Götzendorf an der Leitha

market community Götzendorf an der Leitha
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Bruck an der Leitha
License plate :	BL
Surface:	25.39 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 1 '  N , 16 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 0 '52 "  N , 16 ° 34' 54"  E
Height :	171  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,108 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	83 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2434
Area code :	02169
Community code :	3 07 09
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptplatz 1 2434 Götzendorf an der Leitha
Website:	www.goetzendorf.at
politics
Mayor :	Kurt Wimmer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (21 members)	15th 5 1 15th 5 1  A total of 21 seats ÖVP : 15 SPÖ : 5 FPÖ : 1
Location of Götzendorf an der Leitha in the district of Bruck an der Leitha
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Götzendorf an der Leitha is a market town with 2108 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the district of Bruck an der Leitha in Lower Austria .

geography

Götzendorf an der Leitha is located in the industrial district in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the market town covers 25.37 square kilometers. Almost five percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Götzendorf an der Leitha (1553)
• Pischelsdorf (555)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Götzendorf and Pischelsdorf.

history

Götzendorf was first mentioned in a document in 1130. The name Götzendorf goes back to the founder, the knight Gezo. Gezo is a nickname and means man with a spear .

As is still the case today, market days were held twice a year, on which justice was previously administered: the so-called market jurisdiction . The Götzendorf was repeatedly exposed to attacks. The residents were killed and the village destroyed. This also applied to the village of Porz, which was east of Götzendorf. Fortifications were built along the Leitha to protect against these attacks . This is how a moated castle was built in Götzendorf . For a long time, the exact location of the castle was not known. It was only discovered from an airplane: In one field the grain had an unusual discoloration, as if someone had painted the floor plan of a large building. In the 1980s excavations were carried out at this point and the foundations of the castle were found. This now proved that the moated castle was in the middle of the village, in what is now the Hofgarten settlement.

1683 was the second Turkish siege of Vienna . The Ottoman army needed food for their men and straw and hay for their horses, which they brought from the surrounding villages. They also came to Götzendorf. But the residents did not want to give the State Chancellor's secretary anything and took his horse and cart away. The general of the Ottomans became angry and sent someone to subdue Götzendorf. The Götzendorfer holed up in the castle, where they were protected by the deep moat. Eventually the Ottomans managed to set the castle on fire. The moated castle and the place were completely destroyed.

In 1938, a German military airfield was built in Götzendorf . It was codenamed Elder and was initially disguised as a farm. The Allies recognized the airfield as such in 1939. In 1944, two additional concrete runways were to be built, one of which was never completed. On October 17, 1944, an American B-24 bomber crashed. The aircraft on its way to Vienna was shot at near Wiener Neustadt and therefore wanted to make an emergency landing in Götzendorf. While flying low, it was shot down by the airport defense as an alleged attacker. A single member of the 10-man crew survived. While the airfield was not subjected to direct combat operations during the war, it was almost completely razed to the ground in 1945. The concrete slabs of the runway and the foundations of the buildings are still visible today. There is a war cemetery in Götzendorf. 424 German soldiers from the Second World War and 26 war victims from other nations rest here .

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1867 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 1670 inhabitants, in 1981 1373 and in 1971 1362 inhabitants.

politics

Mayor of the market town is Kurt Wimmer, Doris Matijevic is the head of the office.

Sports

• ASC Götzendorf Oranjezz (soccer)
• Floodlit golf club
• Floodlit tennis facility

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2001 there were 68 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 42 in agriculture and forestry. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 898. In 2001, the employment rate was 48.79 percent. There were 38 unemployed people on average in 2003.

On the outskirts of Götzendorf is the Wallenstein barracks of the Austrian Armed Forces , in which the deployment preparation center of the command for international deployments is housed. A refugee camp was set up in the barracks from 1981 to 1982. Around 2,500, mostly Polish, refugees were housed there.

tourism

To the north of Götzendorf, just south of the Reisenbach, there is the weekend house settlement An der Weide around a lake.

Historical maps

• Götzendorf and its surroundings around 1873 (recording sheets of the regional survey )
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  Götzendorf (bottom right) and western surroundings

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  The east of Götzendorf (bottom left)

See also

• List of listed objects in Götzendorf an der Leitha

Web links

Commons : Götzendorf an der Leitha  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 30709 - Götzendorf an der Leitha. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Alois Gehart, Josef Fabian: Götzendorf - Pischelsdorf: barracks, airport, military hospital, railroad and post office, hunting, security and medical services, Leithabauichkeiten . In: Contributions to the history of Götzendorf and Pischelsdorf . Volume 5, ZDB ID 2283369-9 . Market community Götzendorf an der Leitha, Götzendorf an der Leitha 2006.
3. ↑ Götzendorf airport  ( 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. on the Evidence of Past website, accessed November 7, 2009.  
4. ↑ Zapfenstreich-Chronik des Bundesheeres , accessed on November 8, 2009