Miesenbach, Lower Austria

  • ÖVP: 10
  • SPÖ: 5

Mies is a municipality with 699 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Wiener Neustadt- Land in Lower Austria. The place is inextricably linked to the life of the painter Friedrich Gauer man who was born and worked.

  • 4.1 Demographics
  • 4.2 Religion
  • 6.1 Museums
  • 8.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Mies Bach is located in the Lower Austrian Limestone Alps at 500 to 1,200 meters above sea level, in a tributary of the Piesting in the industrial area.

The area of ​​the municipality between the droughts wall to the west and the High Wall in the east comprises 34.13 square kilometers, which are divided into 27 Rotten. 74.12 percent of the area is forested. Mies Bach is known by the Biedermeier painter Friedrich Gauermann.

The City Mies stream comprises 27 Rotten, of which Scheuchenstein is the most important. There are no other cadastral except rotten creek.

Coat of arms

Mies Bach's green coat of arms stands for the local forestry and agriculture. It is separated by a river symbolized ( the Mies Bach). At the bottom of a water wheel symbolizes the mills and sawmills along the creek. In the upper part are crozier and salt shaker references to the church patron Rupert of Salzburg.

History

Place name

The name Mies Bach has a body of water and a man named " Miso " out is Bavarian origin and is derived from " mossy creek " because the upper reaches of the stream is embedded in swampy and mossy landscape.

Chronicle

Before Christ's birth, the area was part of the Celtic kingdom of Noricum and belonged to the area of the Celtic hillfort castle on the Schwarzenbacher Castle Hill, which was the capital of the entire north-eastern Noricum. Later, under the Romans today Miesbach then lay in the province of Pannonia.

Around 900 the Miesenbachtal is populated by faithful followers of the German Emperor, as these colonized their empire to the east.

1166 will be the Piestingtal and its side valleys, which were colonized by Bavaria from the area around Mies Bach, mentioned in the Falkensteiner Codex. 1182 passes Adalram II his goods to the Styrian Duke Otakar IV. Much of the various possessions of the Mies stream valley should have gotten to the family "of Scheuchenstein ", in whose time the building of the castle and the chapel in Scheuchenstein fell.

1282 assumes Rudolf I of Styrian dukes the country. 1464 plays the castle Scheuchenstein in fraternal strife between Emperor Frederick III. and Duke Albrecht VI. an important role.

With the death of Steward Ruprecht of Scheuchenstein, Dachstein and Wulfingstein in 1530 the rule Scheuchenstein continues to lose its meaning and apply the rule Hernstein later. Hans Balthasar von Hoyos buys 1632 the offices Scheuchenstein and Pernitz.

First time in 1850 by the citizens of the municipality mayor was elected in a free and secret ballot. With the construction of the road over the saddle ashtray is since 1874 a connection to Puchberg am Schneeberg. 1885 built a road link to Oed.

After surrounding places, like good rock or Puchberg am Schneeberg benefit from tourism for some time, is in Miesbach only in the 1920s, tourism is a. The quiet place is popular with Viennese " summer visitors " increasing popularity.

To mark the 150th birthday of Friedrich Gauermann an exhibition will be shown in 1967 at Gauermannhof, which attracts many visitors. 1962 place in Miesbach and good stone the Exhibition of Lower Austria " Friedrich Gauer man and his time" instead, which is visited by about 162,000 visitors. In 1976, the Gauer - man school is closed and converted into a Gauer Mann Museum.

Population

Demographics

Religion

According to the data of the 2001 census, 94.6 % of the population Roman Catholic, 0.8 % are Protestant. 4.4% of the population has no religious affiliation.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Matthias Scheibenreif (ÖVP ). Head of Office is Rudolf Kuchner.

In the council there after the municipal elections of 14 March 2010, a total of 15 seats following distribution of seats: 10 List ÖVP, SPÖ 5, no other seats.

Culture and sights

Museums

  • Gauer Mann Museum: The museum was founded in the former Gauermann School in 1976 was remodeled in 1993 and 2000 to 2002 rebuilt and completely redesigned. The museum has two exhibition areas. While the ground floor works of Friedrich Gauermann can be seen, the first floor is devoted to various contemporary artists who present their works here.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 a total of 27 agricultural and forestry holdings, according to the 1999 survey 74 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 313 The employment rate in 2001 was 44.64 percent.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Friedrich Gauermann (1807-1862), Biedermeier painter
  • Sohm Walther (1909-2001), home - and dialect researcher
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