Weinviertel tri-border region
The Weinviertler Dreiländereck is a small region in the northeastern part of the Weinviertel in Lower Austria near the meeting of the borders of Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia . It extends over the territory of the communities Altlichtenwarth , Bernhardsthal , Drasenhofen , Falkenstein , Großkrut , Hauskirchen , Herrnbaumgarten , Ottenthal , Neusiedl an der Zaya , Poysdorf , Rabensburg , Schrattenberg and Wilfersdorf .
history
During the Habsburg Monarchy , the Weinviertel and neighboring South Moravia were among the richest areas in the country. Even during the interwar period , there were still numerous contacts that came to an end after the Second World War with the erection of the Iron Curtain . The area was now - similar to the northern Waldviertel - on a "dead border" and had to struggle with major economic problems and heavy emigration.
After the fall of the Iron Curtain and the opening of the borders in 1989, the regions halfway between Vienna and Brno have moved back to the center of Europe due to the changed political framework and the conditions seem favorable to tie in with historical similarities.
Preparatory measures and implementation
A cross-border study by the Technical University of Vienna and the Technical University of Brno , which included the northern Weinviertel region and southern Moravia, was summarized in the "EREG" project ( Independent regional development in the border area ), which serves as a basis and planning aid for regional associations with the aim of a possible Structural improvement of the region was used.
In the summer of 1997, the first meeting to found a small region, co-initiated by the Weinviertel Management and Lower Austrian Village Renewal, took place. The objectives were to improve the economic situation and to improve it in regional, supraregional and cross-border terms with the involvement of the population, and the strengths and weaknesses of the region should be identified and the risks and opportunities identified.
By the summer of 1998 created a planning firm by the Department Spatial Planning and Regional Policy of the Provincial Government Office was supervised, an extensive catalog of measures more than 120 measures and projects from the six working groups culture , tourism , small businesses , agriculture , wine and horse included . At the same time, a competition took place with the participation of the population to find a name and a logo for the small region. A jury selected the name “Weinviertel Dreiländereck” and a logo which symbolically represents the three countries Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia as well as the confluence of the March and Thaya rivers.
On March 1, 1999, an office was opened in Poysdorf, whose task it is to coordinate the projects in the small region and to ensure that they are implemented.
The most important projects (selection)
- Regionsfest - the festival of the 13 municipalities
- Cycling day
- Hiking day
- Liechtenstein Center - Wilfersdorf Castle
- Fruit trees for the landscape
- Dreiländerweinkost
- Cultural cycle path "Liechtenstein route"
- "Limitless hiking swing"
- 3 sisters in the Weinviertel
- cross-border cooperation
Web links
- Overview of the small regions in Lower Austria , accessed on March 27, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Weinviertler Dreiländereck on riskommunal.at , accessed on March 27, 2016