Reingers

  • ÖVP: 12
  • SPÖ: 3

Reingers is a municipality with 673 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Gmünd in Lower Austria.

  • 2.1 Population development

Geography

Reingers located in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 24.92 square kilometers. 43.16 percent of the area is forested.

Katastralgemeinden are Grametten, Hirschenschlag, Illmanns, Leopold Village and Reingers.

In Grametten there is a border crossing to Nova Bystřice in the Czech Republic.

European watershed

The European main watershed runs through Reingers. Some of the streams draining westward across Heidenreichstein - Braunaubach further ultimately into the Elbe and the North Sea. The other part drained eastward into the Thaya and thus on the Morava and Danube into the Black Sea.

Neighboring communities

Community structure

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

  • Grametten (57 )
  • Hirschenschlag (114 )
  • Illmanns (74 )
  • Leopold Village (230 )
  • Reingers (213 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Grametten, Hirschenschlag, Illmanns, Leopold Village and Reingers.

History

In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying, the place told the eventful history of Austria.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 719 inhabitants. In 1991 the community had 729 inhabitants in 1981 and 809 in 1971, 917 inhabitants.

Culture and sights

  • The Josephinian parish church of the Holy Trinity was built in 1784.
  • Local chapel Mariahilf in Leopold Village

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Christian Schlosser, Chief Officer Andrew Kozar.

In the council there after the municipal elections of 2010 a total of 15 seats following distribution of seats: 12 ÖVP, SPÖ 3

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 27, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 70 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 348 The employment rate in 2001 was 49.51 percent.

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