Kreuttal

Kreuttal is a municipality with 1418 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the Mistelbach district in Lower Austria.

  • 2.1 World War II
  • 2.2 Population development
  • 3.1 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 townscape design

Geography

Kreuttal is located north of Vienna in the wine district in Lower Austria. The municipality is named after the valley of the same name, in which the Rußbach cuts through the north of the Danube foothills of the Alps. The area of ​​the municipality covers 21.48 km ². 37.77 % of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

  • Hautzendorf (540 )
  • Hornburg (183 )
  • Ritzendorf (25 )
  • Unterolberndorf ( 673)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Hautzendorf, Hornburg and Unterolberndorf.

History

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

World War II

In the last days of World War II were Kreuttal and its cadastral scene of fierce fighting between troops and eventful of the Wehrmacht and the Red Army. Hornburg was on April 17, 1945 highly competitive, with 20 German and 40 Russian soldiers fell.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1,308 inhabitants. In 1991 the municipality had 1,317 inhabitants in 1981 and 1,069 in 1971, 1,084 inhabitants.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Markus Koller.

In the council there after the municipal elections of 2010 a total of 19 seats following distribution of seats: 13 ÖVP, SPÖ 4, GREEN 2 seats.

Coat of arms

Blazon: In a split of blue on a gold plate, the front half with a golden ear of corn whose posterior half is covered with a natural colored green vine with blue grape, made ​​-to-one in chief a fallen silver tip with three gold stars, two.

Culture and sights

Townscape design

Within the European competition " Entente Florale Europe " Hornburg in 2005 received a gold medal in the village.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 41 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 37 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 569 The employment rate in 2001 was 44.95%.

Museum of Military History, Vienna Altlichtenwarth Asparn an der Zaya Bernhardsthal Drasenhofen Fallbach, Austria Gaubitsch Hausbrunn Herrnbaumgarten Kreuzstetten Pillichsdorf Rabensburg Schrattenberg Unterstinkenbrunn
378952
de