Schiltern (municipality of Langenlois)

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Schiltern (village)
locality
cadastral community Schiltern
Schiltern (municipality of Langenlois) (Austria)
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Basic data
Pole. District , state Krems-Land  (KR), Lower Austria
Pole. local community Langenlois
Coordinates 48 ° 30 '59 "  N , 15 ° 37' 33"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 30 '59 "  N , 15 ° 37' 33"  Ef1
height 380  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village 643 (January 1, 2020)
Area  d. KG 14.67 km²dep1
Post Code 3553f1
prefix + 43/02734f1
Statistical identification
Locality code 04343
Cadastral parish number 12226
Counting district / district Schiltern (31322 007)
image
Row of houses in the center of Schiltern
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; NÖGIS
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Schiltern is a place and a cadastral municipality of the municipality of Langenlois in the district of Krems-Land in Lower Austria .

The Rotten Kronsegg and Neumühle, as well as the scattered settlements Krückl, Reisert and Neuwald belong to the market Schiltern as the central place.

geography

The place belongs to the small region Kamptal Süd and lies between Langenlois and Gföhl . The altitude in the town center is 380 meters. The area of ​​the cadastral community covers 14.67 km². The population is 642 (as of 2020).

history

A circular moat system prospected in Schiltern in 2016 shows permanent settlement in the Neolithic Age , numerous older finds point to storage sites in the Palaeolithic . As early as 1920, the prehistorian Anton Hrodegh identified a Bronze Age settlement at the Burgstall near Kronsegg. The place was first mentioned in 1034 in the Middle Ages. Until the 19th century there were numerous changes in the landlords of the now Brandenburg feudal lords of Kronsegg and Schiltern. With the commissioning of the Kamptalbahn , Schiltern temporarily developed into a little summer retreat . The previously independent market town with the districts of Schiltern and Kronsegg was incorporated into the town of Langenlois on January 1, 1972 .

Postal code: Several postal codes are used in the municipality of Langenlois . Schiltern has the postcode number 3553.

Population development

Number of inhabitants
(source: Historical Ortlexikon Niederösterreich)
year 1794 1830 1869 1910 1951 1961 1981 1991 2001 2011
Residents 742 960 1,031 968 755 681 654 608 641 696

Culture and sights

See also: List of listed objects in Langenlois , section Schiltern cadastral community.

  • Local mountain Zorimauer : Refuge castle with moat from the 13th century, located next to the parish church.
  • Kronsegg castle ruins : Fortress in the Kronsegg district from the 13th century, defensive until the 18th century.
  • Schiltern Castle : From the end of the 16th century the manor was expanded into a stately castle. After several barons and counts owners, the municipality of Langenlois acquired the castle in 1928, but passed it on to the Institute of the English Misses as early as 1930 . Since 1987 it has been the headquarters of PSZ Schiltern GmbH.
  • Catholic parish church Schiltern St. Pankratius.

Economy and Infrastructure

View from the east to Schiltern near Langenlois
  • As in the entire municipality, viticulture is one of the most important branches of the economy, there are 3 wine taverns
  • Horticulture with two supraregional leading companies Noah's Ark (association) and Kittenberger adventure gardens
  • Schiltern volunteer fire department

Personalities

Sons and daughters:

literature

  • Langenlois Zeitbilder 2 Langenlois 2007.
  • Susanne Hawlik: Summer freshness in the Kamptal. The magic of a river landscape. Vienna-Cologne-Weimar 1995, ISBN 978-3-205-98315-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Herman Rafetseder: Area and name changes of the municipalities of Austria since the middle of the 19th century (= research on the history of the cities and markets of Austria 2). Linz 1989, p. 179. ISBN 3-900387-22-2 .
  2. ^ Kurt Klein  (edit.): Historical local dictionary . Statistical documentation on population and settlement history. Ed .: Vienna Institute of Demography [VID] d. Austrian Academy of Sciences . Lower Austria part 2, Schiltern , p. 97 ( online document , explanations . Suppl . ; both PDF - oD [updated]). Special references:  No.