Winklarn, Austria
- ÖVP: 14
- SPÖ: 5
Winklarn is a municipality with 1520 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria.
- 2.1 Population development
- 3.1 Town twinning
Geography
Winklarn is in the Most district in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 12.59 square kilometers. 18.61 percent of the area is forested.
Community structure
The community Winklarn consists of the two villages and cadastral ( number of inhabitants according to 2011 census registers ):
- Hague village ( 4.74 km ², 353 Ew. )
- Winklarn ( 7.86 km ², 1,194 inhabitants).
The two cadastral made to the municipal reform independent community units.
Neighboring communities
History
Within the village there are numerous former burial mounds from the Middle Bronze Age and the Roman Empire. In ancient times, the area was part of the province of Noricum. In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place told the eventful history of Austria.
Documented Winklarn mentioned 837 in a deed of King Ludwig the Archbishopric of Salzburg. In 1972, an association with the community village Hague.
Population Development
According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1,436 inhabitants. In 1991 the municipality had 1,347 inhabitants in 1981 and 1,295 in 1971, 1,238 inhabitants.
Policy
The council has 19 seats, mayor of the municipality is Gernot Lechner, chief officer Peter Spreitzer.
In the municipal elections of 2005, the ÖVP and the SPÖ reached 14 5 mandates. In the municipal elections of 2010, the distribution is not changed.
Twinning
Since the year 1974, the community maintains a partnership with the homonymous municipality Winklarn in the Upper Palatinate, which expresses itself in mutual visits and participation in festivals and in many personal contacts.
Culture and sights
Economy and infrastructure
Non-agricultural workplaces, there were 37 in 2001, according to the 1999 survey, there were 69 agricultural and forestry holdings. Employed at the residence were 2001 696 people according to the census. The employment rate in 2001 was 49.93 percent. In 2003, on average there were 34 unemployed at the site.