Stratzing

market community

Stratzing

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Krems-Land

License plate :

KR

Surface:

5.88 km²

Coordinates :

48 ° 27 ' N , 15 ° 36' E Coordinates: 48 ° 27 '0 " N , 15 ° 36' 0" E

Height :

352 m above sea level A.

Residents :

843 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

143 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

3552

Area code :

02719

Community code :

3 13 47

NUTS region

AT124

UN / LOCODE

AT SZI

Address of the
municipal administration:

Untere Hauptstrasse 1
3552 Stratzing

Website:

www.stratzing.at

politics

Mayor :

Josef Schmid ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(15 members)

13

2

13 2

A total of 15 seats

ÖVP : 13
SPÖ : 2

Location of Stratzing in the Krems-Land district

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Stratzing is a market town with 843 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Krems-Land district in Lower Austria .

geography

Stratzing is located in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the market town covers 5.84 km². 2.55% of the area is forested.

Community structure

There are no other cadastral communities apart from Stratzing.

During the Nazi era, the Stratzing community was incorporated into the Gau capital Krems an der Donau , and in 1948 Stratzing became independent again. The market town Stratzing was 1971 in the course of Lower Austria. Municipal structure improvement merged with the Droß community to form the Stratzing-Droß market town. To mark the 400th anniversary of the market survey, the coat of arms was re-awarded on June 21, 1983. On January 1, 1993, there was a political separation and Stratzing has since become an independent market town again.

Neighboring communities

Droß	Lengenfeld	Langenlois
Senftenberg
	Krems

history

There were first settlements as early as the Neolithic . During excavation work for an elevated water tank, a layer of fire was cut, which was scientifically evaluated. Fireplaces and many different remains of Stone Age hunters were found, and it turned out that it was a hunting camp that had been used over and over again for several years .

Stratzing was first mentioned in a document from the Göttweig monastery . Other names for stratzing were also stranzen or stretzingen. Via a donation of land in 1209, the Stratzing wine-growing region came to the Lilienfeld Abbey in the foothills of the Alps and was administered from Unterdürnbach Castle . Documents from 1345 testify to the market and the citizens of Stratzing. Due to the salt and iron road leading through the market from Vienna to Bohemia and the resulting commercial activities, there was an economic boom in the 13th to 16th centuries.

On January 2nd, 1583, Emperor Rudolf II awarded the Stratzing market place a coat of arms, the certificate for it was lost during the world wars. In 1619 the place was looted and completely burned down in the course of the Thirty Years War . While the plague raged in the surrounding villages in 1676, Stratzing was spared. The Stratzinger citizens made a vow in 1679, the feast of St. To celebrate Sebastian every year; 3 Pestmarterl were also built. In 1873 Stratzing was spared cholera.

archeology

On September 23, 1988, under the direction of Christine Neugebauer-Maresch , stone fragments were found in Stratzing, which could be assembled into a small statuette. The oldest female statue in the world was found. It dates from around 32,000 BC. Chr., Is 7.2 cm tall and 10 g heavy and consists of greenish amphibolite slate . Called Venus vom Galgenberg , the statue is in the Natural History Museum Vienna , where it is shown in the permanent exhibition.

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 797 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 691 inhabitants, in 1981 520 and in 1971 508 inhabitants.

Community partnerships

since ? Bad Vigaun in the state of Salzburg

politics

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The municipal council has 15 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 LIF.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.

mayor

until 2005 Josef Gallauner (ÖVP)
since 2005 Josef Schmid (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Stratzing parish church

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See also : List of listed objects in Stratzing and List of cellar lanes in Stratzing
Catholic parish church Stratzing hl. Nicholas

economy

In 2001 there were 19 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 67 in agriculture and forestry. The number of people in employment in the place of residence was 353 according to the 2001 census. The 2001 employment rate was 44.66 percent.