Auersthal

Auersthal is a market town with 1851 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in Lower Austria, district Gaenserndorf.

Geography

Auersthal located in Lower Austria's wine district, about 10 km east of Wolkersdorf. The area of ​​the municipality covers 15.18 km ². 2.47 percent of the area is forested.

There are no other cadastral except Auersthal.

History

As part of the history of Lower Austria Auersthal was founded around 1050 as part of a settlement wave from Bavaria. 1140, the village was first mentioned in documents as " Urolfstal ". 1485 were burnt down by the Hungarians Auersthal and the neighboring village of Aich perennials. 1529 plundered the Turks the town and 1645 were Swedish soldiers in Auersthal. After the French in 1805 and 1809, Prussia in 1866 came in the place. The First World War brought a lot of hardship and misery, just as the Second World War Auersthal not spared. From 1945-1955 Auersthal belonged to the Soviet occupation zone. Since the second half of the 20th century, the city flourishes and is today a modern tourist town near the Austrian capital Vienna.

Population Development

In 2003, for 1856 and 2002, 1861 inhabitants. According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1869 inhabitants. In 1991, the market town of 1804 inhabitants, 1981 and 1764 in 1971, 1892 inhabitants.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Erich Hofer, Head of Office, Helmut Hofer and parish priest is KR Karl Bock.

In the market there are a total of 19 council seats after the municipal elections of 14 March 2010, the following distribution of seats: ÖVP List 10, Social Democratic Party 9, other no seats.

Music

The music plays a big role in Auersthal and is kept high by many people. Especially the Musikverein Auersthal is on every occasion: from village festival Relocation up to the funeral. The music school of the Musikverein and the Musikhauptschule Auersthal ensure that the older musicians always openings for young musicians. Even the church choir provides many occasions for the right frame.

Culture and Attractions

  • Particularly noteworthy are the chapels, wayside shrines and shrines in and around Auersthal. They are lovingly cared for by the citizens and the Village Renewal Association has all cataloged in a colored brochure. This is from the municipal office. The town hall was renovated in 2003.
  • Club theater group Auersthal: The association founded in 1983 ' theater group Auersthal ' brings every year in November a play for performance.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 69, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 126 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 812 The employment rate in 2001 was 44.08 percent.

There is also the central monitoring station for natural gas transportation and storage of OMV in Austria.

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