Retzbach (Lower Austria)
Retzbach
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Lower Austria | |
Political District : | Hollabrunn | |
License plate : | HL | |
Main town : | Unterretzbach | |
Surface: | 18.15 km² | |
Coordinates : | 48 ° 46 ′ N , 15 ° 59 ′ E | |
Height : | 243 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 1,022 (January 1, 2020) | |
Population density : | 56 inhabitants per km² | |
Postcodes : | 2070, 2074 | |
Area code : | 02942 | |
Community code : | 3 10 38 | |
NUTS region | AT125 | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Dorfstrasse 2 2074 Unterretzbach |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Manfred Nigl ( ÖVP ) | |
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members) |
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Location of Retzbach in the Hollabrunn district | ||
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Retzbach is a municipality with 1022 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Hollabrunn district in Lower Austria .
geography
Retzbach is located in the Weinviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 18.15 square kilometers. 6.34 percent of the area is forested.
Community structure
The municipality includes the following three localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Mitterretzbach (235)
- Oberretzbach (128)
- Unterretzbach (659) including Kleinhaugsdorf
The community consists of the cadastral communities Mitterretzbach, Oberretzbach and Unterretzbach.
The community belongs to the small region of Retzer Land .
Neighboring communities
history
From autumn 1944 to mid-April 1945 Jewish forced laborers from Hungary were housed in Mitterretzbach. Twenty-one Wehrmacht deserters were shot in Oberretzbach in the spring of 1945.
The former municipalities of Mitterretzbach and Oberretzbach were merged on January 1st, 1966 to form the new municipality of Retzbach, and on January 1st, 1970, the municipality of Unterretzbach was incorporated.
Population development
The increase in the population between 2001 and 2011 is based on a positive balance of migration , the birth balance has always been negative in recent decades.
politics
The council has xy members.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
- With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
- mayor
- since 2002 Manfred Nigl (ÖVP)
Culture and sights
- Catholic parish church Unterretzbach hl. James the Elder
- Holy stone in Mitterretzbach
- South Moravia Watch: Monument to the evacuated South Moravians from the Znojmo district with the inscription “Home right is human right” and a lookout with a view of the former German South Moravia ; Location: near Unterretzbach (road junction from E59 / B303 approx. 1.5 km before the border crossing), built in 1980, completed in 1985.
- Pumpkin festival in the Retzer Land (location Unterretzbach)
Economy and Infrastructure
In 2010 there were 77 agricultural and forestry operations in Retzbach. Of these, 43 were full-time farms that farmed over 90 percent of the area. The manufacturing sector employed 44 people in ten plants, mainly in construction and the manufacture of goods. In the service sector, 37 companies gave work to 70 people.
Personalities
- Ferdinand Piringer (1780–1829), violinist, conductor and friend of Ludwig van Beethoven , was born on October 18, 1780 in Unterretzbach
- Engelbert Bayer (1895–1952), business owner born in Oberretzbach, politician and member of the Lower Austrian state parliament
- Friedrich Schleinzer (* 1948), pastoral theologian
Web links
- 31038 - Retzbach (Lower Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ Changes to the community from 1945 (associations, partitions, name and status changes). Statistics Austria, pp. 21, 45 , accessed on February 12, 2019 .
- ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Retzbach, population development. Retrieved September 30, 2019 .
- ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Retzbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on April 4, 2020 .
- ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Retzbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed April 4, 2020 .
- ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Retzbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on April 4, 2020 .
- ^ Election result of the local council election 2010 in Retzbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on April 4, 2020 .
- ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Retzbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on April 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Retzbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on April 4, 2020 .
- ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Retzbach, agricultural and forestry operations. Retrieved September 30, 2019 .
- ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Retzbach, workplaces. Retrieved September 30, 2019 .
- ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Retzbach, employees. Retrieved September 30, 2019 .