Pottenstein, Austria
Pott stone is a market town with 2981 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in Lower Austria in the district of Baden. Pott stone was also the seat of a district court with its own parish.
Geography
Pott stone is located in the industrial area and was dominated socially and economically independent for many years by the residents here textile factory. Still dominates the industrial monument in the western part of the municipality of the appearance of the village (see: places of interest).
Community structure
The municipality comprises the two villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- Fahrafeld (405 )
- Pott 's Stone ( 2577 )
The municipality comprises the cadastral Fahrafeld pot and stone.
Traffic
The main thoroughfare is Hainfelder road B18. In addition, a road leads through the neck into the neighboring Piestingtal.
In Pott stone there is a station of the Leobersdorfer web.
By Pott stone and Fahrafeld also the edge trail " Triestingtal Way", a cycle track and in winter even leads a trail near enough snow.
Attractions
- Pilgrimage church " Maria Trost in misery "; originally gothic, extensions in the 19th century
- Old manor house of cloth factory with showroom and wedding room of the registry office
- Antoniusbrünndl ( Antoniuskapelle orig. 1766 ), 20th century building, source of drinking water quality
- Doppelkarner (13th century), charnel house behind the church, landmark of the village (Figure in the municipal coat of arms ), since Pentecost 2006 permanent exhibition " The small devotional picture "
- Ferdinand Raimund Memorial ( mid 20th century), on the main square
- Ferdinand Raimund 's Death House in the former Gasthaus "Zum Goldener Hirsch " in the main square with Ferdinand Raimund Sterbezimmer
- Otto -Wagner- bridge over the Triesting ( road towards Pernitz )
- Tourists Cross ( 16th century )
- Cloth Factory ( 1840), industrial monument, road maintenance and fire today, Lower Austria 1989 exhibition
- Catherine's church in Fahrafeld, baroque chapel
- Castle Fahrafeld ( only residues present)
- Anthony Chapel in Grabenweg
Other buildings
- Ferdinand Raimund Hall ( Banquet Hall )
- Courthouse (former seat of a district court, now a branch of the District Court of Baden)
- Pott stone and around about 1872 (recording sheets of the country's Recording)
The West of pot stone with Grabenwegdörfel ( = Grabenweg ) on the road over the neck to Pernitz
Voluntary Sector
- Youth theater group Pott stone, founded in 1996
- Tourist Association ( kurzbez. FVV ) Pott stone Fahrafeld, founded in 1882 as a " Beautification Association "
- Football club SC Pottenstein
- Cultural Forum pot stone, founded in 1989
- Men's Choir, founded in 1862
- Nature lovers Pottenstein / Berne Village
- Classic Car Club Pottenstein, est. 1999
- Scout group Pott stone, founded in 1988
- Folk dance and traditional stone pot group, founded in 1974
- Sportunion pot stone, founded in 1951
- Tennis Club Pottenstein, est. 1974
- Village Renewal Association " pot stone i get up di ", founded in 2009
- Young Firefighters Pottenstein
Personalities ( Pott stone and Fahrafeld )
- Ferdinand Raimund (1790-1836), Austrian dramatist, died in Pottenstein
- Petar Preradović (1818-1872), Croatian writer, died in Fahrafeld
- Simon Graf Wimpffen (1867-1925), founder of the Kurbetriebs in Neuhaus at Weissenbach an der Triesting, lived for a time in Fahrafeld
- Felix Imre (1917-1943, executed ), anti-fascist
- Obleser Friedrich (1923-2004), German Lieutenant General and Chief of Air Force
- Leo Wirtner, local historian
Community partnerships
Pott stone has partnerships with the Upper Franconian town Pott stone and with the Czech community Potštejn.