Wang (Lower Austria)

market community Wang
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Scheibbs
License plate :	SB
Surface:	19.57 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 3 '  N , 15 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 2 '40 "  N , 15 ° 1' 30"  E
Height :	323  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,369 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	70 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3262
Area code :	07488
Community code :	3 20 15
Address of the municipal administration:	Upper Market 1 3262 Wang
Website:	www.wang.at
politics
Mayor :	Franz Sonnleitner ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	16 2 1 16 2 1  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 16 SPÖ : 2 FPÖ : 1
Location of Wang in the Scheibbs district
Municipal office in Wang Castle
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Wang is a market town with 1,369 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Scheibbs district in Lower Austria .

geography

Wang is located in the Mostviertel in Eisenwurzen in Lower Austria . The area of ​​the market town covers 19.66 square kilometers. 29.05 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 18 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Mountain (11)
• Ewixen (16)
• Griesperwarth (50)
• Grieswang (37)
• Courtier (11)
• Hofweid ​​(35)
• Kaisitzberg (49)
• Lehmgstetten (130)
• Mitterberg (68)
• Nebetenberg (54)
• Pyhrafeld (31)
• Reidlingberg (38)
• Reidlingdorf (30)
• Riding ring (48)
• Schlott (14)
• Rhinestone (4)
• Thurhofwang (146)
• Wang (597)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Pyhrafeld, Reidlingberg and Wang.

Neighboring communities

Euratsfeld ( Amstetten district )	Ferschnitz ( Amstetten district )	Steinakirchen am Forst
Randegg	Gresten Land

history

In ancient times, the area was part of the Noricum province . A Roman road ran along the small Erlauf, so that there has probably been a small settlement here for a long time. The first documentary mention of Wang did not take place until 1334.

After the dissolution of the manorial Wang / Reinsperg the 1538 elevated to the market in 1850, Wang was a separate municipality.

During the Second World War , 60 men from the cadastral parishes of Wang died in the war.

In 1970 the communities Reidlingberg and Pyhrafeld were incorporated.

Population development

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 3 citizens list Wang and 3 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ, 2 citizens' lists Wang 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 FPÖ.
• With the local council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the local council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.

mayor

• since ? Franz Sonnleitner (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Wang

• Lady Chapel in a former transformer station
• Bell tower
• pillory
• lock

economy

In 2001 there were 34 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry operations 101 according to the 1999 survey. The number of people in work at home was 627 according to the 2001 census. In 2001 the activity rate was 49.8 percent.

Web links

Commons : Wang  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• http://www.wang.at
• Entry about Wang Castle at Lower Austria Castles online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
• Entry about Wang on Burgen-Austria
• 32015 - Wang (Lower Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Steinakirchen war memorial. In: War memorials from our homeland in LOWER AUSTRIA. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
3. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Wang. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on October 12, 2019 . 
4. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Wang. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on October 12, 2019 . 
5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Wang. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on October 12, 2019 . 
6. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Wang. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on October 12, 2019 . 
7. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Wang. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on October 12, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Wang. Office of the Lower Austrian state government, January 26, 2020, accessed on February 29, 2020 .