St. Martin (Lower Austria)

market community St. Martin
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Gmuend
License plate :	GD
Surface:	49.39 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 40 ′  N , 14 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 39 ′ 50 "  N , 14 ° 50 ′ 30"  E
Height :	621  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,091 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	22 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3971
Area code :	02857
Community code :	3 09 32
Address of the municipal administration:	St. Martin 1 3971 St. Martin
Website:	www.st-martin.eu
politics
Mayor :	Peter Höbarth ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	15th 2 2 15th 2 2  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 15 SPÖ : 2 FPÖ : 2
Location of St. Martin in the Gmünd district
Municipal Office
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

St. Martin (also Sankt Martin ) is a market town with 1091 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Gmünd district in Lower Austria .

geography

St. Martin is located in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria . The area of ​​the market town covers 49.34 square kilometers. 56.48 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 13 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Anger (61)
• Breitenberg (13)
• Harmanschlag (257) including old huts, ironworks and Friedental
• Joachimstal (4)
• Long-span (62)
• Oberlainsitz (105)
• Reitgraben (8)
• Rörndlwies (9)
• Rossbruck (84)
• Schollbüchl (52)
• Schützenberg (31)
• St. Martin (290) including fish pit
• Line (115)

The southern part of Maißen (including Auhäuser) used to be a village. The community consists of the cadastral communities Harmanschlag, Langfeld and St. Martin.

With the Lower Austria. The municipal structure was improved on January 1st, 1971, when the Langfeld parish was incorporated into St. Martin, followed by the Harmanschlag parish a year later.

Neighboring communities

	Harbach mud bath
Pohorská Ves (CZ)		Weitra
	Bad Großpertholz

history

On July 11, 1986, St. Martin was granted market rights .

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Population development

The population has been falling continuously since 1910. The decrease has been smaller in the last few decades, but the birth balance and migration balance are both negative.

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 FBL-Free Citizens List (ÖVP), 5 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 5 FBF-Freie Bürger Forum (ÖVP).
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 7 FBF-Freie Bürger Forum (ÖVP) and 3 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 4 FBF-Freie Bürger Forum (ÖVP) and 3 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.

mayor

• since ? Peter Höbarth (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Parish Church of St. Martin in the Waldviertel

Parish Church Harmanschlag

See also:  List of listed objects in St. Martin (Lower Austria)

• Catholic parish church St. Martin im Waldviertel hl. Martin
• Catholic parish church Harmanschlag hl. Wenceslaus

economy

There are 140 agricultural and forestry businesses in St. Martin, 40 of which are full-time businesses (as of 2010). Six of the eight factories in the manufacturing sector deal with the manufacture of goods. Most of the 48 employees are also employed here. The service sector gives work to 89 people in 43 companies, mainly in the social and public services and in trade (as of 2011).

traffic

• Rail: The Waldviertelbahn has a stop in St. Martin. The scheduled train service was discontinued in 2001, and nostalgic trains have been running ever since.
• Bus: The market town can be reached via the VOR bus lines from Freistadt, Gmünd and Zwettl.

health

A general practitioner is ordained in St. Martin.

education

A kindergarten and a primary school are available for training young people.

Personalities

• Joseph Wenzel Zich (17 ?? - 1824), glass maker
• Josef Zich (1789–1834), glass manufacturer
• Hartmut Holzmüller (* 1955), Univ.-Prof. for Marketing at the Technical University of Dortmund, was born in Harmanschlag

Web links

Commons : St. Martin (Lower Austria)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 30932 - St. Martin (Lower Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Website of the market town of St. Martin in Lower Austria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ↑ Changes to the community from 1945 (associations, partitions, name and status changes). Statistics Austria, pp. 63, 80, 171 , accessed on February 14, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Statistics Austria, a look at the community of St. Martin, population development. Retrieved August 25, 2019 . 
5. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in St. Martin. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on June 4, 2020 . 
6. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in St. Martin. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on June 4, 2020 . 
7. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in St. Martin. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on June 4, 2020 . 
8. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in St. Martin. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on June 4, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Results of the 2015 municipal council elections in St. Martin. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on April 28, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in St. Martin. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 26, 2020 . 
11. ↑ www.st-martin.eu
12. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of St. Martin, agriculture and forestry. Retrieved August 25, 2019 . 
13. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of St. Martin, workplaces. Retrieved August 25, 2019 . 
14. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of St. Martin, employees. Retrieved August 25, 2019 . 
15. ^ Waldviertel Bahn. Retrieved August 25, 2019 . 
16. ↑ Alpenbahnen, The Waldviertelbahn. Retrieved August 25, 2019 . 
17. ↑ Verkehrsverbunf Ost-Region, timetable notice St. Martin. Retrieved August 25, 2019 . 
18. ↑ St. Martin parish, health, parish doctor. Retrieved August 25, 2019 . 
19. ↑ St. Martin parish, culture, education. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .