Klein-Pöchlarn

Small Poechlarn is an Austrian market town with 957 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Melk in Lower Austria.

The market town has existed since the early 16th century.

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Geography

Small Poechlarn is Poechlarn towards the left northern bank of the Danube, and thus on the southern edge of the Lower Austrian Waldviertel.

With Poechlarn connects the town today is a bridge over the Danube, which was released after only three years of construction on 14 November 2001 for traffic. Previously there was only a rolling ferry across the Danube.

The area of ​​the municipality covers 6.88 square kilometers. 49.48 % of the area is forested.

Except for small Poechlarn are no other Katastralgemeinden.

History

In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place informed the eventful history of Austria. In ancient times, the left bank of the Danube was occupied by Germanic tribes, and it bordered upon the Roman camp Arelape. Documented the community appears for the first time in 1282 with the name " evil - Pechlarn ", and later " Mitigate or Altenpechlarn ", and years later it was also called " low - Pechlarn ".

After the First World War in the year 1920, the market printed during the hyperinflation, as well as many other communities in Austria, his own emergency money.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1002 inhabitants. In 1991, the market town of 915 inhabitants in 1981 and 856 in 1971, 762 inhabitants.

Policy

The council has 19 seats, mayor of the municipality is Ing John White, chief officer Michael Haslinger.

In the municipal elections of 2005, the SPÖ and the ÖVP reached 13 6 mandates. In the municipal elections of 2010, the distribution is not changed.

Economy and infrastructure

52 non-agricultural workplaces there were in 2001, and 16 agricultural and forestry holdings after the survey in 1999.

The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 426 The employment rate in 2001 was 44.11 %.

Traffic

Small Poechlarn is served by the Danube highway to the railway network, by the Danube River (B3 ) to the road network north of the Danube.

With Poechlarn on the other side of the Danube connects small Poechlarn since 2001 a bridge over the Danube.

Culture and sights

• Get built in 1391, gothic, she remained in a similar form to the present day church