Pfaffenschlag near Waidhofen an der Thaya

Pfaffenschlag bei Waidhofen adThaya is a municipality with 923 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the district of Waidhofen an der Thaya in Lower Austria .

geography

Pfaffenschlag near Waidhofen an der Thaya is located in the northern Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 29.74 km². About 36% 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):

Arnolz (263.99 ha, 76 Ew.)
Artolz (390.84 ha, 57 Ew.)
Eisenreichs (205.02 ha, 55 Ew.)
Großeberharts (401.42 ha, 79 Ew.), The place bears the different name Groß-Eberharts
Kleingöpfritz (547.13 ha, 114 Ew.)
KG Pfaffenschlag (546.59 ha), OS Pfaffenschlag near Waidhofen an der Thaya (409 Ew.)
Rohrbach (468.92 ha, 65 Ew.)
Schwarzenberg (142.69 ha, 68 Ew.)

Neighboring communities

Eggern	Gastern
Heidenreichstein		Thaya
	Waidhofen an der Thaya-Land	Waidhofen an der Thaya

history

The district of Groß-Eberharts was first mentioned in 1112, Rohrbach in 1365, and Arnolz in 1230.

Since the addition of the name addition, Pfaffenschlag has Austria's longest community name (40 characters), also in the official version Pfaffenschlag bei Waidhofen adThaya (37), and also without spaces (35), followed by St. Georgen bei Obernberg am Inn and St. Marienkirchen at the Polsenz (32 each with spaces) - and also with the former the one with the most words.

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 980 inhabitants. In 1991 the municipality had 970 inhabitants, 1071 in 1981 and 1193 in 1971.

Sports club

The Pfaffenschlag sports club was founded on July 25, 1953. The club colors are black and white. The main sponsor is WEB Windenergie AG. At the time of the provisional cessation of gaming due to the Covid 19 pandemic in spring 2020, the club was playing in 1st class Waldviertel.

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

mayor

until 2013 Johannes Semper (ÖVP)
since 2014 Willibald Pollak (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Pfaffenschlag parish church

Catholic parish church Pfaffenschlag hl. Martin: The core of the church is Romanesque and Gothic and was redesigned in the 19th century. The high altar dates from around 1720.
In Kleingöpfritz there has been a local chapel since 1783, which was expanded in 1895. The local chapel in Rohrbach was built in the first half of the 19th century. In Groß-Eberharts the local chapel with its neo-baroque altar has existed at least since 1873. The local chapel in Artolz was built in 1874 and in 1904 was given a tower.
To the east of Pfaffenschlag there is a stone statue of St. John of Nepomuk from the 18th century.

economy

In 2010 there were 89 agricultural and forestry holdings in the municipality . As of 2011, 38 non-agricultural workplaces were also identified. The number of people in employment at the place of residence was 460 in 2011, which corresponds to an employment rate of 51.31 percent. WEB Windenergie is the largest employer .