Röhrenbach (Lower Austria)

The Zeilendorf Röhrenbach is located on the western edge of the Horner Basin in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 25.11 km² . 16.74% of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipal area comprises the following eight localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Feinfeld (87)
Germanns (22)
Gobelsdorf (35)
Greillenstein (12)
New Construction (48)
Röhrenbach (159) including Eich Maria
Tautendorf (44)
Winkl (115)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Feinfeld , Germanns , Gobelsdorf , Greillenstein , Neubau , Röhrenbach and Winkl .

Germanns has the postcode 3593. The main town Röhrenbach and all other districts have the postcode 3592.

The community is a member of the small region Kamp-Taffatal .

Neighboring communities

Göpfritz an der Wild	Brunn an der Wild
Allentsteig		St. Bernhard-Frauenhofen
	Pölla	Altenburg

history

Neolithic finds have been made in the municipality . The Feinfeld cadastral community was first mentioned in a document around 1180 and was owned by the Kuefsteiner from 1414. The first documented mention of Germanns dates back to 1139, that of Neubau to 1285. Since the 14th century, the history of the place has been closely linked to the development of the original fortified castle of the Greillen family, which in 1534 became the property of Baron Johann Lorenz von Kuefstein and which was rebuilt in the last third of the 16th century as Greillenstein Castle in the Renaissance style.

coat of arms

With the decision of the Lower Austrian provincial government dated March 11, 1997, the municipality of Röhrenbach was awarded a municipal coat of arms. Its blazon : divided by a silver wavy bar diagonally to the right, below in blue two golden cattails growing from the lower right edge of the shield with four leaves each, above in green a two-storey silver renaissance castle with black windows, mighty, six-storey, with an onion bell roof Gate tower crowned with corner turrets with open gate. The municipality colors are blue-yellow-green.

Population development

The population has been decreasing for many decades, although emigration has been stopped in recent years.

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: 15 ÖVP.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 citizens' lists.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 1 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 15 ÖVP.

mayor

until 2005 Walter Krippel (ÖVP)
2005-2008 Josef Löfler (ÖVP)
since 2008 Gernot Hainzl (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Veste Feinfeld

Greillenstein Castle

Parish church Röhrenbach

Kuefstein crypt chapel hl. Anna in Röhrenbach

Greillenstein Castle , built from 1570 to 1590, is a unique Renaissance building in the Waldviertel . There is an extensive landscaped garden in front of the four-wing complex. The castle was home to famous Austrian artists such as the painter Anton Romako and the writer Franz Grillparzer . The castle was spared from total destruction by Swedish, French, Prussian and Russian troops. It has housed permanent exhibitions open to the public since 1959.
Catholic parish church Röhrenbach Maria Eich: The church is essentially Romanesque and was redesigned in the Gothic and Baroque periods . In the Gräflich Kuefsteinschen crypt chapel there are frescoes by Paul Troger .
Feinfeld ruins : North-east of Feinfeld there is a castle ruin that was deserted in the 16th century.

economy

In 2010 there were 68 agricultural and forestry holdings in the municipality, 32 of which were full-time farms. In the manufacturing sector, six factories employed eighteen people, mainly in the manufacture of goods. The service sector employed 28 people in 16 companies.

traffic

Road: Röhrenbach is connected to the Böhmerwald Straße (B38) by a municipal road.
Bus: The PostBus bus company runs to several stops on the 1308 ( Horn - Zwettl ) line in Röhrenbach and its districts .

Train: The closest ÖBB train station is Horn NÖ on the Kamptalbahn .

Cycle path: The 115.6 km long Kamptal cycle path with its starting point in Altenwörth and its destination in Zwettl leads through Röhrenbach.

education

There is a kindergarten and a primary school in the community.

Personalities

Honorary citizen of the community

2018: Alfred Fraßl, former Vice Mayor of Röhrenbach

Sons and daughters of the church

Otto Klupp (1896–1963), politician of the Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ)

People related to the community

Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872), Austrian writer, spent summer stays at Greillenstein Castle.
Johann Paul Hocher (1616–1683), Austrian lawyer and court chancellor, is buried in the Kuefstein family crypt in Röhrenbach.
Johann Ludwig von Kuefstein (1587–1656), owner of the Greillenstein castle and estate.
Leopold Mandl (1849–1925), businessman and editor, lived in Röhrenbach.
Anton Romako (1832–1889), Austrian painter, spent summer stays at Greillenstein Castle.

literature

Franz Eppel : The Waldviertel. His works of art, historical forms of life and settlement. (= Austrian art monograph. Vol. 1). 8th edition. Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1984, ISBN 3-900173-01-X .

Web links

Commons : Röhrenbach, Lower Austria - Collection of images, videos and audio files

31119 - Röhrenbach (Lower Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .
Website of the municipality of Röhrenbach
Entry on Röhrenbach in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
Literature about Röhrenbach in the Lower Austrian State Library
Pictures by Röhrenbach in the topographical collection of the Lower Austrian regional library

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
^ Announcement of the Lower Austrian provincial government of April 23, 1997.
^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Röhrenbach, population development. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Röhrenbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on April 16, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Röhrenbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed April 16, 2020 .
^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Röhrenbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on April 16, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Röhrenbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on April 16, 2020 .
^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Röhrenbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on April 16, 2020 .
↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Röhrenbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on April 16, 2020 .
^ Franz Eppel: The Waldviertel. 1984, pp. 112-114.
^ Franz Eppel: The Waldviertel. 1984, pp. 195-196.
^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Röhrenbach, agriculture and forestry operations. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Röhrenbach, workplaces. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Röhrenbach, employees. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
^ Röhrenbach community, community institutions. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
↑ http://www.noen.at/horn/roehrenbach-alfred-frassl-ist-neuer-ehrenbuerger-fotos-ehrenbuerger-greillenstein-schloss-greillenstein-taverne-greillenstein-alfred-frassl/74.822.048 (accessed on 15 February 2018)

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

[2] Announcement of the Lower Austrian provincial government of April 23, 1997.

[3] Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Röhrenbach, population development. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .

[NÖGrw1995_31119-4] Result of the local council election 1995 in Röhrenbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on April 16, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2000_31119-5] Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Röhrenbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed April 16, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2005_31119-6] Election result of the local council election 2005 in Röhrenbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on April 16, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2010_31119-7] Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Röhrenbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on April 16, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2015_31119-8] Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Röhrenbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on April 16, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2020_31119-9] Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Röhrenbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on April 16, 2020 .

[10] Franz Eppel: The Waldviertel. 1984, pp. 112-114.

[11] Franz Eppel: The Waldviertel. 1984, pp. 195-196.

[12] Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Röhrenbach, agriculture and forestry operations. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .

[13] Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Röhrenbach, workplaces. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .

[14] Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Röhrenbach, employees. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .

[15] Röhrenbach community, community institutions. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .

[16] ttp://www.noen.at/horn/roehrenbach-alfred-frassl-ist-neuer-ehrenbuerger-fotos-ehrenbuerger-greillenstein-schloss-greillenstein-taverne-greillenstein-alfred-frassl/74.822.048 (accessed on 15 February 2018)