Schönberg am Kamp

Schönberg am Kamp is a market town with 1874 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the Kamp Valley in the district of Krems- Land in Lower Austria.

• 4.1 Demographics

• 9.1 Regional Cooperation
• 9.2 traffic

Geography

The municipality is located on the southeastern edge of the Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 53.28 square kilometers. 48.33 percent of the area is forested. The municipality is located the Natural Park Kamp Schoenberg.

Neighboring communities

Community structure

Altenhof (1.15 km ²) Buchberger Waldhütten ( 3.92 km ²) Fernitz ( 3.31 km ²) Freischling ( 10.42 km ²) War Reith (1.23 km ²) Mollands (2.63 km ²) Neustift bei Schönberg (3.12 km ²) Upper Plank (3.28 km ²) Plank am Kamp ( 3.67 km ²) Raan (1.56 km ²) Schoenberg ( 6.47 km ²) Stiefern ( 9.89 km ²) Thürneustift (2.63 km ²)

Altenhof (D) Buchberger Waldhütten ( ZH) Fernitz (D) Freischling (D) War Reith (W) Mollands (D) Upper Plank ( D) Plank am Kamp (D) Raan (D) Schoenberg (M) Schoenberg Neustift ( R) See ( D) Stiefern (D) Thürneustift (D)

Area Code

In the market town of Schönberg am Kamp find several zip codes use. The main town of Schönberg am Kamp and districts Buchberger forest huts, Mollands, Schoenberg Neustift, Lake, Stiefern and Thürneustift have the zip code 3562nd Altenhof, Fernitz, Freischling, War Reith, Plank am Kamp, Upper Plank and Raan have the postcode 3564th

Coat of arms and flag

By decision of the Government of Lower Austria on 31 March 1981, the municipality of Schönberg am Kamp was awarded a coat of arms. His Blazon: " A blue shield, topped with a silver eagle's flight, accompanied on the top right of a golden bunch of grapes. " The church colors are blue, white and black.

Population

Demographics

Source:

2,596

History

Schönberg am Kamp was already in 1168 a possession of Kuenringer who were also owners of today ruin Schoneberg above Schoenberg. 1372 defeated Margrave Leopold III. of Austria on this castle seated robber barons. Then the rule was the country royally. 1483 Schoenberg was occupied by the Hussites in 1485 by the Hungarians. Between 1540 and 1629 the place was Protestant. With the commissioning of the Kamp Valley Railway 1889 Schönberg am Kamp developed alongside Langenlois, Gars am Kamp and Roseburg one of the major summer resorts of the Kamp valley. After 1945, Schoenberg could not connect to the tradition of the summer at Kamp. Changing travel habits, but also the construction of the Kamp Valley reservoirs, which led to a sharp drop in temperature of the fringed by numerous bathhouses Kamps, tourism deprived of his most important foundations in the Kamp Valley. On January 1, 1968 was created by the amalgamation of the municipalities Mollands, Schönberg am Kamp and Schoenberg Neustift the market town of Schönberg, who is also the hitherto separate municipality Freischling joined as a district on 1 January 1970. On January 1, created in 1971 with the inclusion of Zöbing the market town Zöbing -Schönberg. On January 1, 1972, the district Zöbing left this large village and joined a district within the borough Langenlois. The remaining part of the greater community is since named Schönberg am Kamp. Since the 1990s, Schönberg am Kamp increasingly benefited from the wine tourism and other forms of sustainable tourism.

Policy

Mayor of the Municipality is Peter Heindl (ÖVP ), Office manager is Peter Leopold. The council has 19 seats.

Since the local elections on March 14, 2010, the following distribution of seats shall:

Culture and sights

• Nature Park Kamp -Schönberg
• Summer Museum in the " Alte Schmiede "

Regular events

• Schönberger Farmer's Market - 2nd or 3rd weekend in July (Friday to Sunday)
• Schönberger Summer Festival - 1st weekend in August
• Young Wine Blessing - last weekend in November
• Stranger Advent - Advent 2nd Saturday and Sunday -

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 55, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 232 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 830 The employment rate in 2001 was 47.61 percent.

The wine plays a major role in Schoenberg. The 4.2- km ² area under vines make Schönberg one of the largest wine-growing communities in the Kamp Valley. In the vineyards Schoenberg's excellent wines are produced. Main varieties are Grüner Veltliner and Riesling ( White Riesling or Rhine Riesling).

Regional Cooperation

The market town of Schönberg am Kamp is a member of the small region Kamp South.

Traffic

Schönberg am Kamp is crossed by the Kamp Valley Road ( B34 ). The community is located at the Kamp Valley Railway. The ÖBB operate the stations Schoenberg / Kamp and Plank / Cam and the request stops Altenhof am Kamp and Stiefern. The 115.6 km long Kamp valley trail with its starting point in Altenwörth and its target point in Zwettl leads through the capital of Schönberg am Kamp.

Since 1995 moves the Garser bus, an initiative of the economic association " Gars Innovative ", on Tuesdays and Fridays all places in the market town of Gars am Kamp and other places in the area, including Freischling and Raan in the municipality of Schönberg am Kamp to those do not have a car and have no access to public transport, to enable purchases and errands in Gars am Kamp.

Significant born in Schönberg am Kamp or acting here people

• Andreas Brandstetter (born 1969 ), CEO of UNIQA insurance, was born in Schönberg am Kamp.
• Karl Bregartner ( born 1933), Austrian politician, was born in the district Plank am Kamp.
• Theodor Eggendorfer (1901-1980), Austrian politician (ÖVP )
• Ilse Helbich (* 1923), Austrian journalist and writer, living in Schönberg am Kamp.
• Robert chamber cell (1887-1950), Austrian artist and local historian, who lived from 1923 until his death in the district Plank am Kamp.
• Trude Marzik (* 1923), Austrian storyteller and poet, longtime summer visitor in the district of Upper Plank, which they put a literary monument to the autobiographical work beloved summer resort.
• Erich Landgrebe (1908-1979), Austrian writer and painter, summer guest in the district Plank am Kamp, which he set a literary monument to the Roman Michaels first summer.