Velm-Götzendorf

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Gänserndorf

License plate :

GF

Main town :

Götzendorf

Surface:

17.73 km²

Coordinates :

48 ° 28 ' N , 16 ° 47' E Coordinates: 48 ° 28 '0 " N , 16 ° 47' 0" E

Height :

183 m above sea level A.

Residents :

773 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

44 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

2245

Area code :

02538

Community code :

3 08 59

NUTS region

AT126

Address of the
municipal administration:

Hauptstrasse 133
2245 Velm-Götzendorf

Website:

www.velm-goetzendorf.at

politics

Mayor :

Gerald Haasmüller ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(15 members)

12

2

1

12 2 1

A total of 15 seats

ÖVP : 12
SPÖ : 2
FPÖ : 1

Location of Velm-Götzendorf in the Gänserndorf district

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

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Velm-Götzendorf is a municipality with 773 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Gänserndorf district in Lower Austria .

geography

Velm and Götzendorf (top right) and the surrounding area in the land survey around 1873

Velm-Götzendorf is located in the Weinviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 17.7 square kilometers. About three percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

Götzendorf (484)
Velm (289)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Götzendorf and Velm. Since these two place names can also be found not far from each other in the industrial district (market town Götzendorf an der Leitha and cadastral municipality Velm in the town of Himberg), there is often confusion.

Lower Austria. Improvement of the municipal structure : On January 1st, 1967, the two municipalities of Velm and Götzendorf were voluntarily merged. The incorporation of Velm-Götzendorf to Spannberg on January 1, 1972 was reversed on January 1, 1990.

Neighboring communities

Zistersdorf
		Dürnkrut
Spannberg	Ebenthal

history

The first written record about Götzendorf was made in 1137.

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 783 inhabitants in the municipality. In 1991 the community had 790 inhabitants, in 1981 796 and in 1971 867 inhabitants.

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: 10 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.

mayor

until 2010 Johann Grünauer (ÖVP)
since 2010 Gerald Haasmüller (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Parish church Götzendorf

Wayside shrine in Velm

Kellergasse Am Kellerberg

Catholic parish church Götzendorf hl. Leopold

economy

In 2001 there were 26 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry businesses according to the 1999 survey 78. The number of people in work at home was 337 according to the 2001 census. In 2001 the activity rate was 44.18 percent.