Gföhl

Gföhl is a town with 3693 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Krems- Land in Lower Austria.

  • 7.1 Demographics

Geography

Gföhl located in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria on a plateau northeast of the Kremstal. The city of Krems on the Danube is about 20 km away. The area of ​​the municipality covers 80.75 square kilometers. 46.03 percent of the area is forested. Gföhl is located on the southwestern edge of the Gföhler forest.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 19 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Felling (116 )
  • Garmanns (81 )
  • Gföhl (1965 )
  • Gföhleramt (324 )
  • Large moths (107 )
  • Cave Village (54 )
  • Hohenstein ( 73)
  • Lengenfelder Office ( 36)
  • Litschgraben ( 24)
  • Mittelberger Office ( 54)
  • Moritzreith (130 )
  • New construction (27 )
  • Upper -Mei Ling (86 )
  • Rastbach (107 )
  • Reisling (65 )
  • Reittern (108 )
  • Seeb ( 133)
  • Under -Mei Ling (190 )
  • Throw Thalgraben (22 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Felling, Garmanns, Gföhl, Gföhleramt, large moths, cave village, Hohenstein, Lengenfelder Office, Litsch and throw Thalgraben, Mittelberger office Moritzreith, new construction, Obermeisling, Rastbach, Reisling, Reittern, Seeb and sub ​​Mei Ling.

History

The road group settlement was founded by the meeting of the roads to Zwettl, Krems an der Donau, Langenlois and Gars am Kamp south of the old aristocratic residence Jaidhof.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 152, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 276 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census, 1691. The employment rate in 2001 was 46.92 percent.

Culture and Leisure

Since 1988, Karl May festival takes place annually on the outdoor stage Gföhlerwald.

Attractions

  • List of heritage-listed properties in Gföhl
  • Parish Church of St. Andreas Gföhl
  • Rosaliakapelle Gföhleramt
  • Hohenstein castle
  • Branch Church Holy Trinity Moritzreith
  • Parish Church of St. Stephan Obermeisling
  • Castle Rastbach
  • Parish Church of St. Pancrazio Rastbach

Policy

  • Mayor of Karl Simlinger, Office Manager Anton Deimel.
  • In the city council there are a total of 23 seats after the municipal elections of 14 March 2010, the following distribution of seats:

ÖVP 11, SPÖ 8, WFG 3, 1 FPÖ

Population

Demographics

Personalities

Sons and daughters:

  • Johann Baptist Wisgrill (1795-1851), doctor and professor of medicine, fellow student of Franz Schubert in Vienna Stadtkonvikt
  • Josef Edlinger (* 1969), politician
  • Franz Fux (1927-2009), politician and author
  • Erwin Redl ( b. 1963 ), artist
  • Otmar Schissel of Fleschenberg (1884-1943), classical scholar, specialist in German and Byzantine Studies
  • Karl Simlinger (1906-1965), politician
  • Erwin Waldschütz (1948-1995), philosopher

Honorary Citizen of:

  • Erwin Pröll ( born 1946 ) is since February 3, 2008 an honorary citizen of Gföhl

Others

  • Major parts of the film Revanche (2008) were filmed in Gföhl.
  • 2011/12 was the lotus - Lindmayer Private Foundation on the outskirts of Gföhl build a Buddhist stupa along with parking and a building for monks. On 12 February 2012, a referendum was held on the necessary reclassification of the land. The turnout reached 52 percent, about two-thirds of the votes cast rejected the project.
  • Mayor Karl Simlinger (ÖVP ) took on 6 December 2013 following against him -racism and anti-Semitism accusations the consequences and resigned.
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