Moorbad Harbach

  • ÖVP: 8
  • SPÖ: 5
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Peat Harbach is a municipality with 665 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Gmünd in Lower Austria.

  • 4.1 Population development

Geography

Harbach Moor Bath is located in the western Waldviertel in Lower Austria at the border to the Czech Republic. The area of ​​the municipality covers 35.51 square kilometers. 68.33 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

  • Harbach (148 )
  • Hirschenwies (87 )
  • Lauterbach ( 167)
  • Maißen (122 )
  • Schwarzau ( 7)
  • Wultschau (142 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Harbach, Hirschenwies, Lauterbach and Wultschau.

Neighboring communities

History

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

Originally, there were several independent communities that were merged in the 1970s to the greater community Harbach. With the establishment of the sanatorium, the community was renamed in mud bath Harbach.

Attractions

  • Parish Church of St. John
  • Vicarage
  • "Garden of human rights" in the village of Lauterbach
  • Stone Spiral " milestone of peace" at the border crossing to the Czech Republic

Population

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 703 inhabitants. In 1991 the community had 699 inhabitants in 1981 and 713 in 1971, 845 inhabitants. 2013 665 and 2014 668

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Margit Goll, head of department Karin Fuchs.

In the council there after the municipal elections of 2010 a total of 15 seats following distribution of seats: 8 ÖVP, SPÖ 5, Independent Citizens' List 2

Coat of arms

The Provincial Government has the community Peat Harbach awarded the coat of arms described below 1999:

In gold on green hill, in a silver wave beams, a black bowl on just such granitenem base, growing out of the shell a stylized, three-leaved green plant bog.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 31 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 108 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 310 The employment rate in 2001 was 45.23 percent. The most important employer is the health and rehabilitation center Moor Harbach.

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