Fels am Wagram

Fels am Wagram is a market town with 2096 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Tulln in Lower Austria. It is situated north of the Danube on the distinctive ridge of Wagram and is especially known for its viticulture.

Geography

Fels am Wagram is located 40 km west of Vienna and 15 km east of Krems on the Danube, on the northern edge of the Tulln field directly above the Wagram. The place is away from the Donau-Auen and the mouth of the Kamp about 5 km.

The area of ​​the municipality covers 29.5 square miles, of which 6.9 percent is forested.

On the Loess Plateau between rock and Gösing there are seven Kellergassen called Dorner, Steinagrund, Mitterweg, Zwerigraben, Hammergraben, washer and Floss where to find typical regional wine cellar.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the following four localities ( in parentheses population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Fels am Wagram ( 1444 )
  • Gösing am Wagram ( 327 )
  • Stettenhof (153 )
  • Thürnthal (172 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Fels am Wagram, Gösing, Stettenhof and Thürnthal.

History

Worth seeing is the castle Thürnthal, a baroque - classicist building by Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach. The municipality of rock was collected on March 27, 1927 to the market town. In World War II was in a rock airfield of the German Luftwaffe.

Religions

Roman Catholic parishes are in Fels am Wagram and Gösing am Wagram. The documentary detectable in the 14th century chapel in the rock came in 1349 through dedication to the convent and hospital Pulgarn at Steyregg. 1498 was the chapel to the diocese of Passau and was cared for by the mother parish Kirchberg am Wagram.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1,966 inhabitants. In 1991, the market town of 1,848 inhabitants in 1981 and 1,850 in 1971, 1,925 inhabitants

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Rudolf Stiegler, chief officer Christian Braun.

In the market there are a total of 19 council seats after the municipal elections of 17 June 2007, the following distribution of seats: 12 ÖVP, SPÖ 7, no other seats.

Partner community

  • Rock ( Luxembourg )

Culture and sights

  • Castle Thürnthal in Thürnthal

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 57, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 194 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 900 The employment rate in 2001 was 46.69 percent.

Tulln District Parish (Catholic Church) Larochette Atzenbrugg Muckendorf-Wipfing
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