Rossatz-Arnsdorf
market community Rossatz-Arnsdorf
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Lower Austria | |
Political District : | Krems-Land | |
License plate : | KR | |
Main town : | Rossatz | |
Surface: | 39.21 km² | |
Coordinates : | 48 ° 24 ' N , 15 ° 30' E | |
Height : | 225 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 1,054 (January 1, 2020) | |
Population density : | 27 inhabitants per km² | |
Postcodes : | 3602 and 3621 | |
Area code : | 02714 | |
Community code : | 3 13 38 | |
NUTS region | AT124 | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Rossatz 29 3602 Rossatz |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Erich Polz ( ÖVP ) | |
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members) |
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Location of Rossatz-Arnsdorf in the Krems-Land district | ||
North-east view of the village of Rossatz |
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Rossatz-Arnsdorf is a market town with 1054 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Krems-Land district in Lower Austria .
geography
Geographical location
Rossatz-Arnsdorf is located on the right bank of the Danube in the Wachau in Lower Austria. The area of the market town covers 39.04 square kilometers. 78.6 percent of the area is forested.
Community structure
The municipality includes the following nine localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Bacharnsdorf (33)
- Hofarnsdorf (82)
- Mitterarnsdorf (169)
- Oberarnsdorf (181)
- Rossatz (346)
- Rossatzbach (79)
- Rührsdorf (139)
- St. Johann im Mauerthale (2)
- St. Lorenz (23) including the lower stick
The community consists of the cadastral communities Mitterarnsdorf, Oberarnsdorf, Rossatz and Rührsdorf.
Incorporations
On January 1, 1972, the municipalities of Mitterarnsdorf, Rossatz, Oberarnsdorf, Rührsdorf were merged to form the municipality of Rossatz.
Neighboring communities
Weißenkirchen | Dürnstein | |
Pointed | Mautern | |
Aggsbach | Schönbühel-Aggsbach ( Melk ) | Bergern |
history
- Prehistory and Antiquity
Archaeological finds such as stool graves , stone axes and ceramics bear witness to a settlement as early as the Stone Age (up to around 2500 BC) . A Celtic grave was also found from the younger Iron Age (4th century BC) .
During Roman times , the area belonged to the province of Noricum . The border of the empire ran along the Danube. Two watchtowers of the Limes from the 3rd century are documented, the remains of which were restored by employees of the Federal Monuments Office - one in Bacharnsdorf ( Burgus Bacharnsdorf ) (left the picture) and one in Rossatzbach (see Burgus Bacharnsdorf); Celto-Roman burial mounds ("seven graves") were found from the 1st century.
- Middle Ages and Modern Times
- Rossatz
In the 7th and 8th centuries there was a Slavic settlement on the steep slope to the Danube. In addition to archaeological finds, place and field names with Slavic roots still remind us today.
At the beginning of the 9th century, Emperor Charlemagne donated the area to the Benedictine Abbey of St. Michael in Metten . The first written mention as "Rosseza" dates from around 985.
From the 11th century the place was owned by the Babenbergs and was expanded according to plan until the 13th century. A judge is mentioned in a document in 1258. As a result, various spiritual and secular manors had property in Rossatz. The Subenhof used as an inn is still reminiscent of an estate belonging to the Suben Abbey .
In the 15th century, Emperor Friedrich III. Rossatz the market law.
From the 16th century until around 1630 Rossatz was Protestant .
From the 15th century onwards, the place had frequently changing noble owners, e.g. B. the Wallseer , the Spaur and Kirchberger families and the Geymann von Gallspach ; In 1768 it was united with the Mautern rule of the Counts Schönborn-Puchheim .
There are documentary evidence of viticulture in the area since around 1170 . After purchasing the formerly manorial land after the hereditary subordination was lifted in 1848, the Rossatzers founded the forest and estate cooperative (now an agricultural community ) in 1859 .
In 1626 and 1886 Rossatz was devastated by fires.
In 1971/72 the municipalities of Mitter- and Oberarnsdorf were incorporated.
- Arnsdorf
Bach-, Ober- and Mitterarnsdorf were owned by the Archdiocese of Salzburg from 860 to 1803/06 .
- Rührsdorf
The area of Rührsdorf was owned by the Diocese of Passau from 823 and from 1732 to 1848 by the Counts Schönborn-Puchheim. The first written mention of the place, in which various monasteries owned vineyards, comes from 1083.
Religions
According to the census of May 15, 2011, 91.1% of the population were Roman Catholic , 2.2% Protestant and 2.5% Muslim . Other confessions accounted for less than 1%. 2.9% were without religious belief.
Population development
Data according to Statistics Austria
Culture and sights
- Parish church hl. Jakob d. Ä. in Rossatz: A sacred building with a three-aisled basilica nave , the core of which is late Romanesque (1st quarter of the 14th century) and a mighty, prominent Gothic west tower. The two-bay choir dates from the second half of the 14th century and has a ribbed vault on consoles. The interior is predominantly neo-Gothic.
- Filial church hl. Lorenz in St. Lorenz: A Romanesque choir square church that was built on the south side of a Roman burgus .
- Filial church hl. John the Baptist in St. Johann im Mauerthale: A church building from the 1st half of the 15th century.
- Hofarnsdorf Castle
- Rossatz Castle
- Seekopfturm
There are two brass bands in the market town, the Trachtenkapelle Rossatz and the Musikverein Arnsdorf.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The towns of the market community are connected to one another via Aggsteiner Strasse on the right bank of the Danube, as well as to Krems an der Donau and Melk . The Spitz – Arnsdorf roller ferry and the Weißenkirchen – St. Lorenz establish the connection to the left bank of the Danube in the warmer months.
Established businesses
There were 39 non-agricultural workplaces in 2001, and there were 127 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey. The number of people in work at home was 493 according to the 2001 census. In 2001, the activity rate was 42.35 percent.
Rossatz-Arnsdorf is the largest apricot- growing community in Austria and an important wine-growing community in the Wachau wine-growing region south of the Danube.
Rupertiwinzer: In memory of the 1000-year association (approx. 800–1803) between the World Heritage Sites Arnsdorf in der Wachau and Salzburg, which began with a donation from Emperor Charles to the then Archbishop Arno , and on the occasion of the 200th return of the secularization of the Prince Archbishopric of Salzburg In 1803, ten wine growers from Arnsdorf formed the "Ruperti winemakers" in January 2003. The name is based on St. Rupert (memorial day September 24th), who is also the patron saint of the parish church Hofarnsdorf and was 1st Bishop of Iuvavum (Salzburg). They appear together at presentations and tastings to make the Arnsdorf wine better known.
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council has 19 members.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
- With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, and 8 SPÖ.
- With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
- With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 7 SPÖ.
mayor
- until 2008 Franz Schütz (ÖVP)
- since 2009 Erich Polz (ÖVP)
Community partnerships
- Arnstorf in Lower Bavaria , Germany
- Metten in Lower Bavaria , Germany
Personalities
- Rudolf Fänner (1879–1959), sculptor
- Berthold Sternegger (1713–1793), last abbot of St. Lambrecht Monastery before the Josephine repeal; born in Rossatz
literature
- Herwig Friesinger , Friedrich Krinzinger : The Roman Limes in Austria. Guide to the archaeological monuments . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2618-2 , pp. 203-207.
- Marktgemeinde Rossatz (Ed.): 500 years of Markt Rossatz 1462–1962 . Krems 1962.
- 1000 years of Rossatz. Festschrift. 985-1985 . Malek, Krems an der Donau, 1985.
- Otto Friedrich Winter : Rossatz - 500 years of the market . In: Mitteilungen des Kremser Stadtarchivs 2 (1962), pp. 105–110.
- Otto Friedrich Winter: Rossatz. Home in the wine country between forest and stream. A historical overview . In: 500 years of the market town of Rossatz. 1462-1962 . Rossatz 1962, 27-103.
Others
Since 2012, the TV show Starnacht from the Wachau has been taking place every year in Rossatz across from the Dürnstein monastery and ruins, with national and international artists from Schlager, Pop, Rock and many more. instead of. The hosts are Alfons Haider and Barbara Schöneberger (since 2015).
2018 was the winery rafting in Rossatz scene of political ORF - Summer Talks (moderated by Nadja Bernhard and Hans citizens ) with the party leaders of the political parties represented in Parliament.
Web links
- http://www.rossatz-arnsdorf.at/
- Burgus von Bacharnsdorf / The Roman Limes in Austria
- Entry via Burg / Schloss Rossatz to Burgen-Austria
- 31338 - Rossatz-Arnsdorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ Statistics Austria: dissolutions or associations of municipalities from 1945
- ↑ Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch. The art monuments of Austria. Lower Austria, south of the Danube , part 2. Berger publishing house, Horn / Vienna 2003, page 1866f, ISBN 3-85028-365-8
- ^ Result of the local council election in 1995 in Rossatz-Arnsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on July 10, 2019 .
- ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Rossatz-Arnsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on July 10, 2019 .
- ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Rossatz-Arnsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on July 10, 2019 .
- ^ Election result of the local council election 2010 in Rossatz-Arnsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on July 10, 2019 .
- ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Rossatz-Arnsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on July 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Results of the local council election 2020 in Rossatz-Arnsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian state government, January 26, 2020, accessed on February 29, 2020 .