Bad Pirawarth

Bad Pirawarth is a market town with 1676 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district Gaenserndorf in Lower Austria. To market town and the area of ​​the cadastral Kollnbrunn, which is about half as big as Bad Pirawarth part itself

• 2.1 Population development

• 4.1 parks
• 4.2 Sport

• 5.1 traffic
• 5.2 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Bad Pirawarth lies in the wine district in Lower Austria in the valley of willow creek, a tributary of the Morava. The district capital is Gaenserndorf 18 road miles away.

The area of ​​the municipality covers 25.42 km ². 16.92 % of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Bad Pirawarth ( 1258 )
• Kollnbrunn (430 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Kollnbrunn and Pirawarth.

History

See history of Lower Austria.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1541 inhabitants. In 1991, the market town of 1522 inhabitants, 1981 and 1371 in 1971, 1460 inhabitants.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Kurt Jantschitsch, Office Director is Andrea Infogrames.

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 11, SPÖ 8

Culture and sights

Parks

The Town Hall is in the middle of Prof.- Knesl Park, which is named after the sculptor Hans Knesl.

Sports

The local football club SV Bad Pirawarth exists since 1952 and plays since 2005 in the area League North / Northwest.

Since 2006, the Union Judo Club Raika Bad Pirawarth.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 51, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 102 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 747 The employment rate in 2001 was 49.38 percent. Bad Pirawarth is a spa town. Worth mentioning is the located in the community treatment and rehabilitation center for neurology and orthopedics, the clinic Pirawarth.

Traffic

Bad Pirawarth is accessible in public transport by rail with today's wine country district - Bahn, the former Stammersdorfer local railway.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Hans Knesl (1905-1971), sculptor
• Gerhard Ringel (1919-2008), mathematician