Ottenthal

Ottenthal is located on the northern edge of the Weinviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 15.4 square kilometers, about 5% of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

Guttenbrunn (123)
Ottenthal (410)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Guttenbrunn and Ottenthal.

Neighboring communities

In the north, Ottenthal borders the municipality (?) In the Czech Republic . Austrian neighboring communities are (clockwise from the east) Drasenhofen , Falkenstein , Neudorf im Weinviertel and Wildendürnbach .

history

In the final phase of the Second World War , there was no significant fighting in Ottenthal, but attacks on the civilian population by soldiers of the Red Army . On April 22, 1945, the Russians marched into the village after an incendiary bombing the night before, in which two residential buildings burned down and five civilians were killed. After the soldiers billeted themselves, several local residents who wanted to protect their daughters from rape were murdered. The place remained occupied by the Red Army until the end of May 1945, after which the population suffered from raids by Czech partisans .

coat of arms

Blazon : "In green between four, two offset, white flowers with four oblique petals and a golden lug a fallen, curled white-lined red tip, inside a fallen golden sword." The colors of the flags are red, golden and green, occupied with the local coat of arms.

The golden sword and the red tip symbolize the sword and cloak of St. Martin , patron saint of the local church, the flowers those of the wild Tátorján sea cabbage .

The coat of arms was officially awarded to the Lower Austrian provincial government on June 28, 2009 based on a municipal resolution of June 13, 2008 with a proposed coat of arms and presented to Mayor Albert Graf in a ceremony by Governor Erwin Pröll .

Population development

Since the peak of the population at the beginning of the 20th century, the municipality has lost more than half of the population. In the last few decades, both the birth balance and the migration balance were negative.

politics

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The municipal council has 15 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.

mayor

until 2010 Albert Graf (ÖVP)
until 2010 Erwin Cermak (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Ottenthal parish church

Guttenbrunn local chapel

Kellergasse Pottenhofener Strasse

Zeiserlberg nature reserve

Catholic parish church Ottenthal hl. Martin
Catholic local chapel Guttenbrunn hl. Francis
Nature reserve Zeiserlberg : To the west of the village lies the only occurrence of Tátorján sea kale in Austria . The species is a relic of the last Ice Age and its main range is in the vast steppes north of the Black Sea . The next location is in South Moravia .

economy

In 2001 there were 15 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 67 in agriculture and forestry. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 264. In 2001, the employment rate was 44%.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Paul Christian Jezek (* 1963), book author ( Der Fall Libro , Unternehmer Handbuch ), founding member of the WirtschaftsBlatt (1995) and editor-in-chief of the Unternehmer
Wilhelm “Duke” Jezek (1941–2009), versatile author, painter and musician, 1977 co-supervisor of the Austrian school league champion SHS Laa / Thaya, teacher for English, music, art education, etc.
Jennifer Kresitschnig, née Martha Jezek (* 1976), author ( Unclear , In search of the mysterious dragon. Lilly and Nikolas in Carinthia , Anne von Rien. The big tournament , Das Knuffale )

Web links

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

31658 - Ottenthal. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Ottenthal coat of arms

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
^ Army History Museum / Military History Institute (HGM / MHI) , Military History Research Department (MilFoA), study collection, inventory 1945, box 5, fasc. 45/9, municipality reports Lower Austria, District Mistelbach
^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Ottenthal, population development. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Ottenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on March 24, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Ottenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on March 24, 2020 .
^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Ottenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on March 24, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Ottenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on March 24, 2020 .
^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Ottenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on March 24, 2020 .
↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Ottenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on March 24, 2020 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-1] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[2] Army History Museum / Military History Institute (HGM / MHI) , Military History Research Department (MilFoA), study collection, inventory 1945, box 5, fasc. 45/9, municipality reports Lower Austria, District Mistelbach

[3] Statistics Austria, A look at the community Ottenthal, population development. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .

[NÖGrw1995_31658-4] Result of the local council election 1995 in Ottenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on March 24, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2000_31658-5] Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Ottenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on March 24, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2005_31658-6] Election result of the local council election 2005 in Ottenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on March 24, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2010_31658-7] Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Ottenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on March 24, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2015_31658-8] Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Ottenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on March 24, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2020_31658-9] Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Ottenthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on March 24, 2020 .