Kreuzstetten

market community Kreuzstetten
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Mistelbach
License plate :	MI
Main town :	Niederkreuzstetten
Surface:	24.34 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 28 '  N , 16 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 28 '0 "  N , 16 ° 28' 0"  E
Height :	224  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,535 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	63 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2124
Area code :	02263
Community code :	3 16 28
Address of the municipal administration:	Kirchenplatz 5 2124 Kreuzstetten
Website:	www.kreuzstetten.at
politics
Mayor :	Adolf Viktorik jun. ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	12 6th 1 12 6th 1  A total of 19 seats SPÖ : 12 ÖVP : 6 GREEN : 1
Location of Kreuzstetten in the Mistelbach district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Kreuzstetten is a market town with 1535 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Mistelbach district in Lower Austria .

geography

Kreuzstetten is located in the Weinviertel on the northern edge of the Kreut Valley. The area of ​​the market town covers 24.29 square kilometers. 16.43 percent of the area is forested. The Hautzendorfer Bach flows through the municipality, which flows into the Rußbach east of Unterolberndorf .

Community structure

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

• Niederkreuzstetten (960) with the new Kreuzstetten building
• Oberkreuzstetten (398)
• Streifing (177)

The community consists of the cadastral communities of Niederkreuzstetten, Oberkreuzstetten and Streifing.

The districts of Niederkreuzstetten and Oberkreuzstetten are laid out as Angerdörfer , Niederkreuzstetten with street village-like extensions. The Streifing district is a loosely built-up village .

Kreuzstetten is one of the nine member communities of the region around Wolkersdorf , a small region around the city of Wolkersdorf in the Weinviertel .

Neighboring communities

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history

Kreuzstetten was already settled in the Neolithic , the Bronze Age and the Latène Age. The place was first mentioned in 1125, as a market in 1664.

In the first half of the 20th century, Kreuzstetten developed into a summer resort .

In the last days of the Second World War , on April 17, 1945, fighting took place in Niederkreuzstetten between troops of the Wehrmacht and the Red Army , with five buildings, including the elementary school, being destroyed by fire. Six civilians were also killed and three bridges blown up. Three civilians were killed in Oberkreuzstetten.

On January 25, 2007, the St. Jakob parish in Niederkreuzstetten celebrated its 800th anniversary.

coat of arms

Blazon : Divided by red and blue, above a growing silver unicorn , below covered with four golden lilies , three to one.

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1499 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 1353 inhabitants, in 1981 1159 and in 1971 1203 inhabitants.

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, 2 Greens and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, 1 Greens and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 7 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 SPÖ, 7 ÖVP, 3 Greens and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 12 SPÖ, 6 ÖVP and 1 Greens.

mayor

• until 2007 Ernst Schiller (ÖVP)
• 2007–2015 Franz Strobl (ÖVP)
• since 2015 Adolf Viktorik jun. (SPÖ)

Culture and sights

Niederkreuzstetten Castle

Parish church of Niederkreuzstetten

Parish church of Oberkreuzstetten

Streifing branch church

Brick kiln Neubau-Kreuzstetten

Kellergasse Lüßweg

See also : List of listed objects in Kreuzstetten  and List of cellar lanes in Kreuzstetten

Niederkreuzstetten

• Niederkreuzstetten Castle : The castle, which is surrounded by a park, was first mentioned as a castle in 1265. Its oldest component today, the west wing, dates from the 16th century.
• Chute of the lock
• Catholic parish church Niederkreuzstetten hl. James the Elder

Neubau-Kreuzstetten

• Station building
• Brick kiln Neubau-Kreuzstetten
• Catholic branch church Neubau-Kreuzstetten hl. Martin

Oberkreuzstetten

• Catholic parish church in Oberkreuzstetten, Mariä Visitation
• Rectory
• Ochsenberg ring wall

Streifing

• Catholic branch church Streifing hl. Barbara
• Figure St. Felix at the southern exit of the village

economy

In 2001 there were 47 non-agricultural workplaces, and there were 51 in agriculture and forestry according to the 1999 survey. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 661. In 2001, the activity rate was 45.36 percent.

traffic

• Train: In the district of Neubau there is a train station of the Laaer Ostbahn with a listed reception building.

safety

• There are three volunteer fire departments in the community : in Niederkreuzstetten, Oberkreuzstetten and Streifing. The primary school building in Kreuzstetten was opened in 1969 and renovated from 2018 to 2019.

literature

• The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . see: Niederkreuzstetten, Oberkreuzstetten, Streifing.
• Franz Strobl: home of Kreuzstetten. History & stories. Malek, Krems 1991.

Web links

Commons : Kreuzstetten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the market town of Kreuzstetten

• 31628 - Kreuzstetten. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Army History Museum / Military History Institute (HGM / MHI), Military History Research Department (MilFoA), study collection, inventory 1945, box 5, fasc. 45/9, municipality reports Lower Austria, District Mistelbach
3. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Kreuzstetten. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on March 15, 2020 . 
4. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Kreuzstetten. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on March 15, 2020 . 
5. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Kreuzstetten. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on March 15, 2020 . 
6. ^ Election result of the local council election 2010 in Kreuzstetten. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on March 15, 2020 . 
7. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Kreuzstetten. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on March 15, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Results of the local council election 2020 in Kreuzstetten. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on March 15, 2020 . 
9. ^ In Kreuzstetten, Franz Strobl (ÖVP) succeeds the previous mayor Ernst Schiller. ORF Lower Austria, February 15, 2007.
10. ↑ Entry about Schloss Kreuzstetten on Lower Austria Castles online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
11. ^ Volksschule Kreuzstetten on the website of the market town of Kreuzstetten, accessed on October 7, 2011.