Payerbach

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Payer Bach is a market town with 2146 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Neunkirchen in Lower Austria.

• 3.1 Demographics
• 3.2 Religion

• 5.1 parks
• 5.2 Natural Monuments
• 5.3 Sport

• 6.1 traffic

Geography

Payer Bach is located in the industrial area in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 17.66 square kilometers. 55.54 percent of the area is forested.

Towns

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

• Geyerhof (25 )
• Kreuzberg ( 95)
• Küb (186 )
• Mühlhof (75 )
• Payer Bach ( 1198 )
• Pettenbach (177 )
• Schmid village (301 )
• Werning (84 )

Katastralgemeinden

Katastralgemeinden are Kreuzberg, Küb, Payerbach, Pettenbach and Schmid village.

KG Payerbach

The cadastral Payerbach forms the northern part of the municipality and is bordered to the west by Reichenau an der Rax. It is both in terms of area and number of inhabitants of the largest part of the market town. Districts of the KG Payerbach are: Werning ( east ) and Geyerhof ( north ).

KG Küb

Küb ( the name probably comes from the old Slavic word Chyba / Chub ) is bordered on the west by the Payer KG Bach, south to Kreuzberg, to the west and to the north by Pettenbach Schmid village; is thus Küb surrounded by the other four Katastralgemeinden in the heart of the community Payerbach. The cadastral extends around 500 meters either side of the Küberbach, which is a feeder Schwarza. With the historic post office, there is a tourist attraction in the heart of Küb which the Semmering Railway (stop Küb ) can be reached. Speaking of Küb, one usually thinks today the northeastern part located Neuküb, actually the original Küb further south up the mountain, where there are many mansions.

KG Schmid village

Schmid village is situated in the southeastern part of the community and extends to the KG Payerbach adjacent on both sides along the Schwarza to the community Gloggnitz in the West. North of Schmid village is Prigglitz. To Schmid village also includes the districts Mühlhof and at the other shore Schwarza Schlöglmühl.

Schlöglmühl is the scene of the documentation mailing address Schlöglmühl 2640, which has been turned in 1990 after the closure of the paper mill by Egon Humer.

KG Pettenbach

Pettenbach lies to the east of the municipality Payer stream and closes on the south by the Höllgraben. On the eastern municipal boundary of the site adjoins the two Gloggnitzer Katastralgemeinden Heufeld and Eichberg. By fin is the place from Pettenbach creek that empties into Schmid village in the Schwarza.

KG Kreuzberg

The KG Kreuzberg district extends from the Payer Payer Bach Bach along the trench direction south to the community Breitenstein. In the east it extends from the junction Handlhof and the top of the Kreuzberg to the so-called tri-border region where communities Payerbach, Breitenstein and Gloggnitz adjacent.

Neighboring communities

Geology

On the border of Limestone Alps and the Vienna Basin Payerbach is the greywacke zone, which in the Payerbacher area has its foothills. To the south is the Semmering- Mesozoic, which dips under the greywacke zone. The geological layers are superimposed in the north of Payerbach of the Northern Limestone Alps. These layers are continued both west and partly east of Payerbach. The Vienna Basin pushes from the east between greywacke zone and Central Alps zone prior to the eastern part of the local area. Metamorphic rocks such as quartzite, slate, phyllite, but also green rocks and other metamorphic igneous rocks are embedded in the greywacke zone.

See also: Semmering window

Thermal water

Due to the geological features in the region ( klüftige limestones, quartzites and dolomites) water-filled pores and fissures below ground were already longer believed in what could well be are also thermal water. In 1991, the presence of water resources below Payer Bach was detected in seismological studies. Three years later, in 1994, exploratory drilling were carried out to a depth of 2,500 meters, finally, in Schmid village, which brought water with a temperature of 70 ° C for days. Commercial use of this water could not be done but until today.

History

In ancient times, the area was part of the province of Noricum. In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place informed the eventful history of Austria. Within the area are the remains of several small mines, in which from the 16th century until the 19th century, iron ore, copper and other ores as well as coal and barite were promoted.

In 1848 was created by the March Constitution, the large village of Reichenau, a merger of the two communities Payer Bach and Reichenau. Was ruled the greater community of two mayors, one each from Reichenau, the other from Payerbach.

In the following decades, increasingly nobles settled in the region, which also led to a tourist development. The numerous villas were built, and the summer found its way into the region.

On June 25, 1908, the greater community was separated again by law, and Payer Bach was once again an independent municipality with five local villages. On 1 January 1909 finally entered the new administration in power, the first mayor Prof. Anton Weiser was appointed.

In each case, on August 17, the 1917 and 1918 Kaiser Measure of Emperor Charles and his wife Zita were read at the chapel.

Population

Demographics

Religion

According to the data of the 2001 census, 75.7 % of the population Roman Catholic, 6.8% are Protestant. 3.8% are Muslim, 0.7 % are members of Orthodox Churches. 11.2% of the population has no religious affiliation.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Eduard Save Bacher, Vice Mayor Jochen Bous, office manager Jürgen Sauer.

In the market there are local council after the local elections in 2010 with a total of 21 seats following distribution of seats: PRO- PAYERB. (ÖVP liberals and independents ) 14, SPÖ 5, LEK ( list Erwin Klambauer ) 2, no other seats.

Culture and sights

Payer Bach was coined in the days of the monarchy, in which it flourished. Many architecturally valuable buildings remind us of that time. Achieved mainly through the summer Payerbach well his reputation. Now it is making great efforts to build again on this heritage can. Payer Bach is with the station Payer -Reichenau starting point for many tourist excursions, including the Höllentalbahn to Hirschwang. It brings tourists to the valley station of the cable car to the Rax and the entrance to Hell Valley, where the newly created romantic walking path along the Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline leads up to Kaiserbrunn.

Furthermore, the market town is situated on the World Heritage Semmering Railway. It can be traveled by train across viaducts and through tunnels. But you can also hike their daring route discovering through mountains, over bridges and rock galleries on the Railway Trail. One of the special structures of the Semmering Railway in Payerbach the Schwarza viaduct and railway station Payer -Reichenau are to be counted.

On a rock pulpit above the town, the Roman Catholic parish church is the so-called " black tower ". It goes back to a Romanesque foundation, which was in 1447 rebuilt after destruction. The vaulting of the nave was at 1525 ( stellar vault with octagonal pillars with a partially preserved painting of the keystones in the choir ribbed vault ). She had incorporated a subsidiary church of Gloggnitz, the Bavarian pin Formbach and is first mentioned in 1379 as a parish. Remains of frescoes are attributed to the 14th century. With much architectural sense a modern choir (West Gallery) was in the wake of last general renovation in 1970 added, the interior comes largely from this era, but also includes late Gothic statues and other works from the 18th and 19th centuries.

A special attraction is the historic post office Küb, which was founded as a remote switch already often visited by Empress Zita and their followers. Today the post office is only open seasonally and is mainly performed as a museum. On Grillenberg is the Mine Mountain Grill, which was opened in 1791 for ore mining and 1892 shut down. On 5 October 1992, it was officially opened by the Governor Siegfried Ludwig. Known from the period of summer is also the Payerbacher Pavilion and the same adjoining jetty. Both motifs that are missing on any old postcard of the community.

After the deployment of the second K & K mountain artillery regiment in the Payer Bach Barbara chapel was built in honor of the patron saint of Payerbacher regiment in South Tyrol in 1916. In 1923, the Chapel of St. Barbara was brought to Küb where they can still be seen today.

Also in Küb is the French Cross, commemorating the fallen of a battle between the French and farmers in 1805 before the castle Mühlhof, in which the French lost six men.

On the Kreuzberg the villa Khun was built in 1928 by architect Adolf Loos. In the far largely unaltered building, Hotel - Restaurant Alpenhof is now established.

Parks

Between pool and Schwarza viaduct is the Payerbacher Park. A new section of the park has been created instead of a woodyard 1901-1903 under the direction of the castle gardener Gottlieb Zajic. Adjacent are the jetty and the unique pavilion has a distinctive, almost Saracenic looking wood construction.

In the park near the swimming pool is a model of a typical villa of the Semmering region was built for the 50th anniversary of the Semmering Railway in 1904. This was built and established by the Payerbacher master carpenter Karl Weinzettl.

Natural Monuments

The Emperor oak in the park is a 1908 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. on the occasion of the 60th anniversary jubilee planted oak.

Sports

Nestled in the mountain landscape between Semmering, Rax and Schneeberg mountains are located around Payerbach numerous hiking trails. Especially popular is a walk along the promenade sun on the southern slopes above the market town.

The municipality is also the cycling and footpath along the Semmering Railway. Another sporting event is the 43 km long cycle path along the Schwarza. In addition, many other trails are available through the hell valley, along the Schwarza or the surrounding mountains in all alpine levels of difficulty for an inspection. Starting point of many hiking trails is the Payer Bahnhof.

At local sports facilities next to the outdoor swimming pool is also a tennis court and a mini golf course is available.

Sports life in the community is held up by it's many events by numerous clubs. These include the Winter Sports Club, numerous floor sports clubs, two tennis clubs, a toboggan club, a football club and two motor sports clubs.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural workplaces, there were 90 in 2001, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 54 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 954 The employment rate in 2001 was 42.12 percent.

From 1852 to 1982 there was a paper ( and pulp ) mill in the district Schlöglmühl.

Traffic

The community Payer Bach is with the stations Payer -Reichenau and Payer Bach Küb at the Semmering Railway, the 1854 is become a part of the Southern Railway in the opening. Then as now, the railroad was an important factor for tourism and the economy of Payerbach. The most striking visible sign of the Semmering Railway in Payerbach is now already more than 150 years old viaduct over the Schwarzatal.

Payer -Reichenau is also the starting point of the only museum in the context of electrified narrow- operated Höllentalbahn to Hirschwang.

In East-West direction, the Höllentalstraße (B 27) of Gloggnitz runs coming to Reichenau. The B 27 is adjacent to the Southern Railway, the most important transport links, as lying in the Schwarzatal community Payerbach essentially can only be achieved through Gloggnitz or Reichenau. Other transport links there after Prigglitz or via Kreuzberg to Schott Vienna.

Personalities

• Jakob Brandstätter (1928-1987), politician ( ÖVP), 1967-1987 Member of the National
• Ingela Bruner ( born 1952 ), former Rector of the University of Agricultural Sciences and first rector of an Austrian university
• Franzmann Barth (1877-1950), aviation pioneer
• Ottilie Matysek ( born 1939 ), former member of parliament of Burgenland and artist