Ebenfurth

Ebenfurth is a town with 2879 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Wiener Neustadt- Land in Lower Austria.

• 4.1 Population development
• 4.2 Religion

• 7.1 traffic

Geography

Ebenfurth is located in the industrial district of an der Leitha in the Vienna Basin. The area of ​​the municipality covers 23.56 square kilometers. 19.72 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Ebenfurth ( 2369 )
• Large Medium (9)
• Haschendorf (475)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Ebenfurth and Haschendorf.

Ebenfurth borders the following municipalities:

History

Before Christ's birth, the area was part of the Celtic kingdom of Noricum and belonged to the area of the Celtic hillfort castle on the Schwarzenbacher Castle Hill.

Later, under the Romans today Ebenfurth then lay in the province of Pannonia. In Ebenfurth the already made ​​use of by the Romans road from Sopron to Vienna forked into several branches. In addition, there was a ford across the Leitha, which formed the border into Hungary. It is believed, therefore, that at the beginning of the 12th century there was a fortification at the site of the later castle. Since Ebenfurth is only mentioned in 1160, it is likely this is probably a festival house to a less significant investment - have acted - the present castle Ebenfurth. This system was initially in the possession of the field Berger Seefeld and went around 1270 the property of the Pottendorfer about who received the toll right here.

Due to its location on the Leitha Ebenfurth is located at the Lower Austrian border to today's Burgenland. By 1920 Ebenfurth was like the opposite Neufeld an der Leitha border town between Austria and Hungary. In the area between Ebenfurth and Neufeld 1246 was the Battle of the Leitha against the Hungarians held in the Duke Frederick II (the " Quarrelsome " ) fell, causing the Babenberg in the male line.

Between 1915 and 1934 the city of Vienna in Ebenfurth ran the steam power plant Ebenfurth. Now houses a substation of Wien Energie in its place.

Policy

• Mayor of Ebenfurth is Alfredo Rose Maier, to 23 April 2003 Member of the Federal Council was of 9 January 2002 and since April 24, 2003 Member of the Landtag of Lower Austria; since 10 April 2008, he is also its third president. Church secretary Gabriele Berto.
• Vice Mayor Robert Piros, who is also Finance City Council. Other councilors are Markus Rongitsch (environment and public facilities ), Alfred Berto ( culture and Associations ), Wolfgang Hommel ( Youth and Sport ) and Elfriede Malecek ( Social Affairs and Inclusion ).
• In the city council there are a total of 21 seats after the municipal elections of 14 March 2010, the following distribution of seats: 18 SPÖ, ÖVP 3, no other seats.

Population

Population Development

Religion

According to the data of the 2001 census, 57.4 % of the population Roman Catholic, 6.0% are Protestant. 11.5% are Muslim, 3.0% are members of Orthodox Churches. 19.3 % of the population have no religious affiliation.

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Argent, a square, standing on a green Dreienberg, silver rotgedeckter square tower with two red roof flags, black gate is open, red-silver - red leafs and half a keyed golden portcullis over the gate, a red shield with a golden lion and above three black embrasures, two on one set. The derived therefrom flag colors are: white for silver, red and yellow for gold. "

Culture and sights

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 87 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 19 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census, 1188. The employment rate in 2001 was 46.83 percent.

Traffic

Ebenfurth is located near the southeast A3 motorway, which connects the northern Burgenland and Vienna, as well as an der Leitha road B 60 of Ebreichsdorf Wiener Neustadt in the regional center.

In the railway network, the city lies on the Pottendorfer line from Wiener Neustadt to Vienna and is the starting point of the emergent Wulkaprodersdorf and continue to Sopron range of Raab - Sopron - level Further railway.