Artstetten-Pöbring

Artstetten- Pöbring is a market town with 1154 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Melk in Lower Austria.

• 2.1 Population development

• 3.1 Coat of Arms

Geography

Artstetten- Pöbring located in the southern Waldviertel on the Danube in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 27.27 square kilometers. 42.56 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 15 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

• Aichau (45 )
• Artstetten (418 )
• Dölla (50)
• Fritz Sindelsdorf (107 )
• Hart ( 61)
• Hasling (22 )
• Lohsdorf (41 )
• Nussdorf (167 )
• Oberndorf (30 )
• Payerstetten (47 )
• Pleißing (9 )
• Pöbring (60 )
• Schwarzau (31 )
• Trennegg (18)
• Under Bierbaum (61 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Aichau, Arstetten, Dölla, Fritz Sindelsdorf, hard, Hasling, Lohsdorf at the Schwarza, nut, Upper Village, Payerstetten, Pöbring, Schwarzau Trennegg and sub ​​Bierbaum.

History

In ancient times, the area was part of the province of Noricum. Artstetten was called in 1407 as a village and was first mentioned in 1691 as a market. In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place informed the eventful history of Austria. The municipality was created in 1967 from the merger of the municipalities Artstetten, Fritz Sindelsdorf, nut village, Harth, Pöbring and Payerstetten.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1178 inhabitants. In 1991, the market town of 1170 inhabitants, 1981 and 1143 in 1971, 1148 inhabitants.

Policy

The council has 19 seats, mayor of the municipality is Karl Höfer, office manager Anne Marie Hackl.

In the municipal elections of 2005, the ÖVP and the SPÖ reached 15 4 mandates. In the municipal elections of 2010, the Social Democrats emerged as the SPÖ - List Hans Bauer ( SPÖ) and was able to win three seats.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a "golden eagle to offset divided black / red ground. "

Culture and sights

• Artstetten with the tomb of the heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Parish Church of St. James the Greater, originally a Gothic church, which was later rebuilt and extended.
• Parish Pöbring, a former Romanesque chapel, some baroque

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 33, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 133 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 506 The employment rate in 2001 was 43.88 percent.

Personalities

• Heribert Kienberger (1922-1983), politician

Gallery

Artstetten