Warth (Lower Austria)

market community Warth
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Neunkirchen
License plate :	NK
Surface:	30.15 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 39 '  N , 16 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 39 '12 "  N , 16 ° 7' 39"  E
Height :	385  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,497 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	2831, 2840
Area code :	02629
Community code :	3 18 43
Address of the municipal administration:	Marktplatz 3 2831 Warth
Website:	www.warth-noe.gv.at
politics
Mayoress :	Michaela Walla ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	15th 2 2 15th 2 2  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 15 SPÖ : 2 GREEN : 2
Location of Warth in the Neunkirchen district
Steyersberg Castle in the Haßbach cadastral community
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Warth is a market town with 1,497 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Neunkirchen district in Lower Austria .

geography

Warth is located in the industrial district in Lower Austria on the Aspangbahn . The area of ​​the market town covers 30.15 square kilometers, about 59% of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality is divided into seven localities (number of inhabitants in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Hassbach (221)
• Kirchau (295)
• Kulm (88)
• Petersbaumgarten (247)
• Steyersberg (66)
• Thann (39)
• Warth (541)

The community consists of six cadastral communities (area as of December 31, 2019):

• Haßbach (784.76 ha)
• Kirchau (714.20 ha)
• Kulm (175.27 ha)
• Steyersberg (550.23 ha)
• Thann (148.94 ha)
• Warth (623.64 ha)

Neighboring communities

• Scheiblingkirchen
• Grimmenstein
• Feistritz am Wechsel
• Kirchberg am Wechsel
• Altendorf
• Grafenbach-St. Valentine
• Wartmannstetten
• Thomasberg

history

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

On January 1, 1968, the communities of Haßbach, Kirchau and Steyersberg were merged with the community of Warth.

Population development

religion

According to the data of the 2001 census , 95.2% of the population were Roman Catholic , 1.1% Protestant , 0.2% Muslim , 2.8% of the population had no religious denomination.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Warth (Lower Austria)

• Steyersberg Castle: The castle was originally built in the 11th / 12th centuries. It was laid out in the 18th century as a fortress by the Styrian dukes against Austria and was first mentioned in a document in 1278. It is located near Haßbach in the municipality of Warth. In the south, east and west the castle is surrounded by a defensive wall, in the north the New Palace delimits the complex. The castle was expanded into a palace in 1622 and is terraced with four courtyards. The castle has a Romanesque keep, tower-like residential buildings with paneled renaissance ceilings and a baroque castle chapel from 1734.
• Stubenring Castle: The castle, first mentioned in documents in 1217, is now a ruin.
• Stubenberg ruins = Gutenbrunn Castle destroyed in 1474
• Catholic parish church Haßbach hl. Martin
• Catholic parish church Kirchau hl. Margareta

economy

There were 49 non-agricultural workplaces in 2001, agricultural and forestry holdings 102 according to the 1999 survey. The number of people in work at home was 756 according to the 2001 census. The 2001 employment rate was 48 percent.

Companies

• WIN Warth
• Franz Holzgethan company
• ALRO Caravan company
• Hausegger GmbH

education

The agricultural college is also located in Warth.

politics

The municipal council has 19 members. After the municipal council elections, the municipal council had the following distributions:

• 1990: 14 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 1 Greens
• 1995: 14 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 2 Greens
• 2000: 13 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 1 Greens
• 2005 : 12 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 2 Greens
• 2010 : 12 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, 1 Greens and 1 FPÖ
• 2015 : 12 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, 2 Greens and 1 FPÖ

After the 2020 municipal council elections , the municipal council has the following distribution:

15 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 2 Greens.

mayor

• until 2008 Patriz Hattenhofer (ÖVP)
• since 2008 Michaela Walla (ÖVP)

coat of arms

The municipality of Warth was given a municipal coat of arms by resolution of the Lower Austrian state government on November 14, 1978.

Blazon :

"In a red-silver-red shield, an erect, looking gold-crowned lion in alternating colors."

At the same time, the municipal colors “red and white” set by the municipality of Warth were approved.

Web links

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

• 31843 - Warth. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• warth-noe.gv.at Website of the market town of Warth
• Entry via Steyersberg Castle to Burgen-Austria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Regionalinformation , bev.gv.at (1,094 kB); accessed on January 10, 2020.
3. ^ Agricultural college - Aichhof education center
4. ^ Result of the municipal council election 1995 in Warth. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on October 9, 2019 . 
5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Warth. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on October 9, 2019 . 
6. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Warth. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on October 9, 2019 . 
7. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Warth. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on October 9, 2019 . 
8. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Warth. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on October 9, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Warth. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 26, 2020 . 
10. ^ Lower Austrian state government: "Announcement about the award of a municipal coat of arms (...) for the municipality of Warth"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ), accessed on January 7, 2012.