Pyhra
Pyhra is a market town with 3384 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of St. Pölten- Land in Lower Austria.
- 2.1 Population development
Geography
Location
Pyhra located in the hills of the wine district in Lower Austria southeast of St. Pölten. The municipality is crossed by the Perschling. The highest elevation is the Amerlingkogel (628 m).
The area of the municipality covers 66.73 square kilometers. 40.04 percent of the area is forested.
Community structure
The municipality includes the following 37 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- Adel Village (34 )
- Aigen (15 )
- Atzling (34 )
- Auern (109 )
- Baumgarten ( 10)
- Blindorf (30 )
- Brunn (116 )
- Ebersreith (27)
- Egelsee (37 )
- Fahra (64 )
- Gattring - Raking (66 )
- Getzersdorf (69 )
- Heuberg ( 368)
- Behind Wood ( 50)
- Hummelberg at rear wood ( 24)
- Kirchweg (40 )
- Beneficial insects (85 )
- Oberburbach (34)
- Upper Grub ( 33)
- Upper Loitz Berg ( 12)
- Obertiefenbach (79 )
- Perersdorf (80)
- Perschenegg (194)
- Pyhra ( 1034)
- Reichenhag (99 )
- Reichgrüben (56)
- Schauching (128 )
- Schnabling (79 )
- Steinbach ( 8)
- Unterburbach (9)
- Under Loitz Berg ( 12)
- Forest ( 240)
- Weinzettl (29 )
- Wieden ( 24)
- Windhag ( 4)
- Cell (44 )
- Zuleithen (36)
The municipality comprises the cadastral Adeldorf, Atzling, Auern, Blindorf, Brunn, Ebersreith, Egelsee, Fahra, Getzersdorf, Heuberg, behind wooden, Hummelberg at Pyhra, Loitz Mountain, beneficial insect, Upper Grub, Upper Tiefenbach, Perersdorf, Probst forest, Pyhra, Reichenhag, Reichgrüben, Schauching, Schnabling, Forest, Weinzettl, Wieden in Pyhra, cell and Zuleithen.
Probst forest is the only Cadastral that has seen no inhabitants.
Neighboring communities
Adjoin Pyhra
- Boeheimkirchen in the Northeast,
- Box at Boeheimkirchen and Michel Bach in the east,
- St. Veit an der Gölsen in the south,
- William Castle in the southwest and
- St. Pölten in the west and northwest.
History
In ancient times, the area was part of the Roman province of Noricum. The foundation of the church was carried out in 1083 by Bishop Altmann of Passau, who also founded the Göttweig, which possessed the basic rule over Pyhra. At the time of the first Turkish invasion ( 1529) were vicarage, destroyed the church and the whole place. The time between Protestant community came again under the rule of the Abbot of Göttweig. At the time of the second Turkish invasion (1683 ) 34 Lower House -made people, 100 " caught away " house people, 245 children, 109 servants ( also dragged into captivity ) is of 130 charred buildings that speech. The ruined church of St. Cecilia in 1805 was destroyed in the march through the French.
Population Development
According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 3,286 inhabitants. In 1991, the market town of 3,082 inhabitants in 1981 and 2,955 in 1971, 2,884 inhabitants.
Policy
Mayor of the municipality is Schmitzer Werner, chief officer Susanne Sailer.
In the market there are local council after the local elections in 2010 with a total of 23 seats following distribution of seats: 16 ÖVP, SPÖ 5, 1 Freedom Party, " For Pyhra " 1 seat
Culture and sights
Economy and infrastructure
Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 82 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 207 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census, 1,575. The employment rate in 2001 was 48.87 percent.
Personalities
- Carl Salcher (1863-1906), Mayor
- Karl Eichinger (1897-1983), politician and farmer
- Franz Muellner (1896-1980), politician and farmer
School and Education
- Northeast Landeskindergarten
- Elementary school Pyhra
- Europe Middle School Pyhra
- Agricultural College Pyhra
- Music School Perschlingtal