Weikendorf

market community Weikendorf
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Gänserndorf
License plate :	GF
Surface:	46.3 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 21 '  N , 16 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '0 "  N , 16 ° 46' 0"  E
Height :	152  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,026 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	44 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2253
Area code :	02282
Community code :	3 08 60
Address of the municipal administration:	Rathausplatz 1 2253 Weikendorf
Website:	www.gdeweikendorf.at
politics
Mayor :	Johann Zimmermann ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	12 4th 3 12 4th 3  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 12 SPÖ : 4 GREEN : 3
Location of Weikendorf in the Gänserndorf district
town hall
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Weikendorf is a market town with 2026 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Gänserndorf district in Lower Austria .

geography

Weikendorf is located in the Weinviertel in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the market town covers 46.3 square kilometers. 12.44 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Dörfles (265)
• Stripfing (320)
• Tallesbrunn (318)
• Weikendorf (1123)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Aspacherfeld , Dörfles, Stripfing, Tallesbrunn and Weikendorf.

Neighboring communities

Prottes		Angern on the March
Gänserndorf		Willows on the March
Obersiebenbrunn	Untersiebenbrunn

history

According to a forged document from 1074, Margrave Ernst is said to have given Weikendorf to Melk Abbey with the consent of his wife Swanhild († 1062). This Wikkendorf am Gänsbach (Weidenbach) was then a court of a nobleman, whose cultivated land was worked with servants and maidservants. Directly north of it, Melk built the Church of St. Koloman, named in 1115. Perhaps the Zeil am Bach already existed at that time with 18 farmers' fiefs , each of which was followed by a farm field of approx. 10 yokes. In the late 12th century, the Mühlbach was derived from the Gänsbach and the place was initially expanded to include 15 farmers' fiefs in the north, creating an anger village. This line was then extended to the west. In the Melker Urbar 1289–1294 there are 38 Melker farmers' fiefs. The monastery had given many of them to the minor nobility and the first changes were already under way. Meat shops already existed in town. In 1411 Weikendorf became a market town. In 1462, the emperor allowed Melk Abbey to build a castellum in the monastic office - so Weikendorf Castle was probably built on the site of the former Althof. In the preparation book 1590 53 houses are registered, they correspond to the half- houses listed in the Franziszeischen cadastre 1821. After a severe fire in 1683, the parish center was given a baroque design. Now the number of houses grew rapidly to 94 houses by 1795. The rulership of Melk existed until 1848.

In 1700 Jakob Prandtauer built the church and rectory of Weikendorf.

In 2019, the community hit the headlines across Austria after a Palestinian family of 10 was refused permission to settle in the Dörfles district, because they met the requirements of the land transfer law , namely that the purchaser of a property had to have a main residence in Austria for at least ten years , not fulfilled. In a letter, the mayor also referred to the different cultures of the Islamic and the Western world. At the end of 2019, the state administrative court ruled the family. At the end of June 2020, a feature from Ö1 revealed that the family had bought the house and rented it to another family for three years.

Population development

census	Residents
2011	1.917
2001	1,976
1991	1,883
1981	1,609
1971	1,483
1939	1,971
1869	1,235

Source: Weikendorf population development. (PDF) Statistics Austria

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ, 2 other and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ and 3 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 3 Greens.

mayor

• since ? Johann Zimmermann (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Weikendorf Parish Church

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

• Catholic parish church Weikendorf hl. Koloman
• Weikendorf rectory

economy

In 2001 there were 51 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry operations 76 according to the 1999 survey. According to the 2001 census, the number of people in employment in the place of residence was 888. In 2001, the activity rate was 45.9 percent.

traffic

• Rail: The Weikendorf stops on the Gänserndorf – Marchegg railway line and Weikendorf-Dörfles on the northern line are in the village . Both stops are served by regional trains.

Personalities

Honorary citizen of the community

• 2019: Wolfgang Sobotka (* 1956), politician (ÖVP) and President of the National Council

Sons and daughters of the church

• Franz Mair (1821–1893), choir master, composer and founder of the Wiener Schubertbund

Web links

Commons : Weikendorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Site of the community Weikendorf

• 30860 - Weikendorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Entry about Weikendorf Castle at Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era, University of Salzburg
3. ↑ The community continues to reject the Muslim family. ORF , June 22, 2019, accessed on June 22, 2019 . 
4. ^ Immigration of Muslim families in Weikendorf: New statement. Der Standard , June 22, 2019, accessed June 22, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Buying a house in Weikendorf: Court gives Muslim family rights in the courier of December 23, 2019, accessed on December 24, 2019
6. ↑ "Welcome to Weikendorf - Scenes of Public Excitement " , feature by Claudia Gschweitl, broadcast on Ö1 on June 27, 2020, 9:05 a.m. to 10 a.m.
7. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Weikendorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on March 3, 2020 . 
8. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Weikendorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on March 3, 2020 . 
9. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Weikendorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on March 3, 2020 . 
10. ^ Election result of the local council election 2010 in Weikendorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on March 3, 2020 . 
11. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Weikendorf. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on March 3, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Weikendorf. Office of the Lower Austrian state government, January 26, 2020, accessed on March 3, 2020 . 
13. ↑ https://www.mein Bezirk.at/gaenserndorf/c-lokales/sobotka-ist-ehrenbuerger-in-weikendorf_a3613647#gallery=null , accessed on September 10, 2019.