Weiden an der March

Weiden an der March is a municipality in the district Gaenserndorf in Lower Austria with 988 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013).

  • 5.1 Natura 2000 sites
  • 5.2 Nature Reserves
  • 6.1 gas reservoir

Geography

Weiden an der March is in the wine district in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 55.8 square kilometers. 19.63 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

The municipality comprises the cadastral Baumgarten an der March, Oberweiden and Zwerndorf.

Neighboring communities:

The foundation of the greater community " pastures on the March" in its current form ( under merger of the three places Baumgarten, Oberweiden and Zwerndorf ) on 1 January 1975.

Demographics

Source: Population Development of Statistics Austria

In the POPREG database 2009 942 inhabitants were calculated for the year. According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 904 inhabitants. Since the 1991 census can be reported increasing numbers of inhabitants in the municipality as well as in the district Gaenserndorf.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is currently Franz Neduchal ( Oberweiden / ÖVP ), Office manager Ewald Windisch. Baumgarten's mayor Reinhard Schwab is one of the vice mayor. Hermann Prossenitsch is mayor of Zwerndorf. In the council there after the municipal elections of 2010 a total of 15 seats following distribution of seats:

  • ÖVP: 11
  • SPÖ: 4
  • Other: no seats

Religion and Church

About 96 % of the population grazing are Roman Catholic. The churches of willows are among the oldest in the district Gaenserndorf - the parishes of the three villages have always been the major branches of the Abbey of Melk:

  • The dedicated to the Evangelist Mark fortified church of Baumgarten is a branch church of Oberweiden and was built under the patronage of the post in the 13th and 14th centuries.
  • The Church of St. Leopold in Oberweiden was built in the 14th century.
  • The Church of St. Pancras in Zwerndorf - also under the patronage of Melk Abbey - is mentioned in the chronicles for the first time in 1250. The parish originally formed together with the vicarage a weir. The sacred building contains Romanesque and Gothic elements. The device itself is neo-gothic, the baptismal font dates from the 17th century, the organ from 1837.

Culture and sights

In this area also finds from the Lower Palaeolithic were made about 800 000 years rubble devices of Homo erectus.

Nature and Conservation

Jewel of the Marchfelder natural landscape are - extending over an area of ​​about 117 acres - Sandy mountains of Oberweiden. In this area grow rare and partly in Austria endangered species such as the sand immortelle ( Helichrysum arenarium ), the sand - Radmelde ( Bassia laniflora ), the late - carnation (Dianthus serotinus ) and the sand - plantain ( Plantago arenaria ).

In addition, the riparian forests Zwerndorfs and Baumgarten with the nature reserve Marchauen ideal for walking. The Kamp- Thaya-March tour leads equally by the municipality as of March scenic trail. Zwerndorfs pond completes the attractive offer for nature activities.

Natura 2000 sites

  • FFH Pannonian sand dunes
  • Bird sanctuary sand and Prater terrace
  • FFH March-Thaya -Auen
  • Bird sanctuary March-Thaya -Auen

Nature Reserves

  • Nature reserve Sandberge Oberweiden
  • Nature reserve salt steppe Baumgarten an der March

Economy

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 26, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 90 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 403 The employment rate in 2001 was 45.79 percent.

Natural gas reservoir

1952 here the largest natural gas field in Austria was opened. At the first hole it came on 15 March 1952, a gas outburst, as a result, the entire rig was destroyed and sank into a forming craters. This could not be brought under control the outbreak by conventional means. By three to the eruption site down brought by Soviet Turbinenbohrbrigaden directional drilling, one of which at a depth of 1295 m hit to the disaster drill hole, and then so-called Totpumpen of natural gas outburst was after 11 months, in which an estimated one billion cubic meters of natural gas flowed from uncontrolled, be terminated. This effort represents the first application of Turbinenbohrtechnik outside the Soviet Union dar.

The natural gas -bearing strata of the gas field Zwerndorf lie at depths 650-2753 m depth. By far most of the gas is, however, in a sandstone layer, which lies in a Tefe 1410-1500 m. By 1992, out of the reservoir complex Zwerndorf -Baumgarten 12.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas were.

The produced gas reaches the central distribution point in the district of Baumgarten, which also lead several natural gas pipelines, which is here one of the major European distribution centers for natural gas.

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