Pitten

Pitten is a market town with 2486 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Neunkirchen in Lower Austria.

• 2.1 Amalgamations

• 3.1 Demographics
• 3.2 Population Density
• 3.3 religions

Geography

Pitten located in the northern part of the Hunchback world and is eponymous for the valley ( Pittental ) and river ( Pitten ). A few kilometers north of Pitten in the stone field exits the Pitten and unites with the Schwarza the Leitha. Pitten was originally even its name to the whole region, but was called the Hunchback world until the 19th century " Pittener Forest Mark " ( historically is often spoken of a county Pitten ). The area of ​​today's market municipality covers 13.08 square kilometers. 53.75 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Inzenhof (78 )
• Leiding (180 )
• Pitten ( 1682)
• Sautern ( 527)
• Weinberg ( 5)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Inzenhof, Leiding, Pitten and Sautern.

Neighboring communities

Adjoin Pitten

• The north and east Bad Erlach
• In the south disc -Thernberg
• In the West Seebenstein
• In the northwest Schwarzau am Steinfeld

History

One finds from the Middle Bronze Age, which are about 3,500 years old, demonstrate the early settlement of Pitten. Is first mentioned Pitten 869 for the donation of the property of the nun Peretcunda to the diocese of Freising.

Archbishop Konrad of Salzburg made ​​the parish in 1144 the Reichersberg zehentpflichtig. In 1456, the parish Pitten was finally incorporated the Reichersberg. Since that time, the Augustinian Canons of Rich Mountain act as chaplains in Pitten.

Pitten has always been old historical ground. By the beginning of the 16th century, the county was Pitten - this included about the district of Neunkirchen, the eastern part of the district of Wiener Neustadt -Land and a part of the district of Hartberg - Fürstenfeld - part of Styria. In the dialect of the population in the Hunchback world you realize this is still in use today.

The name Pitten was officially established in 1855, as he was subject to constant change. From ad Putinnu to 1144 Parrochia Putina, 1180/90 Butinna, " Putina urbs " to 1205 and in the 18th century changed the spelling between Pütten and Pitten. The name of the underlying form goes back to the Slavic Buda (equivalent cattail, reed ) back, which gives an indication of the then marshy valley floor in this area.

In the 18th century began to reduce iron ore in Pitten, which was characterized by high purity and high content of manganese. As of 1789, the ore was smelted in place. At the beginning of the 19th century, the production of pig iron was increased to 300 to 400 quintals per week; the processing was carried out in a co- located in the village foundry. After a change of ownership, the crude and cast iron was processed in the rolling mill of the new owners in Lilienfeld.

1828 Vincent established mush shortly before his death in a former milling and the sawmill Pittener paper manufactory S. & Co., better known under the name of kk priv Pittener paper mill. The state privilege was because Vincent mush had built in 1819, the first operational paper machine, the Habsburg monarchy and had received the privilege for ten years to produce with this. 1853 generated Wilhelm Hamburger (* 1821 in Blumenfeld, Grand Duchy of Baden, † 1904 in Pitten ) first wood pulp paper and conducted so that in Austria the industrial paper production from wood one.

From the mid 19th century, the mining and smelting operation became more and more difficulties. At a short renewed upswing from 1866, which also led to expansion and modernization of the farm, followed the 1879 bankruptcy. While it succeeded, the mining and smelting resume; according to recent experiments in World War II, the company was in 1945 but finally closed.

1881 Pitten received by the Aspangbahn connection to the railway network, thereby Pitten benefited both economically and touristy enormous. [Note 1]

Incorporations

On January 1, 1967, the community was incorporated Sautern to Pitten, on 1 January 1971 was followed by the municipality Leiding - Inzenhof.

Population

Demographics

Since the first census in 1869 in which 1,572 residents were counted, the population grew steadily, reaching 1934 with 2,577 inhabitants, a first peak. Following a decrease to 1939, the population reached 1951 with 2,692 inhabitants, its highest level so far since then is a generally declining trend recorded (although the decrease was interrupted by some decades, with slight growth ), so that at the date last 2001 census, the population of 2473 was. The slight increase of 13 persons compared to 1991 is due to the migration ( 40 ), whereby the negative birth rate (-27 ) was made ​​up.

Population density

Applied to the area of the municipality, live 189 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Religions

The largest religious group is the Roman Catholic Church, to which 80.8 percent of the population profess, followed by the Evangelical Church (3.0 percent) and Islam (2.7 per cent). Other religious communities remain well below one percent. Without religious beliefs are 10.1 percent of the population.

Policy

Mayor since March 6, 2005 Günter Moraw, vice mayor is Elfriede Schneider ( SPÖ).

The council has been around since the municipal elections of 2010 21 mandates the following distribution of seats: List SPÖ team Pitten 12, list Team Pitten ÖVP 4, Civic Forum Pitten 3, Green List Pitten 2

Economy

In Pitten is the paper mill of W. Hamburger GmbH (founded in 1853)

Culture and sights

• The parish church of St. George ( "Mountain Church " ) is nestled halfway up the castle hill, on top of which stands the castle, close to the rocks. Most likely, these are already at the third sacral building at about the same place. The ringing-chamber of the bell tower still has a Gothic net vault. Otherwise, the church and its entire equipment belongs to the Baroque. In the tower is a medieval belfry made ​​of larch wood, which since 2011 carries four new bells after a restoration. The great bell of the former steel- peal from 1922 hangs since läutbar in a bell tower at the church. Together with the four new bells, this results in a 5 -voice ringing, which is as previously dominated by the characteristic sound of the great bell. - In front of the church bell tower is also home to a carillon, which was purchased in 1969 to 1100 - year celebration Pittens.
• A cave behind the parish church was probably the first Christian place of worship in Southern Lower Austria at all. During the Middle Ages the area was repeatedly decorated with murals. Later, the cave served as a hermitage and Karner.
• The vicarage dating from the 17th century is, with its arcades and richly stuccoed facades of the most beautiful in Austria. Ballroom and library are equipped with magnificent frescoes and stucco.
• Rectory Church of the Holy Martin: Because of the arduous especially in the winter path to the parish church was enlarged in 1948, the baroque parsonage chapel by an extension. Since 2013, the tower carries three bells, which are matched to the ringing of the Mountain Church.
• The castle has achieved medieval remains and a 140 m deep well. It is called the " action " of the Nibelungenlied and hard as successfully Matthias Corvinus as two-time attacks of the Turks. The " Pittener Corvinusbecher ", donated by the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus to the defender Knight Wolf devil as a sign of respect, reminds us of that time. In 1884 the castle of Otto Jeezer was converted into a hunting lodge.
• Graves from the Bronze Age, with rich grave goods of bronze jewelry.
• Slavic burial ground dating from the early 9th century.
• Avenues, parks and hiking trails ( nature trail )
• The Pitt Taler bike path
• Built in 2008, the rose garden in front of the parsonage

In addition to the intense cultural activity of several local clubs attract mainly the two each biennial events taking place " Pitten Classics " and " loftlinx " also nationwide audience:

• In the " Pitten Classics" is taking place every since 1990 international festival of classical music, its artistic director David Neiweem from Vermont (United States). In addition to concerts, master classes and numerous student concerts at different venues take place.
• Since 2001, every two years in the late summer in the Wüster art halls, in the ambience of an old factory " loftlinx " instead. At about 2,500 square meters of exhibition space, artists their works (painting, photography, sculpture and performance). This exhibition will each initiated by an event, with last about 500 visitors, which also musical accents, and fades out until dawn as a major party. Of 2009 was this event due to the poor structural condition of the abandoned factory site and therefore not granted regulatory approvals. The future of loftlinx is questionable due to the standing room in the demolition of the old factory.

Personalities

• Wilhelm Hamburger (1821-1904), founder of the industrial paper production from wood in Austria
• Franz Hamburger (1874-1954), physician, professor of pediatrics in Graz and Vienna