Wolfsthal

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

Wolfsthal
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Bruck an der Leitha
License plate :	BL
Surface:	21.82 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 8 '  N , 17 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 8 '12 "  N , 17 ° 0' 23"  E
Height :	150  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,146 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	53 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2412
Area code :	0 21 65
Community code :	3 07 28
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 42 2412 Wolfsthal
Website:	www.wolfsthal.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Gerhard Schödinger ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (15 members)	12 3 12 3  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 12 SPÖ : 3
Location of Wolfsthal in the Bruck an der Leitha district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Wolfsthal is a municipality with 1146 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Bruck an der Leitha district in Lower Austria .

geography

Geographical location

Wolfsthal is located in the industrial quarter (quarter under the Vienna Woods) in Lower Austria. In the north, Wolfsthal borders on the Danube, which here forms the border with the Slovak capital Bratislava . A wide alluvial forest extends between the village and the banks of the Danube.

The area of ​​the municipality covers 21.77 square kilometers. 48.31 percent of the area is forested.

Neighboring communities

In the west it borders on Hainburg an der Donau . The neighboring communities in the south and east are Hundsheim , Edelstal in Burgenland and Berg . The foothills of the Hainburg Mountains , which are also densely forested, extend on this side of the municipality . In the east, the municipality is bounded by the state border with Slovakia ( Petržalka , a district of Bratislava ), but the border crossing there is on the municipality of Berg . In the north of Wolfsthal, the Danube forms the border with two other parts of Bratislava: Devín and Karlova Ves . However, there are no border crossings there.

history

• 1083 - Wolfsthal is first mentioned in the chronicle of Göttweig, Wolfsthal becomes a daughter parish of Hainburg. Whether the place name comes from a person "wolf" or from an animal is not completely clear; a derivation from the animal name is considered likely, as old area names such as "Wolfsrüssel" or "Wolfsbruck" suggest.
• 1400 - A Jewish settlement is established in Wolfsthal. A temple from this time is still preserved in the former forester's house on Oberen Gasse.
• 1529 - The first Turkish attack brings destruction and hardship over Wolfsthal and the Pottenburg.
• 1544 - Otto Wilhelm zu Walterskirchen and Hundsheim acquires the Veste Wolfsthal and the Pottenburg as his own. Both are still owned by the Walterskirchen family today.
• 1660 - The old, originally probably Romanesque church is expanded, the dome and choir are built.
• 1683 - The plague and the second Turkish onslaught bring ruin and destruction to Wolfsthal again.
• 1710 - The Wolfsthaler church becomes a pilgrimage church, the two aisles are added, the cemetery originally arranged around the church is relocated outside of the village.
• 1742 - A school is built in front of the current church.
• 1805 - The French invasion of Wolfsthal brings hardship and destruction again.
• 1911 - Construction of the Preßburgerbahn , since 1955 the line has ended in Wolfsthal.
• 1928 - Wolfsthal is electrified.
• 1972 Wolfsthal was merged with the neighboring municipality of Berg. In 1997 both communities became independent again.
• On September 19, 2007, Mayor Gerhard Schödinger received the Centrope Prize, which was awarded for the first time, for his support for the integration of residents of Slovak origin .

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 750 inhabitants. In 1991 the community had 711 inhabitants, in 1981 723 inhabitants and in 1971 795 inhabitants.

With the Schengen Agreement on December 21, 2007, border controls at the Slovakian border ceased to exist, and the municipality experienced a new upswing in population. In 2005 the community had 720 inhabitants. On January 1st, 2020 there were already 1146 inhabitants. The Slovaks' interest in settling in Wolfsthal was favored by the proximity to the Slovak capital Bratislava and by cheap building sites in Wolfsthal.

Culture and sights

Wolfsthal parish church

See also:  List of listed objects in Wolfsthal

• Walterskirchen Castle , formerly with a dairy farm, a sheep farm and an important distillery

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2001 there were 23 non-agricultural workplaces, and according to the 1999 survey there were 25 in agriculture and forestry. The number of people in work at home was 327 according to the 2001 census. In 2001 the employment rate was 45.2 percent.

traffic

Wolfsthal is connected to Vienna with the S-Bahn line S7 and to nearby Bratislava via the bus line 901 operated by Slovak Lines. The bus line 297, which runs from Hainburg an der Donau via Berg and Edelstal to Kittsee , also stops at the Wolfsthal Kirche stop .

The place is on the former federal highway 9 , which was one of the main modes of transport between the two capitals before the completion of the north-east A6 motorway .

politics

The municipal council has 15 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 SPÖ , and?.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 SPÖ , 3 ÖVP , 3 Wolfsthal's Initiative Ring (WIR).
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 SPÖ , 5 ÖVP , and 2 WIR.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005, the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 SPÖ , 6 ÖVP and 2 WIR.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP , 4 SPÖ , and 1 Wir für Wolfsthal (WFW).
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ .
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 12 ÖVP , and 3 SPÖ

mayor

• since 2010 Gerhard Schödinger ( ÖVP )

Personalities

• Otto Wilhelm Graf von Walterskirchen (1833–1912), Austrian diplomat
• Karoline Countess Hunyady (1836–1907), lady-in-waiting to Empress Elisabeth
• Josef Hieß (1904–1973), writer and Nazi propagandist

gallery

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  Pillory from 1747

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  Statue of Saint Florian from 1780

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  Statue of Saint John of Nepomuk from 1735

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  Fortification wall

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  Wolfsthal train station

Web links

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

• Official website of the Wolfsthal community

• 30728 - Wolfsthal. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: dissolutions or associations of municipalities from 1945
2. ↑ Politics of the Neighborhood ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 1, 2008 
3. ^ Wenzel Carl Wolfgang Blumenbach : Wolfsthal . In: The latest regional studies of Austria under the Ens . tape 2 . Verlag Carl Reichard, Güns 1835, p. 317 ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
4. ↑ Bus timetable Hainburg - Bratislava (PDF) accessed on May 19, 2020
5. ^ BEFORE: 297 Hainburg / Donau - Wolfsthal - Kittsee. In: www.vor.at. Retrieved May 20, 2020 . 
6. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Wolfsthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed on January 18, 2020 . 
7. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Wolfsthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on January 18, 2020 . 
8. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Wolfsthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on January 18, 2020 . 
9. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Wolfsthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on January 18, 2020 . 
10. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Wolfsthal. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on January 18, 2020 .