Pottendorf

market community Pottendorf
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	to bathe
License plate :	BN
Surface:	39.76 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 54 '  N , 16 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 54 '23 "  N , 16 ° 23' 27"  E
Height :	218  m above sea level A.
Residents :	7,231 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	182 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	2485, 2486
Area code :	02623
Community code :	3 06 26
Address of the municipal administration:	Alte Spinnerei 1 2486 Pottendorf
Website:	www.pottendorf.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Thomas Sabbata-Valteiner ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (29 members)	15th 12 1 1 15th 12 1 1  A total of 29 seats SPÖ : 15 ÖVP : 12 FORUM : 1 FPÖ : 1
Location of Pottendorf in the Baden district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Pottendorf Castle

Pottendorf, Hennebergplatz 3–11, former gray house workers' residence , built in 1860/61 (photo: around 1980)

Pottendorf is a market town with 7231 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Baden district in Lower Austria . Landegg, Pottendorf, Siegersdorf and Wampersdorf are cadastral communities (and localities of the same name located therein ).

geography

Pottendorf is located in the industrial district in Lower Austria, its municipality borders on Burgenland in the east. The area of ​​the market town covers 39.81 square kilometers. 7.87 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

Since January 1, 1972, the municipality has comprised the following four localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Landegg (1066)
• Pottendorf (4717)
• Siegersdorf (589)
• Wampersdorf (859)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Landegg, Pottendorf, Siegersdorf and Wampersdorf.

Adjacent municipalities are:

Tattendorf Blumau-Neurißhof	Oberwaltersdorf Ebreichsdorf	Seibersdorf
Ebenfurth		Wimpassing on the Leitha (Burgenland)
	Neufeld an der Leitha (Burgenland)	Hornstein (Burgenland)

history

Pottendorf probably owes its place name to one of its first settlers, Potho (Botho) , who lived in the 11th century and came from the Aribones . He probably gave the place that developed around the castle his name "Potodorf" (later Pottendorf). Elsewhere, Rudolf von Pottendorf is named as the builder of the castle around 1090.

The castle and its owners formed the centerpiece of the place for a long time. After several changes of owners and the conversion of the castle into a residential castle, Count Ferenc Nádasdy gained control of the castle in 1665 . Under him, the so-called “Pottendorfer Drucke” emerged from the Pottendorfer Schlossdruckerei with the help of the Antwerp book printer Hieronymus Verdussen . But Nádasdy was also involved in the magnate conspiracy against Emperor Leopold I and was therefore arrested in Pottendorfer Burg and executed on April 30, 1671 in Vienna. His property was confiscated.

Thanks to a letter of protection, Pottendorf got off relatively lightly during the Turkish invasion in 1683 . Only a Turkish delegation took up quarters in the castle, but they withdrew again at the end of the siege of Vienna. Wampersdorf and Landegg, however, were burned down. In 1702 Gundaker Thomas Graf Starhemberg acquired the rule and had the baroque parish church built from 1714 to 1717 according to the plans of Lucas von Hildebrandt .

Until 1800 Pottendorf was a small farming and craft community around the castle.

From June to December 1944, the Esterházy estate administration employed Hungarian Jews for forced labor for agricultural activities in Pottendorf.

spinning

→ Main article : Pottendorfer spinning mill

In 1801 the kk priv. Octr. Viennese lending and exchange bank , stimulated by the upswing of the English cotton spinning mill and the profits made, to set up a similar company in Austria. The numerous cotton factories and manufacturers in the district under the Vienna Woods promised a secure sales market.

In search of a man who could also achieve this in Austria, John Thornton (later Johann Thornton ), a mechanic from Manchester , was found in Hamburg . Since the export of machines or plans for spinning was forbidden in England on the death penalty, Thornton had fled to Hamburg as a result of his in-absentia conviction based on the theft of construction plans .

Thornton decided in his final selection for Pottendorf as the location of the plant to be founded. Several factors were decisive for this: firstly, the use of the water power of the Leitha to drive the spinning machines, secondly, there was a population in the village of Pottendorf who were already trained in the textile trade, thirdly, the company had a favorable sales and traffic situation near the Wiener Neustädter Pforte and fourthly one could attract cheap labor from nearby Hungary .

Construction began in 1802 and was completed in 1804. As it was considered advantageous, Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy , partner in the project- financing kk priv. Garnmanufakturgesellschaft , Vienna, acquired the rule of Pottendorf and left the stately palace as a production facility until the factory was completed.

Thornton went to work with remarkable energy. He involved many local craftsmen in the work: Shoemakers and saddlers for the production of drive belts, carpenters for furnishings and machine frames , turners for the production of bobbins, and brush binders now had to produce large brushes to "roll up" the cotton. In cooperation with Thornton, Alois Senefelder succeeded in printing cotton fabrics inexpensively with the then new technology of lithography as early as 1802 .

Thornton had his own casting plant built, workshops in which files were produced in the English style and a brick factory to build the necessary structures, 5- and 6-storey "factories". The first spinning machines were built in the castle. Thornton lived in the “Gaupmannhaus” opposite, the first machines were driven by muscle power, and only when the test was positive did the construction of the works canal with the three large waterwheels begin.

As Thornton in 1813 for his services to the Austrian industry in the erbländischen knighthood was raised, took his place his brother Jonathan Thornton, who had followed from England.

The spinning mill brought movement to the small town, which around 1800 had around 100 houses and a maximum of 600 inhabitants. Immigrants from many countries came looking for work in the new industry, the factory company built new apartments and business premises. Within thirty years the population grew to over 3000 inhabitants. In 1835 Pottendorf owned the largest cotton yarn spinning factory in the monarchy (1,600 employees, 240 mules with 43,200 spindles, 60 water machines with 4,560 spindles, 733 auxiliary machines).

In the interwar period, the company belonged to the Bohemian textile company Mautner .

In 1976 the "Pottendorfer Spinnerei und Felixdorfer Weberei", as the company was now called, closed its doors. With the establishment of the Pottendorfer spinning mill, a new era of industrial development began - the simple machine began to replace manual labor.

Today Pottendorf is a residential community with a small town character.

Population development

Pottendorf (center) and the surrounding area around 1873 (recording sheet of the state survey )

census	Residents
2011	6.354
2001	5,930
1991	5,482
1981	5,328
1971	5,127

Source: population development of Pottendorf. (PDF) Statistics Austria

In June 2006, 6,678 people were registered in Pottendorf, 647 of whom were second homes.

Attractions

• Parish church Pottendorf :

Count Gundaker Thomas Starhemberg , owner of the Pottendorf estate, decides to build a large new parish church in 1710. The architect is Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt , his master bricklayer Franz Jänggl. The Kaisersteinbrucher master stonemasons Johann Georg Haresleben , Simon Sasslaber and Franz Trumler supplied stone from Kaiserstein , they work “for equal profit”.

• Pottendorf Castle :

The castle, which survived the war largely unscathed despite a minor bomb hit, became a ruin after 1945 due to neglect and devastation. On September 4, 2006, the castle park area was purchased by the municipality of Pottendorf on the initiative of Mayor Thomas Sabbata-Valteiner. In spring 2008, the revitalization of the palace gardens began.

• Rother-Hof :

Thanks to the commitment of an association of active citizens, the Rothe-Hof, the traditional Esterhazy administration building - acquired by the community - has been largely renovated in recent years and converted into a local museum.

• Branch church for the Exaltation of the Cross in Landegg:

The building goes back to a deed of foundation from Mrs. Regina Katharina Berchtoldin from the year 1650 and fell victim twice to devastation - first by the Turks and then the turmoil of the Second World War.

• See also: List of listed objects in Pottendorf

politics

Ing.Thomas Sabbata-Valteiner (SPÖ) has been mayor of the market town since the municipal council elections in 2005.

The municipal council election results from 1972:

• 1972: SPÖ 16 mandates, ÖVP 9 mandates, KLS 2 mandates; Mayor: Karl Pallinger (SPÖ), Vice-Mayor: Karl Denk (SPÖ) (1972–1973), Wilhelm Sailer (SPÖ) (1973–1974), Anton Fetty (SPÖ) (1974–1975)
• 1975: SPÖ 16 mandates, ÖVP 11 mandates, KLS 2 mandates; Mayor: Karl Pallinger (SPÖ), Vice Mayor: Anton Fetty (SPÖ)
• 1980: SPÖ 18 mandates, ÖVP 10 mandates, KLS 1 mandate; Mayor: Karl Pallinger (SPÖ), Vice Mayor: Anton Fetty (SPÖ)
• 1985 April: SPÖ 14 mandates, ÖVP 14 mandates, KLS 1 mandate; Dissolution of the municipal council due to the resignation of the ÖVP mandataries
• 1985 October: ÖVP 15 mandates, SPÖ 13 mandates, KLS 1 mandate; Mayor: Helmut Doppler (ÖVP), Vice Mayor: Alfred Weber (ÖVP)
• 1990: ÖVP 19 seats, SPÖ 10 seats; Mayor: Helmut Doppler (ÖVP), Vice Mayor: ÖKR Alfred Weber (ÖVP)
• 1995: ÖVP 15 mandates, SPÖ 10 mandates, AFP 3 mandates, UBL 1 mandate; Mayor: Helmut Doppler (ÖVP), Vice Mayor: Alfred Weber (ÖVP)
• 2000: ÖVP 16 mandates, SPÖ 11 mandates, AFP 1 mandate, FPÖ 1 mandate; Mayor: Helmut Doppler (ÖVP), Vice Mayor: Karl Schwarz (ÖVP)
• 2005: SPÖ 15 seats, ÖVP 14 seats; Mayor: Thomas Sabbata-Valteiner (SPÖ), Vice Mayor: Johann Kitzinger (SPÖ)
• 2010: SPÖ 19 mandates, ÖVP 7 mandates, FPÖ 3 mandates; Mayor: Thomas Sabbata-Valteiner (SPÖ), Vice Mayor: Johann Kitzinger (SPÖ)
• 2015: SPÖ 17 mandates, ÖVP 8 mandates, FPÖ 3 mandates, NEOS 1 mandate; Mayor: Thomas Sabbata-Valteiner (SPÖ), Vice Mayor: Johann Kitzinger (SPÖ) (2015), Gerd Kiefl (since 2015)
• 2020: SPÖ 15 mandates, ÖVP 12 mandates, Forum Pottendorf 1 mandate, FPÖ 1 mandate

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2001 there were 207 non-agricultural workplaces; according to the 1999 survey, there were 72 agricultural and forestry holdings. According to the 2001 census, 2529 people were employed at the place of residence. The employment rate in 2001 was 43.86 percent. On average in 2003 there were 77 unemployed people in the area.

Personalities

• Andreas Rauch (1592–1656), composer
• Gustav Eder (politician) (1861–1909), Mayor of Linz
• Otto Glöckel (1874–1935), politician

literature

• Stift Heiligenkreuzer Archive, Kaisersteinbruch, Hans Georg Haresleben ... because of his Excellenc Graf Starhembergischen Pottendorfer Arbeith ... , rubric 51 / VII / 2b.
• Herbert Matis : The manufactory and early factory in the quarter under the Vienna Woods. An investigation into the beginnings of large-scale companies from the age of mercantilism to 1848 . Part 3: The manufactories and factories according to the individual branches of production . Vienna, Univ., Diss. 1965.
• Leopoldine Hokr: Pottendorf - historical studies on the work, culture and way of life of an industrial working community in the 19th century . Vienna, Univ., Diss. 1984.
• Rudolf Hertzka: The chronicle of the large community Pottendorf . Self-published, Pottendorf 1990.
• Helmuth Furch , Hans Georg Haresleben: Heiligenkreuz subject and master stonemason in quarry . In: Communications from the Kaisersteinbruch Museum and Culture Association , No. 1995/36. Kaisersteinbruch, pp. 10–40. ISBN 978-3-9504555-3-3 .

Web links

Commons : Pottendorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 30626 - Pottendorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Market town of Pottendorf
• About the castle and Rothen Hof
• "Schneckenkirtag in Landegg" , video recordings from 1968, from the online archive of the Austrian Media Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Opposite: Remnants of one of the two factory parks from the same construction period; on the right edge in the gate: former hydrangeas house for factory officials and masters , built 1811. - See: Hokr, Pottendorf , p 75 miles.
2. ↑ ^{a b} 367. Pottendorf . In: Austrian official calendar online . Verlag Österreich, Vienna 2002–, Permalink Austrian Library Association .
3. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
4. ^ Forced labor camp for Hungarian Jews in Austria, entry Pottendorf on deutschland-ein-denkmal.de
   Eleonore Lappin-Eppel: Hungarian-Jewish forced laborers in Austria 1944/45. Labor deployment - death marches - consequences. Lit, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-50195-0 , p. 494.
5. ^ Matis: Manufaktur , 3rd T., p. 297.
6. ^ Matis: Manufaktur , 3rd T., p. 299.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Matis: Manufactory , 3rd T., p. 298.
8. ^ Gustav Otruba : Industrial Topography of Lower Austria from the Age of Mercantilism to the First World War . The economic and social development of Lower Austria from the industrial revolution to the present, Volume 3. Vienna 1956, Permalink Österreichischer Bibliothekenverbund , p. 124.
9. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Pottendorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on March 8, 2019 . 
10. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Pottendorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on March 8, 2019 . 
11. ^ Election result of the local council election 2010 in Pottendorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on March 8, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Pottendorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on March 8, 2019 .