Waldhausen (Lower Austria)

market community Waldhausen
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Zwettl
License plate :	ZT
Surface:	39.74 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 31 ′  N , 15 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	682  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,217 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	31 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	3531, 3914
Area code :	02877
Community code :	3 25 29
Address of the municipal administration:	Waldhausen 4 3914 Waldhausen
Website:	www.waldhausen.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Christian Seper ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	16 3 16 3  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 16 SPÖ : 3
Location of Waldhausen in the Zwettl district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Waldhausen is a market town with 1217 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Zwettl district in Lower Austria .

geography

Geographical location

Waldhausen is located in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the market town covers 39.85 km². 42.86 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 12  localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Fire (201)
• Gutenbrunn (53)
• Deer loft (52)
• Koenigsbach (103)
• Loschberg (60)
• Niedernondorf (133)
• Niederwaltenreith (36)
• Obernondorf (132)
• Rappoltschlag (95)
• Waldhausen (213)
• Werschlag (75)
• Wiesenreith (64)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Brand, Hirschenschlag, Königsbach, Loschberg, Niedernondorf, Niederwaltenreith, Obernondorf, Rappoltschlag, Waldhausen, Werschenschlag and Wiesenreith.

Neighboring communities

	Zwettl	Notch field
Grossgöttfritz		Lichtenau in the Waldviertel
	Sallingberg

history

In the Middle Ages , the Lozburg dominated the area. Remnants of their ruins can still be seen on the Loschberg.

On January 1, 1968, the communities of Brand, Niedernondorf and Obernondorf were merged with Waldhausen. On September 18, 1979, the community was given market rights.

On January 21, 2006 the hiding place of the Saliera , a stolen art piece from the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna , was found in a forest near the village of Brand .

Population development

Population development
date	Residents
1951	1,776
1961	1,708
1971	1,643
1981	1,540
1991	1,369
2001	1,334
2011	1,273

Culture and sights

Brand parish church near Loschberg

See also:  List of listed objects in Waldhausen (Lower Austria)

• Brand parish church near Loschberg
• Parish church of Niedernondorf

Economy and Infrastructure

Waldhausen station

In 2001 there were 51 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry holdings 173 according to the 1999 survey. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment at the place of residence was 554. The 2001 employment rate was 42.8 percent.

Established businesses

The largest employer is the large sawmill of Stora Enso Timber (previously Holzindustrie Schweighofer until August 2001) in Brand with around 350 employees.

In Werschenschlag there is the company "Glaszone", which produces kitchen splashbacks from glass.

traffic

Waldhausen is located on the Schwarzenau – Zwettl – Martinsberg local railway , whose passenger traffic in the Zwettl - Martinsberg - Gutenbrunn section was discontinued in 1986 and Schwarzenau-Zwettl in December 2010. Freight traffic still exists as far as Waldhausen, the rest of the route was also discontinued for goods traffic in 2010.

politics

Municipal council

In municipal there after the local elections in Lower Austria 2020 on a total of 19 seats mandate following distribution: OVP 16 and SPO. 3

mayor

• until 2015 Franz Häusler (ÖVP)
• since 2015 Christian Seper (ÖVP)

Web links

Commons : Waldhausen, Lower Austria  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 32529 - Waldhausen (Lower Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Website of the market town of Waldhausen in Lower Austria
• Entry about Schlossruine Wiesenreith in Lower Austria Castles online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Changes to the community from 1945 (associations, partitions, name and status changes). Statistics Austria, pp. 37, 170 , accessed on February 14, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Results of the 2020 municipal council elections in Waldhausen. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 31, 2020 .