Weißenburg (community of Frankenfels)

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Weißenburg ( Rotte )
Weißenburg (municipality of Frankenfels) (Austria)
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Basic data
Pole. District , state St. Pölten  (PL), Lower Austria
Judicial district Sankt Pölten
Pole. local community Frankenfels
Locality Tiefgrabenrotte , Weißenburg area
Area / Rotte Tiefgrabenrotte , Weißenburg area
Coordinates (K) 48 ° 0 '8 "  N , 15 ° 20' 44"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 0 '8 "  N , 15 ° 20' 44"  E.
height 438  m above sea level A.
Building status 43 (addresses, 2013)
Post Code 3213 Frankenfels
Statistical identification
Counting district / district Frankenfels area (31906 001)
Younger place name, two groups each in the localities
Source: STAT : Local directory ; BEV : GEONAM ; NÖGIS ;
(K) Coordinate not official
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Weißenburg is a place in the Türnitz Alps in the Lower Austrian Mostviertel and belongs to the municipality of Frankenfels in the St. Pölten-Land district .

geography

The place is located about 31 kilometers southwest of St. Pölten , about 2½ kilometers northeast of the municipality's capital. It lies along the lower Weißenbach , a tributary of the Pielach , between the confluence and the confluence of the Tiefenbach, at around 440  m above sea level. A. Height. To the north rises Bichl Mountain  ( 859  m above sea level. A. ) that the ridge between Pielachtal and Texingtal belongs, south francs Felsberg  (933/ 918  m above sea level. A. ). Weissenburg Castle, recently renovated as a ruin, stands at the spur of the Weißenbach confluence with the Pielach .

The location includes around 45 buildings, which extend in two rows along the stream and the L 5226 (Pielachtal Straße B 39 - Plankenstein - L 89). The smaller part, about 15 houses, belong to the Weißenburg area , 30 houses into the valley to the Tiefgrabenrotte . In both localities, Weißenburg now makes up the majority of the population.

Neighboring places
Deep trench rotting Weißenburg area
Neighboring communities Rugged area  (district of  Loich )
Fiefdom Hofstadt area Pielachleiten area

history

The Weißenburg or Weißenberg Castle (Weizzenberg, Weissenberch) is already documented in the 12th century. A small village with a tavern , a farm and a mill will soon have formed below the fortress . The Weissenburger died out in the 14th century, then the local rule changed hands many times.

In 1837 Franz Xaver Schweickhardt wrote in his historical-topographical descriptions that the squad was 7½  hours away from the nearest post office (St. Pölten) and belonged to the Friedau district court and to the military district of the Line Infantry Regiment No. 49 . The inhabitants were forest farmers, there was a mill with a saw, an inn, a stately hunter's house, and a few craftsmen.

In 1905, the Pielachtal route of the Mariazellerbahn from Kirchberg to Laubenbachmühle was completed (the train ran to Kirchberg and on to Mank as early as 1898). A loading station was set up in Weissenbach (near the former Elendgartenhäusl, Weißenburg area 15). However, this was closed again around 1925.

As early as 1930, the local council discussed building a school in the Weißenbachtal.

While the older part is included in the Weißenbach area north of the castle, a new settlement area has formed since the 1980s downstream of the village of Hof von Tiefgrabenrotte. this is also counted in Weißenburg, which means that the place is now divided into two parts of the community.

fire Department

The fire station of the Weissenburg volunteer fire brigade, which was renovated and expanded between 2009 and 2012

Due to the large community area and the exposed location of the mainly agricultural businesses, there has been a fire fighting group (later a separate train ) of the Frankenfels volunteer fire department since 1938 . The used devices initially came from the Frankenfels fire brigade, the private property of founding commander Leopold Härtensteiner and, after the war, the UNRRA . 1979 to 1980 the new building of the fire station was built with financial means from the community of Frankenfels and the fire station Weißenburg as well as around 3420 voluntary and free working hours in the Tiefgrabenrotte 22 and in 1986 the separated train was renamed into a fire station with fire station commander. The commanders of this fire station were the founder Leopold Härtensteiner, Johann Weissenbacher, Franz Karner, and since January 27, 2010 fire inspector Günter Tuder. From 2009 to 2012 the fire station was expanded and completely renovated with funds from the Frankenfels community and the Weißenburg fire station as well as around 10,500 voluntary and free working hours.

On May 7, 2017, the Weißenburg volunteer fire brigade was founded, which emerged from the Weißenburg fire station. The fire brigade commander was chief fire inspector Günter Tuder. This fire brigade has 30 members and has a tank fire engine (TLFA 1000, built in 1995, Mercedes Unimog) and a small fire engine (KLFA, built in 2012, Mercedes Sprinter).

Infrastructure and sights

The tavern was closed as an inn around 1975. The Gasthaus Schönau (Weißenburg region 17) has existed since the 19th century and is still in operation today.

The Castle White Castle from the 12th century, since the 1970s privately owned and revitalized. Among other things, it serves as an event center.

Between the tavern and the Weißenburg is the Anna Cross , which was built in 1708 and later converted into a chapel .

  • Weißenburg Castle from the Annakreuz

  • Anna Chapel at the Anna Cross

literature

proof

  1. ↑ The L 5226 is described with: NÖ Landesstraßenverzeichnis ( Memento from October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). 8500/99; Standard Ordinance 84/00, 2000-08-24, sheet 1–144 (as amended online, ris.bka )
  2. ^ A b Franz Xaver Schweickhardt : Representation of the Archduchy of Austria under the Ens, ... 7th volume: District of Upper Vienna Woods . Vienna 1837, chapter Herrschaft Kirchberg: Weissenburg , p. 20 ff (Upper Wienerwald is today about the Mostviertel; text online , archive.org).
  3. ↑ Lit. Gamsjäger: Frankenfelser Häuserbuch , p. 450
  4. ↑ a b Weissenburg Fire Station ( Memento from March 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , on ff-frankenfels.at.
  5. ↑ Ortsbauernrat Frankenfels (Hubert Größbacher) (ed.): Frankenfels corridor monuments . Frankenfels around 1995
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