Bischofstetten

Bischofstetten is a market town with 1183 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Melk in Lower Austria.

  • 2.1 Population development

Geography

Bischofstetten located in the hills of Lower Austria's wine district, 17 kilometers by road southwest of St. Pölten. The area of ​​the municipality covers 18.99 square kilometers. 23.87 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 23 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Bischofstetten (606 )
  • Buchgraben (18 )
  • Christian Berg ( 46)
  • Dörfl (41 )
  • Grossa ( 7)
  • Green Meadow (15 )
  • Hague ( 44)
  • Haberg (9 )
  • Hanau (36 )
  • Behind Grub ( 18)
  • Mitter Schildbach (15 )
  • Neubing (36 )
  • Niederbauern (6 )
  • Upper Schildbach (14 )
  • Oberweg (10 )
  • Rametzhofen (39)
  • Sierning (29 )
  • Strohdorf (36 )
  • Tonach (82)
  • Under Schildbach (34 )
  • Unterweg ( 5)
  • Winkelsdorf (15 )
  • Zauching (10)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Bischofstetten.

History

In ancient times, the area was part of the province of Noricum. In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place told the eventful history of Austria.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1186 inhabitants. In 1991, the market town of 1144 inhabitants, 1981 and 1086 in 1971, 1071 inhabitants.

Policy

The council has 19 seats, mayor of the municipality is Reinhard Hager, deputy Franz Lanz Lechner.

In the municipal elections of 2005, the ÖVP and the SPÖ reached 12 7 mandates. In the 2010 local elections the SPÖ lost one seat to the ÖVP.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 34 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 74 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 540 The employment rate in 2001 was 46.54 percent. Bischofstetten has two pubs and a local provider market.

Culture and sights

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