Waidhofen an der Thaya-Land

Waidhofen an der Thaya-Land is a municipality with 1270 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Waidhofen an der Thaya district in Lower Austria .

geography

Waidhofen an der Thaya-Land is located in the northern Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 32.44 square kilometers. 27.23 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 11 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Brunn (244)
Buchbach (144)
Noble prince (64)
Götzweis (115)
Griesbach (19)
Kainraths (130)
Nonndorf (87)
Sarning (46)
Vestenpoppen (235)
Re-field (43)
Welfare (143)

The cadastral communities are Brunn near Waidhofen, Buchbach , Edelprinz, Götzweis, Griesbach near Waidhofen , Kainraths, Nonndorf, Sarning , Vestenpoppen, Wiederfeld, Wohlfarts.

Neighboring communities

	Pfaffenschlag near Waidhofen an der Thaya
Heidenreichstein		Waidhofen an der Thaya
	Vitis	Windigsteig

history

Brunn was first mentioned in documents around 1230, Buchbach in the first half of the 13th century, Götzweis in 1314 and Kainraths in 1369. In 1784 Buchbach was raised to a parish.

In the course of the municipal structural reform of the state of Lower Austria, the districts and communities were commissioned from 1965 to arrange for the unification of small communities in order to only form communities with at least 1000 inhabitants for financial reasons. For the Waidhofen an der Thaya district, the state government recommended that ten communities in the Waidhofen an der Thaya area be united with the district town. After consulting with the other affected communities, the mayor of Vestenpoppen, Franz Groß, developed the proposal to merge the communities into a new community in Waidhofen an der Thaya-Land instead. After the state government had approved this plan, the founding was initiated: On January 1, 1971, the formerly independent small communities of Brunn, Buchbach, Kainraths, Nonndorf and Vestenpoppen merged after the local councils of the five small communities gave their approval in autumn 1970 had. Only Ulrichschlag, Kleineberharts and Vestenötting voluntarily joined the city of Waidhofen, while Hollenbach and Puch were forcibly added to Waidhofen because they had no common border with the other five communities.

On February 21, 2017, ice up to 25 cm thick broke up on the Thaya in the evening with a thaw after an unusually cold period. The ice floes accumulated on the bridge in the district of Vestenpoppen, water flowed over the relief channel over the state road and as flood through the village.

coat of arms

Blazon: On the red shield with the silver bar , a golden farmer who sows with his right hand runs to heraldic left.

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1197 inhabitants. In 1991 the community had 1097 inhabitants, in 1981 1127 and in 1971 1110 inhabitants.

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, 2 FPÖ and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 3 UBL, 2 FPÖ and 2 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 2 UBL, 1 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, 2 UBL and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 3 UBL, 2 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 2 Independent Citizens List, 2 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, 1 FPÖ, 1 SPÖ and 1 independent citizen list.

mayor

until 2008 Johann Ramharter (ÖVP)
since 2008 Christian Drucker (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Buchbach Parish Church

Catholic parish church Buchbach hl. Florian: The parish church is essentially a Gothic hall church , which was redesigned in the Baroque style and was last completely renovated on the outside in autumn 2008.

economy

There were 16 non-agricultural workplaces (as of 2001), agricultural and forestry operations 108 (as of 1999). The number of people in employment at the place of residence was 561 (2001 census). The employment rate was 48.37 percent (as of 2001).