Wiesmath

market community Wiesmath
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Wiener Neustadt-Land
License plate :	WB
Surface:	38.44 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 37 '  N , 16 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 37 '0 "  N , 16 ° 17' 0"  E
Height :	695  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,519 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	2811
Area code :	02645
Community code :	3 23 35
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptplatz 2 2811 Wiesmath
Website:	www.wiesmath.at
politics
Mayor :	Erich Rasner ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	15th 3 1 15th 3 1  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 15 SPÖ : 3 FPÖ : 1
Location of Wiesmath in the Wiener Neustadt-Land district
Municipal Office
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Wiesmath is a market town with 1519 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Wiener Neustadt-Land district in Lower Austria .

geography

Wiesmath is located in the industrial district in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the market town covers 38.44 km², 50.78% of the area is forested.

Neighboring communities

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history

Before the birth of Christ, the area was part of the Celtic Kingdom of Noricum and belonged to the surroundings of the Celtic hill settlement Burg on the Schwarzenbacher Burgberg .

Later under the Romans, today's Wiesmath was then in the province of Pannonia .

Wiesmath was first mentioned in a document in 1295 as "Wiesmarcht". The three oldest houses in Wiesmath were built around 1300: Beisteiner, Trimmel, Schrammel.

In the 17th century Wiesmath suffered greatly from the Turks and Kuruc . After that, almost the entire population died of the plague . The Marian column was erected as a reminder.

Population development

coat of arms

The market town of Wiesmath was awarded a municipal coat of arms by resolution of the Lower Austrian state government on September 24, 1991.

Blazon : "In a blue shield, outstanding from a green three-mountain, half a golden wheel, growing out of it a golden man with a cloak and cap, who holds a sword in his right hand and his left arm in his side."

At the same time, the municipal colors “blue-yellow-green” set by the municipal council of the market town of Wiesmath were approved.

religion

According to the data of the 2001 census , 97.9% of the population are Roman Catholic and 0.4% Protestant , 0.1% are Muslim , 1.4% of the population have no religious beliefs.

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, and 5 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 4 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.

mayor

• 1945 Karl Karner (self-appointed)
• 1945–1948 Franz Kaltenbacher
• 1948–1960 Anton Sinabell
• 1960–1974 Friedrich Eitler
• 1974–1995 Josef Weber
• 1995–? Johann Ernst
• 2004–2015 Roland Weber (ÖVP)
• since 2015 Erich Rasner (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Filial church St. Anna in Annaberg

See also:  List of listed objects in Wiesmath

• Catholic parish church Wiesmath Hll. Peter and Paul
• Catholic branch church St. Anna in Annaberg: The late Gothic church was built in 1509 on the crest of a mountain ridge and can be seen from afar. In the baroque period it was expanded and rebuilt, among other things the nave received high arched windows. The church was badly damaged in a fire in 1775 and in the course of the Josephine reforms it was closed in 1783, sold and used as a sheepfold. Thanks to the efforts of the pastor Mathias Gittler, the church was reopened in 1803 after a new consecration. After severe war damage, it was rebuilt in 1946/47. In 1955/56 the west tower and vestibules were built according to plans by Karl Simon .

economy

In 2001 there were 58 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 147. The number of people in work at the place of residence was 722 according to the 2001 census. The 2001 activity rate was 45.96%.

Wiesmath was on the border with Hungary, around 1780, Josephinische Landesaufnahme

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Franz Johann Ernst (1869–1946), farmer and politician, member of the Lower Austrian state parliament

Web links

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

• Homepage of the Common Wiesmath
• Virtual tour of the town
• The hunchbacked world

• 32335 - Wiesmath. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lower Austria state government: Announcement about the award of a municipal coat of arms (...) for the market town of Wiesmath  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 7, 2012)  
2. ^ Result of the municipal council elections 1995 in Wiesmath. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on September 27, 2019 . 
3. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Wiesmath. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on September 27, 2019 . 
4. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Wiesmath. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on September 27, 2019 . 
5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Wiesmath. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on September 27, 2019 . 
6. ^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council election in Wiesmath. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on September 27, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Wiesmath. Office of the Lower Austrian state government, January 26, 2020, accessed on February 9, 2020 . 
8. ^ Willibald Kornfeld and Lutz Krahl: Wiesmath . In: The Lower Austrian district of Wiener Neustadt and its communities . 2nd Edition. Lower Austria. Verlag GesmbH, Wiener Neustadt 1996, p. 251 .
9. ^ Community Wiesmath: Nachrichten, 1/2015 (PDF document, 2.28 MB; accessed on August 24, 2016)
10. ^ Community Wiesmath: Mayor (accessed on August 24, 2016)
11. ↑ Wiesmath parish: St. Anna pilgrimage church ; accessed on March 2, 2014
12. ↑ Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch. The art monuments of Austria. Topographical inventory of monuments. Lower Austria south of the Danube, part 2, M to Z. Verlag Berger, Horn / Vienna 2003. ISBN 3-85028-365-8 . Pages 2697-2698.