Schwarzau am Steinfeld

• SPÖ: 12
• ÖVP: 6
• FPÖ: 1

Schwarzau am Steinfeld is a municipality with 1854 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) on the stone field in the district of Neunkirchen in Lower Austria.

• 3.1 Demographics
• 3.2 Religion

Geography

Schwarzau am Steinfeld is located in the industrial area in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 9.75 square kilometers. 25.88 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Föhrenau (470 )
• Guntram (130 )
• Schwarzau am Steinfeld ( 1292 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Guntram and Schwarzau am Steinfeld.

History

In the village is the Schwarzau castle, married in the Empress Zita and Emperor Karl in 1911. Today, the castle serves as a prison for women.

Population

Demographics

Religion

According to the data of the 2001 census, 80.5 % of the population Roman Catholic, 2.7% are Protestant. 2.7% are Muslim, 0.1% are members of Orthodox Churches. 11.7 % of the population have no religious affiliation.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Günter Wolf, chief officer Otto Pfeifer. In the council, there are a total of 19 seats following distribution of seats as of 2010 (2005): ÖVP 6 ( 5), Social Democratic Party 12 (14), Freedom Party 1 (0), no other seats.

Culture and sights

Municipal office and other municipal facilities are located in Schwarzau.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 60 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 26 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 775 The employment rate in 2001 was 46.31 percent. In the village there is a woman prison, which is also responsible for female adolescents and to the enforcement in women.

Schwarzau am Steinfeld is one of the Tourist Office on hunchback world.