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Stiefern (village) locality Cadastral municipality of Stiefern
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Krems-Land  (KR), Lower Austria
Pole. local community	Schönberg am Kamp
Coordinates	48 ° 32 '2 "  N , 15 ° 41' 19"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '2 "  N , 15 ° 41' 19"  E
height	238  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	190 (January 1, 2020)
Area  d. KG	9.89 km²
Post Code	3562
prefix	+ 43/02733
Statistical identification
Locality code	04352
Cadastral parish number	12228
Counting district / district	Stiefern (31355 006)
View of Stiefern.
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; NÖGIS

Stiefern is a place and a cadastral municipality of the market town of Schönberg am Kamp in the Krems-Land district in Lower Austria .

geography

The place is in the Kamptal between Altenhof and Schönberg am Kamp . The altitude in the center of the village is 238 meters. The area of ​​the cadastral community covers 9.89 km². The population is 233 (as of 2001).

Post Code

Several postal codes are used in the market town of Schönberg am Kamp . Stiefern has the postcode number 3562.

Population development

Number of inhabitants
(source: Ortlexikon Niederösterreich)

year	1830	1846	1869	1951	1961	1981	1991	2001
Residents	339	340	337	351	303	293	264	233

history

A circular moat excavated in Stiefern documents the settlement of the place as early as the Neolithic Age . In the Middle Ages, the place was first mentioned in a document around 902 or 903 as Stiuen or Stiuinc , when Freising Abbey had possessions here. Stiefern is therefore the earliest documented place in the Waldviertel.
With the commissioning of the Kamptalbahn , Stiefern developed into a summer retreat with summer retreat villas and a river pool that still exists today. After 1945 the place could no longer follow the tradition of the summer resort. Changed travel habits, but also the construction of the Kamptal reservoirs, which led to a sharp drop in temperature in the Kamp, which is lined with numerous bathing establishments, deprived tourism in the Kamptal of its most important foundations. Since the municipal consolidation in 1972, Stiefern has been part of the large municipality of Schönberg am Kamp .

Culture and sights

Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

The parish church, built as a fortified church at the highest point of the town center, was expanded around 1500. The delicate net rib vault dates from this period. The high altar with a painting of the Baptism of Christ by Kremser Schmidt from 1771 is remarkable .

Economy and Infrastructure

Fire protection

• Stiefern volunteer fire department

gastronomy

There are currently 4 wine taverns and an inn in the village.

traffic

Stiefern is on the Kamptalstraße (B34) and the Kamptalbahn . The ÖBB operate the Stiefern stop . Two cycle paths, the Kamp-Thaya-March cycle route and the Kamptalweg , lead through Stiefern.

literature

• Village renewal association Stiefern (ed.): Other times. Anniversary book 1100 years of Stiefern. , Stiefern 2003.
• Susanne Hawlik: Summer freshness in the Kamptal. The magic of a river landscape. Vienna-Cologne-Weimar 1995, ISBN 978-3205983156 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Historisches Ortlexikon Niederösterreich ( Memento of the original dated November 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.2 MB), part 2, p. 104. 
2. ^ Franz Eppel: The Waldviertel. His works of art, historical forms of life and settlement. 8th edition, Salzburg 1984, p. 214, ISBN 390017301X .
3. ^ Susanne Hawlik: Summer vacation in the Kamptal. The magic of a river landscape. Vienna-Cologne-Weimar 1995. ISBN 978-3-205-98315-6 .
4. ^ Franz Eppel: The Waldviertel. His works of art, historical forms of life and settlement. 8th edition, Salzburg 1984, p. 214, ISBN 390017301X .

Web links

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

• Entry on Stiefern in the database of the state's memory for the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
• Private website about boots
• Literature about Stiefern in the Lower Austrian State Library
• Pictures of Stiefs in the Topographical Collection of the Lower Austrian State Library