Rauchwarth

Rauchwarth
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Bruck an der Leitha
License plate :	BL (since 2017; old: WU)
Surface:	13.49 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 5 '  N , 16 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 4 '57 "  N , 16 ° 31' 35"  E
Height :	206  m above sea level A.
Residents :	772 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	2320
Area code :	02230
Community code :	3 07 38
Address of the municipal administration:	Kirchenplatz 1 2320 Rauchwarth
Website:	www.rauchenwarth.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Ernst Schüller ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (15 members)	11 4th 11 4th  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 11 SPÖ : 4
Location of Rauchwarth in the Bruck an der Leitha district
The municipal office of Rauchwarth
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Rauchwarth is a municipality with 772 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the district of Bruck an der Leitha in Lower Austria .

geography

Rauchwarth is located in the industrial district in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 13.49 square kilometers, around three percent of the area is forested.

There are no other cadastral communities apart from Rauchwarth.

history

In ancient times the area was part of the province of Pannonia . In a deed of sale from 1493 it was attested that Wolfgang Grastenwerder zu Obergassling sold the village to the St. Dorothea Abbey .

After the connection of Austria to the Third Reich in 1938, the town was part of the newly created District 23 Schwechat Greater Vienna incorporated. The municipality became independent again in 1954 when it separated from Vienna.

From 1954 until its dissolution on January 1, 2017, Rauchwarth was part of the Vienna-Umgebung district .

Population development

politics

The mayor of the community is Ernst Schüller. After the 2020 municipal council elections, there will be the following distribution of mandates in the municipal council:

• ÖVP 11
• SPÖ 4

Culture and sights

Rauchwarth around 1872 ( recording sheet of the state survey)

See also:  List of listed objects in Rauchwarth

See also : List of cellar lanes in Rauchwarth

In 1652 a spring rises in a forest west of the village, the water of which was said to have healing properties. In the years that followed, it became a place of pilgrimage. A chapel was built on site in 1718 and a church in 1772.

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2001 there were 21 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 38 in agriculture and forestry. The number of people in work at home was 287 according to the 2001 census. In 2001, the employment rate was 48.5 percent.

sons and daughters of the town

• Josef Pflug (1869–1937), politician (CSP) and farmer

Web links

Commons : Rauchwarth  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• 30738 - Rauchwarth. Community data, Statistics Austria .