Furth near Göttweig

market community

Furth near Göttweig

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Krems-Land

License plate :

KR

Surface:

12.37 km²

Coordinates :

48 ° 22 ′ N , 15 ° 36 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ N , 15 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E

Height :

214 m above sea level A.

Residents :

2,968 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

240 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

3511

Area code :

02732

Community code :

3 13 09

NUTS region

AT124

Address of the
municipal administration:

Obere Landstrasse 65
3511 Furth near Göttweig

Website:

www.furth.at

politics

Mayoress :

Gudrun Berger ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(21 members)

11

5

4th

1

11 5 4th 1

A total of 21 seats

ÖVP : 11
SPÖ : 5
GREEN : 4
FPÖ : 1

Location of Furth near Göttweig in the Krems-Land district

The center of Furth with the village of Palt in the background

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Furth bei Göttweig is a market town with 2968 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the district of Krems-Land in Lower Austria .

geography

Geographical location

Furth bei Göttweig is located in the Mostviertel at the eastern exit of the Wachau , and on the eastern edge of the Dunkelsteinerwald in Lower Austria. The area of the market town covers 12.37 square kilometers. 24.79 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

Steinaweg seen from the Benetiktinerstift Göttweig

Municipal Office

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

Aigen (123)
Furth near Göttweig (1625)
Little Vienna (81)
Oberfucha (145)
Palt (755)
Steinaweg (209)
Göttweig Abbey (30)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Aigen, Furth, Göttweig , Oberfurcha, Palt and Steinaweg.

Neighboring communities

	Krems
Mautern
	Paudorf

history

The name “Furth” came about because the Fladnitz was easily passable here. The word “ ford ” means something like path or road. The place was first mentioned around 1138 in the Göttweiger founding document. Bishop Altmann already found the place. Palt was first mentioned in 1309. The name means something like wet room (where the Fladnitz flows into the Danube). Aigen did not emerge as a farming village, but was founded as a settlement by craftsmen and workers around 1300. Steinaweg is not yet mentioned in the oldest Göttweiger property registers (approx. 1302). Romans may have found this stretch of the route to be extremely rich, hence the name. Oberfucha was founded in 1251 and was largely owned by the Bavarian Osterhofen monastery. Later the place was exchanged. Kleinwien is the oldest district. By 1140 there was already a church, nunnery, mill and living quarters. The convent was probably moved to the Göttweiger Berg around 1200.

When Austria was annexed to Hitler's Germany, the municipalities of Furth and Palt were incorporated into the Gau capital Krems an der Donau .

Population development

The strong population growth from 1981 to 2011 can be traced back to a slightly positive birth balance and especially to a strongly positive migration balance.

Culture and sights

Göttweig Collegiate Church

Furth parish church near Göttweig

Filialkirche Little Vienna , view from Göttweig from

Göttweig Abbey
Catholic parish church Furth near Göttweig hl. wolfgang
Catholic branch church Klein-Wien hl. Blasius

Natural monuments

Zellergraben hollow path in the KG Furth
Sequoia in the KG Göttweig

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2001 there were 82 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry holdings 108 according to the 1999 survey. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment in the place of residence was 1,162. In 2001 the activity rate was 44.49 percent.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council has 21 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 8 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 8 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 8 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 8 SPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 9 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 8 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, 4 Greens and 1 FPÖ.

mayor

until 2010 Martha Löffler (ÖVP)
2010–2013 Alfred Bruckner (ÖVP)
since 2013 Gudrun Berger (ÖVP)

coat of arms

A shield divided by a silver diagonal wavy bar , the upper red field covered with a golden paw cross floating above three green tips protruding from the shield division , the lower green field covered with a golden band that extends below the shield division.