Hochwolkersdorf

  • SPÖ: 12
  • ÖVP: 7

Hochwolkersdorf is a municipality with 1020 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Wiener Neustadt- Land in Lower Austria.

  • 3.1 Demographics
  • 3.2 Religion

Geography

Hochwolkersdorf located in the industrial district, in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 23.52 square kilometers. 60.09 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the following four localities ( in parentheses population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Hackbichl (53 )
  • Hochwolkersdorf (village) (858)
  • Hochwolkersdorf ( Airborne ) ( 83)
  • Rosenbrunn (9 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Hochwolkersdorf.

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 Hochwolkersdorf then lay in the province of Pannonia.

In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place told the eventful history of Austria.

In the last days of the Second World War their command post was set up during the advance on Vienna during the invasion of the Soviet army. Of the Soviets a meeting with the first post-war Chancellor Karl Renner of Gloggnitz and a member of the O5 - resistance group was arranged in order to negotiate a possible non-combat and gentle transfer of the City of Vienna, which provided, for example, a protection of the vital Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline. During the time but flew to O5 and some members in Floridsdorf it were publicly hanged.

Population

Demographics

Religion

According to the data of the 2001 census, 93.1 % of the population Roman Catholic, 0.9% are Protestant. 0.7 % are Muslim, 0.4% are members of Orthodox Churches. 3.7% of the population has no religious affiliation.

Policy

Mayor and chief officer of the municipality is Waltraud Gruber. In the council there after the municipal elections of 14 March 2010, a total of 19 seats following distribution of seats: 12 SPÖ, ÖVP list 7

Culture and sights

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural workplaces, there were 33 in 2001, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 74 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 494 The employment rate in 2001 was 48.03 percent.

Personalities

  • Anton Wodica (1914-1980), politician
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