St. Corona am Wechsel
St. Corona am Wechsel
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Lower Austria | |
Political District : | Neunkirchen | |
License plate : | NK | |
Surface: | 8.75 km² | |
Coordinates : | 47 ° 35 ' N , 16 ° 0' E | |
Height : | 844 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 392 (January 1, 2020) | |
Postcodes : | 2870, 2880 | |
Area code : | 02641 | |
Community code : | 3 18 30 | |
NUTS region | AT122 | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
St. Corona am Wechsel 70 2880 St. Corona am Wechsel |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Michael Gruber ( ÖVP ) | |
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (13 members) |
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Location of St. Corona am Wechsel in the Neunkirchen district | ||
St. Corona, main street |
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
St. Corona am Wechsel (also Sankt Corona am Wechsel ) is a municipality with 392 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Neunkirchen district in Lower Austria .
geography
St. Corona am Wechsel is located in the industrial district in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 8.75 km², 72% of the area is forested.
The only cadastral community is St. Corona am Wechsel.
history
In ancient times, the area was part of the Noricum province . The community gained notoriety in the COVID-19 pandemic because of the word "Corona" in its name.
Population development
religion
According to the data of the 2001 census , 95.1% of the population were Roman Catholic and 1.9% Protestant , 2.7% of the population had no religious denomination.
Culture and sights
- Catholic parish and pilgrimage church St. Corona am Wechsel
- Local chapel Maria Heil der Kranken in Unternberg
- Unterberg Castle, built from 1924 to 1926 in the style of a Tyrolean residence
economy
In 2001 there were 21 non-agricultural workplaces; according to the 1999 survey, there were 29 agricultural and forestry holdings. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 173; the employment rate was 48%.
Sports
Directly in the center of the village was the valley station of an old 1-seater chairlift, which in winter, together with a 4-seater chairlift and a double drag lift, opened up a small ski area on Kampstein and in summer Lower Austria's only classic summer toboggan run .
At the end of the 2013/14 winter season, lift operations were discontinued by the state of Lower Austria for cost reasons; the chairlift and chairlift were demolished in summer 2014. The summer toboggan run was also removed.
The area of the Hannesen I drag lift, which was part of the former St. Corona ski area, was retained and is now known as the Simas lifts St. Corona-St. Peter continued.
A family ski area has been available in Unternberg, southeast of St. Corona, since December 2014. A new summer toboggan run was opened in 2015 and a motor skills park was opened in 2016.
politics
Mayor of the municipality is Michael Gruber (ÖVP). After the 2020 municipal council election, there will be the following distribution of mandates with a total of 13 seats:
- ÖVP 9 seats
- FPÖ 3 seats
- SPÖ 1 seat
societies
- St. Corona Ski Club
- St. Corona Children's Olympics
Personalities
- Honorary citizen of the community
Web links
- 31830 - St. Corona am Wechsel. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The official spelling is specified or represented in the law on the division of the State of Lower Austria into municipalities, LGBl.No. 1030–94 of December 9, 2011 and on Statistics Austria: A look at the municipality
- ↑ a b Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 , p. 1912
- ↑ Information on Kampstein as a hiking area: alpenlandmagazin.at - Winter hike on Kampstein
- ↑ St. Corona becomes family ski country
- ↑ Summer toboggan run goes into operation
- ↑ New motor skills park St. Corona