Texingtal

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Melk

License plate :

ME

Main town :

Texing

Surface:

32.5 km²

Coordinates :

48 ° 3 ' N , 15 ° 19' E Coordinates: 48 ° 2 '50 " N , 15 ° 19' 20" E

Height :

370 m above sea level A.

Residents :

1,660 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

51 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

3242

Area code :

02755

Community code :

3 15 51

NUTS region

AT121

Address of the
municipal administration:

Texing 24
3242 Texingtal

Website:

www.texingtal.at

politics

Mayor :

Gerhard Karner ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(19 members)

17th

2

17th 2

A total of 19 seats

ÖVP : 17
SPÖ : 2

Location of Texingtal in the Melk district

The town of Texing seen from the Walzberg

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Texingtal is a municipality with 1660 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Melk district in Lower Austria .

geography

View from the Grüntalkogelhütte to St. Gotthard

Texingtal is located in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 32.45 square kilometers. 39.18 percent of the area is forested. The Mank flows through the community .

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 22 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Altendorf (178)
Bach (50)
Fischbach (33)
Grossmaierhof (66)
Haberleiten (44)
Hinterberg (61)
Backwood (24)
Hinterleiten (18)
Kleinmaierhof (43)
Mühlgraben (51)
Panwood (25)
Plank stone (70)
Reinöd (89)
Rosenbichl (44)
St. Gotthard (158)
Schwaighof (165)
Sonnleithen (18)
Stone Pit (165)
Straß near Texing (29)
Texing (365)
Walzberg (3)
Weissenbach (57)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Fischbach, Plankenstein, Sonnleithen, St. Gotthard, Steingrub, Texing and Weißenbach.

Neighboring communities

Oberndorf an der Melk ( Scheibbs district )	Kirnberg on the Mank
St. Georgen an der Leys ( Scheibbs district )		Kilb
	Frankenfels ( St. Pölten-Land district )	Kirchberg an der Pielach ( St. Pölten-Land district )

history

In ancient times, the area was part of the Noricum province .

The valley is fertile and wooded and there is enough water. It was probably settled by Germanic tribes, as indicated by the ending -ing in the place name.

The settlement is historically documented from Roman times. It was administered by the Romans until the end of the 3rd century. The hinterland of the Limes had to supply the soldiers stationed on the Danube with food and maintain the important connecting roads. The Römerweg hiking trail is said to have been such a Roman road, as is the road road. From the 9th century the area was Christianized.

The three places are not mentioned in writing until the end of the 11th century. At that time castles were built in both Texing and Plankenstein. The castle of Texing belonged to the Lords of Tessingen. She gave the place its name. From this castle, located near the Schafferhof house, one can only see the place where it once stood.

The castle Plankenstein has to tell a colorful history. Built by those at Plancinstain , it housed a powerful family who held jurisdiction far beyond the valley until the 16th century.

Names like Galgenkogel and Horrathöh (Hochradhöhe) are still reminiscent of this time. The last Plankensteiner - Lange Hans - died without an heir. From this time on the owners changed several times.

Between the castles there were castle stalls. These were fortified farms that were supposed to support the defense of the valley.

After the Second World War , the castle was used as accommodation for the Soviet army. It then fell into disrepair until it was acquired by architect Peter Trimbacher in 1976 and restored over many years of painstaking work. Today the castle is a seminar hotel and a popular location for weddings.

In the course of the Lower Austria. In 1971 the municipalities of Texing, St. Gotthard and Plankenstein were merged to form the municipality of Texingtal.

Wars

During the Second Turkish Siege of Vienna , the whole valley was seriously affected. The population fled to Plankenstein Castle. Underground passages served as escape routes, the entrances of which were still known to the great-great-grandparents' generation.

The castle was besieged in vain for three weeks. The Turks left behind a cannon that they captured in Budapest. This cannon was used for firing guns until after the end of the First World War and was then sold to the Schallaburg by an owner who was in financial difficulties. A Turkish saber in the sacrificial box of the church in Texing reminds of these difficult times.

Cannon balls were found during excavation work for a farmhouse in St. Gotthard. The French Wars also had an impact in the valley. In the Steingrub district there is a chapel under which French soldiers are said to be buried.

Probably the most famous resident of the Texingtal was the Chancellor of the corporate state Engelbert Dollfuß. He was born on October 4, 1892 in Groß Maierhof 1. When he was one year old, his mother married in the neighboring village of Kirnberg. The house has largely been preserved in its original condition. In 1998 the community set up the Dollfuss Museum there.

The Schweinzberg was bombed during the Second World War, as this is where the route of the Second Vienna High Spring Water Pipeline is located.

Parishes

Parish church of Plankenstein

The parishes of Texing and St. Gotthard were founded at the beginning of the 13th century. The parish church of Texing is dedicated to St. Bartholomew . The originally Gothic church was destroyed several times by fires and during the Second Turkish War and then renovated in the baroque style. The parish was administered by patrons until the end of the last century. The patronage only expired when the last church grounds were sold.

The church of St. Gotthard was founded by the Bavarian Altaich monastery and is consecrated to St. Abbot Godehard . At the time of its foundation, there was a source in the church that was believed to have miraculous effects. The gratitude of those who experienced a miracle there was expressed in gifts and other valuable donations, which is why the church was soon popularly known as the “Golden Church”. The gentlemen von Plankenstein were also very attached to her. In the old rectory there are documents and pictures on display that deal with the interesting history of the church. The spring is now a little below the church and is protected by a small well house with an inscription.

After the conditions in the castle had become unbearable, it was decided in 1948 to build a new church and a rectory. The parish of Plankenstein held its services in the castle chapel until 1952. This year the newly built church of “St. Maria Schnee “consecrated. The churches of St. Gotthard and Plankenstein are still popular pilgrimage churches today. The parishes of St. Gotthard, Plankenstein and Texing are now part of a parish association.

Population development

Statistics Austria has data on population development for the municipality of Texingtal for the years from 1869 onwards. According to the results of the last census in 2016, the municipality had 1,612 inhabitants at that time.

date	Residents
1869	1,378
1880	1,353
1890	1,380
1900	1,341
1910	1,343
1923	1,383
1934	1,602
1939	1,488
1951	1,397
1961	1,327
1971	1,429
1981	1,409
1991	1,488
2001	1,538
2011	1,597
2016	1,612

politics

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Mayor Gerhard Karner, 2013

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: 18 ÖVP and 1 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: 17 ÖVP, and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 17 ÖVP, and 2 SPÖ.

mayor

1992–2015 Herbert Butzenlechner (ÖVP)
since 2015 Gerhard Karner (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Plankenstein Castle

Dollfuss Museum

Burgstall Schwabegg
Plankenstein Castle at 666 m above sea level. A.
Catholic parish church Plankenstein , also pilgrimage church Maria Schnee
Schwabeck Cross : A wayside shrine from the 17th century in St. Gotthard.
Grüntalkogelhütte ( 886 m above sea level ) This is located on the border of the Tiefgrabenrotte belonging to Frankenfels .

Dollfuss Museum : In the house where Engelbert Dollfuss was born .

Freinberg cave

Fischbach press

economy

In 2001 there were 55 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry businesses according to the 1999 survey 138. The number of people in work at home was 687 according to the 2001 census. In 2001 the activity rate was 45.51 percent.