Loich

Loich is an Austrian municipality with 610 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Sankt Pölten-Land in Lower Austria.

  • 3.1 Population development
  • 5.1 traffic

Geography

The area of ​​the municipality covers 24.51 square kilometers. 65.02 percent of the area is forested.

Loich is located in the Most district in Lower Austria, in a tributary of the Pielach teeing 4 km south-west of Kirchberg an der Pielach in a southerly direction and is made from Loichbach and its tributaries. The place Loich itself is about 30 km southwest of the center of the district and provincial capital St. Pölten. The area belongs to the Türnitzer Alps, a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps.

The highest elevations are the Eisenstein with 1185 m above sea level. A. in the southeast and the Black mountain with 1033 m above sea level. A. in the east of the municipality.

Expansion of the municipal area

The territory of the municipality Loich ranges from Pielachtal in the north to the watershed of the Pielach and Traisen in the south. In the west, south and east of the community is bordered by the natural boundaries of the valley formed by the Loichbach. Here the community with several mountains around 1000 meters above sea level has its greatest elevations. The lowest point is 397 m above sea level. A. in the community part Dobersnigg where the Pielach leaves the municipality.

Community structure

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

  • Dobersnigg (40)
  • Hammerlmühlgegend (29)
  • Loich (212 )
  • Loicheckgegend (61 )
  • Oedgegend (23)
  • Rehgrabengegend (58)
  • Schroff area (72 )
  • Black grave area (26 )
  • Settlement ( 86)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Loich.

Neighboring communities

The community Loich bordered to the north and to the east on the community of Kirchberg an der Pielach. While the border is formed in the north by the Pielach that border on the east by the 1033 m high black mountain and the 1185 m high iron stone is set. In the southeast, bordering the municipality of Türnitz ( Lilienfeld ), to the south and southwest by Schwarzenbach an der Pielach. Neighboring community to the northwest is Frankenfels.

History

In ancient times, the area was part of the province of Noricum. In 1307 the village was first mentioned in a document. In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place informed the eventful history of Austria.

Policy

  • Mayor of the municipality is Anton Grubner.
  • The council has been around since the municipal elections of 2010 a total of 15 seats following distribution of seats:

10 ÖVP, SPÖ 5, no other seats.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 669 inhabitants. In 1991 the community had 653 inhabitants in 1981 and 661 in 1971, 656 inhabitants.

Attractions

  • Home museum: the Museum of the Culture and Heritage Association Loich is partly an open air museum, consisting of a Dörrenhaus, a press house, the Pichl- mill and the home office. In the mill, the grinding process can be demonstrated from grain to flour. In addition, among other things, old agricultural implements on fruit growing and processing, equipment for wool, hemp and flax processing, equipment and documents on coal mining and mineral collection can be visited.
  • Parish Church: built in 1784, dedicated to Baroque side altars dedicated to St. Nicholas
  • Kaiser Jubiläumsbrunnen: built by the municipality Loich the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Emperor Franz Josef

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural workplaces, there were 23 in 2001, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 64 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 296 The employment rate in 2001 was 45.73 percent.

Traffic

The territory of Loich is off the main roads and is only accessible via the running in the valley of the Loichbaches country road that branches off in the municipal part of the Dobersnigg Pielachtal Straße (B 39). About the B 39 is a connection to the district and provincial capital St. Pölten and the West Autobahn (A 1 ) in about 30 km away.

In the north of the municipal territory, the Mariazell Railway runs along the Pielach. In the hamlet of Dobersnigg is the stop Loich. From here are hourly regional train connections to St. Polten.

Personalities

People with relationship to the community:

  • Heinz Fischer ( * 1938 ), Austrian Federal President, spent part of his childhood in Loich and also visited the local school

Honorary Citizen of:

  • Alois Hösl, mayor from 1964 to 1987
  • Wilhelm summer Ecker, honor top fire inspector and commander of the volunteer fire department Loich 1982-1991
Mostviertel Traisen (river) Lilienfeld District Altlengbach Asperhofen Brand-Laaben Eichgraben Neustift-Innermanzing Prinzersdorf Rabenstein an der Pielach
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