Sankt Egyden am Steinfeld

• ÖVP: 13
• SPÖ: 5
• FPÖ: 1

St. Egyden am Steinfeld (also Sankt Egyden am Steinfeld ) is a municipality with 1901 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) on the stone field in the district of Neunkirchen in Lower Austria.

• 2.1 Amalgamations

• 3.1 Demographics
• 3.2 Religion

• 7.1 stations

Geography

St. Egyden am Steinfeld is located in the industrial area in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 26.15 square kilometers. 43.09 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

• Gera village at Steinfeld ( 311)
• Neusiedl am Steinfeld ( 437)
• Saubersdorf (585)
• St. Egyden am Steinfeld ( 192)
• Urschendorf (383)

Katastralgemeinden are Gerasdorf am Steinfeld, Neusiedl am Steinfeld, Saubersdorf, and Urschendorf.

History

In ancient times, the area was part of the province of Noricum. In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place told the eventful history of Austria.

Incorporations

On 1 January 1971 the municipalities Gera village on Steinfelde, Neusiedl am Steinfelde, Saubersdorf and Urschendorf to St. Egyden were incorporated in the stone field.

Population

Demographics

Religion

According to the data of the 2001 census, 81.2 % of the population Roman Catholic, 3.0% are Protestant. 1.1% are Muslim, 0.5% are members of Orthodox Churches. 11.4% of the population has no religious affiliation.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Johann Wallner ( ÖVP), Office Manager Patrizia Pappitsch. In the council there after the municipal elections of 2010 a total of 19 seats following distribution of seats: 13 ÖVP, SPÖ 5, 1 Freedom Party, no other seats.

Culture and sights

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 49, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 85 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 827 The employment rate in 2001 was 47.84 percent. The largest employer in the village is the prison of Gera village with about 90 jobs.

In Neusiedl am Steinfeld is located with the water tank Neusiedl am Steinfeld one of the largest drinking water reservoir in Europe.

Traffic

Stations

The first station was St. Egyden already in 1841 on the southern railway. This station is located less than 5 km southeast of the village in a wooded area between Wiener Neustadt and Neunkirchen. With the opening of the country's railway Willendorf - Neunkirchen in 1909 St. Egyden got a stop on the western edge, the St. Egyden local railway station and later St. Egyden stop was called. The railway station on the southern railway was renamed and was until 1939 the name of St. Egyden South. In the environment of the station, the station settlement was St. Egyden.

The -situated on the southern railway station St. Egyden is a busy transit station with two main tracks. The third main track was dismantled in April 2011 and the marginal platform built next to platform 1. The framework plan of the ÖBB should be replaced by an underpass in 2012, the existing railroad crossing. At the northern end of the railway station, a second switch connection is established and for the southern turnout head be removed. Thus, the station is operational converted into an over- control center, which is then controlled remotely from Wiener Neustadt railway station. For passenger transport remains an unoccupied station. The station has only local significance with maintenance of regional trains from Vienna South Station by Payer -Reichenau. Providing direct access to Vienna Floridsdorf, Bernhard Thal, Břeclav and Znojmo The Binding of some trains over Vienna South Station also. The next long-distance traffic stop is Wiener Neustadt.

The opened in 1897 and still existing at the stop Urschendorf Schneebergbahn is nearly two miles closer to St. Egyden as the railway station on the southern railway.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Carl Junker (1827-1882), architect