Kirchstetten

Kirchstetten is a market town in the district of Sankt Pölten- Land in Lower Austria with 2044 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013).

  • 2.1 Population development

Geography

Kirchstetten is in the Most district in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 17.76 square kilometers, 22.28 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 13 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Aschberg (49 )
  • Double (75 )
  • Fuchsberg (37 )
  • Gstockert (36)
  • Behind Wood ( 105)
  • Kirchstetten ( 699 )
  • Upper Wolf creek (91 )
  • Paltram (193 )
  • Pettenau (29 )
  • Senning (14 )
  • Sichelbach (132 )
  • Totzenbach (473)
  • Waasen (107 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral double, Kirchstetten, Upper Wolf creek, Paltram, Senning, Sichelbach, Totzenbach and Waasen.

Kirchstetten is a member of the Vienna Woods region initiative.

History

In ancient times, the area was part of the province of Noricum. Around 450 of the Huns hill, a mound, on which there was probably a weir was built. 1130 " Chirichstetten " was first mentioned in documents as an independent parish. In 1374 it came to the elimination of the parish church of Totzenbach Stetten. 1529 was the destruction of the castle Kirchstetten by the Turks. 1622 came to the parish church Stetten Ollersbach. In 1850 the municipalities Kirchstetten and Totzenbach which were united in 1971 to the municipality Kirchstetten emerged. 1999 Kirchstetten got back the market right which it had been since the 14th century until the first war against the Turks.

The poet Josef Weinheber ( property in today's Josef- Weinheber Street) and the Anglo-American poet WH Auden ( behind wooden 6) have chosen Kirchstetten their second home and final resting place. The actor Roland Düringer lived in Kirchstetten, he named his first solo cabaret behind wooden eight, 20 years accounting, the theatrical version behind wooden 8, 1998 was the most visited domestic film in Austria.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1814 inhabitants. In 1991, the municipality had 1617 inhabitants, 1981 and 1451 in 1971, 1358 inhabitants.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Paul Horsak. In the council, there are a total of 19 seats after the municipal elections of 14 March 2010, the following distribution of seats: ÖVP 12, SPÖ and FPÖ 6 1

Culture and sights

  • Water Castle Totzenbach
  • Audenhaus with documentation space and original work of the American poet WH Auden. It is located in Kirchstetten, behind wooden 6
  • Weinheber Museum, Josef- Weinheber Street, with burial

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 62 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 52 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 827 The employment rate in 2001 was 46.96 percent.

Personalities

Persons with respect to the location

  • Josef Weinheber (1892-1945), Austrian poet and lyricist, acquired in 1936 in Kirchstetten a house, which now houses the Museum Weinheber. In the garden of the house is his tomb.
  • Wystan Hugh Auden (1907 in York (UK ) -1973 in Vienna), English, since 1946, American writer and poet, from 1957 until his death Auden spent the summer in Kirchstetten, where he is buried.
  • Roland Düringer (* 1963 ), Austrian cabaret artist and actor, lived in Kirchstetten. He named his first solo cabaret behind wooden eight, 20 years accounting. The theatrical version behind wooden 8, 1998 was the most visited domestic film in Austria.
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