Hochneukirchen-Gschaidt

  • ÖVP: 16
  • FPÖ: 2
  • SPÖ: 1

Hochneukirchen - Gschaidt is a market town with 1663 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in the industrial area in Lower Austria.

  • 4.1 Religion

Geography

The market town Hochneukirchen - Gschaidt lies in the triangle Lower Austria / Burgenland / Styria and is the southernmost municipality of the Hunchback world.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 12 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Burger beat ( 38)
  • Grametschlag (85 )
  • Gschaidt (122 )
  • Harmannsdorf (105 )
  • Hattmannsdorf (209 )
  • Hochneukirchen (422 )
  • Kirchschlagl (170)
  • Loipersdorf (54 )
  • Maltern (131 )
  • Offenegg (159 )
  • Ulrich village (69 )
  • Züggen (121)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Gschaidt and Hochneukirchen.

Explanation of the name

Hochneukirchen: The elevated new church, this time over a wide area was a peculiarity, names shaped the location. First documented: 1295 " Hochniuchkirche "

Gschaidt: The first mention of points to the location on a watershed, the border or at a junction. First documented: 1316 " Gscheid "

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 were close today places Gschaidt and Hochneukirchen in the province of Pannonia.

Hochneukirchen cited as the first place of the settlements in the south of the Hunchback world that were constructed after the clearing of the forest Mark, in a document issued in amber on January 27, 1295 document in which Count Yban of Güssing committed parts of the rule Kirch blow the Leuthold of Kuenring, the owner of Kirschschlager rule to defer a payment of 90 gold ducats. The other 11 villages in the municipality were documented at a later date.

The fortified church Hochneukirchen it was at that time a very important building. Served but the church when the enemy invaded the villagers as the last refuge in the country. During the Turkish occupation in 1500 the church received a weir upper floor, which was equipped with loopholes and Spählöchern. The threat of the Turks but was tame compared to the incidence of kuruc in which it was Hungarian insurgents who spread at the beginning of the 18th century horror and fear.

Until the formation of the independent communities that counted " Official Hochneukirchen " to rule Krumbach and the " Official Gschaidt " to rule Ziegerberg. These two cadastral municipalities were constituted in 1854 as a separate independent communities: Hochneukirchen with 998 inhabitants in 122 houses and 395 inhabitants and Gschaidt with 51 houses. 1895, the volunteer fire Hochneukirchen and Gschaidt were established, one device that had proved in view of the numerous fires as an urgent necessity. The first school house was built after the introduction of compulsory education in 1774. 1882, the construction of the first observation tower on the Hutwisch; now there is already the third vantage point. The modern economic life were Hochneukirchen and Gschaidt only gradually opened up by the road, it was but a purely agrarian economic community, which led a completely self-contained life. 1856, the road connection from the sawmill ( Krumbach ) was built after Hochneukirchen.

After the Second World War, a constant upward trend in the community that has affected all areas of life of community residents. Above all, through the creation and development of various public facilities, much has changed. Beginning in the 60s of last century began the rapid expansion of infrastructural facilities such as freight routes, elementary and secondary school, water supply, sanitation, office buildings, yard, sports conditioning, to name only the most important, one. In 1970, the formerly independent communities Hochneukirchen and Gschaidt were merged to the municipality Hochneukirchen - Gschaidt.

In 1995, on the occasion of the 700th anniversary celebrations for the survey market town by the Landtag of Lower Austria and the awarding of the market crest.

Population

Religion

According to the data of the 2001 census, 97.5 % of the population Roman Catholic, 1.0% are Protestant. 1.1% of the population has no religious affiliation.

Policy

  • Mayor of the municipality is Thomas Heissenberger from Hochneukirchen. Vice Mayor Gerhard Höller Gschaidt. Chief Officer Franz Schabauer from Hochneukirchen.
  • City Council: In the market there are local council after the local elections of 14 March 2010 for a total of 19 seats following distribution of seats:

16 ÖVP, FPÖ 2, 1 SPO, no other seats.

Music

  • Musikverein Hochneukirchen
  • Musikverein Gschaidt
  • Association for the Advancement down to earth folk music " HUATWISCHTEIFLN "

Clubs

  • Education and home work
  • Village Renewal Association Hochneukirchen
  • Village Renewal Association Gschaidt
  • Village Renewal Association Grametschlag
  • Kameradschaftsbund
  • Rural Youth
  • Motorsport Club
  • Seniorenbund Hochneukirchen
  • Seniorenbund Gschaidt
  • Gymnastic and sporting Union

Culture and sights

  • Fortified church of St. Bartholomew in Hochneukirchen
  • Aussichtswarte Hutwisch: The Hutwisch is 896 m, the highest elevation in the world hunchback represents the observation tower offers a panoramic view.
  • Dreiländerstein: The Dreiländerstein marks the intersection of the provinces of Lower Austria, Styria and Burgenland. This stone is also the most southern point of Lower Austria in the district of Wiener Neustadt.
  • Willers villages Canyon: Natural Monument. The Willers villages gorge is a charming river wetlands.
  • See also: List of the listed objects in Hochneukirchen - Gschaidt

Sports

  • Football field
  • 3 tennis courts
  • Beach volleyball court
  • Gym
  • Extensive bike and trail system
  • 12 km cross-country ski (Mill Trail )

Regular events

  • New Year's Concert at the Musikverein Hochneukirchen (every year on January 1st )
  • Village Festival of the Musikverein Hochneukirchen (annually on the first Sunday in July )
  • Motocross State Championship in Hattmannsdorf
  • Three countries fair on Dreiländerstein ( Willers villages canyon)
  • Tent parties and balls of Clubs

Public institutions

  • Catholic churches
  • Gemeindebücherei
  • Practitioner
  • Veterinarian
  • Ortsstelle of the Red Cross

Fire departments:

  • Volunteer Fire Hochneukirchen
  • Volunteer Fire Maltern
  • Volunteer Fire Gschaidt

Education

  • Elementary school Hochneukirchen
  • Secondary school Hochneukirchen
  • Association of Music Schools hunchback world - South
  • Northeast Landeskindergarten Hochneukirchen
  • Northeast Landeskindergarten Gschaidt

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Beiglböck Wilhelm (1905-1963), Internist
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