at
politics
Mayoress :	Angela Baumgartner ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	14th 3 2 14th 3 2  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 14 SPÖ : 3 FPÖ : 2
Location of Sulz in the Weinviertel in the Gänserndorf district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Sulz im Weinviertel is a market town with 1206 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Gänserndorf district in Lower Austria .

geography

Sulz, Nexing and Erdpreß (top center) in the land survey around 1873

Sulz is located in the Weinviertel in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the market town covers 31.38 square kilometers, about two percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipal area comprises four cadastral communities or towns of the same name (area 2016, population on December 31, 2019):

• Erdpress (485.26 ha, 205 Ew.)
• Nexing (443.86 ha, 49 Ew.)
• Niedersulz (846.16 ha, 380 Ew.)
• Obersulz (1,362.93 ha, 573 Ew.)

Neighboring communities

	Mistelbach ( Mistelbach )	Zistersdorf
Gaweinstal ( Mistelbach )
	Hohenruppersdorf	Spannberg

history

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The first documentary mention comes from 1125, then under the name "Sulze" (marshy area).

coat of arms

The coat of arms was awarded to the community on June 7, 1980 by Governor Andreas Maurer (politician) . The blue-red coloring is reminiscent of the former affiliation to the Lichtenstein rulership of Wilfersdorf. The hand of the oath indicates that the parish of Lower Sulz belongs to the Heiligenkreuz Abbey , and the grape indicates the widespread viticulture in the community. The waves in the lower area refer to the hilly landscape surrounding the municipality.

Population development

year	Residents	year	Residents	year	Residents	year	Residents
2015	1,201	1981	1,196	1939	1,875	1900	2,253
2011	1,177	1971	1,393	1934	1,854	1890	2,202
2001	1,188	1961	1,551	1923	2.012	1880	2,089
1991	1,150	1951	1,710	1910	2,217	1869	2,022

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 2 others.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 8 KLING citizens' list and 2 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 7 BLS citizens' list Sulz and 2 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 3 BLS citizens' list Sulz.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.

mayor

• until 2010 Franz Furherr (ÖVP)
• 2010–2014 Franz Pirkner (ÖVP)
• since 2014 Angela Baumgartner (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Parish church of Niedersulz

Museum village of Niedersulz

Anabaptist Museum in Niedersulz

Kellergasse Am Steinberg

See also : List of listed objects in Sulz in the Weinviertel  and list of cellar lanes in Sulz in the Weinviertel

• Catholic parish church in Niedersulz hl. John the Baptist: The church, which is essentially medieval, was rebuilt and baroque in 1623.
• Museumsdorf Niedersulz : The museum village founded in 1979 is the largest open-air museum in Lower Austria.
  • Anabaptist Museum in Niedersulz

economy

There were 37 non-agricultural workplaces in 2001, and there were 111 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in work at the place of residence was 528. The 2001 employment rate was 45 percent.

• EGZ Bauer: The agriculture and forestry company is a producer group with the motto "Earth - God - Future", whose headquarters are in Zistersdorf. The company is owned by Franz Bauer from Niedersulz.

traffic

• Disused station Sulz-Nexing or Sulz-Museumsdorf on the former Stammersdorfer local railway , occasional museum trips
• Eight regular bus stops, lines 420, 421, 424, 7533, 7538

societies

Local associations:

Beekeeping Association Niedersulz Obersulz-Blumenthal Music Association Lower Sulz Music Association Sports club USV Sulz UTC tennis club FF Obersulz FF Niedersulz FF Erdpress

Senior Citizens' Association Obersulz-Nexing Seniors' Association of Niedersulz-Nexing Seniors' Association Erdpress Weinbauverein Obersulz Weinbauverein Niedersulz-Erdpreß Association of artificial fertilizers / Tanzbodn Erdpreß running club Association of Youth in Lower Sulz

Association for the promotion of children with special needs Comradeship Association Obersulz-Nexing Comradeship Association Erdpress Parish council Obersulz-Nexing-Blumenthal Parish council of Niedersulz-Erdpreß Local education and homeland factory Sulz Working group of women farmers in the Zistersdorf area

Sports

• The soccer club USV Sulz in Weinviertel plays in 2nd class in Weinviertel Süd. The greatest success of the club, which was founded in 1973, was the championship title in 1996/97.
• There has also been a running club since 2004 (LC Erdpress, based in Erdpress). Greatest success: 1st place in the overall team ranking of the international 24-hour race in Wörschach in 2010 and 2011 (course record).
• Next to the soccer field there are three tennis courts, but no club that takes part in a championship.
• The most successful individual athletes are Matthias Steiner (Olympic champion in weightlifting 2008, vice world champion 2011) and Christoph Krenn (multiple world champion in racketlon in singles, doubles and teams).

Personalities

• Benedikt Pillwein (1779–1847), lawyer and regional historian
• Valentin Lechner (1777–1849), composer
• Josef Geissler (* 1949), founder of the museum village of Niedersulz
• Matthias Steiner (* 1982), formerly Austrian, since 2008 German weightlifter, Olympic champion 2008 in the class over 105 kg
• Christoph Krenn (* 1983), racketlon player, single and double world champion 2009; Team World Champion 2010

Web links

Commons : Sulz im Weinviertel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 30857 - Sulz in the Weinviertel. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• www.sulz-weinviertel.gv.at , website of the municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying, Regional Information, reference date December 31, 2016, accessed on February 19, 2017
2. ↑ Facts & Figures - Market town Sulz in the Weinviertel. Retrieved May 16, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} History - Sulz community in the Weinviertel. Retrieved May 16, 2020 . 
4. ^ Result of the municipal council election 1995 in Sulz in the Weinviertel. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on March 5, 2020 . 
5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Sulz in the Weinviertel. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on March 5, 2020 . 
6. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Sulz in the Weinviertel. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on March 5, 2020 . 
7. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Sulz in the Weinviertel. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on March 5, 2020 . 
8. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Sulz im Weinviertel. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on March 5, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Sulz in the Weinviertel. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on March 5, 2020 . 
10. ↑ STOP NOTICE IN FRONT. Retrieved May 16, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Marktgemeinde Sulz im Weinviertel , corresponding page on the municipality's website, accessed on April 28, 2018.