Yspertal

market community

Yspertal

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Lower Austria

Political District :

Melk

License plate :

ME

Surface:

47.82 km²

Coordinates :

48 ° 17 ' N , 15 ° 4' E Coordinates: 48 ° 17 '0 " N , 15 ° 3' 50" E

Height :

498 m above sea level A.

Residents :

1.995 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

42 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

3683

Area code :

0 74 15

Community code :

3 15 52

NUTS region

AT121

Address of the
municipal administration:

Hauptstrasse 9
3683 Yspertal

Website:

www.yspertal.gv.at

politics

Mayoress :

Veronika Schroll ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(19 members)

13

6th

13 6th

A total of 19 seats

ÖVP : 13
SPÖ : 6

Location of Yspertal in the Melk district

The Place Ysper (1992)

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Yspertal is a market town with 1995 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Melk district in Lower Austria .

geography

Yspertal is located in the southern Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the market town covers 47.65 square kilometers. 67.64 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

Haslau (95)
Kapelleramt (202) including Au, Parming, Prägarten, Rorregg, Stößelberg, Tarsch and Unterschöberlberg
Next to Altenmarkt (181) including Am Brand, Fischerlehen, Hofedl and Maierhof W
Wimberg (368) including Am Reith, Dörfl, Graben, Gutenbach, Haide, Höf, Kammerbach, Pichl, Pisching, Siebendürfting and Stangles
Yspertal (1149) including Altenmarkt, parish houses and Ysper

The community consists of the cadastral communities Altenmarkt, Ysper, Kapelleramt and Wimberg.

Neighboring communities

Bear head		Gutenbrunn
Dorfstetten		Münichreith-Laimbach
St. Oswald	Court Office Priel

history

The community was created in 1966 from the merger of the two communities Ysper and Kapelleramt. In 1969 the municipalities of Altenmarkt and Yspertal merged to form the municipality of Altenmarkt-Yspertal. In 1972 the municipality of Wimberg was connected and the municipality was given its current name.

The Higher Education Institute for Environment and Economics of the Cistercian Monastery of Zwettl has existed in Yspertal since 1990 .

Population development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1900 inhabitants. In 1991 the market town had 1834 inhabitants, in 1981 in 1995 and in 1971 in 1933.

politics

The municipal council has a total of 19 seats. Alois Schauer has been Head of Office since March 1, 2010.

With the municipal council elections in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 7 SPÖ .
With the municipal council elections in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
With the 2015 municipal council elections , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 6 SPÖ.
With the 2020 municipal council election , the municipal council has the following distribution: 13 ÖVP and 6 SPÖ.

mayor

1987-2018 Karl Moser
since 2018 Veronika Schroll

coat of arms

Blazon : "Raised by black and red divided by a golden rafter, a golden ring in the head of the shield, below a golden crenellated tower with three two-to-one, rectangular black windows and a closed arched door above a blue shield base lined with a silver thread. in the base of the shield an upwardly curved silver fish, whose tail and head protrude into the red field. "

Culture and sights

In the Ysperklamm

The Yspertal seen from the Kaltenberg

Catholic parish church Altenmarkt im Yspertal hl. Magdalena
Catholic parish church Pisching hl. Urban
Catholic parish church Ysper hl. Lorenz
Wimburg castle ruins (also Wimberg castle ruins )

education

Higher educational institute for environment and economy Yspertal

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2001 there were 84 non-agricultural workplaces, agricultural and forestry businesses according to the 1999 survey 149. The number of people in work at home was 838 according to the 2001 census. In 2001, the activity rate was 45.15 percent. Yspertal offers its residents and guests an indoor swimming pool.

Honorary citizen

1928: Josef Vinzl , businessman, later member of parliament (honorary citizen of Ysper)
1974: Hans Wick (1904–1988), pastor
2007: Erwin Pröll , governor
2007: Wolfgang Wiedermann , Dept.
Gerhard Brantner, doctor
Johann Landstetter († 2018), Vice Mayor and State Fire Brigade Councilor