Perschling

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Perschling (disambiguation) .

Perschling
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Sankt Pölten-Land
License plate :	PL
Main town :	Weißenkirchen an der Perschling
Surface:	23.8 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 16 ′  N , 15 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	220  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,411 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3142
Area code :	02784
Community code :	3 19 46
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 21 3142 Perschling
Website:	www.perschling.at
politics
Mayor :	Reinhard Breitner ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	14th 4th 1 14th 4th 1  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 14 FPÖ : 4 SPÖ : 1
Location of Perschling in the Sankt Pölten-Land district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Perschling (since December 1, 2015, previously Weißenkirchen an der Perschling ) is a municipality with 1411 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the district of Sankt Pölten-Land in Lower Austria .

geography

Perschling is located in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria, in the Traisental wine-growing region. The area of ​​the municipality covers 23.8 square kilometers. 16.7 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipal area comprises the following 10 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Grunddorf (30)
• Gunnersdorf (44)
• Haselbach (61)
• Langmannersdorf (367)
• Murstetten (294)
• Obermoos (8)
• Perschling (267)
• Weißenkirchen an der Perschling (284)
• Wieselbruck (19)
• Winkling (37)

history

In ancient times, the area was part of the Noricum province .

Population development

politics

Mayor of the community is Reinhard Breitner, head of office Christine Wegscheider. After the 2020 municipal council elections, there will be the following distribution of mandates with a total of 19 seats in the municipal council :

• ÖVP 14 seats, FPÖ 4 seats, SPÖ 1 seat.

Culture and sights

See also : List of listed objects in Perschling  and List of cellar lanes in Perschling

• Catholic branch church Perschling-Haselbach hl. Laurentius
• Local history museum in the Perschling parish hall

economy

In 2001 there were 54 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 85 in agriculture and forestry. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment in the place of residence was 610. In 2001, the employment rate was 47.63 percent.

societies

• Weißenkirchner Stubenmusik (ensemble consisting of 2 violins, tenor flute, clarinet, guitar, double bass)
• Vocal ensemble Klangbogen (mixed choir, formerly "Weißenkirchner Sängerrunde")
• Weissenkirchen parish choir and orchestra
• Lower Austria Music School. center
• Trachtenmusikkapelle Murstetten
• Perschlingtaler village music
• Country youth in Weißenkirchen

Web links

Commons : Perschling  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Parish Perschling Homepage of the parish

• 31946 - Perschling. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Provincial Law Gazette for Lower Austria of November 30, 2015, 108th announcement in the RIS
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Perschling. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on February 25, 2020 .