St. Oswald (Lower Austria)

St. Oswald is located in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 32.12 square kilometers. 51.44 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipal area comprised the following five localities until 2020:

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Loseneggeramt
Saint Oswald
Stiegeramt including village, village mill and Rotheau
Urthaleramt including burgers, Leithen, Lembach and Weghof

Since 2020 the municipality has only consisted of one village.

The community consists of the cadastral communities Fünfling, St. Oswald and Stiegeramt.

Neighboring communities

	Dorfstetten
Waldhausen ( Upper Austria )		Yspertal
Nöchling		Court Office Priel

history

In ancient times, the area was part of the Noricum province .

Emperor Otto III. In 998 he gave his own property Nochilinga to his cousin Duke Heinrich of Bavaria . This area includes today's municipal areas of Dorfstetten , Nöchling , St. Oswald and Yspertal . The deed of donation speaks of fields, buildings and mills that already existed in the area. Thus the region of the southwestern Waldviertel is one of the oldest populated parts of Austria.

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1134 inhabitants. In 1991 the community had 1,116 inhabitants, in 1981 1,165 and in 1971 1,158 inhabitants.

politics

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The municipal council has 19 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 3 FPÖ and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 7 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 6 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 8 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 6 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.

mayor

until 2014 Ignaz Leonhartsberger (ÖVP)
since 2014 Rosemarie Kloimüller (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Parish Church of St. Oswald

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Catholic parish church St. Oswald

Natural monuments

Totenkopfstein: In the cleft of the rock a skull-like structure, looking north, where, according to the Germanic people, the realm of the dead and the castle of the gods were located. This stone also seems to have fascinated people long before us. A square seat is cut into its top, which in this case cannot be a washout, but is the work of man.
Heart stone: The approximately five-meter-high rock, which looks astonishingly like an erected human heart, stands in the midst of meter-high heather grass. A small, already existing gap was widened on its support so that a person can now crawl through. Such crawling through particularly striking bottlenecks was once a cult custom that should help to get rid of physical suffering. It is noticeable that the heart (as in the other old cult sites) is upside down. It also has nothing to do with the human heart, but rather represents a double female cult site, namely mother's breast and womb. This cult symbol can be found very often in the Waldviertel .

economy

In 2001 there were 32 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 120 in agriculture and forestry. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 510. In 2001, the employment rate was 45.32 percent.

Sports

In addition to the St. Oswald Sports and Culture Association, the Sports Union with the tennis, stick shooting, gymnastics and beach volleyball sections ensures a sporty life in St. Oswald.

societies

The Association for mutual assistance in cases of fire " ancillary service " is a self-help organization in the St. Ostwald, the event of fire cases in the region in the form of labor services in kind shall provide assistance or financial shape. This special form of neighborhood help was declared an intangible world heritage in 2010 as declared by UNESCO in the list of Austria (national cultural asset) .

The following other associations are active in St. Oswald:

Volunteer fire brigade
Red Cross St. Oswald
St. Oswald Music Association
Friends of the music club
Rural youth
Sports and culture club St. Oswald
Sports union consisting of:
- Noise bears (maxi race)
- Großhupfa (hobby soccer)
- tennis
- Stick shooters
- Gymnasts
- beach volleyball
Lower Austria education and homeland organization
Peasant Choir
Comradeship Association
Shooting club
Kneipp club