Persenbeug-Gottsdorf

Donau - God village is a market town with 2261 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Melk in Lower Austria. It lies on the left bank of the Danube, at an altitude of 222 m above sea level. A..

The town's name means " evil crook " and derives from the dangerous rocks and whirlpools Strudengau. By 1968, Donau and God were your own village communities.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the following five villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • God Village ( 729 )
  • Hagsdorf (104 )
  • Loja (16 )
  • Metz Ling (94 )
  • Donau (1326)

The municipality comprises the cadastral village God, Hagsdorf and Donau.

Policy

The council has 21 seats, mayor of the municipality is Manfred Mitmasser, Vice Mayor Gerhard Leeb and chief officer Heinrich Wagner.

In the municipal elections of 2005, the SPÖ and the ÖVP reached 17 4 mandates. In the 2010 municipal elections the SPÖ and the ÖVP lost two seats to the first time An incoming list Christa Kranzl and Independent ( KRANZL ).

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 96 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 21 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 958 The employment rate in 2001 was 46.78 percent.

Sport and Culture

Since 1949 there is the SV god Village Marbach - Donau. A pond with a beach volleyball court is in God village, near the old gravel pit.

Culture and sights

The biggest attraction is the castle Donau, the birthplace of Emperor Karl I of Austria - Hungary. Also worth seeing are the local museum Donau and the power plant Ybbs - Donau.

Personalities

  • Anna Maria Punz (1721-1794), painter
  • Franz Köck (* 1931), politician
  • Christa Kranzl (* 1960), politician

Gallery

Evil crook with God village

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