Lily field

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Lilienfeld (disambiguation) .

Borough Lily field
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Lily field
License plate :	LF
Surface:	54.06 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 1 '  N , 15 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 0 '47 "  N , 15 ° 35' 48"  E
Height :	383  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,664 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3180
Area code :	02762
Community code :	3 14 07
Address of the municipal administration:	Dörflstrasse 4 3180 Lilienfeld
Website:	www.lilienfeld.at
politics
Mayor :	Wolfgang Labenbacher ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (21 members)	16 5 16 5  A total of 21 seats ÖVP : 16 SPÖ : 5
Location of Lilienfeld in the Lilienfeld district
City Office Lilienfeld
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Lilienfeld is a municipality with 2664 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) and the district capital of the Lilienfeld district of the same name in Lower Austria .

The city is best known for the Lilienfeld Abbey located here .

geography

Lilienfeld is located in the valley of the Traisen in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria.

The area belongs to the Pre-Alps , the local mountain of the community is the Muckenkogel .

The area of ​​the municipality covers 53.95 square kilometers. 78.33 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

Localities are (residents, as of January 1, 2020):

• Dörfl (436)
• Hintereben (38) including the Burgstall, Klosteralpe and Kolmstrasse
• Jungherrntal (33)
• Lilienfeld (417) including Gaisleiten
• Marktl (599)
• Schrambach (420)
• Stangental (673)
• Front levels (2)
• Zoegersbach (46)

Neighboring communities

In the Lilienfeld district :

• Eschenau
• Traisen
• St. Veit an der Gölsen
• Small cell
• Hohenberg
• Türnitz

In the St. Pölten-Land district :

• Kirchberg an der Pielach

history

In 1202 a Cistercian monastery was opened on Mariazeller Wallfahrtsstrasse . It is a late Romanesque / early Gothic basilica and monastery complex that were converted to Baroque style in 1638.

The Lilienfeld Abbey is an important center today, which places great emphasis on the liturgy of the hours and celebrating Holy Mass together . The monastery is known for its large forest property (2015: 11,000 hectares), making it the second richest canonical organization in Austria in terms of property .

1974 Lilienfeld was raised to town.

Surname

The earliest mentions of the name go back to the abbey: 1209 "abbatia [...] Lienenuelt hactenus dictum", 1211 "abbas de Lilienuelde". Contrary to popular belief, this does not mean a field with lilies. The name goes back to Middle High German liele , which means clematis .

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coat of arms

In red a curved silver rafter and three golden lilies .

Population development

Community partnerships

• Jōetsu ( Japan ), since 1981
• Třebíč ( Czech Republic ), since 1991

politics

The municipal council has 21 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, and 10 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 8 SPÖ, 3 list for Lilienfeld, and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 7 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.

mayor

• until 2016 Herbert Stepwieser (ÖVP)
• since 2016 Wolfgang Labenbacher (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Collegiate Church: Interior view towards the high altar

Leopold's sarcophagus in front of the high altar of the collegiate church

See also:  List of listed objects in Lilienfeld

• Lilienfeld Abbey : Lilienfeld Abbey is located in the center of the village
• Zdarsky Ski Museum in the District Home Museum
• Sarcophagus of the Babenberg Duke and founder of the monastery, Leopold VI, the Glorious
• Mathias Zdarsky's grave in Habernreith

Events

• Nostalgic ski race in memory of Mathias Zdarsky : Every year on Lilienfeld's local mountain , the Muckenkogel, a nostalgic ski race takes place at the Traisner Hut on a Sunday around March 19 in memory of Mathias Zdarsky, the only one in the world under strictly historical conditions as it was in Zdarsky's time. Historical equipment from head to ski and one-pole technique are a requirement for the participants, the course is set with true-to-original flags and the timekeeping is done by hand.

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  Look at the pen

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  Waterfall at the Wasserfallsteig

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  Information board on the Muckenkogel

economy

In 2001 there were 169 non-agricultural workplaces, as well as 52 agricultural and forestry operations according to a 1999 survey. The number of people in employment at the place of residence was 1,341 (2001 census). The employment rate in 2001 was 45.34 percent.

Companies

• NEUMAN Aluminum (Fried.v.Neuman GmbH) in Marktl
• PREFA aluminum products in Marktl

tourism

• Muckenkogel : A single-seat chairlift leads to the local mountain, the Muckenkogel. (In the winter of 2012/13 the lift had to be temporarily shut down. After extensive renovation, it was able to resume operation from July 2013.) The lift crosses the rocky pit , through which the Muckenkogel can also be reached on foot via the so-called waterfall path.
  The mountain station of the lift is near the Almgasthaus Klosteralm (at 1067  m above sea level ) on the alp of the same name; a little further down is at 956  m above sea level. A. the Lilienfelder Hütte of the Austrian Alpine Club . In 30 to 40 minutes is the Traisener hut the nature lovers in 1311  m above sea level. A. to achieve. It stands on the Traisener Hinteralm , the southern neighboring summit of the Muckenkogel.

Public facilities

• District administration Lilienfeld
• Landesklinikum Lilienfeld founded in 1903.

education

• Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium Lilienfeld
• Middle school and Michaela Dorfmeister Skimittelschule Lilienfeld
• Lilienfeld Adult Education Center

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Johann Rennhofer (* 1936), civil servant and local politician
• Christine Rothstein (* 1945), principal of the Arlequin puppet theater in Vienna, born and raised in Lilienfeld, widow of Arminio Rothstein , known as "Clown Habakuk"
• Bernhard Paul (* 1947), director of Circus Roncalli (born in Lilienfeld, grew up in Wilhelmsburg )
• Franz Sales Sklenitzka (* 1947), children's book author (born and raised in Lilienfeld), known a. a. through "Dragons have nothing to laugh about" and "Dragons cannot be guarded"
• Alfred Schirlbauer (* 1948), Austrian educational scientist (born in Lilienfeld)
• Werner J. Schweiger (1949–2011), art historian and publicist
• Karl Bader (* 1960), politician, member of the Lower Austrian state parliament
• Anton Pfeffer (* 1965), former Austrian soccer player (born in Lilienfeld, but grew up and has always lived in Türnitz )
• Claudia Linzer (* 1979), film editor
• Stefan Scheiblecker (* 1986, Hainfeld district), Austrian cabaret artist and author
• Martin Berger , known as Mista M (* 1991), rapper (born in Lilienfeld)
• Alexandra Schmid , born and raised in Lilienfeld, actress in the Simpl cabaret , Vienna
• Philipp Lienhart (* 1996), soccer player

People related to the community

• Mathias Zdarsky (1856–1940), the creator of modern skiing
• Franz Schönbauer (1886–1932), district and primary physician
• Sebastian Klug (1984–2019), satirist, lives in Marktl
• Michaela Dorfmeister (* 1973), world ski champion, is the most successful graduate of the main ski school in Lilienfeld and has given it its name since 2006.
• Martin Prinz (* 1973), writer, grew up in Lilienfeld

Web links

Commons : Lilienfeld  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Stadtgemeinde Lilienfeld Homepage of the municipality
• Zdarsky Museum
• 31407 - Lilienfeld. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Manfred Niemeyer (ed.): German book of place names . De Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-018908-7 , pp. 366 .
3. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Lilienfeld. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed October 10, 2019 . 
4. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Lilienfeld. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed October 10, 2019 . 
5. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Lilienfeld. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed October 10, 2019 . 
6. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Lilienfeld. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed October 10, 2019 . 
7. ^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council election in Lilienfeld. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on October 10, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Lilienfeld. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 26, 2020 . 
9. ^ Message from ORF Lower Austria , accessed on January 10, 2013
10. ↑ Chronicle of the main ski school in Lilienfeld ( memento of the original from July 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.