Drösing

Drösing is a market town with 1130 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district Gaenserndorf in Lower Austria.

  • 2.1 Population development
  • 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Drösing is located on the eastern edge of the wine district, in March and thus on the border with Slovakia in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 29.49 square kilometers. 25.7 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

  • Drösing (880 )
  • Walter der March (244 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Drösing and Walter der March.

History

For the purpose of construction of a new church gave " to Drezzing Hofmarch " in a document, in the Leuthold Kuenring of his subjects to his Drösing in 1293, Drösing is already designated as market. When Drösing was established exactly, is not known. The place told the eventful history of Lower Austria.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1192 inhabitants. In 1991, the market town of 1204 inhabitants, 1981 and 1195 in 1971, 1363 inhabitants.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Josef Kohl, Head of Office is Ewald Strohmayer.

In the market there are a total of 19 council seats after the municipal elections of 14 March 2010, the following distribution of seats: 11 SPÖ, ÖVP list 8, no other seats.

Culture and sights

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 34 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 53 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 506 The employment rate in 2001 was 43.45 percent.

Traffic

Drösing is located on the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway and is the starting point only to freight rail line Drösing - Zistersdorf.

Personalities

  • Haimo L. Handl (* 1948), journalist and publisher, lives in Drösing since 2003

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Joseph Deckert (1843 - 1901), Catholic priest and anti-Semite
  • George Gass (1878-1944), veterinarian, local poet, member of the Styrian Government
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