Muggendorf (Lower Austria)

Muggendorf

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Wiener Neustadt-Land

License plate :

WB

Surface:

51.33 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 55 ' N , 15 ° 56' E Coordinates: 47 ° 54 '40 " N , 15 ° 56' 6" E

Height :

450 m above sea level A.

Residents :

517 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

10 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

2763

Area code :

02632

Community code :

3 23 22

NUTS region

AT122

Address of the
municipal administration:

Main street 1
2763 Muggendorf

Website:

www.muggendorf.at

politics

Mayor :

Uwe Mitter ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(15 members)

13

2

13 2

A total of 15 seats

ÖVP : 13
SPÖ : 2

Location of Muggendorf in the Wiener Neustadt-Land district

Muggendorf seen from Hausstein ( 664 m )

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Muggendorf is a municipality in the Wiener Neustadt-Land district in Lower Austria with 517 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

Muggendorf is located in the industrial district in the valley of the Myrabach , a northern tributary of the Piesting . The Myrabach valley is framed by steep limestone cliffs, of which Hausstein is the best known. The area of the municipality covers 50.93 square kilometers. 90.6 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

Kreuth (24)
Muggendorf (361)
Thal (132)

The community consists of the cadastral community Muggendorf.

Neighboring communities

history

Before the birth of Christ, the area was part of the Celtic Kingdom of Noricum and belonged to the surroundings of the Celtic hill settlement Burg on the Schwarzenbacher Burgberg , which was the main town for the entire north-east Noricum .

Later under the Romans, today's Muggendorf was then in the province of Pannonia .

Population development

religion

According to the 2001 census data , 79.8% of the population are Roman Catholic and 3.8% Protestant . 1.7% are Muslims , 0.6% belong to Orthodox churches . 9.8% of the population have no religious denomination.

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: 9 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, and 4 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ. (13 members)
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, and 2 citizen lists.
With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, and 1 citizens' list.
With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 13 We for Muggendorf (ÖVP) and 2 SPÖ.

mayor

1945–1960 Josef Kober
1960–1985 Alfred Hublik
1985–1993 Franz Gschaider
1993–2018 Gottfried Brandstetter
since September 2018 Uwe Mitter

Culture and sights

The myra falls in the central area

See also: List of listed objects in Muggendorf
Myra Falls : a natural monument
Conrad Observatory : The observatory of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics is located on the 1146 m high Trafelberg .
The Myrawerk power station , which operated until 1975, significantly affected the Myra Falls.

economy

In 2001 there were 20 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 28 in agriculture and forestry. The number of people in work at the place of residence was 244 according to the 2001 census. In 2001 the employment rate was 48.65 percent.

Historical maps

Muggendorf and its surroundings around 1872 (recording sheets of the land survey )
Local area, Gutenstein, Myrafälle and the west of Pernitz
In the northwest of the Steinwandgraben towards Triestingtal
East of Pernitz and the Piestingtal with the road over the neck