Schönbach (Lower Austria)

Schönbach is located in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the market town covers 34.64 square kilometers. 58.6 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipal area comprises the following 10 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Ashes (59)
Village town (75)
Spruce Courtyards (22)
Grub im Thale (19)
Klein-Siegharts (59)
Lengau (22)
Lichtenau (26)
Wages (165)
Pernthon (67)
Schoenbach (263)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Aschen, Pernthon, Dorfstadt, Lohn and Schönbach.

Neighboring communities

Arbesbach	Rappottenstein	Grafenschlag
Altmelon		Bad Traunstein
	Bear head

history

Schönbach was mentioned in a document in 1351 as a market and has belonged to the Rappottenstein rule since the 14th century . It has been a popular place of pilgrimage since the 15th century because of the statue of grace Maria-Rast . a. Emperor Leopold I and Eleonore Magdalena also participated. 1698 was a monastery of Hieronymitaner founded under . Josef II was not released, but died out. 1828

On January 1, 1968, the municipality of Pernthon and part of the municipality of Moderberg were merged with Schönbach to form a new municipality. The other part of Moderberg went to Traunstein .

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 939 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 1,036 inhabitants, in 1981 1,031 and in 1971 1,069 inhabitants.

Culture and sights

Schönbacher Parish Church

The magnificent three-aisled hall church (Patrozinium Mariä Lichtmess , built 1450-1457) is remarkable for its unusual vaults: a delicate ribbed vault in the central nave and three-part ribbed vaults in the side aisles, which have their apex on the arcade arches. The choir is designed with a fine star rib vault . The famous late Gothic Schönbach winged altar around 1500 with five excellent central shrine sculptures and carved wings is South German or Franconian. On the triumphal arch is the late Gothic miraculous image of Maria Rast, a soulful statue of the Madonna with a blessing child, which was probably made in the middle of the 15th century. The left and right side altars are winged altars from the Danube School of Austrian origin. Furthermore, one of the other side altars is noteworthy, which has an impressive crucifix, whose figure of Jesus is provided with real hair. The furnishings show other high-quality late Gothic and Baroque works.

In the former Hieronymites monastery, a simple baroque building from 1698, the parsonage is located today.

Schönbach also has a theater group and the Schönbach United sports club. Michaelikirtag takes place every year in September. The adventure museum is also worth seeing .

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2001 there were 39 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry operations according to the 1999 survey 133. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at the place of residence was 404. In 2001 the activity rate was 44.4 percent.

tourism

Two Austrian long -distance hiking trails run through Schönbach: the north-south long-distance hiking trail and the Eisenwurzenweg .

politics

Municipal council

In the market town council there after the local elections of 26 January 2020 on a total of 15 seats following distribution of seats: ÖVP 14 and SPÖ first

mayor

Mayor of the market town is Ewald Fröschl, Deputy Mayor is Willibald Kolm, Head of Office is Sabine Höchtl.

Town twinning

Schönbach's twin town in Germany is Herborn , which also has a district called Schönbach .

literature

Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle , Claudia Haas, Renate Holzschuh-Hofer, Wolfgang Huber, Katharina Packpfeifer, Eva Maria Vancsa-Tironiek, Wolfgang Vogg: Lower Austria north of the Danube (= Dehio-Handbuch . Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs ). Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna et al. 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2 , p. 1042-1044 .
Franz Eppel : The Waldviertel, its works of art, historical forms of life and settlement , Salzburg 1989, ISBN 3-900173-01-X

Web links

Commons : Schönbach (Niederösterreich) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

32523 - Schönbach (Lower Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .
Official website of the community of Schönbach

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
↑ Changes to the community from 1945 (associations, partitions, name and status changes). Statistics Austria, pp. 35, 138 , accessed on February 9, 2019 .
↑ Results of the municipal council elections 2020 in Schönbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 31, 2020 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-1] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[statat-2] Changes to the community from 1945 (associations, partitions, name and status changes). Statistics Austria, pp. 35, 138 , accessed on February 9, 2019 .

[NÖGrw2020_32523-3] Results of the municipal council elections 2020 in Schönbach. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 31, 2020 .