Opponitz

  • ÖVP: 8
  • SPÖ: 7

Opponitz is a municipality with 965 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria. Center of the municipality is the village Hauslehen.

  • 2.1 Population development
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Tourism

Geography

Opponitz is located on the Ybbs in Lower Austria's wine district Eisenwurzen. 72.52 percent of the area of the municipality is forested.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the four Opponitz Katastralgemeinden:

  • Ofenberg (2.31 km ²)
  • Opponitz ( 20.08 km ²)
  • Schwarzenbach ( 8.19 km ²)
  • Thann ( 9.08 km ²)

The municipal area covers seven villages (in brackets population as at 31 October 2011):

  • Trench ( 80)
  • Gstadt (57 )
  • Hauslehen (517 )
  • Ofenberg (33 )
  • Schwarzenbach ( 72)
  • Strubb (39 )
  • Thann (201 )

The main town of the municipality consists of the village Opponitz (formerly Hauslehen 47.877514.823611111111422 ⊙ ) and the surrounding scattered settlement Hauslehen - Scattered houses ( ⊙ 47.87583333333314.827777777778460 ). Also include the individual layer Glatz Reith, Hinterleithen, Upper Point, Pichl, and front Leithen to this location.

History

In ancient times, the area was part of the province of Noricum. The place name Opponitz suggests a Slavic settlement. In Passau Urbar the place 1256 as " Opotnitz " was first mentioned. In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place told the eventful history of Austria.

Between 1922 and 1924 the power plant was built in Opponitz Schwarzenbach district of the city of Vienna.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 957 inhabitants. In 1991 the municipality had 1,031 inhabitants in 1981 and 1,006 in 1971, 1,006 inhabitants.

Policy

The council has 15 seats, mayor of the municipality is Leopold Hofbauer, Office Manager, Friedrich Misof.

In the municipal elections of 2005, the ÖVP and the SPÖ reached 7 8 mandates. In the municipal elections in 2010, the seat ratios did not change.

Culture and sights

Parsonage and war memorial

Historical hammer mill "Hammer on Bach"

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 30 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 67 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 430 The employment rate in 2001 was 46.18 percent. Unemployed in 2003 there were an annual average of 786

Traffic

Opponitz was station on the narrow gauge Ybbstalbahn. Since 4 September 2010, the bus MO1 of Waidhofen about Opponitz runs on Hollenstein or to Lunz ( weather permitting on the L98 (A ), whereby the center of Opponitz can be approached directly and reaches a relative travel time savings compared to the disused narrow gauge railway has been. )

Tourism

For tourists Opponitz is known as "fishing village" and especially fly-fishing popular.

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