Ruprechtshofen
market community Ruprechtshofen
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Lower Austria | |
Political District : | Melk | |
License plate : | ME | |
Surface: | 30.61 km² | |
Coordinates : | 48 ° 8 ' N , 15 ° 17' E | |
Height : | 247 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 2,313 (January 1, 2020) | |
Population density : | 76 inhabitants per km² | |
Postal code : | 3244 | |
Area code : | 02756 | |
Community code : | 3 15 37 | |
NUTS region | AT121 | |
UN / LOCODE | AT RUP | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Hauptplatz 1 3244 Ruprechtshofen |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Leopold Gruber-Doberer ( ÖVP ) | |
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (21 members) |
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Location of Ruprechtshofen in the Melk district | ||
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Ruprechtshofen is a market town with 2313 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Melk district in Lower Austria .
geography
Ruprechtshofen is located in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the market town covers 30.57 square kilometers. 7.4 percent of the area is forested.
Community structure
The municipality includes the following 34 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Building land (68)
- Brunnwiesen (87)
- Etzen (57)
- Fittenberg (33)
- Fohregg (38)
- Geretzbach (20)
- Trench (11)
- Grabenegg (44)
- Pit (17)
- Hofstetten (27)
- Hohentann (20)
- Hub (10)
- Kagelsberg (13)
- Kalcha (18)
- Feces (50)
- Kronberg (16)
- Kuehberg (10)
- Lasserthal (26)
- Fiefdom (33)
- Nibs (26)
- Ocher (43)
- Oed (11)
- Rainberg (133)
- Travel Yard (13)
- Riegers (30)
- Rottenhof (80)
- Ruprechtshofen (1093)
- Schlatten (71)
- Simhof (26)
- Sinhof (19)
- Weghof (31)
- Wies (9)
- Zinsenhof (9)
- Zwerbach (121)
The community consists of the cadastral communities Grabenegg, Ockert, Rainberg, Riegers, Ruprechtshofen and Zwerbach.
Neighboring communities
Zelking-Matzleinsdorf | ||
Mountain country | St. Leonhard am Forst | |
Wieselburg-Land ( Scheibbs district ) |
Oberndorf an der Melk ( Scheibbs district ) |
history
In ancient times, the area was part of the Noricum province .
Population development
In 2008 Ruprechtshofen has 2283 inhabitants, according to the results of the 2001 census it was 2219 inhabitants.
year | population |
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1869 | 1648 |
1880 | 1802 |
1890 | 1787 |
1900 | 1718 |
1910 | 1874 |
1923 | 2021 |
1934 | 1957 |
1939 | 1931 |
1951 | 1965 |
1961 | 1940 |
1971 | 1965 |
1981 | 1975 |
1991 | 2116 |
2001 | 2219 |
2008 | 2283 |
politics
The municipal council has 21 members.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 18 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, 3 FPÖ and 2 SPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 4 FPÖ and 2 SPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 4 FPÖ and 2 SPÖ.
- mayor
- 1850–1861 Josef Gonaus
- 1861–1876 Johann Fasching
- 1876–1885 Josef Rinnenthaler
- 1885–1888 Franz Kraus
- 1888–1908 Franz Sündermann
- 1908–1920 Josef Fohringer
- 1920–1922 Engelbert Kraus
- 1922–1923 Vinzenz Sirninger
- 1923–1929 Michael Schrattmayer
- 1929–1938 Leopold Lembacher
- 1939–1942 Josef Scherrer
- 1942–1945 Franz Sündermann
- 1945–1953 Leopold Bierwipfl
- 1953–1975 Johann Hinterberger
- 1975–1991 Oskar Sündermann
- 1991–2010 Hermann Heiss (ÖVP)
- since 2010 Leopold Gruber-Doberer (ÖVP)
Culture and sights
- Catholic parish church Ruprechtshofen hl. Nikolaus: A late Gothic staggered church with a choir from the end of the 13th century. The tower is also late Gothic, was raised in 1653 and received a neo-baroque onion dome in 1874 .
- Pinball machine collection Pindigiland
- Benedict Randhartinger Museum
economy
In 2001 there were 90 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry operations according to the 1999 survey 155. The number of people in work at the place of residence was 1038 according to the 2001 census. In 2001, the activity rate was 47.54 percent.
traffic
Ruprechtshofen is located on a discontinued but still existing section of the Krump . Since April 2011, a handcar for tourists has been operating on the railway line under the name “Mostviertler Eisenbahnradl”.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Benedict Randhartinger (1802–1893), composer, singer and Imperial and Royal Court Kapellmeister
- Alois Brandhofer (* 1951), clarinetist and university professor
Web links
- http://www.ruprechtshofen.at
- 31537 - Ruprechtshofen. Community data, Statistics Austria .
- Entry about Schloss Grabenegg on Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era , University of Salzburg
- Entry about Schloss Zinsenhof on Lower Austria Castles online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Ruprechtshofen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed October 17, 2019 .
- ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Ruprechtshofen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on October 17, 2019 .
- ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Ruprechtshofen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on October 17, 2019 .
- ^ Election result of the local council election 2010 in Ruprechtshofen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on October 17, 2019 .
- ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Ruprechtshofen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on October 17, 2019 .