Schönbühel-Aggsbach

market community Schönbühel-Aggsbach
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Melk
License plate :	ME
Main town :	Schönbühel on the Danube
Surface:	28.48 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 18 '  N , 15 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 17 '31 "  N , 15 ° 24' 43"  E
Height :	210  m above sea level A.
Residents :	953 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	33 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	3642 + 3392
Area code :	02753
Community code :	3 15 42
Address of the municipal administration:	Aggsbach 48 3642 Schönbühel-Aggsbach
Website:	www.schoenbuehel.at
politics
Mayor :	Erich Ringseis ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2015 ) (19 members)	12 4th 3 12 4th 3  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 12 SPÖ : 4 FPÖ : 3
Location of Schönbühel-Aggsbach in the Melk district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Schönbühel-Aggsbach is a market town with 953 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Melk district in Lower Austria .

geography

Schönbühel-Aggsbach is located in Lower Austria in the Wachau on the right bank of the Danube. The area of ​​the market town covers 28.33 square kilometers. 71.69 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipal area comprises the following eight localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Aggsbach-Dorf (393)
• Aggstein (60)
• Mountain (76)
• Gschwendt (0)
• Hub (65)
• Schönbühel on the Danube (304)
• Siedelgraben (3)
• Wolfstein (52)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Aggsbach, Aggstein, Berging, Hub, Schönbühel an der Donau and Wolfstein.

Neighboring communities

	Rossatz-Arnsdorf ( Krems )	Bergern in the Dunkelsteinerwald ( Krems )
Maria Laach am Jauerling , Aggsbach		Dunkelsteinerwald
Emmersdorf	Melk

history

In 1969 the community was created through the merger of the communities Schönbühel and Aggsbach Dorf.

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1033 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 1,045 inhabitants, in 1981 1,051 and in 1971 1,017 inhabitants.

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, and 6 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, and 3 FPÖ.

mayor

• since ? Erich Ringseis (ÖVP)

economy

In 2001 there were 42 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 42 in agriculture and forestry. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 477. In 2001, the employment rate was 47.82 percent.

Culture and sights

Aggsbach Charterhouse

Parish church Mariae Himmelfahrt or former monastery church . In the foreground of the church is the chapter wing of the former monastery.

See also:  List of listed objects in Schönbühel-Aggsbach

• Aggsbach Charterhouse with the Charterhouse Museum and the parish church. An elongated, uniform building - consecrated in 1392 - with a 5/8 end and a simple tower on the north side, which was built after the monastery was closed at the end of the 18th century.
• Catholic parish church of Aggsbach-Dorf Mariä Himmelfahrt as a former Carthusian church
• the calvary next to the monastery complex
• the hammer forge Pehn
• the Steinstadl mineral center (mineral show)
• the Aggstein castle ruins with the rose garden
• the Schönbühel Palace
• the former Servite monastery in Schönbühel
• the Wolfstein castle ruins

• Interesting cultural facets can be found in the "Steinstadel" mineral center, in the Pehn hammer mill and in the Carthusian Museum. The musical focus is on wind and choral music.

• Choir community Aggsbach - Arnsdorf - Schönbühel
• Church choir of the parish of Aggsbach Dorf
• Church choir of the parish of Schönbühel
• Schönbühel family choir
• Trachtenmusikkapelle Schönbühel
• Brass ensemble

Personalities

• Jörg Maria Berg (* 1930), actor and pop singer

Picture gallery

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  View from Kalvarienberg to Aggsbach Dorf towards “Luftberg”. Behind the mountains of the northern bank of the Danube.

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  Schönbühel Monastery

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  Hammer forge Pehn

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  Schönbühel Castle

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  Aggstein seen from the Aggstein castle ruins

Web links

Commons : Schönbühel-Aggsbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Entry for Aggsbach-Dorf in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
• 31542 - Schönbühel-Aggsbach. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Entry about Burg Wolfstein (Schlössl) on NÖ-Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Result of the 2005 municipal council elections in Schönbühel-Aggsbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on February 19, 2019 . 
3. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Schönbühel-Aggsbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on February 19, 2019 . 
4. ^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Schönbühel-Aggsbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on February 19, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Carthusian Museum
6. ↑ Pehn hammer mill
7. ↑ Steinstadl Mineral Center
8. ↑ Entry on Wolfstein castle ruins at Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
9. ↑ Wolfstein castle ruins