Niederwölz

Niederwölz
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Murau
License plate :	MU
Surface:	10.28 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 9 '  N , 14 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 9 '0 "  N , 14 ° 22' 0"  E
Height :	748  m above sea level A.
Residents :	584 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	8811, 8831
Area code :	03582
Community code :	6 14 13
Address of the municipal administration:	Niederwölz 5 8831 Niederwölz
Website:	www.niederwoelz.steiermark.at
politics
Mayor :	Albert Brunner ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (9 members)	7th 1 1 7th 1 1  A total of 9 seats ÖVP : 7 SPÖ : 1 FPÖ : 1
Location of Niederwölz in the Murau district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Niederwölz is a municipality with 584 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Murau district in Styria .

geography

Niederwölz is located in the Upper Murtal at the mouth of the Wölzer Bach in the Mur .

Community structure

There is probably only the cadastral community Niederwölz.

The community belongs to the judicial district of Murau .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Teufenbach-Katsch , Oberwölz and Scheifling .

history

Niederwölz was first mentioned in a document in 1234, the parish church in 1335.

The political community Niederwölz was established in 1849/50.

Population development

According to the 2001 census, the community had 623 inhabitants, 608 of them (97.6%) with Austrian citizenship. 95.3% of the population professed to be part of the Roman Catholic Church, 1.9% belonged to the Protestant Church, and 2.2% were without religious beliefs.

Culture and sights

Niederwölz parish church

See also:  List of listed objects in Niederwölz

• Catholic parish church Niederwölz hl. Maximilian

Events

• Maxlaunmarkt : In Niederwölz every year in October there is a market event that has been held since 1536. Between 70,000 and 80,000 visitors visit the business fair, where local businesspeople present their products (mainly agricultural machinery and agricultural equipment) and services. In addition, the Maxlaunmarkt includes an amusement park with a marquee and grocer's stalls.
• The traditional Freyungsaustrag on Maxlaunmarkt, a procession of market rights since the 17th century, was included in the list of intangible cultural heritage in Austria by UNESCO in 2013 .

Economy and Infrastructure

Important companies in Niederwölz are a privately operated power plant and a precast concrete plant.

politics

The municipal council has 9 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Styria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Styria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 5 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Styria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Styria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 7 ÖVP, 1 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.

mayor

• 1962–1983 Hellmuth Rauter
• 2006–2018 Walter Koller (ÖVP)
• since 2018 Albert Brunner (ÖVP)

Personalities

Honorary citizen of the community

• 1976 Friedrich Niederl (1920–2012), governor
• Hellmuth Rauter († 2019), Mayor of Niederwölz 1962–1983

Personalities associated with Niederwölz

• Gernot Sick , former professional footballer (born October 30, 1978)

literature

• Walter Brunner : Niederwölz. 450 years of Maxlaunmarkt, 750 years of Niederwölz . Self-published by the municipality, Niederwölz 1986
• Helga Zugschwert: The Maxlaunmarkt in Niederwölz - the most traditional Upper Styrian market then and now. , Self-published by the Niederwölz community, 2003

Web links

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

• 61413 - Niederwölz. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ General State Law and Government Gazette for the Crown Land of Styria, Issue 21, October 7, 1850, No. 378.
2. ↑ Maxlaun like in a picture book. Kleine Zeitung , October 14, 2014, archived from the original on May 14, 2016 .  .
3. ↑ Markt in Niederwölz - Unesco honors Maxlaunmarkt. ( Memento from October 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) kleinezeitung.at. October 12, 2013.
4. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Niederwölz. State of Styria, March 13, 2005, accessed June 29, 2020 . 
5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Niederwölz. State of Styria, March 21, 2010, accessed on June 29, 2020 . 
6. ^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Niederwölz. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on June 29, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Niederwölz. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on June 29, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Walter Koller: Mayor resigns from office. meinviertel.at, June 8, 2018.
9. ↑ One hundred percent for the new mayor of Niederwölz. Kleine Zeitung , Retrieved on Aug. 21, 2018.
10. ↑ Murtaler Zeitung, No. 18 (May 1, 1976), p. 6.