St. Georgen am Reith

St. Georgen am Reith
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Amstetten
License plate :	AT THE
Surface:	40.08 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 50 '  N , 14 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 50 '25 "  N , 14 ° 52' 50"  E
Height :	500  m above sea level A.
Residents :	542 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	3344
Area code :	07484
Community code :	3 05 26
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorf 58 3344 St. Georgen am Reith
Website:	www.st-georgen-reith.gv.at
politics
mayor	Josef Pöchhacker ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (15 members)	8th 7th 8th 7th  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 8 SPÖ : 7
Location of St. Georgen am Reith in the Amstetten district
Panorama from St. Georgen am Reith towards the district of Kogelsbach
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

St. Georgen am Reith (also Sankt Georgen am Reith ) is an Austrian municipality with 542 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Amstetten district in Lower Austria .

geography

St. Georgen am Reith is located in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria. The municipality extends over a length of about ten kilometers along the Ybbs . 77.32% of the area of ​​the municipality is forested.

Community structure

The community of St. Georgen am Reith consists of the four localities or cadastral communities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Hochau (4.38 km², 51 Ew.) Including footbridge
• Kogelsbach (12.30 km², 187 Ew.) Including Meisserleithen
• Königsbergau (8.98 km², 81 Ew.) Including Moosau
• St. Georgen am Reith (14.41 km², 223 Ew.) Including the brook

Neighboring communities

Opponitz	Ybbsitz
		Lunz am See ( District Scheibbs )
Hollenstein on the Ybbs		Göstling an der Ybbs ( district Scheibbs )

history

The area was already settled by the Romans in ancient times, it was part of the Noricum province .

The place was administered by the rule of Gleiß . In 1192 the manorial rule came into possession of the Passau bishopric until secularization .

Population development

St. Georgen had the most inhabitants with 1,017 people in 1923. This is very likely because the construction of the pipeline (culvert bridge) took place from 1922 to 1924. At the next census in 1934 there were only 676 inhabitants. At the 1971 census there were 604 people. Since then, the population has always been below 600 people, in 2019 it was 549 people.

Culture and sights

Parish church St. Georgen am Reith , on the right the elementary school

Culvert bridge

See also:  List of listed objects in St. Georgen am Reith

• Parish Church of St. Georgen am Reith : built around 1500, Gothic. The interior is designed in the late Gothic style. Remarkable mask relief on the tower - probably from the Celtic era.
• Hunting lodge: A hunting lodge is located on the edge of the forest, in the middle of a more than 10,000 m² park. The castle is privately owned and used to be a hotel.
• Culvert bridge: The pipe bridge (40 meters span; construction started in 1922) is used to cross the Ybbs and directs the water to the Opponitz power station , which is owned by the City of Vienna.

Economy and Infrastructure

Statistics Austria identified 287 employed persons in 2011, 6 of whom were unemployed. 79 people were self-employed, 66 of them in agriculture and forestry. The general activity rate was 49.8%.

traffic

• Train / bus: St. Georgen am Reith had a station on the narrow-gauge Ybbstalbahn of the ÖBB . The narrow-gauge railway was discontinued in 2010 for economic reasons and replaced by a bus connection.

freetime and sports

• Hiking and cycling trails: Hikers and cyclists will find an extensive, well-marked network of trails in the pristine landscape in the near and far vicinity of St. Georgen am Reith. The Ybbstal cycle path leads through the municipality.
• Fishing: Anglers can also experience the untouched natural landscape in St. Georgen am Reith in der Ybbs.
• Canoeing: Canoeing on the Ybbs is also possible.

politics

The municipal council has 15 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 List Bachner Christian, 5 SPÖ and 4 ÖVP.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 SPÖ and 6 ÖVP.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 SPÖ and 6 ÖVP.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 SPÖ, 7 ÖVP and 1 Greens.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 SPÖ and 7 ÖVP.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 SPÖ and 7 ÖVP.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 8 ÖVP and 7 SPÖ. In the 2020 municipal council elections, after 2015 the highest voter turnout in Lower Austria of 92.5% (2015 94.9%) was achieved. After 25 years, the People's Party succeeded in gaining its eighth mandate and thus providing the mayor.

mayor

• 1948–1964 Sebastian Haidler (ÖVP)
• 1964–1975 Johann Tazreiter (ÖVP)
• 1975–1987 Johann Hager (ÖVP)
• 1987–1995 Johann Buder (ÖVP)
• 1995-2009 Andreas Rautter (SPÖ)
• 2009-2018 Helmut Schagerl (SPÖ)
• 2018–2020 Birgit Krifter (SPÖ)
• since 2020 Josef Pöchhacker (ÖVP)

Personalities

• Helmut Schagerl (* 1960), former mayor and member of the state parliament of the SPÖ

Web links

Commons : St. Georgen am Reith  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 30526 - St. Georgen am Reith. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• More information and pictures about St. Georgen am Reith

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The official spelling is specified or represented in the law on the division of the State of Lower Austria into municipalities, LGBl.No. 1030–94 of December 9, 2011 and on Statistics Austria: A look at the municipality
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in St. Georgen am Reith. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on June 5, 2020 . 
4. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in St. Georgen am Reith. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on June 5, 2020 . 
5. ^ Result of the 2005 municipal council election in St. Georgen am Reith. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on October 13, 2019 . 
6. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in St. Georgen am Reith. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on October 13, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Results of the 2015 municipal council elections in St. Georgen am Reith. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on October 13, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in St. Georgen am Reith. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on June 5, 2020 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b c} NÖN: St. Georgen / Reith: Krifter becomes local boss . Article dated April 5, 2018, accessed April 5, 2018.