Mank

Mank is a town with 3,100 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Melk in Lower Austria's wine district. It is located in the hills of the Alpine foothills in the valley of the river also Mank said.

• 3.1 Mayor
• 3.2 Coat of Arms

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 36 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

• Aichen (23 )
• Old Mayrhofen ( 16)
• Anzenbach (46 )
• Floor village (33 )
• Busendorf (72 )
• Dorna (16 )
• Fohra (20 )
• Fritz Berg ( 19)
• Gries (26 )
• Great Aigen (129 )
• Hagberg ( 24)
• Hörgstberg (37)
• Hörsdorf (75)
• Calves Hart ( 41)
• Small Aigen (28 )
• Small cell (34 )
• Fief (25 )
• Loipersdorf (42 )
• Loitsbach (32)
• Loitsdorf (44)
• Mank (1797 )
• Mass village (48 )
• Münichhofen (43)
• Night (28 )
• Oberschmid Bach ( 42)
• Pichl Reit ( 13)
• Pölla (38 )
• Popp village (61 )
• Ritzberg (28 )
• Rührsdorf (25 )
• St. Frein (20 )
• St. House (23 )
• Simonsberg (39 )
• Strannersdorf (23)
• Wiesbaden (46 )
• Wolkersdorf (34 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral United Aigen, calves Hart, Loitsdorf, Mank, Strannesdorf and Wolkersdorf.

In 1966, the municipalities Mank and calves Hart were merged in 1970 the church was incorporated large Aigen.

History

Mank was first documented in 1146. Nearly 550 years later the first school was built in the community. 13 years before that 62 people died from the plague, what today reminds a plague column in the main square. 1851 Mank was market town and counted ten years later already approximately 1000 inhabitants. On 7 May 1987 Mank was raised by the Lower Austrian Landtag to the city.

The located in the municipality City St. house was called in the 15th century still Sinabelkirchen ( Sinawelkirchen, Sinwelkirchen ). The Lords of Walsee who were also Kirchenvögte Mank, Sinabelkirchen gave before its expiry in 1483 of their monastic foundation pin Säusenstein.

Demographics

Policy

The council has 21 seats, Mayor of Martin is Leonhardsberger.

In the municipal elections of 2005, the ÖVP reached 16, the SPÖ and the FPÖ 4 1 mandate. In the municipal elections of 2010, the Social Democrats lost one seat to the FPÖ.

Mayor

Source: Homepage of the municipality Mank.

Coat of arms

On July 31, 1957 the following coat of arms was granted by the Office of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government of the market town of Mank:

" A split shield displays in the right field on a blue background a golden Wye, in the left field on a golden background four blue cross beams, divided by wave cut. The market colors are blue and gold. "

The Golden Y is the coat of arms of the Canons of St. Pölten, which manorial Mank has been. The blue and gold wavy lines indicate the importance of the river name Mank ( " the sub- Washing " ) back.

So it must be read in a letter from the Government of Lower Austria on 7 September 1956.

Culture and sights

Parish

The pilgrimage church " Maria Mank on green Anger " is the goal of an annual pilgrimage by residents of St. Pölten by Mank since 1646. Reminded a listed Marian column, called snake cross, with calves hard.

Traffic

Mank was until the cessation of traffic in December 2010, the terminus of the Upper -Graf village branches off from the Mariazell Railway branch line, the so-called Krumpe, connecting the city with St. Pölten and especially the students and served commuter traffic. Since then there have reinforced bus services. In Mank is the Dr. Dollfuss place the last named after the fascist Engelbert Dollfuss traffic area in Austria.

Gallery

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