Cattle village

Hainstetten (3.40 km², 367 Ew.) Including Reikersdorf, Reinswidl and Schiltdorf
Seisenegg (5.76 km², 318 Ew.) Including Atzelsdorf, Grub, Haubenberg, Obernhof and Sippenberg
Viehdorf (6.73 km², 677 Ew.) Including Berging, Ennsfeld, Hochholz, Irzing and Wieden

Neighboring communities

Ardagger	Neustadtl on the Danube

	Amstetten	St. Georgen am Ybbsfelde

history

Perhaps already during Roman times, but certainly during the early Middle Ages , Viehdorf was a traffic junction between the Hochstraße coming from Oed and the Herfurt (Heerstraße) coming from Ardagger . At the intersection of the street was the fortified seat of Ennsfeld , today a village in Viehdorf. The irregular shape ( Haufendorf ) suggests that the town center is very old. The name Viehdorf derives from the name of a cattle breeding company, in Schiltdorf there was a company producing shields. It is possible that these businesses were established by the Lower Bavarian Metten Monastery .

Knights of Viehdorf can be documented from 1128, the family died out again around 1500. It is possible that there was a moated castle in Viehdorf at this time . Around 1600 Viehdorf became an important bastion of Protestantism and Seisenegg Castle became a center of evangelical aristocratic culture. Viehdorf did not become a Catholic parish again until 1775.

Seisenegg Castle , which belonged to the Lords of Walsee from 1303 to 1483 , became a local player due to its relatively convenient location and the importance of the owners, and was the seat of a regional court until 1848. Today it houses a cultural center and a registry office.

There is also a renaissance castle in Hainstetten, whose owners often changed. It is currently owned by the school sisters in Amstetten .

In recognition of his scientific achievements, Gustav Tschermak was raised to the hereditary nobility by Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1906 and was given the title "Edler von Seysenegg".

politics

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The municipal council has 19 members.

With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 Viehdorf citizens' list.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 Viehdorf citizens' list.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 17 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 17 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ.

mayor

until 2015 Johann Redl (ÖVP)
since 2015 Franz Zehethofer (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Hainstetten Castle

Seisenegg Castle

Viehdorf parish church

Hainstetten Castle
Seisenegg Castle
Catholic parish church Viehdorf Hll. Peter and Paul

economy

In 2001 there were 31 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 65 in agriculture and forestry. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment in the place of residence was 547. In 2001, the employment rate was 47.5 percent. In 2003 there were 90 unemployed people on average.

education

kindergarten
Elementary school with four classes
There are secondary schools only in the surrounding larger cities and communities. Most of the students commute to nearby Amstetten .