Orth on the Danube

market community Orth on the Danube
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Gänserndorf
License plate :	GF
Surface:	33.49 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 9 '  N , 16 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 8 '40 "  N , 16 ° 42' 5"  E
Height :	150  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,157 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	64 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2304
Area code :	02212
Community code :	3 08 44
Address of the municipal administration:	Am Markt 26 2304 Orth an der Donau
Website:	www.orth.at
politics
Mayor :	Johann Mayer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (21 members)	14th 5 2 14th 5 2  A total of 21 seats ÖVP : 14 SPÖ : 5 FPÖ : 2
Location of Orth an der Donau in the Gänserndorf district
Orth Castle
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Orth an der Donau (until September 12, 1959 only Orth ) is a market town with 2157 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Gänserndorf district in the Austrian state of Lower Austria .

geography

Orth and the surrounding area around 1873 ( recording sheet of the regional survey)

Orth an der Donau is located in Marchfeld in Lower Austria in the center of the Donau-Auen National Park . The area of ​​the market town covers 33.41 square kilometers. 31.02 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

There is only the cadastral community Orth an der Donau.

Neighboring communities

	Leopoldsdorf in Marchfelde	Haringsee
Mannsdorf , Andlersdorf		Eckartsau
	Haslau-Maria Ellend ( Bruck )	Scharndorf ( Bruck )

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1966 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 1773 inhabitants, 1981: 1624 and in 1971: 1522 inhabitants.

history

In the Oberau settler coup in 1926, unemployed people from Vienna occupied the Au between Orth and Mannsdorf an der Donau .

Community partnerships

• Since 1981 there has been a partnership with the city of Fehmarn (Petersdorf School, Port Orth) on the German Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn.

politics

The municipal council has 21 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ and 1 other. (19 members)
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 5 FB-Bürgerliste (FPÖ) and 4 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 3 FB-Bürgerliste (FPÖ).
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ and 2 FB-Bürgerliste (FPÖ).
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 1 Greens. (19 members)
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 3 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.

mayor

• since 2000 Johann Mayer (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Parish church Orth on the Danube

Ship mill Orth on the Danube

Fadenbach

See also:  List of listed objects in Orth an der Donau

• Orth Castle : A mighty three-storey, three-wing complex with four dominating corner towers. The west wing dates from the 12th century. After severe damage from the First Austrian Turkish War in 1529, the facility was rebuilt in 1550 while retaining the layout and the existing facility type.
• Donau-Auen National Park : Since 1996 the castle has served as the seat and visitor center of the Donau-Auen National Park.
• museumORTH: local history museum
• Castle park with a plane tree as a natural monument
• Catholic parish church Orth an der Donau hl. Michael: A former fortified church. After severe damage from the First Austrian Turkish War in 1529, the medieval church was rebuilt and redesigned in Baroque style in 1689 while retaining the late Gothic core structure .
• Marian column
• , Mortuary in the form of a pyramid, designed by architect Richard Gach built
• Ship mill Orth an der Donau : Of the original up to 60 ship mills that were in operation along the Danube below the city of Vienna, one functioning ship mill has been preserved. After the mill sank, it was raised and repaired again in 2008.

Regular events

• market day
• Super all-around
• Boy Scout Heuriger
• Boy scout spectacle / carnival parade / ball without a name (alternating annually)
• Orther Culture Days: since 1981
• Thanksgiving
• Maypole Festival
• Oktoberfest
• Krampus shooting
• Wild garlic days

economy

In 2001 there were 93 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 52 in agriculture and forestry. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 912. In 2001, the employment rate was 47.6 percent.

Companies

• Shire Austria : The laboratories and production facilities of Shire Austria are an important economic factor. In 1997, what was then Baxter Austria took over Immuno AG. Along with Vienna, Orth is one of the largest locations in Europe.

traffic

• Danube ferry Orth – Haslau-Maria Ellend: From Orth a ferry crosses the Danube to Haslau-Maria Ellend . It is only available to pedestrians and cyclists and is only open in the summer season. It has a connection to the Haslau-Maria Ellend express train station. The ferry for the cycle path on Hubertusdamm or the cycle route to the northern Weinviertel is popular.
• Bus: Orth an der Donau was the south-western end point of a branch of the Siebenbrunn – Engelhartstetten local railway , on which passenger traffic was stopped as early as 1936. Since then, Orth / Donau can only be reached by bus.

societies

• Scout group Orth / Danube
• First Orther fishing club
• Youth brass band Orth
• Football club SC Orth on the Danube
• General gymnastics club Orth / D.
• All-round singers
• Event bikers
• Hunting company Orth / D.
• Orther youth
• Archery Club Orth / D.
• Village renewal association
• Orth / Donau tennis club
• Theater group Orth
• Kegelsportklub KSK Orth on the Danube
• Rifle Guild Orth
• House with life
• Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe Orth / Donau

Personalities

Honorary citizen of the community

• Otto Schwarz, co-founder of Immuno AG

People related to the community

• Franz von Egger (1765–1851), lawyer and university professor in Graz and Vienna
• Karl Schiske (1916–1969), composer, is buried in Orth.

Web links

Commons : Orth an der Donau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community website

• 30844 - Orth on the Danube. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Changes to the community from 1945 (associations, partitions, name and status changes). Statistics Austria, p. 145 , accessed on February 11, 2019 . 
2. ^ Result of the local council election in 1995 in Orth an der Donau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on February 14, 2020 . 
3. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Orth an der Donau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on February 14, 2020 . 
4. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Orth an der Donau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on February 14, 2020 . 
5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Orth an der Donau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on February 14, 2020 . 
6. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Orth an der Donau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on February 14, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Orth an der Donau. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on February 14, 2020 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} DEHIO Lower Austria north of the Danube. Berger, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85028-395-3 , p. 846 f.
9. ^ National Park Donau-Auen GmbH ; Retrieved April 1, 2014.
10. ^ Danube ferry Orth - Maria Ellend - Lower Austria . Homepage on tiscover.com.
11. ↑ "House with Life" on Regiowiki.at