Eggern

  • ÖVP: 12
  • SPÖ: 3

Eggern is a market town with 725 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Gmünd in Lower Austria.

  • 2.1 Population development

Geography

Eggern located in the northern Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 20.2 square kilometers. 36.77 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

  • Eggern (501 )
  • Reinberg Heath Reichstein (132 )
  • Reinberg - Litschau (96 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Eggern, Reinberg - Heidenreich stone and Reinberg - Litschau.

History

Eggern was first documented in 1230 and originally belonged to the county Raab - Litschau. Until 1635 Eggern was a private Gütlein in an imperial possession. The cultural center of the village is the church dedicated to St. Giles in the year 1792. In the Austrian state of Lower Austria lying core of the city told the eventful history of Austria.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 777 inhabitants. In 1991, the market town of 804 inhabitants in 1981 and 916 in 1971, 1,009 inhabitants.

Policy

Mayor and chief officer of the municipality is Herbert Zimmermann.

In the market there are a total of 15 council seats after the municipal elections of 14 March 2010, the following distribution of seats: 12 ÖVP, SPÖ 3

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 21, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 70 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 338 The employment rate in 2001 was 44.01 percent.

Personalities

  • Franz Wurz ( born 1946 ), automotive athlete
  • Alexander Wurz ( born 1974 ), F1 racers
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