Rabenstein on the Pielach

market community Rabenstein on the Pielach
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Sankt Pölten-Land
License plate :	PL
Surface:	36.22 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 4 '  N , 15 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 3 '55 "  N , 15 ° 28' 1"  E
Height :	344  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,537 (Jan 1, 2020)
Population density :	70 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3203
Area code :	02723
Community code :	3 19 35
Address of the municipal administration:	Marktplatz 6 3203 Rabenstein an der Pielach
Website:	www.rabenstein.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Kurt Wittmann ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (21 members)	16 5 16 5  A total of 21 seats ÖVP : 16 SPÖ : 5
Location of Rabenstein an der Pielach in the Sankt Pölten-Land district
Rabenstein in spring
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Rabenstein is a market town with 2537 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Sankt Pölten-Land district in Lower Austria , south of Sankt Pölten .

geography

Rabenstein an der Pielach is located in the middle of the Pielach valley in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria . The market town extends at an altitude of 344–849 m over an area of ​​36.25 square kilometers. 45.51 percent of the area is forested.

The highest point is the Geisbühel (849 m) with the Josef-Franz Hut a little to the east of the summit.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the following eight districts (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Deutschbach (204) including Deutschbach settlement and Deutschbachmühle
• Dorf-Au (663) including Dorf-Au / group of houses
• Koenigsbach (127)
• Market (825)
• Röhrenbach (40) including Mitter-Röhrenbach, Ober-Röhrenbach and Vorder-Röhrenbach
• Steinklamm (192)
• Tradigist (372) including Christental Roggenstatt and Tradigist settlement
• Warth (114) including Hundsdorf and Steiner

The community consists of the cadastral community Rabenstein. There are no separate cadastral communities, only districts.

history

Rabenstein an der Pielach around 1906

Rabenstein was first mentioned in 1136 in connection with Wilhelm von Ramingstein, who belonged to the Babenberg family. The place laid out below the castle played an important role as a mansion in the settlement of the Pielach valley in the 12th century . Rabenstein first appeared as a “market” as early as 1280, making it the oldest place in the Pielach Valley. In 1683, when the Turks invaded, Rabenstein Castle was besieged for a month, but it could not be captured.

coat of arms

Although Rabenstein is the oldest market in the Pielachtal, it was not until 1983 that the right to use a market coat of arms was granted. The market was initially under the leadership of the Ramingstein family, so it was not necessary to give privileges to the rights of the market. So until 1848 the market had neither a seal nor a coat of arms. It was only after the free market town of Rabenstein was constituted in 1854 that “a raven sitting on a rock” was included in the seal by the town council.

politics

Kurt Wittmann has been the mayor of the market town since 2000, Hubert Gansch has been vice mayor (since 2012) and Gottfried Auer is the head of the office. In the municipal council of the Climate Alliance and FAIRTRADE market municipality, there will be the following distribution of mandates after the 2020 municipal council election with a total of 21 seats: ÖVP 16, SPÖ 5.

Town twinning

• Partner municipality is the district of the same name in the city of Chemnitz in Germany.

economy

In 2001 there were 99 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 89 in agriculture and forestry. The number of people in employment at home was 1,063 according to the 2001 census. The employment rate in 2001 was 45.02 percent.

traffic

Mariazellerbahn

train

Rabenstein is on the Mariazellerbahn . There is a barrier-free central platform with a transparent bus shelter. There is a veterinary practice and a public toilet in the station building. The starting point of the Mariazellerbahn is St. Pölten, from here the route leads into the Pielach Valley. The mountain route begins in Laubenbachmühle. The end point of the train is the world-famous pilgrimage site of Mariazell .

Street

Rabenstein is on federal highway 39 , which connects Rabenstein with St. Pölten and Mariazell.

Culture and sights

Ruin Rabenstein

Parish church Rabenstein an der Pielach

See also:  List of listed objects in Rabenstein an der Pielach

• Bärntallacke: Two mighty ancient linden trees - one of them eight meters in circumference - together with the Lacke form this natural monument located on the Pielachtaler circular hiking trail 652 on the so-called "Path of Eternal Tears" between Geiseben and Kaiserkogel
• Rabenstein castle ruins, built in the first quarter of the 12th century on a wooded rock in the Pielachschleife by a Wichard von Rabenstein, who called himself von Hohenstauf . After the end of his family in the name bearer tribe, the associated manorial rule came partly to the sovereigns, partly to the noble families of the Landenberger; Corn sour; Check from forest; the Seisenegger; Hohenberger et al. a. and was united by the Sinzendorfern with the manor and Castle Fridau . In the 17th century the castle fell into ruin. A picture from this period has survived on a votive picture in the Rabenstein parish church.
• Geisbühel ( 849  m ) with Josef Franz Hut ( 841  m )
  • NAT-URwald on the southwestern ridge of the Geisbühel
  • Spitzmauer: rocks on the Geisbühel as a viewpoint of the upper Pielach valley and the Ötscher
• Catholic parish church Rabenstein an der Pielach hl. Laurentius: Late Gothic, three-aisled staggered church in which Cardinal Franz König was baptized on August 5, 1905
• Pielachtalbad
• Rabensteiner Community and Culture Center (GuK)
• Western village on "Greenhorn Hill"
• 3K gallery "the factory"
• Andreaskirche, a church (without tower and village) on a hill between Rabenstein and Kirchberg in the Kirchberg community .

Regular events

Community and cultural center

• Mayor's New Year's reception
• Young Citizens Celebration
• Rabensteiner culture spring
• National and international tournaments from the Ravenstone Beach Volleyball Club
• Cardinal König Conversation (last Saturday in August)
• Rabenstein Culture Autumn
• Stilt shooting by the Rabensteiner Schützengilde, annually in November
• Rabensteiner Advent

Personalities

• Cardinal Franz König (1905–2004), born in the Rabenstein district of Warth
• Ulrich Reinthaller (* 1964), actor who lives in Rabenstein
• Willi Stiowicek (* 1956), politician and councilor in Rabenstein an der Pielach
• Alexander Schmirl (* 1989), nationally and internationally successful marksman

mayor

• Johann Voglhuber (1867 to 1870)
• Franz Wurm (1873 to 1876)
• Alois Pallwein (1893 to 1923)
• Hans Neuburg (1932 to 1934)
• Johann Kaiser (1934 to 1938)
• Hans Neuburg (1938 to 1945)
• Johann Kaiser (1948 to 1950)
• Rudolf Egger (1950 to 1965)
• Johann Nurscher (1965 to 1975)
• Michael Pirgmayer (1975 to 1987)
• Karl Egger (1987 to 2000)
• Kurt Wittmann (2000 to present)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ see: Gerhard Stenzel : From castle to castle in Austria. With aerial photographs by Lothar Beckel. Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau Wien, 2nd improved and expanded edition, 1973 ISBN 3 218 00278 8 , p. 213

Web links

Commons : Rabenstein an der Pielach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of Rabenstein an der Pielach
• Entry via Rabenstein / Pielachtal castle ruins to Burgen-Austria
• 31935 - Rabenstein on the Pielach. Community data, Statistics Austria .