Pernegg (Lower Austria)

Pernegg is located in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the market town covers 36.6 square kilometers. About 43 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes eight cadastral communities and towns of the same name (area 2016, population on January 1, 2020):

Etzelsreith (243.38 ha, 35 Ew.)
Lehndorf (358.90 ha, 31 Ew.)
Ludweishofen (216.63 ha, 55 Ew.)
Nödersdorf (340.20 ha, 79 Ew.)
Pernegg (691.06 ha, 211 Ew.) Including box houses
Posselsdorf (594.67 ha, 79 Ew.)
Raisdorf (644.50 ha, 133 Ew.) Including Kleinraisdorf
Staningersdorf (567.78 ha, 79 Ew.)

The market town of Pernegg is a member of the Taffa-Thaya-Wild region .

Neighboring communities

	Geras
Irnfritz knives		Sigmundsherberg
St. Bernhard-Frauenhofen	horn

history

The first written mention of the name Pernegg took place in 1112 in a chronicle of the St. Georgen monastery. In 1230 the place was granted market rights.

coat of arms

With the decision of the Lower Austrian provincial government of April 3, 2001, the municipality of Pernegg was awarded a municipal coat of arms. His blazon reads:

"In silver on the green ground on the right a green deciduous tree, the trunk of which is held by an upright black bear standing on the left side of the tree with its front paws."

The community colors are red-white-blue.

Population development

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: 13 ÖVP, and 2 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: 14 ÖVP and 1 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 1 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 1 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 1 SPÖ.

mayor

until 2020 Franz Huber (ÖVP)
since 2020 Andreas Nendwich (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Pernegg Abbey

Pernegg Abbey

economy

In 2001 there were 28 non-agricultural workplaces, according to the 1999 survey, 87 agricultural and forestry holdings. The number of people in employment at the place of residence was 311 in the 2001 census, the activity rate was 42.2%.

traffic

Train: Pernegg is on the Franz-Josefs-Bahn . The only train station in the municipality in Ludweishofen was closed in 1994. The closest ÖBB train stations are Hötzelsdorf-Geras and Irnfritz on the Franz-Josefs-Bahn and Horn on the Kamptalbahn .
Bus: The PostBus bus company runs to stops on line 1304 ( Horn - Drosendorf ) in Pernegg and Posselsdorf and stops on line 1312 (Horn - Schweinburg) in Pernegg, Etzelsreith, Posselsdorf, Nödersdorf, Raisdorf and Staningersdorf.

Street: Horner Straße B 4 leads through Pernegg.

Personalities

Boček von Jaroslavice and Zbraslav († 1255), owner of the Pernegg estate
Hans A. Fischer-Barnicol (1930–1999), German scholar of religion and culture, died in Pernegg
Ulrich II, Count von Heunburg († 1308), owner of the Pernegg estate
Alphons Žák (1868–1931), religious priest and historian, was a pastor in Pernegg

Web links

Commons : Pernegg (Lower Austria) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

31117 - Pernegg. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Literature about Pernegg in the Lower Austrian State Library
Journal articles about Pernegg in the Lower Austrian Bibliography of the Lower Austrian Institute for Regional Studies
Pictures of Pernegg in the topographical collection of the Lower Austrian State Library
Entry on Pernegg (Lower Austria) in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )

Individual evidence

↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying, Regional Information, reference date December 31, 2016, accessed on February 19, 2017

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

↑ Welcome to the market town of Pernegg in the Waldviertel. Retrieved February 6, 2016 .

↑ Announcement of the Lower Austrian provincial government of April 20, 2001. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2
^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Pernegg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on August 11, 2019 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Pernegg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on August 11, 2019 .
^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Pernegg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on August 11, 2019 .
^ Election result of the local council election 2010 in Pernegg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on August 11, 2019 .
^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Pernegg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on August 11, 2019 .
↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Pernegg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on March 1, 2020 .

[1] Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying, Regional Information, reference date December 31, 2016, accessed on February 19, 2017

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-2] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[3] Welcome to the market town of Pernegg in the Waldviertel. Retrieved February 6, 2016 .