Pfaffenschlag bei Waidhofen

• ÖVP: 13
• FPÖ: 2

Pfaffenschlag at Waidhofen adThaya is a municipality with 934 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Waidhofen an der Thaya in Lower Austria.

• 2.1 Population development

Geography

Pfaffenschlag at Waidhofen an der Thaya is located in the northern Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 29.67 square kilometers. 35.58 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Arnolz (74)
• Artolz (58)
• Eisenreichs (52 )
• Großeberharts (70)
• Kleingöpfritz (127)
• Pfaffenschlag at Waidhofen A.D. Thaya ( 428)
• Rohrbach (68)
• Black Mountain (76 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Arnolz, Artolz, Eisenreichs, Großeberharts, Kleingöpfritz, Pfaffenschlag, Rohrbach and Schwarzenberg.

History

The district wholesale Eberhart was first documented in 1112, Rohrbach in 1365, and Arnolz 1230.

Since the supplement with the suffix Pfaffenschlag has Austria's longest commune names (40 characters ), even in the official version Pfaffenschlag at Waidhofen adThaya (37 ), and also with no spaces (35 ), followed by St. Georgen near Upper Mountain at the Inn and St. Marienkirchen Polsenz (32 each with spaces ) - and also with the former with the most words.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 980 inhabitants. In 1991 the community had 970 inhabitants, 1071 and 1981 in 1971, 1193 inhabitants.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Willibald Pollak, office manager Michael Annerl. In the council there after the municipal elections of 2010 a total of 15 seats following distribution of seats: ÖVP 13, L.FPÖ 2

Culture and sights

The parish church of St. Martin and the cemetery are quite hilly in the north of Pfaffenschlag. The building is essentially Romanesque and Gothic and remodeled in the 19th century. The high altar dates from the period around 1720.

In Kleingöpfritz since 1783, is a local chapel, which was built in 1895. The local chapel in Rohrbach was built in the first half of the 19th century. In the United Eberhart is the local chapel with its neo-Baroque altar at least since 1873. Artolz The local chapel was built in 1874 and received in 1904 a tower.

To the east of Pfaffenschlag is a stone statue of St. John Nepomuk from the 18th century.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 35, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 112 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 427 The employment rate in 2001 was 44.38 percent. The largest employer in Pfaffenschlag is the WEB wind energy.