Strasshof on the northern line

market community

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Gänserndorf

License plate :

GF

Surface:

11.68 km²

Coordinates :

48 ° 19 ' N , 16 ° 39' E Coordinates: 48 ° 19 '10 " N , 16 ° 38' 51" E

Height :

165 m above sea level A.

Residents :

10,767 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

922 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

2231

Area code :

02287

Community code :

3 08 56

NUTS region

AT126

UN / LOCODE

AT SHF

Address of the
municipal administration:

Bahnhofstrasse 22
2231 Strasshof on the northern line

Website:

www.strasshofandernordbahn.at

politics

Mayor :

Ludwig Deltl ( SPÖ )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(33 members)

21st

5

3

2

21st 5 3 2 2

A total of 33 seats

SPÖ : 21
ÖVP : 5
Dr Ebhart : 3
FPÖ : 2
GREEN : 2

Location of Strasshof on the Nordbahn in the Gänserndorf district

Main road

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Strasshof an der Nordbahn is a market town with 10,767 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Gänserndorf district in the Austrian state of Lower Austria .

geography

When Strasshof did not yet exist: Straßfelder Meierhof (MH), the proud Föhre and the "new inn", the Feldherrnhügel ("Faulhügel") on the Straßfelder Wald and the railway guard houses (Wh) on the Northern Railway, around 1873 (recording sheet of the regional survey )

Strasshof an der Nordbahn is located in Marchfeld in Lower Austria. The area of the market town covers 11.63 square kilometers. 21.08 percent of the area is forested.

The majority of the local area extends along the B 8 . The length of the village is around 6.5 km, measured at its widest point only 1.5 km wide.

Community structure

structure

Cadastral communities	Locations in the municipality
Straßerfeld (11.63 km²)	Strasshof an der Nordbahn (M) Bartoschviertel (Sdlg) Kieslingviertel (Sdlg)
Legend

Legend for the breakdown table

In the cadastral municipalities column , all cadastral municipalities of a municipality are listed. In the brackets the respective area is given in km².

All settlements recorded by Statistics Austria, which also have their own local area code, are listed in the Localities column . In the hierarchy level of the same column, indented to the right, only settlements that consist of at least several houses are shown.

The most important of the abbreviations used are:

M = capital of the municipality
Stt = district
R = Rotte
W = hamlet
D = village
ZH = scattered houses
Sdlg = settlement
Hgr = group of houses
E = single farmstead (only if you have your own local area code)

The complete list of Statistics Austria is in: Topographical settlement identification according to STAT

It should be noted that some places can have different spellings. Thus, cadastral communities can spell themselves differently than localities or communities of the same name.

Source: Statistics Austria -

In the Northwest in limited Bockfließ located Althofer forest the Bartoschviertel. To the east is the district of Silberwald, which is divided into two parts. To the north of the main road is Silberwald I, to which the Kieslingviertel adjoins. Right next to it in the east is the Silberwald settlement belonging to Schönkirchen-Reyersdorf . Silberwald II is located south of the main street; then also south of the main street the Flugfeldviertel. To the south of the main road is the Waldviertel and to the south-west is the district of Drei Schlüssel Äcker.

Neighboring communities

	Auersthal	Schönkirchen-Reyersdorf
Bockfließ ( Mistelbach )		Gänserndorf
Deutsch-Wagram	Markgrafneusiedl

history

Strasshof was first mentioned in a document around 1300. In the land register (Urbar) of Melk Abbey, the farming village of Strazze appears with a church around 1330 . After the wars of the Hungarians, the place became deserted. In old maps, around 1670, the street appears again near the 3 proud pines .

In today's Bartoschviertel north of the train station there were three forest workers' houses around 1800.

In 1838, during the extension of the northern runway in the area of the cadastral community of Straßerfeld, railroad keeper's houses were built. But only with the commissioning of the shunting yard (1908) did a lot of construction work. A development plan by the Czech investor Ludwig (Ludvik) Odstrčil provided for the site to be structured along the lines of English garden cities (suburbs). It should accommodate the workers of an industrial area planned on the northern railway. The end of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy ruined this plan. However, since the parceling had already taken place, there was an unorganized settlement of the area with the result that a closed settlement area slowly emerged only after the Second World War. To this day, this is reflected in the lack of a town center. The history of Strasshof was shaped primarily by what was once Austria's largest shunting yard (125 tracks), which existed from 1908 to 1959. Before the First World War, freight trains from the North Moravian coal fields were divided here. The old boiler house with some tracks, in which the railway museum is housed, is still preserved. In 1923, Strasshof became an independent municipality after previously belonging to the municipality of Gänserndorf.

During the National Socialist era, there was a transit camp in Strasshof . Initially used for the internment of Eastern workers , forced laborers from all over Europe were subsequently held there . In 1944 , the Eichmann Command deported 21,000 Hungarian Jews to Strasshof. Most of these people survived because of an agreement between the Committee for Help and Rescue and Adolf Eichmann . In 1945 the place was badly affected by an air raid by US bombers on the shunting yard. On April 10th, soldiers of the Red Army reached Strasshof.

Flugfeldstrasse in Strasshof is reminiscent of a former airfield that was there during the First World War. During the Second World War, a new military airfield was built on the border with Deutsch-Wagram , the runways of which are still visible today. The Red Army used it until 1955 .

After the Second World War, Strasshof developed rapidly and was elevated to a market town in 1956. In 1947 the name was changed from Straßhof (Marchfeld) to Straßhof an der Nordbahn.

The place has recently gained prominence through the kidnapping of Natascha Kampusch . She had been imprisoned there in the basement of a family house for almost eight and a half years until she managed to escape on August 23, 2006. The kidnapper Wolfgang Priklopil committed suicide on the evening of the same day suicide .

Population development

census	Residents
2011	8543
2001	6993
1991	5673
1981	4973
1971	4377

Source: Population development of Strasshof an der Nordbahn. (PDF) Statistics Austria

coat of arms

The local coat of arms of Strasshof consists of two parts: Above is the "Stolze Föhre" on a red background; below is a winged train wheel on a blue background.

politics

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The municipal council has 33 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 18 SPÖ, 7 ÖVP, 2 FPÖ and 2 others.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 SPÖ, 6 ÖVP, 4 FPÖ, 1 LIF and 1 KPÖ.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 19 SPÖ, 4 ÖVP, 3 FPÖ, 2 DR.EBHART and 1 LIF.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 SPÖ, 4 Greens, 3 ÖVP, 3 DR.EBHART, 1 social citizens' forum Austria and 1 FPÖ.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 19 SPÖ, 3 ÖVP, 3 DR.EBHART, 2 FPÖ and 2 Greens. (29 members)

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 22 SPÖ, 4 DR.EBHART, 3 FPÖ, 2 ÖVP and 2 Greens.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 21 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP, 3 DR.EBHART, 2 Greens and 2 FPÖ.

mayor

until 2005 Rolf Neidhart (SPÖ)
2005-2008 Herbert Farthofer (SPÖ)
since 2008 Ludwig Deltl (SPÖ)

Culture and sights

Strasshof parish church on the north railway

Strasshof Railway Museum

Catholic parish church Strasshof at the northern railway St. Anthony of Padua

Strasshof Railway Museum in the old Strasshof heating house and the former steam locomotive cremise

Strasshof local history museum

Cultural Marchfeld Strasshof (Kumst): In Strasshof opened on 19 September 2015. The celebrations were among others with the performance of an unknown operetta committed from the "golden era": One of Carl Millöcker and Ludwig Anzengruber originally for the Vienna Harmonie Theater in Alsergrund designed plant - Der Sackpfeifer - had its world premiere (and three other performances) because it did not get on stage while the authors were alive.

In the center of the village (Waldviertel) on the B8 there is a DR class 52 steam locomotive with the serial number 52.7593, manufactured by the Floridsdorf locomotive factory in 1944.

The proud pine, which is also on the local coat of arms, is a black pine that was planted around 230 years ago. These plantings were arranged by Empress Maria Theresa to protect the Marchfeld from being deserted by drifting sand. The proud pine has been a nature reserve since March 6, 1968.

The holm oak was planted during the reforestation around 1900. Once upon a time, a whole young forest was supposed to cover the area to the left and right of the main road. Due to the sandy soil, however, this could not develop and only became a cripple forest.

The Fliegermarterl from 1971 commemorates the successful emergency landing of Lieutenant Colonel Blaschke's plane in 1912. At that time, the latter took part in a flying competition and had to make an emergency landing on the northern runway shortly before its destination in Strasshof.

economy

In 2001 there were a total of 197 workplaces, agricultural and forestry businesses according to the 1999 survey 8. The employment rate in 2001 was 45.76 percent.

The Gewerbering Strasshof, founded in 1975, brought the Marchfeld trade fair to life. While it used to be a small event in the House of Encounters, this event has developed into a mega-event over the past 15 years. Around 120 exhibitors from Marchfeld have the opportunity to present their products and services on the specially adapted exhibition center. The 3 days of the fair are accompanied by a varied supporting program, such as cabaret, dance, etc.

At the beginning of 2005, OMV discovered large natural gas deposits with a volume of four billion cubic meters in the vicinity . If OMV originally assumed a production rate of up to one million cubic meters per day, the project had to be written off in 2012, as the gas proved to be ineligible for technical reasons.

Educational institutions

Elementary school (since 1925)
General special school (since 1973)
Music school (since 1975) with branches in Markgrafneusiedl and Raasdorf
Adult Education Center (since 1989)
European Middle School (since 2001)

fire Department

After the shunting yard was put into operation (1908), the establishment of the “Voluntary KK State Railroad Fire Brigade” was approved in 1910. In 1956, the voluntary railway fire brigade, as it was called since 1945, was dissolved by the ÖBB and the security of the railway facilities was transferred to the Strasshof voluntary fire brigade founded in 1948 . The Strasshof volunteer fire brigade has 13 emergency vehicles, 125 members and performs around 400 missions a year.

sport and freetime

The beach volleyball court, the fun court, the roller-skating and natural ice rink as well as numerous playgrounds and sports fields offer visitors to Strasshof an der Nordbahn a varied leisure program.
The BMX cycle path in Strasshof is known and loved far beyond the municipality's borders. Numerous hiking trails through the marvelous landscape of the Marchfeld round off an excursion.
The toboggan hill in Strasshof on the north railway provides entertainment in winter and summer.
The biotope in the family forest was rebuilt by Naturfreunde Strasshof in 2004. The square in front of it serves as a place to relax and reflect, and kindergartens and school classes like to visit the square. Events of various associations take place there again and again.
With over 150 active members, the Strasshof running club is one of the largest and most active running clubs in Lower Austria.

literature

Josef Neidhart: Strasshofer Heimatbuch. Strasshof 1989.
Irene Suchy: Strasshof on the northern line. The Nazi history of a place and its processing. Metroverlag, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-99300-054-7 .
Judith Eiblmayr: Learning from the grid. Strasshof an der Nordbahn and its hidden plans. New scientific publisher, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-7083-0943-9 .

Web links

Commons : Strasshof an der Nordbahn - collection of images, videos and audio files

30856 - Strasshof on the northern railway. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

↑ Jochen von Lang (ed.): The Eichmann Protocol - tape recordings of the Israeli interrogations . Severin and Siedler, Berlin 1982. ISBN 3-88680-036-9 . Pp. 221-229.
^ Bernhard Blank (Association of the Strasshof work group): The last days of the Second World War in Strasshof on the northern railway and its transit camp for foreign forced laborers
^ Result of the local council election in 1995 in Strasshof an der Nordbahn. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Strasshof an der Nordbahn. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
^ Result of the 2005 municipal council election in Strasshof an der Nordbahn. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Strasshof an der Nordbahn. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
↑ Election result of the municipal council election 2015 in Strasshof an der Nordbahn. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Strasshof an der Nordbahn. Office of the Lower Austrian state government, January 26, 2020, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
↑ The Strasshof gas field does not bring OMV any yield , Gänserndorf district sheet 13 August 2012.
↑ Homepage of the family forest operator group
↑ Laufclub Strasshof , accessed on March 28, 2019, Laufclub-strasshof.at