Kottes-Purk
- ÖVP: 15
- SPÖ: 3
- FPÖ: 1
Kottes - Purk is a market town with 1506 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district Zwettl in Lower Austria. Kottes lies at an altitude between 650 m and 890 m, surrounded by wooded hills.
- 2.1 Population development
Geography
Kottes - Purk lies in the valley of the Little Krems in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 58.6 square kilometers. 38.68 percent of the area is forested.
Community structure
The municipality includes the following 32 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- Bernard (15 )
- Thanks Wood ( 61)
- Doppl ( 3)
- Elsenreith (159 )
- Ensberg ( 7)
- Ernst ( 6)
- Coat (18 )
- Fohra (13 )
- Gotthard beat ( 26)
- Gschwendt (29 )
- Günsles (16)
- Heitzles (61 )
- Hörans (14)
- Kalkgrub (51)
- Koppenhof (13 )
- Kottes (340 )
- Leopold (35 )
- Münichreith (79 )
- Pfaffenschlag (17 )
- Pötzles (22 )
- Purk (154 )
- Reichpolds (36 )
- Richterhof (26 )
- Runds (26 )
- Schoberhof (10 )
- Singenreith (17 )
- Pond 's (31 )
- Trittings (27)
- Voirans (33 )
- Voitsau (112)
- Weikartschlag (61)
- Wernhies (18)
The municipality comprises the cadastral Bernard, thanks wood, Doppl, Elsenreith, Ensberg, Serious, fur, Fohra, Gotthard shock, Gschwendt, Günzles, Heitzles, Hörans, Kalkgrub, Kottes, Leopold, Münichreith, Pfaffenschlag, Pötzles, Purk, Reichpolds, Richterhof, Runds, Schoberhof Singenreith, Pond 's, Trittings, Voirans, Voitsau, Weikartsschlag and Wernhies.
Neighboring communities
History
1108 Before Voitsau was still called Vogitisawa = Au of Vogit ( reeve ).
This region of southern Waldviertel was towards the end of the 11th century under the influence of the noble - free Waldo of Greeks and was coined by courts of noble retinue. So it was with Kottes, whose court in the last third of the 11th century in a sense represented a Aufschließungszentrum for grubbing and unfolded in the 12th century by the parish development into a center of administration.
The clearance area around Purk was at the limit of Waldo, where he (? = " Wallburg " ) had established a feast house. Contractually, the area came to the Margrave of Babenberg, which it in 1100 as a dowry to his sister Gerberga, wife of the Bohemian duke Bořivoj II, handed. At least around 1120 they had built a church in the area of the castle in swampy ground, consecrated 1124. The later Anger form of the place is deceptive. Become in the early 12th century Göttweiger possession, the settlement system of a line of seven farmers west of the Purker Paches with Hofäckern of about 11 yoke. A half-size hooves indicates the service function in Burg / Church. There, adjacent originated from another hooves of Göttweiger official residence. Only in the 14th century, the monastery east of the church has gradually been settled farmers, thus unfolded the green form of the village center. ( Univ. Doz Dr. Hans Krawarik )
Population Development
According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1628 inhabitants. In 1991, the market town of 1672 inhabitants, in 1788 and 1981 in 1972, 1890 inhabitants.
Policy
Mayor of the municipality is Wolfgang Vogl, office manager Andreas Leutgelb.
In the market there are local council since the municipal elections of 14 March 2010, a total of 19 seats following distribution of seats: 15 ÖVP, SPÖ 3, 1 FPÖ
Culture and sights
Economy and infrastructure
Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 60 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 238 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 726 The employment rate in 2001 was 46.13 percent.
In the numerous quarries Wachau marble was mined.