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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Hollabrunn
License plate :	HL
Main town :	Beautiful diggers
Surface:	30.94 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 37 '  N , 16 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 36 '51 "  N , 16 ° 1' 11"  E
Height :	251  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,694 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	55 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2020
Area code :	02952
Community code :	3 10 09
Address of the municipal administration:	Schöngrabern 172 2020 Grabern
Website:	www.gemeinde-grabern.at
politics
Mayor :	Herbert Leeb ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (19 members)	10 6th 3 10 6th 3  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 10 TS : 6 SPÖ : 3
Location of Grabern in the Hollabrunn district
The predominantly Romanesque parish church of Schöngrabern
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Grabern is a market town with 1694 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Hollabrunn district in Lower Austria ( Austria ).

geography

Grabern is located in the Weinviertel in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the market town covers 30.94 square kilometers. 7.56 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Mittergrabern (333)
• Obergrabern (124)
• Ober-Steinabrunn (114)
• Schöngrabern (1024)
• Windpassing (99)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Mittergrabern, Obergrabern, Obersteinabrunn, Schöngrabern and Windpassing.

Neighboring communities

	Guntersdorf
Sitzendorf on the Schmida		Wullersdorf
	Hollabrunn

history

The place Schöngrabern was mentioned in a document in 1319 and in 1535 it was elevated to the market. During the French wars of 1805/07, the place was destroyed by fires.

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Population development

The migration balance has been positive since 1981, and so has the birth balance since 2001 .

politics

The municipal council has 19 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 2 other and 2 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 LIF.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 6 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 6 Team Common for Grabern and 3 SPÖ.

mayor

• until 2005 Alois Hörker (ÖVP)
• since 2005 Herbert Leeb (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Mittergrabern Castle

Parish church Mittergrabern

Kellergasse in Mittergrabern

Kellergasse in Schöngrabern

See also : List of listed objects in Grabern  and List of cellar alleys in Grabern

• Mittergrabern Castle: The mighty three-storey castle was built in the 16th century as a hook-shaped complex with an attic storey. In 1834 the tower and attic level were removed and the complex was expanded in 1874 by adding two wings and a staircase at the rear. A restoration took place in 1986/87. The façade is simply structured: corner blocks, bezel-framed windows on the ground floor, grooved Ferster roofs on the upper floors, and additional grooved sills on the second floor.
• Catholic parish church Mittergrabern hl. John the Baptist
• Catholic parish church Schöngrabern Mariä Birth: In Schöngrabern there is a Romanesque church from the 13th century (built around 1210/1230), a unique jewel of Romanesque architecture.
• Stone Bible by Schöngrabern : The apse of the parish church shows a rich figure decoration and representations from the Old and New Testament.
• Lapidarium in the rectory: The lapidarium - a medieval masonry from 1473 and a brick vault from 1791, the time of the renovation - is located under today's rectory. In these rooms, sculptures, fragments and remains of medieval architecture that were found in later masonry are shown, including the former gallery capital and its base. There is also a photo documentation of the parish church.
• Path chapel at the old cemetery in Schöngrabern

economy

In 2010 there were 65 agricultural and forestry holdings, 44 of which were full-time farms that farmed 87 percent of the area. In 1999 there were 91 full-time and 56 part-time businesses. In the manufacturing sector, eight companies employed forty people, mainly in the manufacture of goods, but also in construction. The service sector employed 93 people in 55 companies, almost half of whom were employed in social and public services (as of 2011).

traffic

• Railway: The north-west railway runs through the municipal area of ​​Grabern in the easternmost part . The nearest train station is Hetzmannsdorf-Wullersdorf, four kilometers from Schöngrabern.
• Street: In Schöngrabern, Waldviertler Straße B2 branches off from Weinviertler Straße B303.

education

There are two kindergartens and two elementary schools in the market town.

health

A general practitioner ordains in Grabern.

Personalities

• Johanna Dohnal ( 1939-2010 ), feminist and politician of the SPÖ, Austria's first woman minister

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality of Grabern

• 31009 - Grabern. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Grabern, population development. Retrieved October 16, 2019 . 
3. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Grabern. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on March 27, 2020 . 
4. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Grabern. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on March 27, 2020 . 
5. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Grabern. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on March 27, 2020 . 
6. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Grabern. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on March 27, 2020 . 
7. ^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Grabern. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on March 27, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Results of the 2020 municipal council elections in Grabern. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on March 27, 2020 . 
9. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Grabern, agricultural and forestry businesses. Retrieved October 16, 2019 . 
10. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Grabern, workplaces. Retrieved October 16, 2019 . 
11. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Grabern, employees. Retrieved October 16, 2019 . 
12. ↑ OpenStreetMap, route Schöngrabern to Hetzmannsdorf-Wullersdorf train station. Retrieved October 16, 2019 . 
13. ^ Marktgemeinde Grabern, School & Kindergarten. Retrieved October 16, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Marktgemeinde Grabern, Citizen Service, Community Doctor. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .