Rohr im Gebirge

• ÖVP: 12
• SPÖ: 3

Pipe in the mountains is a municipality with 469 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Wiener Neustadt- Land in Lower Austria.

Geography

Pipe in the mountains located in the industrial district, in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 80.58 square kilometers. 89.95 percent of the area is forested.

There are no other villages and cadastral except pipe in the mountains.

History

Before Christ's birth, the area was part of the Celtic kingdom of Noricum and belonged to the wider area of the Celtic hillfort castle on the Schwarzenbacher Castle Hill, which was the capital for the entire northeastern Kingdom.

Later, under the Romans, today's pipe then lay in the province of Pannonia.

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

Due to the inaccessible location, the area of pipe was settled late. The first owner of the forest area to pipe the men are called by Traisma. In 1194 the area became part of the Duchy of Steyr. After the construction of the Gutenberg stone, which was first mentioned in 1220, came into the tube influence the demesne stone, which should remain in 1848 the administrative center for the area from now until the year.

The term " Start Address Roer " was first mentioned in 1427. In 1470 the Church of pipe that counted before the parish of Schwarzau in the mountains, was elevated to own parish. In the 16th century, also attacked in the Reformation pipe around. Count Sigismund of Herbersteins hired a Protestant preacher. But a Catholic priest in 1569 is called again. In 1595, the Barons of Hoyos new owner of the demesne were stone, 1622, the parish was officially re-established.

In 1716 the Church of tube 1761 a onion dome was enlarged, erected. In the second half of the 18th century, initially a school was established in a farmhouse, 1782 given its own schoolhouse.

In 1848 the manorial authority ended upon the inhabitants of pipe, a first mayor was chosen. 1877 a separate post office was opened and established a stagecoach route to good stone. In the years 1884-1894 the roads to good stone and on the Ochsattel in the Traisental were built, ending the previous isolation of the community. Another connection was written in 1910 about the Haselrast after Gutenberg stone.

In the years 1878/79, after the demolition of the old church, a new church building, from 1886 to 1888 built a new school house.

Population

Demographics

Religion

According to the data of the 2001 census, 93.4 % of the population Roman Catholic, 1.0% are Protestant. 0.2 % are Muslim, 0.8 % are members of Orthodox Churches and 0.4 % are Israelite. 3.7% of the population has no religious affiliation.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Christian Wagner. In the council there after the municipal elections of 14 March 2010, a total of 15 seats following distribution of seats: List ÖVP 12, SPO 3, no other seats.

Culture and sights

2006, the two theme trails were opened:

• " Workshop Forest and Water" - This theme runs through the woods around the place and is always accompanied by the streams.
• " Legendary Tümpfelweg " - The stations along the way tell of legends and local tales and stories, such as the creation myth of pipe, " The Sunken City ".

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 24, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 42 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 239 The employment rate in 2001 was 46.8 percent.