Sooss

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Sooss
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Sooss (Austria)
Sooss
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Lower Austria
Political District : to bathe
License plate : BN
Surface: 5.5 km²
Coordinates : 47 ° 59 '  N , 16 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 59 '5 "  N , 16 ° 12' 54"  E
Height : 251  m above sea level A.
Residents : 1,060 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code : 2504
Area code : 02252
Community code : 3 06 35
NUTS region AT127
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Hauptstrasse 48
2504 Sooss
Website: www.sooss.gv.at
politics
Mayoress : Helene Schwarz ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(19 members)
12
5
2
12 5 2 
A total of 19 seats
Location of Sooss in the Baden district
Alland Altenmarkt an der Triesting Bad Vöslau Baden Berndorf Blumau-Neurißhof Ebreichsdorf Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn Furth an der Triesting Günselsdorf Heiligenkreuz Hernstein Hirtenberg Klausen-Leopoldsdorf Kottingbrunn Leobersdorf Mitterndorf an der Fischa Oberwaltersdorf Pfaffstätten Pottendorf Pottenstein Reisenberg Schönau an der Triesting Seibersdorf Sooß Tattendorf Teesdorf Traiskirchen Trumau Weissenbach an der Triesting NiederösterreichLocation of the municipality of Sooss in the Baden district (clickable map)
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Sooss in the foreground, the Martinek barracks complex in the center of the picture and Baden near Vienna in the background
Sooss in the foreground, the Martinek barracks complex in the center of the picture and Baden near Vienna in the background
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Sooss is a market town with 1060 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Baden district in Lower Austria .

geography

Sooss is located in the thermal region of Lower Austria on the edge of the Alps against the Vienna Basin . North of Sooss lies Baden near Vienna , south of Bad Vöslau . The area of ​​the market town covers 5.48 km². 50.98% of the area is forested.

There are no other cadastral communities .

Neighboring communities

Alland to bathe
Neighboring communities
Bad Vöslau

history

In ancient times the area was part of the province of Pannonia .

Population development

census Residents
2011 1,099
2001 1,093
1991 866
1981 935
1971 882

Source: Sooss population development. (PDF) Statistics Austria

politics

The mayor of the market town is Helene Schwarz, the deputy mayor is Peter Koternetz, and the official head is Eveline Spreitzer.

In the market town council there after the local elections of 25 January 2015 on a total of 19 seats following distribution of seats: List ÖVP 8, SPO 2, Bürgerliste proSOOSS 8, party free (former ÖVP) 1

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2001 there were 70 non-agricultural workplaces; according to the 1999 survey, there were 67 agricultural and forestry holdings. According to the 2001 census, 520 people were employed at the place of residence. The employment rate in 2001 was 49.22%. On average in 2003 there were 34 unemployed people in the area.

Sooß is known for its viticulture , with the red wines in particular being excellent.

Culture and sights

Parish church hl. Anna

Roman Catholic Parish church hl. Anna

The late Gothic choir tower church was built in the 15th century and changed during the baroque period. It is located in the north of the village in an open field, in the middle of the walled cemetery, surrounded by a ditch in the north, east and west. The church was elevated to a parish church in 1783 ; previously Sooss belonged to the parish of Baden .

See also:

literature

  • Otto Fleischmann: 750 years of Sooß . Festschrift for the market survey 1957. Self-published, Sooß 1957.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Sooß. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on February 28, 2019 .