Thaya (Lower Austria)

market community Thaya
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Waidhofen an der Thaya
License plate :	WT
Surface:	43.3 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 51 '  N , 15 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '0 "  N , 15 ° 17' 0"  E
Height :	484  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,388 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	32 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3842
Area code :	02842
Community code :	3 22 17
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 32 3842 Thaya
Website:	www.thaya.at
politics
Mayor :	Eduard Köck ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	14th 3 2 14th 3 2  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 14 SPÖ : 3 FPÖ : 2
Location of Thaya in the Waidhofen an der Thaya district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Thaya is a market town in the Waidhofen an der Thaya district in Lower Austria with 1,388 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

Thaya in the Waldviertel (aerial view)

Thaya is located in the northern Waldviertel in Lower Austria and is traversed by the German Thaya . The area of ​​the market town covers 43.34 square kilometers. 27.95 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Eggmanns (55)
• Grossgerharts (201)
• Jarolden (84)
• Niederedlitz (161)
• Oberedlitz (87)
• Peigarten (94)
• Ranzles (31)
• Schirnes (48)
• Thaya (627)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Eggmanns, Großgerharts, Jarolden, Niederedlitz, Oberedlitz , Peigarten , Ranzles, Schirnes and Thaya.

The community belongs to the small region of the future area Thayaland .

Neighboring communities

Gastern	Dobersberg
Pfaffenschlag near Waidhofen an der Thaya		Karlstein on the Thaya
	Waidhofen an der Thaya

history

Thaya was mentioned for the first time in 1175. Thaya was one of the main towns among the possessions of the Counts of Raabs . The market survey took place in 1294. Before the old cemetery around the parish church was closed in 1793, today's cemetery was laid out in 1787 and then expanded in 1894. In the 19th century the pig trade became an important economic factor.

The cadastral communities Großgerharts and Schirnes were first mentioned in a document in 1112, Peigarten around 1200 and Eggmanns, Jarolden, Niederedlitz, Oberedlitz and Ranzles in 1230.

The Hard desert (first mentioned in 1112, last mentioned as an inhabited place in 1369) east of Thaya is considered the best-documented desert in Lower Austria.

coat of arms

With the announcement of the Lower Austria. State government of April 15, 1975, the market town of Thaya is given a municipal coat of arms. His blazon reads:

"In a blue shield, a silver, pointed-roofed tower with a red-white-red binding shield with two dovecote-like silver side turrets."

The community colors were set at the same time as "blue-white-red".

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1468 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 1,424 inhabitants, in 1981 1,548 and in 1971 1,755 inhabitants. Currently (as of January 1, 2020) there are 1388 inhabitants in the market town of Thaya.

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 5 UB U. F - Independent Citizens' List and Freedom Party (FPÖ) and 4 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.

mayor

• until 2008 Johann Kössner (ÖVP)
• since 2008 Eduard Köck (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Peigarten Castle

Parish Church of Thaya

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

• Peigarten Castle is a four-wing complex with partly medieval masonry, which was expanded at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries.
• Parish church Thaya: The parish church of Petrus and Paulus is a Gothic building with a Romanesque core. The Stations of the Cross in the church were taken from the parish church of Unken in 1889 . The hospital church, which is used today as a mortuary, was built in 1689. The local chapels of Niederedlitz, Jarolden and Großgerharts are baroque buildings.
• Museum Thaya: The museum building is the oldest house in Thaya. Cross vaults in the entrance area and a smoke kitchen on the upper floor are part of the architectural equipment. The focus is on the finds and findings of archaeological excavations by the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory of the University of Vienna in the medieval wasteland of Kleinhard and Hard near Thaya. Remodeling work in the museum led to further discoveries, a coin treasure and the remains of a bell foundry workshop from around 1200. The presentation of the coins gives an insight into more than 200 years of monetary history. In addition to the permanent exhibition on the upper floor of the museum, the ground floor offers enough space for special exhibitions that change every year.
• Four kilometers to the east there are two deserted areas, Hard and Kleinhard, which were abandoned in the late Middle Ages. The two places were rediscovered in 1975 and, thanks to the archaeological excavations, are among the best-documented devastation in Austria. Excavation documentation is on display in the local history museum in Thaya . There is an earth stable in the manor .
• A cellar of considerable size is located under the Haidl inn. The Haidl cellar, which dates back to the Middle Ages and was previously used for storing supplies or as an escape route, can now be explored with a small boat.
• Guitar exhibition: Permanent exhibition of the completely differently designed electric guitars by Roland Hauke, which are characterized by their creative world of shapes, unusual woods and unique features. The variety of exhibits - there are currently over 70 guitars on display - is unique in Austria, if not worldwide. The entire collection comprises around 200 copies. In 2016, the market town of Thaya acquired the old Gasthaus Hauer, a listed building, at Hauptstrasse 14 . A local supplier was set up in the right part of the property in 2017 and the new SCHAU.RÄUME was designed from 2017 to 2018 in accordance with listed buildings. The 'HAUKE GUITARS THAYA' collection will be shown in these rooms in the coming years. The history of the remarkable house is documented in detail on a display board in the entrance area.
• Weapons Museum: Niederedlitz has the largest private museum for historical weapons technology and military equipment in Austria. Years of collector's passion have brought together more than 700 exhibits from Europe and North America. The collection offers insights into military history, firearms and equipment from 1680 to 1960.

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  Museum Thaya

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  Medieval desolation Hard

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  Underground cellar

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  Arms Museum

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  Electric guitar museum

economy

In 2001 there were 30 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 the place of residence was 635. In 2001 the activity rate was 43.93 percent.

Until August 31, 1986 Thaya was connected to the public railway network by the Thayatalbahn. Passenger traffic was discontinued on September 1, 1986 due to unprofitability and replaced by a bus line; freight traffic officially continued until it was discontinued in 2010. However, no goods have been transported by rail since the flood in 2006. The Thayarunde cycle path was set up on this former railway line in 2017 .

Personalities

• Franz Žak (1917–2004), diocesan bishop of St. Pölten 1961–1991
• Leopold Schönbauer (1888–1963), doctor and politician
• Ernst Hanisch (* 1940), Austrian historian
• Willi Sauer (* 1938), politician, former president of the Lower Austrian Red Cross and honorary citizen
• Eduard Köck (* 1965), politician, Federal Councilor

Web links

Commons : Marktgemeinde Thaya  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Market town of Thaya
• 32217 - Thaya (Lower Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Entry on Thaya in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
• Film document on weaving (1992) in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library (ÖWF film; 47 min.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ The European metropolis of the pig trade . In: The Gazebo . Volume 41, 1879, pp. 696 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
3. ^ Announcement of the Lower Austrian provincial government of April 15, 1975.
4. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Thaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on April 27, 2020 . 
5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Thaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed April 27, 2020 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the 2005 municipal council elections in Thaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on April 27, 2020 . 
7. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Thaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on April 27, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Thaya. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 26, 2020 . 
9. ^ Museum Thaya. In: Thaya Online. Retrieved October 29, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Thaya - Erdställe - Mysterious Thayaland  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved on February 7, 2010 from the website of the Federal Monuments Office  
11. ↑ Hard and Kleinhard - two medieval deserted villages. In: Thaya Online. Retrieved October 29, 2018 . 
12. ↑ The Haidl cellar. In: Thaya Online. Retrieved October 29, 2018 . 
13. ↑ HAUKE GUITARS. In: Thaya Online. Retrieved October 29, 2018 . 
14. ↑ Johann Resl ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on January 25, 2013