Stössing

Stössing is a municipality with 790 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Sankt Pölten- Land in Lower Austria.

• 3.1 Population development

• 8.1 serviceberry ( Adlitzbeere )

Geography

Stössing is in the Most district in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 27.47 square kilometers. 40.77 percent of the area is forested. The municipal area of Stössing is the 655 meter high Hegerberg - the highest peak in the district of St. Pölten.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 10 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

• Bonn passing (84 )
• Bach Book (22 )
• Dachsbach (41 )
• Freiling (41 )
• Hendelgraben (104)
• Hochgschaid (155)
• Hochstraß (63 )
• Hof (16 )
• Sonnleiten (26 )
• Stössing (220 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Bonn conducting, book Bach, Dachsbach, Freiling, Hendelgraben, Hochgschaid, Hochstraß, yard, Sonnleiten Stössing.

Box at Boeheimkirchen, Michel Bach, Neustift - Innermanzing, fire Laaben and Neulengbach

History

In ancient times, the area was part of the province of Noricum. The parish Stössing was built in 1784 as part of the Josephine reforms. The present municipality was created around the year 1850. 1895 today's college for ecological agriculture and home economics Hochstrass, then Agricultural Haushaltungsschule of the Daughters of Divine Love was founded as a private school and received the 1917 public law. After the school was closed in 2009, had the monastery Hochstraß in which in the end still lived eight nuns close of 2011.

In the course of municipal reform in 1971, the municipalities and Stössing box at Boeheimkirchen were merged. At the beginning of 1988, the two communities were divided again according to their original sizes.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Alois Daxböck, office manager Regina laughs Woodpecker. In the council there after the municipal elections of 2010 a total of 15 seats following distribution of seats: ÖVP 9, Alternative list Stössing 4, SPO 2

Population Development

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality Stössing shows an acute Three mountain, a golden lime and a doe on black - green background. The top three mountain refers to the Hegerberg, the highest elevation in the district of St. Pölten with 655 meters. Similarly, the 1988 Linden tree planted was taken on the occasion of this year regained independence in the coat of arms - 1971 Stössing was combined with box at Boeheimkirchen and separated only 17 years later. The doe takes on the church patron, the Holy Ägydius respect which is always shown with a doe. The green and black shield color represents the meadows and forest wealth in the municipality as well as for the narrow valleys of the Alpine foothills.

Attractions

• Monastery Hochstraß: located in the center of the community. In the monastery today is still a small dairy museum to visit.
• Parish Church of St. Ägydius: with ribbed vaults and Gothic windows

Culture

Music:

• Brass band Stössing - Laaben
• Church Choir
• Singing group Stössing

Regular events

• Ross Market: The three-day horses and Country festival takes place early August with horse shows and equestrian events. The racial focus here is the Noric.
• Feuerwehrfest the beginning of July there will be a veranstalteter of the volunteer fire brigade fire brigade wine taverns.
• Ägydi Garden Party: In honor of St. Giles, the patron is regularly late August, the Aegidi garden party instead.
• Gstett'n Fei ( a) Rural Youth Stössing: place end of June

Specialty

Serviceberry ( Adlitzbeere )

Stössing is one of the few communities in Austria, specifically the fruit of the Wild Service Trees to precious delicacies like. e.g. Brandies, checker berry, Elsbeerhonig, dried wild service trees, processed.

The municipality belongs to the Region of Delight Stössing meadow Elsbeere.

Sports

Before Stöss Inger place there is the local sports and leisure facility, among other things with a football field, an asphalt track and playground. Furthermore, there is in the Kastralgemeinde yard riding school riding club Stössing, there is an indoor arena and an outdoor obstacle course training available. Weekly held various sports such as yoga, spinal gymnastics and jiu -jitsu in the sport hall of the primary school.

If it will allow the snow conditions one of the few ski lifts in the Vienna Woods, the ski lift at Hegerberg, put into operation.

Resident sports clubs include:

• HSC Stössing
• SV Stössing
• Ski Club Hegerberg
• Jiu Jitsu Stössing

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 25 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 86 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 339 The employment rate in 2001 was 46.61 percent.