Stronsdorf

Stronsdorf is located in the Weinviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the market town covers 48.15 square kilometers. 16.09 percent of the area is forested. The forest is part of the Ernstbrunn Forest , one of the larger contiguous forests in Austria, and lies on the gravel deposits of the Urdonau . This is followed by the loess slopes typical of the Weinviertel, which are finally lost in the Laaer Ebene.

All localities were founded in shallow hollows (wind protection) at the foot of hills (springs); the subsequent Laa plain offered good conditions for agriculture.

Another typical feature of the Weinviertel today is the lack of large surface water. Most of the rain seeps away, the rest runs over ditches to the Thaya.

Community structure

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

Oberschoderlee (246)
Patzenthal (124)
Patzmannsdorf (397)
Stronegg (32)
Stronsdorf (685)
Unterschoderlee (134)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Oberschoderlee, Patzenthal, Patzmannsdorf, Stronegg, Stronsdorf and Unterschoderlee.

The community belongs to the small region of Land um Laa .

Neighboring communities

history

Stronsdorf was founded probably between the 7th and (more) the 9th century as a Slavic settlement, "Strajnei" is a Slavic name. In the course of the emergence of the Babenberg rule (" Bohemian Mark " in the Weinviertel), Germanic settlers gradually took the place of the founders. The first documentary mentions were made in 1072, then in 1092 and 1108. The Stronsdorf parish was founded in 1160.

Like many other village communities, Stronsdorf was a village of farmers and artisans, only matters relating to the landlords were recorded in writing. In 1164 a "Wichard von Straneisdorf" was mentioned as the first of these landlords. In 1304, the Wallsee owners became Stronsdorf's owners and subsequently donated the parish to the Säusenstein monastery , which founded a daughter monastery in Stronsdorf. This was abolished by Joseph II in the 18th century, and the splendid church is still there today.

Changing manors can be found from the 15th to the 19th century, most recently in 1857 Karl Friedrich Kammel, Edler von Hardegger, acquired the castle and lordship, whose later descendants now live in the castle.

For the population of Stronsdorf one reads from the local chronicle a change from wars, epidemics and economic heydays. The Hussites and Turks were the horrors of the 15th to 17th centuries, the Swedes in the Thirty Years' War , Napoleon and the Prussians left dull foreboding in our minds. There are still enough living witnesses for the Second World War, with its front line stretching for weeks and subsequent looting and occupation by the Red Army .

Stronsdorf was hit by all known epidemics; Plague , cholera etc. occurred several times.

The economic heyday arose in the wake of the Habsburg Empire, which developed especially from the 18th century. The market survey took place before 1304, in 1514 Stronsdorf received a coat of arms, agriculture and handicrafts developed. Around 1900, Stronsdorf was a functioning community with all craftsmen, traders, etc. In the wake of the two world wars, however, Stronsdorf got into a peripheral location and lost considerable economic power and population. The pull of the city of Vienna has been the determining factor in the last few decades. Only in the last few years did the fall of the Iron Curtain and the increasing mobility of the population have a positive effect on the population and the economy.

In the last days of the Second World War, Stronsdorf and its cadastral communities became the scene of violent and eventful battles between troops of the Wehrmacht and the Red Army . In Stronsdorf itself, heavy damage was caused by artillery fire, and civilians were also killed. Five civilians were killed in the course of the fighting in Oberschoderlee. Patzenthal was occupied by Russian soldiers on April 22, 1945 after three hours of artillery fire. A German counterattack on the evening of the same day was repulsed after an hour and a half of fighting. 20 Russian and 30 German soldiers were killed. Then there were serious attacks on the civilian population in Patzenthal by the Soviets. The place was ransacked, seven civilians were shot and several women and girls were raped. The situation did not return to normal until August 1945.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In Blue bar, three ended, crenellated silver towers with red pointed roofs and golden tower balls , sullied with one gold, covered with a red St. Andrew's cross flags, the middle with open round arch, the two outside with one key gathered , about each one rectangular window with exhibited golden shutter, each aligned right, central and left. "

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1725 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 1668 inhabitants, in 1981 1760 and in 1971 1973 inhabitants.

politics

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The municipal council has 19 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 3 FPÖ and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 3 FPÖ.

mayor

until 2005 Johann Strick (ÖVP)
2005–2014 Rudolf Riener (ÖVP)
since 2014 Karin Gepperth (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Stronegg local mountain

Stronsdorf parish church

Parish church Patzmannsdorf

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Stronegg local mountain
Stronsdorf Catholic parish church of the Assumption of Mary with fortified churches
Catholic parish church Patzmannsdorf hl. Martin
Catholic branch church Oberschoderlee hl. Antonius hermit
Catholic local chapel Unterschoderlee Maria Schnee
Catholic local chapel Patzenthal hl. Maria
Blauen Berg : South-east of Oberschoderlee on the Blauen Berg there is a nationally significant dry grassland with one of the only two occurrences of the European Hornmelde in Austria.

economy

In 2001 there were 49 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry operations according to the 1999 survey 126. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at home was 756. In 2001, the activity rate was 44.63 percent.

Web links

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

http://www.stronsdorf.at

31650 - Stronsdorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Entry about Stronsdorf Castle in Lower Austria Castles online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
Entry via Stronsdorf Castle to Burgen-Austria

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
^ 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
^ Result of the local council elections 1995 in Stronsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on March 18, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Stronsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on March 18, 2020 .
^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Stronsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on March 18, 2020 .
^ Election result of the local council election 2010 in Stronsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on March 18, 2020 .
^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Stronsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on March 18, 2020 .
↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Stronsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on March 18, 2020 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-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

[NÖGrw1995_31650-3] Result of the local council elections 1995 in Stronsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on March 18, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2000_31650-4] Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Stronsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on March 18, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2005_31650-5] Election result of the local council election 2005 in Stronsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on March 18, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2010_31650-6] Election result of the local council election 2010 in Stronsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on March 18, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2015_31650-7] Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Stronsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on March 18, 2020 .

[NÖGrw2020_31650-8] Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Stronsdorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on March 18, 2020 .