Felixdorf

• SPÖ: 14
• ÖVP: 8
• FPO: 3

Felix village is a market town in the district of Wiener Neustadt- Land in Lower Austria with 4248 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013).

• 7.1 Wirtschaftsbund Felix village

• 9.1 Association for the Protection of the floodplain forest and the environment in Felix village

Geography

The market town of Felix village located in the southern industrial area in the stone field about 10 km north of Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria. With 2.48 square kilometers in area, it is the fourth-smallest municipality in Lower Austria. 10.66 percent of the area is forested.

There are no other cadastral except Felix village.

The southern boundary of the municipality runs partly along a side branch of the Tyrolean Bach. Along the northern edge of the village flows the main run of the Piesting, just west of the bridge crossing the Moor Street drives the water turbine of a hydroelectric power plant. The standing with the power plant in conjunction weir divides the Piesting in two side arms, between which is a completely overgrown with riparian forest island is located. Just before the bridge of the Southern Railway, under which the Piesting flows in the northwest corner of the township, both side arms meet again.

All along the river course grows denser, natural lowland forest, which has become rare in the southern Vienna Basin. Parts of this forest were already several times subject to local policy, land reallocations should allow for expansion of the community. In contrast, formed a movement which eventually led to the protection of the floodplain forest and the environment in Felix village to form the club.

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 Felix village was then in the province of Pannonia.

The territory of Felix village is part of Steinfeld and originally belonged to the municipality of Wiener Neustadt. To use this area, were established on the initiative of Wiener Neustadt mayor Felix Mießl in 1821 the village of Felix village. The settlement should have been originally called in honor of the Emperor Francis I. " Franzensdorf "; there was but one doubts that the settlement is viable, this request was rejected and named the settlement after the founder Felix village. The name " Franzensdorf " later received a settlement near Grossenzersdorf.

On 1 January, 1889, Felix village that had belonged until then to the city of Wiener Neustadt, was an independent municipality.

On the artillery range Felix village, among other things 1911, the 30.5 -inch siege mortar was injected.

Religion

Felix village has a Roman Catholic parish, a Protestant church and a mosque.

53.5 % of the population are Roman Catholics, 17.0 % belong to Islam, 6.5% are Protestant. Without religious beliefs are 19.5%. Felix village is behind Waldegg the Austrian community with the second highest Muslim percentage in the 2001 census.

Population

Demographics

Policy

• Mayor of the municipality is Walter Kahrer.
• In the market there are a total of 25 council seats after the municipal elections of 14 March 2010, the following distribution of seats:

SPÖ 14, ÖVP 8, FPÖ 3, the BIF, which was able to achieve a mandate at the council election 2005, 2010 did not appear to.

On March 14, 2010 3754 people were eligible to vote, which took in 2442 of their right to vote ( = 65.05% ). 37 people voted invalid. 55.05 %, or 1324 people, gave the election winner as resulting from the local council elections the SPÖ her voice, the second-placed ÖVP scored 30.48 % of the votes ( = 733 people). The rest of the valid votes went to the third fraction, FPÖ, which were able to win in this election 348 people for their voice ( = 14.47 %). Through the voices gain of 275 votes compared to the local council elections in 2005, the FPÖ party succeeded in gaining the council.

Culture and sights

Economy

Non-agricultural workplaces there were in 2001 136, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 2 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census, 1817. The employment rate in 2001 was 43.42 percent.

Wirtschaftsbund Felix village

The Economic Federation Felix village was founded by Alexander Smuk in 2010. He was called as a church organization of the Austrian Economic Association in life. First chairman was also Alexander Smuk. Furthermore, were elected as vice-president Richard Buchberger, Karin Kunz as a financial consultant and Christian F. Kunz as secretary.

Traffic

The place is conveniently located both on the southern railway and at the Wiener Neustadt road B 17, so that both Vienna and the district capital of Wiener Neustadt are easily accessible. The next driveways on the west of the town running A2 motorway are within a few minutes.

Organizations

Association for the Protection of the floodplain forest and the environment in Felix village

This association exists since 5 April 2007, and was able to change some construction projects or prevent their implementation. It involves a non-partisan and non-profit association. Chairman of the association is Gustav Schranz. He is supported by the representatives Fritz Harrer and Bernd Hrabal, the cashier Susanna Stoeger and numerous other members.

The association describes itself and its activities as follows: The organization places an emphasis on the protection and preservation of the floodplain forest villages Felix and all dedicated as grassland - forest areas of the community. In addition, the association wants to act as a self-help organization of citizens in connection with their natural resources.

Our forest is a main livelihood in Felix village. He not only takes water during heavy rains and protects our communities from wind and noise but produces oxygen for us or dust-free air and provides us with important recreational area.

The association's activities are diverse, including assumes the association Au - cleaning, the installation of benches and garbage cans, Au - hiking days with fun and games for children, and many other projects.

Personalities

Personalities ( after 1945 ):

• Franz Staffa (1907 - 1970) Member of Parliament, local council in Felix village
• Franz Stöhr (1921 - 1970) Member of the NÖ.Landtag, Felix council in village
• Johann Farnleitner (* 1938), former federal minister and councilor in Felix village
• Traude Votruba (* 1942), former State Minister in the NÖLR. and Councilor Felix in village

Honorary Citizen ( 1945 ):

• Karl Renner (1870 - 1950) President
• Oskar Helmer (1887 - 1963) Federal Minister
• Bruno Kreisky (1911 - 1990) Chancellor
• Hans Czettel (1923 - 1980) Deputy Governor northeast.
• Ramoser Heinrich (1925 - 1993) Mayor of Felix village
• KR.Erwin Buchta (* 1935), the former executive council in Felix village
• Charles Stieber (* 1939), former mayor of the village of Felix