Puchenstuben

Puchenstuben is a municipality with 315 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district Scheibbs in Lower Austria.

• 2.1 Population development

Geography

Puchenstuben is in the Most district in Lower Austria Eisenwurzen. The area of ​​the municipality covers 41.26 square kilometers. 84.2 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 11 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

• On Sulzbichl ( 2)
• Bergrotte (40 )
• Brandeben ( 2)
• Fire area ( 4)
• Book Mountain ( 19)
• Gösing to the Mariazell Railway (13 )
• Laubbach (16 )
• Puchenstuben (207 )
• Sheep Lahn ( 4)
• Sulzbichl (10 )
• Forest area ( 2)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Puchenstuben.

History

In ancient times, the area was part of the province of Noricum. The belonging to the municipality Puchenstuben place Gösing was first mentioned in 1261. In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place told the eventful history of Austria. So was Christian Haller, host in Puchenstube is one of the leaders in the peasant uprising against the noble lords at the end of the 16th century. In the 17th century an intense mining activity was recorded in the municipal area.

The history of the site is now in the 450 range chronicle text and images nachlesbar which is acquirable at the municipal office.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 303 inhabitants. In 1991 the community had 366 inhabitants in 1981 and 418 in 1971, 505 inhabitants.

Policy

The council has 13 seats, mayor of the municipality is Christian Kogler, office manager Reinhold Daurer.

At the municipal election in 2005 reached the SPÖ near SPÖ list - List of Independent Puchenstubner ( SPÖ LUP ) 9 and the ÖVP 4 mandates. In the municipal elections of 2010 resulted in no change in the distribution of seats.

Culture and sights

• Treffling case
• Alps Gösing
• Parish Puchenstuben
• In Puchenstuben there is next to a swimming pool and a tennis court and the excursion train Ötschi 's Bahnorama, which runs as scheduled on Sundays and public holidays, two times daily from May 1 to October 26 from the train station Puchenstuben about Sulzbichel and Trübenbach after Erlaufboden and back.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 24, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 34 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 122 The employment rate in 2001 was 41.25 percent. Clubs in Puchenstuben: mountain rescue, winter sports club, recreational sports club, Emsis motor sports, theater group. In the area of ​​community Puchenstuben is also the estate and Alpine Gösing.