Strengberg

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Rotte near Puchberg am Schneeberg (Lower Austria) see there.

market community Strengberg
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Amstetten
License plate :	AT THE
Surface:	36.67 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 9 '  N , 14 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 8 '36 "  N , 14 ° 39' 2"  E
Height :	358  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,094 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	57 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3314
Area code :	07432
Community code :	3 05 34
Address of the municipal administration:	Market 10 3314 Strengberg
Website:	www.strengberg.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Johann Bruckner ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (21 members)	16 5 16 5  A total of 21 seats ÖVP : 16 SPÖ : 5
Location of Strengberg in the Amstetten district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Strengberg is a market town with 2094 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Amstetten district in Lower Austria .

geography

Strengberg is located in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria between Linz and Amstetten south of the Danube . 16.97 percent of the area of ​​the market town is forested.

Community structure

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

• Au (2)
• Limbach (541) including Johannessiedlung, Kleinhaag, Kroisbach, Plappach, Prölling, Rohrmühle and Schickenhof
• Ottendorf (197) including Flachsberg, Koxegg, Masing, Musterharten, Steinbruckmühle, Thalling and Unterramsau
• Ramsau (471) including Bleibergsiedlung, Glanding, Grub, Henning, Loipersberg and Oberramsau
• Strengberg (511) including Achleiten, Buch, Gerstberg and Lampersberg
• Thürnbuch (372) including Linden, Mähring and Mayerhofen

The community consists of the cadastral communities Au, Limbach, Oberramsau, Ottendorf, Strengberg and Thürnbuch.

Neighboring communities

Naarn im Machlande ( Perg district , Upper Austria ) St. Pantaleon-Erla		Mitterkirchen im Machland ( Perg district , Upper Austria )
St. Valentine		Wallsee-Sindelburg
Hague	Wolfsbach

history

In ancient times the area was part of the Roman province of Noricum . An emergency excavation initiated in 1979 found the remains of a late antique Burgus .

Parts of today's municipality belonged to the Achleiten dominion of the Tegernsee monastery until 1803 . The place itself was affected by the Turkish siege in 1529, the peasant uprising in 1597, the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), the Napoleonic Wars (1800–1809) and the two world wars.

coat of arms

The red coat of arms with a silver high cross on a green three-mountain that extends to the upper edge of the shield is accompanied by two green fir trees .

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 2,073 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 2,031 inhabitants, in 1981 2,065 and in 1971 2,036 inhabitants.

politics

The municipal council has 21 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 7 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP and 6 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.

mayor

• until 2010 Ernst Vösenhuber (ÖVP)
• 2010–2020 Roland Dietl (ÖVP)
• since 2020 Johann Bruckner (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Strengberg

• Achleiten Castle near Limbach : Former property of Tegernsee Monastery (1011–1803)
• Strengberg Catholic Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary: Gothic with baroque furnishings
• Aukapelle of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary:
• Historic post office: built between 1684 and 1689
• Plague columns

economy

In 2001 there were 64 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry holdings 184 according to the 1999 survey. The number of people in work at home was 951 according to the 2001 census. The 2001 employment rate was 46.88 percent. There were 116 unemployed people in the area on average in 2003.

fire Department

The fire service consists of the two volunteer fire brigades Strengberg and Thürnbuch / Au with a total of around 140 members. Both are combined in the Strengberg subsection.

Soccer

There is a football club in the community. The FCU Strengberg , founded in 1983, plays in the 2nd class in Ybbstal . The club chairman is Florian Wagner (2019-).

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Leopold Freiherr von Unterberger (1734-1818), kk Feldzeugmeister
• Hans Ströbitzer (1930–2017), journalist and author
• Florian Gschwandtner (* 1983), entrepreneur and investor

Web links

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

• 30534 - Strengberg. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Website of the market town of Strengberg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Strengberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed October 17, 2019 . 
3. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Strengberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on October 17, 2019 . 
4. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Strengberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on October 17, 2019 . 
5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Strengberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on October 17, 2019 . 
6. ^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Strengberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on October 17, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Strengberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on March 1, 2020 .