Engelhartstetten
Engelhartstetten is a market town with 1898 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district Gaenserndorf in Lower Austria.
- 2.1 Population development
- 3.1 Coat of Arms
Geography
Engelhartstetten lies in the wine district in Lower Austria in the southeast corner of the March field. The municipality is bordered to the east on the March and on the south by the Danube. The area of the municipality covers 65.66 square kilometers. 12.04 percent of the area is forested.
Community structure
Engelhartstetten ( 19.24 km ²) Groißenbrunn ( 7.41 km ²) Loimersdorf ( 11.29 km ²) Market yard ( 15.96 km ²) Stopfenreuth ( 11.77 km ²)
Engelhartstetten (M) Groißenbrunn (D) Loimersdorf (D)
Courtyard (D) Stopfenreuth (D)
The most important of the abbreviations used are:
- M = center of the municipality
- Stt = district
- R = Rotte
- W = hamlet
- D = village
- ZH = Scattered houses
- Sdlg = settlement
- E = bowery (only if they have their own locality code)
The complete list that uses the Statistics Austria, can be found at Topographic settlement Labelling according to STAT
Please note that some places may have different spellings. So Katastralgemeinden write differently than the same localities.
Source: Statistics Austria - List of Lower Austria (PDF)
History
In July 1260 the district Groißenbrunn was the scene of the battle of Kressenbrunn.
In the community Engelhartstetten there were several larger settlements of the so-called March Field Croats. In the Kastralgemeinde Loimersdorf still lived until the mid 20th century inhabitants, the Croatian were powerful. Even today, one can find numerous Croatian surname.
Population Development
According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1807 inhabitants. In 1991, the market town of 1668 inhabitants, 1981 and 1635 in 1971, 1809 inhabitants.
Policy
Mayor of the municipality is Andreas Zabadal, office manager Elisabeth Skocek.
In the market there are a total of 19 council seats after the municipal elections of 14 March 2010, the following distribution of seats: 10 SPÖ, ÖVP - List 7, LBJ 2, no other seats.
Coat of arms
1985 was awarded by decision of the Government of Lower Austria, the current coat of arms: a shield split, front in red three growing from the Schildesfuß golden ears, back in silver two on either side, crenellated red cross beams. As the oldest documented owner of Engelhartstetten is still the root of Arms of the lords of Pranckh, once owner of Schloss Hof, market yard and Niederweiden in the municipal coat of arms. In addition, since the beginning of the community thriving agrarian economy to be symbolized by shooting the three ears.
Culture and sights
- Baroque castle and Baroque garden palace courtyard: acquired in 1726 by Prince Eugene of Savoy and reshaped by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, acquired in 1755 by Maria Theresa and then in the possession of the imperial family
- March dam Chapel at market yard
- Castle Niederweiden: built by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and also be purchased by Prince Eugene of Savoy, later imperial possession
- Sanctuary Groißenbrunn and St. Mary's Chapel Bruendl Groißenbrunn
- History collection with beer museum of Kreiner family in Loimersdorf
- Bicycle Freedom Bridge over the March to Bratislava
Personalities
In market yard lived from 1971 to 1989, the actor Felix Dvorak and after several years of chamber singer Harald Serafin.
Economy and infrastructure
Non-agricultural workplaces, there were 65 in 2001, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 154 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 803 The employment rate in 2001 was 45.26 percent.
Engelhartstetten was the southeastern terminus of the local railway Untersiebenbrunn - Engelhartstetten on which the passenger was discontinued in 2003.