St. Corona am Wechsel

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Neunkirchen

License plate :

NK

Surface:

8.75 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 35 ' N , 16 ° 0' E Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '12 " N , 16 ° 0' 30" E

Height :

844 m above sea level A.

Residents :

392 (January 1, 2020)

Postcodes :

2870, 2880

Area code :

02641

Community code :

3 18 30

NUTS region

AT122

Address of the
municipal administration:

St. Corona am Wechsel 70
2880 St. Corona am Wechsel

Website:

www.st-corona-wechsel.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Michael Gruber ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(13 members)

9

3

1

9 3 1

A total of 13 seats

ÖVP : 9
FPÖ : 3
SPÖ : 1

Location of St. Corona am Wechsel in the Neunkirchen district

St. Corona, main street

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

St. Corona am Wechsel (also Sankt Corona am Wechsel ) is a municipality with 392 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Neunkirchen district in Lower Austria .

geography

St. Corona am Wechsel is located in the industrial district in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 8.75 km², 72% of the area is forested.

The only cadastral community is St. Corona am Wechsel.

history

In ancient times, the area was part of the Noricum province . The community gained notoriety in the COVID-19 pandemic because of the word "Corona" in its name.

Population development

religion

According to the data of the 2001 census , 95.1% of the population were Roman Catholic and 1.9% Protestant , 2.7% of the population had no religious denomination.

Culture and sights

Catholic parish and pilgrimage church St. Corona am Wechsel
Local chapel Maria Heil der Kranken in Unternberg
Unterberg Castle, built from 1924 to 1926 in the style of a Tyrolean residence

economy

In 2001 there were 21 non-agricultural workplaces; according to the 1999 survey, there were 29 agricultural and forestry holdings. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 173; the employment rate was 48%.

Sports

Directly in the center of the village was the valley station of an old 1-seater chairlift, which in winter, together with a 4-seater chairlift and a double drag lift, opened up a small ski area on Kampstein and in summer Lower Austria's only classic summer toboggan run .

At the end of the 2013/14 winter season, lift operations were discontinued by the state of Lower Austria for cost reasons; the chairlift and chairlift were demolished in summer 2014. The summer toboggan run was also removed.

The area of the Hannesen I drag lift, which was part of the former St. Corona ski area, was retained and is now known as the Simas lifts St. Corona-St. Peter continued.

A family ski area has been available in Unternberg, southeast of St. Corona, since December 2014. A new summer toboggan run was opened in 2015 and a motor skills park was opened in 2016.

politics

Local council election

%

70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

66.24%
(+0.69 % p )

26.09%
(-8.36 % p )

7.67%
( n. K. )

ÖVP

FPÖ

SPÖ

2015

2020

Mayor of the municipality is Michael Gruber (ÖVP). After the 2020 municipal council election, there will be the following distribution of mandates with a total of 13 seats: