Grünbach am Schneeberg

  • SPÖ: 11
  • ÖVP: 8

Gruenbach am Schneeberg is a town with 1628 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Neunkirchen in Lower Austria.

  • 3.1 Demographics
  • 3.2 Religion
  • 4.1 community partnerships
  • 5.1 Museums
  • 5.2 Structures

Geography

Gruenbach am Schneeberg is located in the southern industrial district in Lower Austria about 8 km east of Puchberg am Schneeberg. The community is located at the foot of the southern end of the Hohe Wand; The area is part of the Northern Limestone Alps.

The area of ​​the municipality covers 7.36 square kilometers. 53.55 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the two villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Gruenbach am Schneeberg ( 1484 )
  • Neusiedl am Walde (157 )

Katastralgemeinden are Gruenbach am Schneeberg and Neusiedl am Walde.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are Schrattenbach, Würflach, Willendorf, Höflein at the Hohe Wand and Puchberg am Schneeberg.

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.

The name Gruenbach has two parallel language developments, on the one hand by the name Grunebach in 1140, on the other hand of Gumplaha that developed by the year 1787 in the Josephine amended to Gruenbach and Gienplach in the Teresian version.

A significant upturn witnessed the hitherto remote and poor rural community by the discovery of coal in 1823 and subsequently established mining in Grünbacher coal mining area. The coal layers occur in the rocks of the Gosau Group, which were deposited here in the time of the Campanian million years ago, about 84-70.

The opening of the snow mountain railway from Wiener Neustadt to Puchberg am Schneeberg in 1897, which also served the transportation of coal, and the associated gear train to Schneeberg also brought further tourism. These numerous refuges and inns were built.

In 1927, the project of a cable car on the Hohe Wand ( mountain station: Large pulpit or Eichert hut) reported an alternative to technical and financially far more complex variant Willendorf - Hubertus House.

The Grünbacher coal mining had to be closed down in 1965 for economic reasons. On grounds Neuschacht an industrial plant for the production of refrigeration and air-conditioning units was built by the German Karl Weiss GmbH. In the 1970s, the work Gruenbach by the Austrian Klima-Technik GmbH was taken over ( ÖKG ), which was successful Ostgeschäfte the main local employer. 1981 went bankrupt the ÖKG, the work again was a subsidiary of the German White Air Treatment GmbH (WKT ). After the political changes in the East the Grünbacher business is in trouble and has been greatly reduced in spite of financial assistance from the Province of Lower Austria in 1993. Conversely, baptizing 1996 Climatech GmbH, then 1999 Clima Tech Airconditioners GmbH, the company was moved to Ternitz 1999, the old industrial buildings have been abandoned again.

Population

Demographics

Religion

According to the data of the 2001 census, 72.6 % of the population Roman Catholic, 2.5% are Protestant. 5.3% are Muslim, 0.6 % are members of Orthodox Churches and 0.1 % are Israelite. 18.5 % of the population have no religious affiliation.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Franz Holzgethan, office manager Sandra Poleczek.

In the market there are a total of 19 council seats after the municipal elections of 14 March 2010, the following distribution of seats: 11 SPÖ, ÖVP list 8, no other seats.

Community partnerships

Culture and sights

Museums

  • Mining Museum

Structures

  • Parish Church

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 64 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 20 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 701 The employment rate in 2001 was 40.37 percent.

Green Brook is located on the Puchberger road B 26, on the west Puchberg am Schneeberg and to the east both ( a diversion ) the district capital Neunkirchen and the capital of the Industrievertels Wiener Neustadt are achievable. With Wiener Neustadt Gruenbach is well connected on the railway line Wiener Neustadt- Puchberg am Schneeberg ( Schneebergbahn ).

Personalities

  • Hans Kaiser ( born 1926 ), politician

Gallery

In the Blessing of God - bay once coal was mined

A Lore reminiscent of the once prosperous coal - mining

Parish Church of St.Michael

Cemetery

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