Breitenstein, Lower Austria
- ÖVP: 9
- SPÖ: 4
Breitenstein is a municipality with 331 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Neunkirchen in Lower Austria.
- 3.1 Demographics
- 3.2 Religion
- 9.1 people with relationship to Breitenstein
Geography
Breitenstein is located in Adlitzgraben at the foot of the Semmering at an altitude 705-1545 meters, directly on the Semmering Railway in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 20.24 square kilometers. 75.95 percent of the area is forested.
There are no other cadastral except Breitenstein. Quarters are:
- Breitenstein,
- Gorge,
- Orthof,
- Kreuzberg and
- Adlitzgraben
Neighboring communities
History
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.
The name of the place " Preittenstein " for the first time in 1220, mentioned in a document in which there was talk of various possessions of the lords of the gorge.
In April 1945, the area around Breitenstein scene of fierce fighting between the later German 9th Mountain Division (East) and the Red Army, which tried to penetrate through the Semmering Pass in Styria. In the course of combat operations building as the hotel Sonnhof or the homestead group Pertl were destroyed.
Population
The community has a disproportionate share of those not permanently reside. 330 main residences, 335 second homes are facing.
Demographics
Religion
According to the data of the 2001 census, 80.6 % of the population Roman Catholic, 3.8% are Protestant. 1.1% are Muslim, 1.3% are members of Orthodox Churches. 11.9 % of the population have no religious affiliation.
Policy
Mayor of the municipality is Engelbert Rinnhofer, Deputy Mayor masterful Karin Zoubek - Schleinzer, office manager is Anita Wodl.
In the council there after the municipal elections of 2010 a total of 13 seats following distribution of seats: 9 ÖVP, SPÖ 4, no other seats.
The mayor of the municipality:
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was granted by decision of 14 August 1991, the northeast state government. At the same time the municipality colors adopted by the council were " green-yellow " approved.
Blazon: " A green shield, diagonally left divided by a silver wave beams down on growing golden rocks just such a ruin with left stationary keep and black embrasures, the top of the plate division growing a two-story golden bridge with the top four and untern two arched openings. "
The handover took place on April 5, 1992 by the northeast - Governor Siegfried Ludwig and his deputy Ernst Hoger.
Sanatorium sanatorium Breitenstein
In Breitenstein was almost forgotten today, a remarkable people sanatorium, which was built in several stages from 1903 sanatorium and rest home Breitenstein. It was one of the sometimes world-famous health resorts (though no explicit lung sanatorium as the Sanatorium Wienerwald, the convalescent home Felbring, the sanatorium Strengberg, or the sanatorium am Hochegg, to name only the most famous ) in the eastern foothills of the Alps and also the first of the socially highly dedicated Henriette White people built hospital. Even during the First World War, founded Henriette Weiss (1864-1931), historically one of the main advocates of education for women to nursing, rest houses Wällischhof in Maria Grossenzersdorf and Sans Souci in Wall at Vienna [note 1] and in 1914 the Viennese Kriegwald school for children. After the First World War, White reüssierte as head of the hard-hit by the effects of war sanatorium Alland. In 1928, the nursing home Sorgenfrei was in Baden near Vienna launched. [Note 2]
1938 " arisiert ," the hospital Breitenstein in the Nazi era was severely affected and was - abandoned in the decades after the Second World War, the decline - as a result of unlawful appropriation. In disregard of its historical value had which is located on 880 m above sea level sanatorium, including the architecturally uninteresting part of 1908, will be demolished in the winter of 2006/2007 on the initiative of the municipality.
Culture and sights
Economy and infrastructure
Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 18, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 23 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 154 The employment rate in 2001 was 43.93 percent.
Personalities
Persons with respect to Breitenstein
- Alma Mahler -Werfel (1879-1964), the salonière ( Vienna ) Art, music and literature of the first half of the 20th century. , For Alma Mahler-Werfel, a villa was built in 1913 at the site