Krummnußbaum

Krummnußbaum is a market town with 1447 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Melk in Lower Austria.

• 2.1 Population development

• 3.1 Town twinning

Geography

Krummnußbaum lies on the southern bank of the Danube between Ybbs on the Danube and in the must Poechlarn district in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 10.07 km ². 29.53 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Anna pin ( 94)
• Diedersdorf (75 )
• Krummnußbaum ( 1107 )
• Neustift ( 90)
• Wall Bach ( 62)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Diedersdorf and Krumnußbaum.

History

In ancient times, the area was part of the province of Noricum. In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place told the eventful history of Austria.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1,347 inhabitants. In 1991, the market town of 1,293 inhabitants in 1981 and 1,234 in 1971, 1,204 inhabitants. The etymological root of ' Krummnussbaum " is" the crooked walnut. " The place name derives from the crooked nut trees, which then stood at the fisherman huts on the Danube. This point was particularly popular in the North-South connection as a prominent sign for all those who had to cross the Danube.

The fact that the area around and of Krummnussbaum is an old settlement area that proves a stone sickle knife from the Neolithic period, which was found in 1964 in Saint Ann. The Romans probably the state of the market at that time have fit to defend their northern border, as a watchtower is on the " Burgstalleiten " upstream have stood the Roman permanent camp Arelape in Poechlarn. Because residues are visible on the " Burgstalleiten ", but age can not be due to the nature of the plant finally determine, as similar fortifications occur both from prehistoric times and early history. Already at the first turn of the millennium, today's community area was used economically, many old land area names have been preserved in the rural population still.

Policy

The council has 19 seats, mayor of the municipality is Bernhard Kerndler, Deputy Mayor Andrea Eichinger.

In the municipal elections of 2005, the ÖVP reached 9, the SPÖ 7 and the Independent List Manfred Nechwatal ( Nechwatal ) 3 mandates. In the municipal elections in 2010 Nechwatal no longer went to, the SPÖ lost one seat, the ÖVP won four seats.

Twinning

Partner community is Ahnatal in Hesse, Germany.

Culture and sights

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 41 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 34 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 633 The employment rate in 2001 was 47.73 percent.