Angern an der March

SPÖ: 16
ÖVP: 6
FPÖ: 1

Angern an der March is a market town with 3298 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district Gaenserndorf in Lower Austria.

2.1 Population development
2.2 Coat of Arms

4.1 traffic

Geography

It lies at the northern edge of the March field and at the same time at the southern end of the wine district, about 40 kilometers northeast of Vienna. The border Morava river separates the town of Slovakia. Previously joined a bridge the two countries and for some years there is a ferry, but in the case of high water - must be blocked - which is usually caused by melting snow and heavy rain. In 2007, the construction of a new road bridge was decided. The originally planned start of construction in 2010 could not be met.

The area of the municipality covers 38.13 square kilometers. 13.1 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

Angern an der March ( 1330)
Grub an der March (316 )
Manner der March (462 )
Ollersdorf (830 )
Still Fried (332 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Angern, Grub an der March, Manner village, Ollersdorf and Stillfriedplatz.

Neighboring municipalities are:

History

Angern an der March was first mentioned in 1260 as Anger documented.

The market rights was first mentioned in 1465 and the second time in 1819. It was established in 1970 newly awarded. The local castle Angern was destroyed in 1945 and later removed entirely. Today only represents a small part of the wall as a reminder.

Demographics

Source: Population Development of Statistics Austria

Coat of arms

Blazon: holding on red, covered with a silver slant bar reason a golden reaper, in his right hand a sickle in his left hand a rake.

Dating from the 1806 Seal of the market already shows such a reaper in the field of corn.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Robert Meißl. Its predecessor was Leopold Abraham. Each cadastral - with the exception of Angern - represents a mayor.
In the market council following mandate distribution is obtained at 23 seats after the municipal elections of 14 March 2010: SPÖ 16, ÖVP 6, FPÖ 1

In October 2007, a referendum on the construction of a new bridge between Záhorská Ves and Angern was held. Were entitled to vote all the inhabitants of the entire greater community Angern ( Angern, Manner village, Ollersdorf, Stillfriedplatz - Grub ). 60 % voted for the construction of the bridge. Ahead there was a fierce exchange of blows between a citizens' initiative and the community (several leaflets with various accusations, allegations and retractions ), where it primarily went to the location of the new bridge.

Economy and infrastructure

The community is characterized by agricultural and forestry holdings. According to a survey in 1999 their number was 136 in 2001, there were 76 non- agrarian workplaces. The number of persons employed at the residence was 1367th The employment rate was 44.08 percent.

Traffic

Angern has connectivity to the Northern Railway and the Federal road network (B 8 / B 49 ) is quite good transport links and is easily accessible, and has pleasant conditions for commuters in the population.

Attractions

Museum of Prehistory and Early History: The museum finds from 30 000 years to see history that have been made since 1874 during archaeological excavations in Stillfriedplatz and environment. The museum is located in the cadastral Stillfriedplatz.
Ferry: There are border crossing a ferry service between Záhorská Ves (Slovakia) and Angern. The transport capacity is 6 cars including inmates.

Personalities

Persons with respect to the city

Leopold Abraham, former mayor, was Austria and internationally known for the mining disaster in the summer of 1998 in Lassing (Styria ). At the time he took over the management of the rescue drilling to the eleven buried miners, of which after nine days but only one could be saved. This was known as " the miracle of Lassing ".

Roland Minkowitsch (1920-1986), farmer and politician ( ÖVP). Another well-known political personality of the greater community was Angern Mag Roland Minkowitsch ( born in Spittal an der Drau 1920). The farmer began his political career in the ÖVP Gaenserndorf and the Lower Austrian Farmers' Federation. From 1970 to 1980 he was President of the Austrian Farmers' Federation. From 1963 to 1986 Minkowitsch was Member of Parliament. Between 1968 and 1970 he was State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior under Prime Franz Soronics and from 1975 until his death on January 22, 1986 in Manner village was Minkowitsch Second President of the National Council. In 1980, he graduated with a degree in Law with the Master's degree.

Images and historical maps

Parish church in Angern

Rochuskapelle Manner village

Border crossing to Slovakia

Gate of the castle

Catholic Parish Church of St.. Agatha

Catholic Parish Church of St.. Georg

Parsonage in Stillfriedplatz

Oxbow lake in Angern

Still Fried ( bottom left, land survey ) including information on military accommodation ( 900 men and 40 horses, right) and the March to 1873

The Marc Hebene east of Stillfriedplatz, then Kingdom of Hungary, then Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia, was reached by several ferries and bridges

To the west of Stillfriedplatz the community Velm - Götzdorf is

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