Traisen (Lower Austria)

Traisen is located in the Mostviertel of Lower Austria on the banks of the Traisen river of the same name in the Traisental. Within the municipality, its only major tributary, the Gölsen, flows into the Traisen . The market covers 6.8 square kilometers, about a third of this area is forested.

Community structure

Traisen is the only cadastral municipality and also the only village. The village also includes the Annenhofsiedlung , Gölseniedlung , Scheibmühl , Scheibmühlersiedlung , Traisensiedlung and several individual locations.

Neighboring communities

South of Traisen is the next larger town Lilienfeld , in the north Wilhelmsburg . To the east of Traisen are the two large Gölsental towns of St. Veit an der Gölsen and Hainfeld .

history

In ancient times, the area was part of the Celtic Kingdom of Noricum and finally part of the Roman province of the same name.

1926 Traisen was raised to the market .

Today's market town owes its name to the river Traisen flowing through it .

The name goes back to the Celtic word * tragisamā , which means something like "the very fast one". The name is handed down on a Roman stone found in St. Pölten .

The river also gave its name, directly or indirectly, to other neighboring towns such as Traismauer and, in earlier times, also to St. Pölten , whose name can be related to the river with Treisma ad monasterium Sti Ypoliti in 976.

coat of arms

His coat of arms, only awarded in 1979, is a left-facing, silver dragon on a medium green background.

Population development

In 2009 Traisen had 3,704 inhabitants. According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 3649 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 3643 inhabitants, in 1981 3573 and in 1971 3541 inhabitants.

politics

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The municipal council has 23 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 SPÖ, 3 FPÖ, 2 ÖVP, and 2 others.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 SPÖ, 3 FPÖ, 2 ÖVP, 1 for a social Traisen (FEST), and 1 Greens.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 19 SPÖ, 2 ÖVP, and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 18 SPÖ and 5 ÖVP.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 SPÖ, 6 ÖVP, 1 FPÖ, and 1 Greens.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 SPÖ, 6 ÖVP, 2 FPÖ, and 1 Greens.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP and 2 FPÖ.

mayor

1961–1968 Franz Lettner
1968–1993 Erich Kalteis (SPÖ)
1993–1995 Alfred Krickl
since 1995 Herbert Thumpser (SPÖ)

Culture and sights

Parish Church of Traisen

Catholic parish church Traisen Jesus Christ, Savior of the world
Catholic branch church Traisen hl. John the Baptist
Traisen factory band: The factory band was founded in 1936 by the then factory secretary Heresch and the salary auditor Brenn. After some good initial success, the events of the war brought the music to a complete standstill. In 1942 the chapel was rearranged by Franz Brenn. He was followed by band masters Johann Brandstätter, Kurt Neugschwendtner, Ludwig Pfandl, Karl Erdinger, Ernst Böckl, Erwin Hofbauer and, from 1983, Armin Schaffhauser. The orchestra currently consists of 50 musicians between the ages of ten and seventy-five. The most outstanding events in the history of the factory chapel include the furnishing of the chapel with the miner's costume in 1971, the holding of the district music festivals in 1971, 1986 and 1996 as well as the concert tours to Prague, Singen, Ortisei / South Tyrol and Stumm in the Zillertal. The annual Barbara concert became a popular facility in the community. Successes: 12 excellent successes in the concert music evaluations (5 times level B, 7 times level C) Honorary awards in bronze, silver, gold and special award from the LH of Lower Austria. Golden conductor pin for Kapellmeister Schaffhauser. Since 1983 only excellent successes (15 in total) have been achieved with the staff leaders Erwin Hofbauer, Armin Schaffhauser and Peter Schubert.

economy

Traisen train station

There were 137 non-agricultural workplaces in 2001, and agricultural and forestry businesses according to the 1999 survey 14. The number of people in employment at the place of residence was 1,561 according to the 2001 census. In 2001 the activity rate was 43.51 percent. The largest employers in the municipality are: Georg Fischer (soft iron foundry), Voest Alpine (steel foundry), Trost (transport and cranes), Janisch (plumber).

Medical care in Traisen is provided by a Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund ( Workers' Samaritan Association) office, which carries out rescue missions, ambulance transports, transports for the disabled and ambulance services. This rescue center has its own youth group ( Arbeiter-Samariter-Jugend ) and celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2016 as part of an anniversary celebration.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Alfred Drabits (* 1959), former soccer player
Wilhelmine Goldmann (* 1948), manager
Rupert Hollaus (1931–1954), 125cc motorcycle world champion in 1954
Erich Kalteis (1926–1993), politician and long-time mayor
Father Matthäus Kurz OCist (1865–1952), conventual of the Lilienfeld Monastery. Pastor, priest trainer and publicist
Kurt Krieger (1926–1970), first Austrian baseball player in the MLB
Hans Malzacher (1896–1974), Montanist
Walter Sachs (1901–1985), writer and teacher
Sepp Zöchling (1914–1989), painter

literature

Franz Lettner: Heimatbuch der Marktgemeinde Traisen . Market town, Traisen 1974, OBV .
Karl Walter: The upper Traisental 1775-2005. Economic development, migration and population development . Studies and research from the Lower Austrian Institute for Regional Studies, Volume 52, ZDB -ID 581360-8 . Self-published by the Lower Austrian Institute for Regional Studies, St. Pölten 2012, ISBN 978-3-901635-52-6 .

Web links

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

Marktgemeinde Traisen - Welcome to the website of the Marktgemeinde Traisen! In: traisen.com. Retrieved January 28, 2019 . Homepage of the community
31413 - Traisen (Lower Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

↑ Bernhard Maier : Small lexicon of names and words of Celtic origin. CH Beck OHG, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-49470-6 , keyword Dreisam , p. 49.
^ Market town of Traisen - community - the river. In: traisen.com. Retrieved January 28, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Spratzern, then and now , chapter Traisen floods and regulatory measures
↑ Traisen's dragon now in the market emblem. Market town for more than 50 years, but only now received the market coat of arms . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 18, 1979, p. 6 , middle right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
↑ Population by municipalities - censuses - data.gv.at. Retrieved August 14, 2018 .
^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Traisen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed October 10, 2019 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Traisen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed October 10, 2019 .
↑ Results of the local council election 2005 in Traisen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed October 10, 2019 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Traisen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed October 10, 2019 .
^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Traisen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on October 10, 2019 .
↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Traisen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on February 6, 2020 .
^ Website of the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Traisen
^ Website of the Arbeiter-Samariter-Jugend Traisen

[1] Bernhard Maier : Small lexicon of names and words of Celtic origin. CH Beck OHG, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-49470-6 , keyword Dreisam , p. 49.

[traisen.com-2] Market town of Traisen - community - the river. In: traisen.com. Retrieved January 28, 2019 .

[Spratzern-3] Spratzern, then and now , chapter Traisen floods and regulatory measures

[4] Traisen's dragon now in the market emblem. Market town for more than 50 years, but only now received the market coat of arms . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 18, 1979, p. 6 , middle right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

[5] Population by municipalities - censuses - data.gv.at. Retrieved August 14, 2018 .

[NÖGrw1995_31413-6] Result of the local council election 1995 in Traisen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed October 10, 2019 .

[NÖGrw2000_31413-7] Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Traisen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed October 10, 2019 .

[NÖGrw2005_31413-8] Results of the local council election 2005 in Traisen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed October 10, 2019 .

[NÖGrw2010_31413-9] Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Traisen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed October 10, 2019 .

[NÖGrw2015_31413-10] Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Traisen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on October 10, 2019 .

[NÖGrw2020_31413-11] Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Traisen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on February 6, 2020 .

[12] Website of the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Traisen

[13] Website of the Arbeiter-Samariter-Jugend Traisen