Zeiselmauer-Wolfpassing
Zeiselmauer- Wolfpassing is a municipality with 2236 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Tulln in Lower Austria.
Geography
Zeiselmauer- Wolfpassing located in Tulln field and is crossed by the Danube River in east-west direction, with the settlements of the municipality are located only on the south bank. North of the Danube there are only temporarily genützte summer homes that were built on the edge of the floodplain forest. A driveway is only possible via the district capital of Tulln, which represents a considerable detour.
The area of the municipality covers approximately 12.7 square miles, of which 50.24 percent are forested.
Traditionally Zeiselmauer is "Alt - Zeiselmauer " and " New Zeiselmauer " divided into parts, which term actually corresponds to the historical sequence of colonization, as evidenced by historic maps. This division is now underlined by the railway line. In addition to historical terms this structure is exploited as a term for the electoral districts in order to make the vote-counting clearer.
Earlier it was the district of Tulln, at least in the south of the Danube situated part, counted for Most district. The classical classification of Lower Austria was " middle Lower Austria " supplemented by a fifth region, which now also Zeiselmauer- Wolfpassing heard.
Community structure
The municipality comprises the following two cadastral (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- Wolfpassing ( 938 )
- Zeiselmauer ( 1328 )
History
Zeiselmauer has a Roman and late medieval past. As the easternmost cohort fort at Noric Donaulimes it is run as Cannabiaca troops in the list of Notitia Dignitatum. The largely intact to this day late Roman monuments Burgus, Corner Tower, Kastentor ( " Körnerkasten " ) and flags sanctuary ( principia ) are unique to the type and state of Austria. Zeiselmauer to Carnuntum is the richest on -preserved Roman buildings place in Lower Austria. An old tradition of Florianiverehrung assumes here would also be the birthplace of St. Florian was.
During the colonization of the eastern baierischen Tullnerfeld 836 came by royal grant to the diocese of Passau. Using the Roman buildings Zeiselmauer became the administrative center of this Hofmark (around 971 Zeizinmurus ). On the remains of the Roman flags sanctuary a Carolingian church hall, which is one of the earliest churches in Lower Austria was born. Your wall coatings are exposed in today's church. In the High Middle Ages was in Zeiselmauer an Episcopal Palatinate as the official residence of the Bishop of Passau, when he was in this part of the diocese. Died here in 1091, driven out of the Bishop Altmann of Passau, the founder of the pin Göttweig. The prince-bishop Zeiselmauer was long after the princely Tulln time the most important town in the eastern Tullner field and also cultural attraction.
In Zeiselmauer on November 12, 1203 received the minstrel Walther von der Vogelweide by Bishop Wolfger of Erla an honorary gift of 5 solidi longi ("long shillings " ) for the purchase of a fur. The short note about it is for the literary history the only concrete and dated information from the life Walthers dar. Zeiselmauer also found the entrance to the Nibelungenlied. A little later chose Neidhart von Reuental Zeiselmauer the scene of his popular village Minnelieder.
Population Development
The population of the municipality were as follows:
Policy
Edward Roch, by then deputy mayor, took over on 18 October 2012, the function of the mayor to succeed the retiring Josef Wagner ( SPÖ). New Vice Mayor Michael Weber ( active list ) was selected.
Due to the extraordinary resolution of the Municipal Council in October 2012 by mass resignation of the SPÖ officials an early election on 28 April 2013 were approved and carried out in the meantime. After this election, we have the following distribution of seats:
- SPÖ: eight seats ( 8)
- ÖVP: six seats (6 )
- Active list: four seats ( 4)
- Green: a seat ( 1)
At the inaugural council meeting on May 23, 2013 Edward finally Roch (ÖVP ) to the mayor and Michael Weber ( list active) were elected vice mayor.
Coat of arms
The official coat of arms of the municipality reflects the history of Zeiselmauer resist: the eponymous wall is symbolic of just under 400 years Roman fort, the red wolf - the heraldic animal of Passau - for almost 1000 years belonging to the secular dominion of the Bishops of Passau.
Culture and sights
- Fort Zeiselmauer ( Cannabiaca )
- See also: List of the listed objects in Zeiselmauer- Wolfpassing
Economy and infrastructure
Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 72 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 20 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 898 The employment rate in 2001 was 48.42 percent.
In Zeiselmauer there are the following facilities: a Roman Catholic church, a cemetery, a primary school, a kindergarten with several groups at two sites, a sports court, a meeting and gym ( " Römerhalle " ), tennis facilities and two stables. In addition, a bank, a hairdresser, a nursery and a food discount stores offer their products. In the " Industrial Park East", close to the neighboring community of St. Andrew - Woerdern some small businesses have settled among others in the fields of metal processing and motor trade and repair. There is also a well-known dog sports club including training grounds on the outskirts of the town.
Wolfpassing offers a small chapel, a kindergarten, a tennis court, a guest house and wine taverns. There are also two car plants and a nursery.
Both in Zeiselmauer and in Wolfpassing Volunteer fire fighters are stationed.
Traffic
The main traffic route through the local area of Zeiselmauer is the B14, which crosses the northern part of the village in east-west direction.
Similarly, runs through Zeiselmauer the Franz Josef Railway, in the railway station " Zeiselmauer- Königstetten " keep every half hour the trains of high-speed railway line S40 in the direction of Vienna Franz Josef station and Tulln on the Danube and St. Pölten. Similar routes are served by existing bus routes.
In the village Wolfpassing the country's main road narrowed to a single lane 118. The local traffic lights into the morning and evening rush hour to cause major delays from all directions and to excessive noise, exhaust and dust in the littoral.
A planned bypass around the neighboring village Königstetten is controversially discussed in the surrounding communities, including Zeiselmauer- Wolfpassing because it is feared that it could come in addition to a further reduction of green space to a renewed increase in traffic especially in the narrow Wolfpassing.
Gallery
Parish Church of Zeiselmauer
The late Roman fort ( Burgus ) Zeiselmauer
Receiving sheet of the 3rd land survey in 1872
Sons and daughters
- Florian of Lorch († 304), Roman official, patron saint of firefighters
- Herwig Friesinger (* 1942), archaeologist, prehistorians
- Karl Holubar (1936-2013), dermatologist and medical historian