Schollach

Schollach is a municipality with 913 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Melk in Lower Austria.

• 2.1 Population development

Geography

Schollach is in the Most district in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 19.67 square kilometers. 37.23 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipal area covers seven villages (in brackets population as at 31 October 2011):

• Anzendorf (156 )
• Wholesale Schollach (179 )
• Small Schollach (34 )
• Remember Village (89 )
• Roggendorfstraße ( 283 )
• Schallaburg (98 )
• Steinparz (87 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Anzendorf, Merkendorf, Roggendorfstraße, Schallaburg and Schollach.

Neighboring communities

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.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 899 inhabitants. In 1991 the community had 846 inhabitants in 1981 and 801 in 1971, 817 inhabitants.

Policy

The council has 15 seats, mayor of the municipality is Norbert railway, chief officer unoccupied.

In the municipal elections of 2005, the ÖVP and the SPÖ reached 9 6 mandates. In the municipal elections of 2010, the SPÖ lost one seat to the ÖVP and FPÖ, who moved to the municipal council.

Culture and sights

Significant is the Renaissance castle Schallaburg, which houses an exhibition center of the province of Lower Austria, held in the large annual exhibitions. In addition, the Sanctuary is worth mentioning in Steinparz.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 30 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 66 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 426 The employment rate in 2001 was 48.72 percent.

Gallery

Arkardenhof in Schallaburg