Maissau

Maissau is an Austrian municipality with 1898 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Hollabrunn in Lower Austria.

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Geography

Maissau is located at the transition from wine district to the forest district at the foot of the mountain Manhart. The area of ​​the municipality covers 43.14 square kilometers. 28.03 percent of the area is forested.

Katastralgemeinden are Eggendorf am Walde, Grübern, Gumping, small - Postal, Limberg, Maissau, Oberdürnbach, Reikersdorf, Unterdürnbach, Wilhelm village.

Neighboring communities:

Population

Demographics

Policy

• Mayor of Josef Klepp, Department Head and Vice Mayor Karl Frühwirth.
• In the city council there - for a total of 19 seats - after the municipal elections of 14 March 2010, the following distribution of seats: 13 ÖVP, SPÖ 5, Green 1, no other seats.

Attractions

• Amethyst Maissau: In Maissau is the largest amethyst Europe. An exposed Amethystgang can be visited here.
• Castle Maissau: The 1122 first mentioned plant is used for private today and can only be viewed from the outside.
• The local chapel small castle barn was built in 1842.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 67, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 131 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 790 The employment rate in 2001 was 43.66 percent.

Regional Cooperation

The municipality Maissau is a member of the small region Manhart mountain.

Regular events

Personalities

• Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996), Austrian composer, lived and died in Oberdürnbach at Maissau.