Heldenberg

Heroes is a municipality with 1226 inhabitants ( 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Hollabrunn in Lower Austria ( Austria ).

  • 2.1 Upper / Unterthern
  • 2.2 Large / Kleinwetzdorf
  • 2.3 Glaubendorf
  • 2.4 Population development

Geography

Heldenberg lies in the valley of the Schmida in the wine district in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 27.37 square kilometers. 26.89 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

  • Glaubendorf ( 467 )
  • Großwetzdorf (351)
  • Kleinwetzdorf (84 )
  • Oberthern (170 )
  • Unterthern (137 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Glaubendorf, Großwetzdorf, Kleinwetzdorf, Oberthern and Unterthern.

The municipality was named when it was founded after the opportune in the cadastral Kleinwetzdorf Memorial Heldenberg ( see below).

History

Upper / Unterthern

In a deed of gift of the Emperor Henry IV in 1066, the place Ternie is first mentioned.

A distinction of Oberthern and Unterthern there for the first time in a urbarium of the Monastery Passau dating back to 1320, where an inferior and a superior Tern Tern is called.

The medieval ownership show in 1590 possessions of the pen Göttweig, pin Garsten and the Countess Hardegg. 1401 should the church be built in Oberthern, documentary evidence is a church bond from the year 1635th The church was extended by an additional building in 1961.

The parish is part of the Oberthern Pfarrverband Großweikersdorf.

Although it is reported from the residence of a teacher in Oberthern in the 17th century, only saw the Theresianische school reform in 1787 for upper and Unterthern own school before. The elementary school Oberthern was abandoned in 1966 and added to the school district Großweikersdorf.

Large / Kleinwetzdorf

The first unambiguous mention of the name comes from the Wetzdorf Gültbuch ( revenue directory) of Zwettl from the year 1346.

The parish was founded in 1783 as part of the Josephine reforms.

In the mid-16th century in Kleinwetzdorf the castle arose Wetzdorf, a three courtyards, two-storey facility, built in 1726 extended by a chapel. Joseph Gottfried Pargfrieder, a supplier of kuk Army, acquired the castle in 1832, leaving the memorial Heldenberg ( 1846-1849 ) and the English garden with a conical mountain views create.

Glaubendorf

The town's name derives from the name Chlubo, etymologically not " believe" of but of " pick out (on )" ( collect, pick up). In old documents the spelling Chlubendorf was used, the earliest written reference to the year 1130 as a highlight Bendorf '.

Created over Glaubendorf by about 5000 BC two circular grave sites. The smaller plant Glaubendorf 1 consists of two concentric ditches. Glaubendorf 2 includes three trenches of 71 m, 90 m and 109 m around an inner palisade circle 50 m in diameter ( ds 158 m long, 650 tree trunks ). By geomagnetic prospecting were (originally probably six) demonstrated Erdbrücken as additions to the interior and two goals in five ring palisade. The excavation volume is estimated at 6100 cubic meters, the construction period to 3 to 5 years

For the northeast. National exhibition in 2005 was reconstructed a circular grave system in Kleinwetzdorf Heldenberg. She is now part of the regular exhibition Heldenberg.

The original location of the plant Glaubendorf 2 can also be visited and be committed ( approximately 500 m dirt road signposted from the railway underpass the road Glaubendorf - Ruppersthal ). The dimensions of the system have been made ​​visible through vegetation.

The parish faith village was founded before the year 1256. The parish church was donated by a large probability of the Kuenringern and, like those of Kühnring ordained the Apostles Philip and James. The present church building dates back in parts to the 14th century.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1,096 inhabitants. In 1991 the municipality had 1,061 inhabitants in 1981 and 1,074 in 1971, 1,155 inhabitants.

Policy

Mayor of the Municipality is Peter Steinbach, chief officer Otto Nachtigal.

In the council, there are a total of 19 seats after the municipal elections of 14 March 2010, the following distribution of seats: 15 ÖVP, SPÖ 4, no other seats.

Culture and sights

  • Neolithic grave circle system in Kleinwetzdorf
  • Memorial Heldenberg in Kleinwetzdorf
  • Summer barn and training center for the Spanish Riding School in the Castle
  • Koller Classic Car Museum in Kleinwetzdorf

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 26, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 108 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 480 The employment rate in 2001 was 45.07 percent.

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