Litschau

  • ÖVP: 14
  • SPÖ: 5
  • FPÖ: 2

Litschau is a town with 2272 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Gmünd in Lower Austria. It is the northernmost city in Austria. As a landmark of the city is the old castle tower - also called a dungeon, entwined around stories from the time of the Thirty Years' War. The castle itself was originally built around 1260. Since 2007 Litschau is a health resort.

  • 5.1 Nature
  • 5.2 panoramic photo

Geography

Litschau located in Lower Austria's Waldviertel region in the valley of the tear stream at 531 m above sea level. A., about 5-10 km from the Czech border. Not least through the waters Herrensee and Schönau Teich Litschau is especially in summer a tourist place, one calling for families as holiday guests.

The area of ​​the municipality covers 81.08 square kilometers. 64.78 % of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 11 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Gopprechts (159 )
  • Hörmanns at Litschau (96 )
  • Josefsthal ( 0)
  • Litschau ( 1383 )
  • Loimanns (134 )
  • Reichenbach (47 )
  • Reitzenschlag (152 )
  • Saaß (51 )
  • Schandachen (87 )
  • Shock (73 )
  • Schönau bei Litschau (81 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Gopprechts, Hörmanns, Litschau, Loimanns, Reichenbach, Reitzenschlag, Saaß, Schandachen, impact and Schönau.

Neighboring communities

History

The name is of Slavic origin and Litschau can be attributed to Ličov - formed Lič - attributed to the persons name.

The city Litschau 1286 first mentioned. In the 13th century a market was created, who came into the possession of the Habsburgs in 1297; this further pledged the settlement, the city survey was conducted to below the Puchheimern ( 1346-1470 ). End of the 16th century, the reason Mr. Ludwig Wenzel Moratschky of Noskau suppressed a peasant uprising. During the time of the 30-year war for the city, brought impoverishment, as the important trade routes no longer led by Litschau, the sheep and aquaculture and timber industry developed. 1763 obtained the counts of Seilern - Aspang the rule. The present castle dates from this period. 1900 Track of the Waldviertel narrow gauge railways of Gmünd was taken to Litschau in operation; passenger services were but stopped in 1986. Since setting the freight in early 2001, a timetable excessive tourist nostalgia operation is performed to Litschau.

Management

  • Mayor of Otto Huslich, Vice Mayor Rainer Hirschmann.
  • The city council has been around since the municipal elections of 2010 a total of 21 seats following distribution of seats: ÖVP 14
  • SPÖ 5
  • FPÖ 2

Demographics

Attractions

In Litschau there next to the Herrensee even more attractions:

  • Parish Church of St. Michael on the town square, the oldest parts dating to the 14th century
  • Castle Litschau, which is privately owned by the family Seilern - Aspang. It is not publicly available.
  • Station: The station opened in 1900 the Waldviertel narrow gauge railways is growing the most northerly vine of Austria, which is also as old. The track is in the summer months as a museum railway in operation, the station buildings used for cultural events.
  • Museum of Local History
  • Strickereimuseum

Nature

The municipality is the roughly eleven -acre nature reserve Rottalblick moss. Around Litschau there are numerous biking and hiking trails. Two of the 16 marked trails with a total length of 180 km are the walk around the Herrensee (4,5 km ) and the forest trail near the castle. The two longest trails for very athletic endurance hikers are 7- villages - trail (31 km ) and the Litschauer Marathonweg (42,2 km). Litschau part with five other municipalities to experience Waldviertel region NORD.

Panoramic Photo

Sport and Leisure

Litschau has next to golf course and indoor swimming pool on other leisure and sports facilities. The classic is the triathlon event Waldviertel Eisenmann, short WEM. 1960 was the Litschauer waters once a motor boat races take it belonged to the Europe championship series of the outboard class up to 175 cc.

With the bike rental station "next bike" can be borrowed for a one-time registration by phone or internet for about one euro per hour a wheel. The return is possible either in the original rental station or at an appropriate facility in the neighboring communities.

Regular events

  • Schrammel.Klang.Festival: annually beginning of July -find Schrammelmusik Festival on stages around the Herrensee; www.schrammelklang.at since 2007
  • Waldviertel Eisenmann: (WEM ), the triathlon event takes place every year since 2006 (except 2010)

Economy

In 1999, there were according to the survey 181 agricultural and forestry holdings. The employment rate in 2001 was 41.95 %, there were 108 non-agricultural workplaces, the number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 1044 census.

The municipality Litschau operates a biomass district heating plant.

Tourism has gained increasing importance.

Sons and daughters

  • Kaspar Schrammelmusik (1811-1895), musician and composer
  • Hellmut Handl (1920-2012), Austrian physician, surgeon and artist
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