Raxendorf
Raxendorf is a market town with 1047 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Melk in Lower Austria.
- 2.1 Population development
Geography
Raxendorf located in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 36.24 km ². 51.73 percent of the area is forested.
Community structure
The municipality includes the following 23 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- Afterbach (59 )
- Braunegg (92 )
- Eibetsberg (9 )
- Feistritzwerke (61 )
- Klebing (33)
- Laufenegg (20)
- Lehsdorf (36)
- Manner village (82 )
- Moss ( 5)
- Neudorf (15 )
- Neusiedl am Feldstein ( 5)
- Neusiedl bei Pfaffenhof (6 )
- Ottenberg (32 )
- Pfaffenhof (17 )
- Pölla (16 )
- Raxendorf (320 )
- Robans (7)
- Steinbach (11 )
- Troibetsberg (17)
- Walkersdorf (14 )
- Zehentegg (15)
- Zeining (167)
- Zogelsdorf (18 )
The municipality comprises the cadastral Afterbach, Braunegg, Eibetsberg at Raxendorf, Feistritzwerke, Klebing, Lauffenegg, Lehsdorf, Manner village in Heiligenblut, Moss, Neudorf, Neusiedl am Feldstein, Neusiedl bei Pfaffenhof, Ottenberg, Pfaffenhof, Pölla, Raxendorf, Robans, Steinbach, Troibetsberg, Walkersdorf, Zehentegg, Zeining and Zogelsdorf.
History
In ancient times, the area was part of the province of Noricum. In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place told the eventful history of Austria.
The municipality was created in 1969 from the merger of the municipalities Raxendorf, Manner village, Troibetsberg, Neudorf and Zeining. They first called Holy Blood Raxendorf.
Demographics
Source: Population Development of Statistics Austria
Culture and sights
- The late- Gothic parish church in Heiligenblut with a high tabernacle from the late 15th century and remarkable glass windows.
- Another attraction is the " Sassingschlösserl ": a ruined castle, which was built in contrast to other castles and ruins in the vicinity of the carved stones.
- See also: List of the listed objects in Raxendorf
Policy
The council has 19 seats, mayor of the municipality is John Höfinger, chief officer Emmerich Lang.
In the municipal elections of 2005, the ÖVP and the SPÖ reached 13 6 mandates. In the municipal elections of 2010, the distribution is not changed.
Economy and infrastructure
Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 24, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 156 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 512 The employment rate in 2001 was 47.41 percent.
Personalities
- Johann Nagl (1905-1988), farmer and politician