Otterthal

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Neunkirchen

License plate :

NK

Surface:

6.2 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 37 ′ N , 15 ° 57 ′ E Coordinates: 47 ° 37 ′ 21 ″ N , 15 ° 56 ′ 31 ″ E

Height :

632 m above sea level A.

Residents :

586 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

95 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

2880

Area code :

02641

Community code :

3 18 20

NUTS region

AT122

Address of the
municipal administration:

Otterthal 31
2880 Otterthal

Website:

www.otterthal.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Karl Mayerhofer ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(15 members)

9

6th

9 6th

A total of 15 seats

ÖVP : 9
SPÖ : 6

Location of Otterthal in the Neunkirchen district

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

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Otterthal is a municipality with 586 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Neunkirchen district in Lower Austria .

geography

Otterthal (top left) around 1873 (recording sheet of the state survey )

Otterthal is located in the industrial district in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 6.18 square kilometers. 61.72 percent of the area is forested.

Otterthal lies at the foot of the Otter and is traversed by the Otterbach , which flows into the Feistritz 3 km south-east near Kirchberg am Wechsel .

Community structure

There is only one cadastral community in Otterthal.

Neighboring communities

The neighboring communities are in the north Raach am Hochgebirge , in the east and south Kirchberg am Wechsel and in the west Trattenbach .

history

In ancient times, the area was part of the Noricum province .

With the Lower Austria. Municipal structural improvement were the communities as of 1 January 1971 Raach on high mountains and Trattenbach incorporated to Otterthal. On January 1st, 1985 these two communities became independent again. The reason was a finding by the Constitutional Court .

religion

According to the 2001 census data , 93.3% of the population are Roman Catholic and 1.1% Protestant . 1.8% are Muslims , 0.5% belong to Orthodox churches . 3.2% of the population have no religious denomination.

Population development

Culture and sights

There are no listed objects in Otterthal.

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2001 there were 14 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 25 in agriculture and forestry. The number of people in work at the place of residence was 266 according to the 2001 census. The employment rate in 2001 was 48.31 percent.

education

Elementary school Otterthal

safety

Fire station Otterthal

Volunteer Fire Brigade Otterthal

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: 8 SPÖ, 6 ÖVP and 1 other.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 SPÖ and 7 ÖVP.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 SPÖ, 4 ÖVP and 3 independent citizen lists for Otterthal.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 SPÖ, 6 ÖVP and 3 independent citizen lists for Otterthal.
With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 9 ÖVP and 6 SPÖ.

mayor

until 2005 Karl Höfer (ÖVP)
since 2005 Karl Mayerhofer (ÖVP)

Personalities

Ludwig Wittgenstein (* 1889 Vienna; † 1951 Cambridge), 1925/26 elementary school teacher in Otterthal

Web links

Commons : Otterthal - collection of images, videos and audio files

http://www.otterthal.at
31820 - Otterthal. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

↑ Change of community since 1945
↑ VfGH G29 / 83 October 13, 1983
^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Otterthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on October 9, 2019 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Otterthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on October 9, 2019 .
^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Otterthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on October 9, 2019 .
^ Election result of the local council election 2010 in Otterthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on October 9, 2019 .
^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Otterthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on October 9, 2019 .
↑ Results of the local council election 2020 in Otterthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 26, 2020 .