Schweiggers

  • ÖVP: 19
  • SPÖ: 2

Schweiggers is a market town with 1986 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district Zwettl in Lower Austria.

  • 2.1 Population development

Geography

Schweiggers located in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 58.65 square kilometers. 25.04 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 16 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Great Reichenbach (107 )
  • Kleinwolfgers (60)
  • Limbach (215 )
  • Mannshalm (112)
  • My hard beat ( 26)
  • Perndorf (83 )
  • Clean Bolden (12 )
  • Sallingstadt (240 )
  • Schwarzenbach ( 51)
  • Schweiggers ( 699 )
  • Sieben Linden (152 )
  • Streitbach (52 )
  • Unterwindhag (86)
  • Quadruplet (13 )
  • Walterschlag (63 )
  • Windhof ( 29)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Brunnhöf, United Reichenbach, Kleinwolfgers, Limbach, Mannshalm, Meinhart shock, Perndorf, clean Bolden, Sallingstadt, Schwarzenbach, Schweiggers, Sieben Linden, Streitbach, Unterwindhag, quadruplet, Walterschlag and Windhof.

Between Mödershöf and Schweiggers springs the German Thaya, one of two source rivers Thaya.

Geology

The granite, which as usually occurring rock of the Church is to call (besides the gneiss), coined not always the landscape. In the Paleozoic, a huge mountain towering on in today's Waldviertel. Erosion of the mountain down to the base of the present granite and gneiss highlands emerged.

Landscape

The landscape of the town is characterized by wooded hills, through rivers shaped valleys and small-scale arable and meadow hallways. The highest point of the municipality is the Holmberg ( 738m ) at Sieben Linden, on the top of a 30 meter high observation tower is located.

Climate

The climate can be described as " cool mountain climate ." The average annual rainfall is 695 mm, of which 70 % fall in the summer time. In winter, which averages 1-1.5 feet of snow. The number of days with frost is 133 days ( 4.5 months ) is very high.

History

In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place told the eventful history of Austria.

The name is derived from the Old High German Schweiggers name Swidger and immersed in documents for the first time at 1182 " Swichers " on. The name has changed over the centuries until it appearing in 1643 as " Schweiggers ".

1394 received the community market rights and thus has a large market square in the town center.

In 1966, the municipality was Schweiggers with communities Mannshalm ( with the cadastral Mannshalm, armed Schwarzenbach and Meinhart shock) and Perndorf merged ( with the KGs Perndorf, Kleinwolfgers and Unterwindhag ).

In 1971, the second merger with the communities Sallingstadt ( KG Sallingstadt and Walterschlag ) and Limbach ( KG Limbach and Windhof ) and Sieben Linden ( KG Sieben Linden, quadruplet, Brunnhöf, Bichlhof, United Reichenbach and clean Bolden ).

Population Development

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Johann Hölzl, office manager Franz Karl Inger.

In the market there are local council after the local elections of 14 March 2010 a total of 21 seats following distribution of seats: 19 ÖVP, SPÖ 2

Coat of arms

Definition according to deed: "A split shield, which, in its rear golden field shows two black poles in his front two crossed red box upward pointing arrows golden. " The rear part goes back to the crest of the Kuenringer.

Culture and sights

Economy and infrastructure

Distribution of the labor force in 2008

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 61, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 239 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 969 The employment rate in 2001 was 48.6 percent.

Personalities

  • Franz Romeder ( b. 1938 ), President of the Landtag of Lower Austria
  • Willi Engel Mayer ( born 1929 ), artist
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