Schwarzau im Gebirge

  • SPÖ: 10
  • ÖVP: 5

Schwarzau in the mountains is a market town with 690 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Neunkirchen in Lower Austria.

With the natural park Falkenstein is one of the place to the recreation area in Vienna.

In Naßwald, one of Rotten, is a forest administration of the municipality of Vienna, which oversees the headwaters of the First Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline. Moreover, in Naßwald to commemorate the founder of the compost, the Schwemmunternehmer and " Raxkönig " Georg Hubmer, has been named after him memorial set up in the form of a Holzknechthütte.

  • 2.1 Schwarzau
  • 2.2 Naßwald
  • 3.1 Demographics
  • 3.2 Religion

Geographical Location

Schwarzau lies between the Rax and Schneeberg Schwarza. Although less than 1,000 inhabitants are counted Schwarzau is 190 km ² in area one of the largest communities in Lower Austria.

Community structure

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

  • Area (65 )
  • Trench ( 234)
  • Preintal (140)
  • Schwarzau in the mountains ( 190)
  • Quarry ( 5)
  • Trauch (2)
  • VOI (77)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Schwarzau in the mountains.

Neighboring communities

History

Schwarzau

Originally a church hamlet. Around 1220 Schwarzau was associated with the princely demesne stone. From 1595 Hoyos'sche noble family held the patronage and mid-19th century came Schwarzau in the possession of the Imperial Count Hoyos.

Naßwald

From 1784 Protestant lumberjack from Gosau settled in Naßwald and founded the second oldest Protestant church in Austria. Under George Hubmer incurred for that time great Schwemmanlagen and the " Gscheidl ", the watershed between Stiller and Murz Preinsbach, a 430 meter long Schwemmtunnel. Therefore, this rotting ( Protestant parish church Naßwald ) developed, despite the predominantly Roman Catholic inhabitants of the area, to a Protestant church with its own church. Another attraction was the Forest Railway Naßwald, a heritage railway which, starting from the center built about 900 meters in the Heufußtal ​​was (2008 set ).

Population

Demographics

Religion

According to the data of the 2001 census, 74.6 % of the population Roman Catholic and 11.6 % are Protestant. 5.3% are Muslim, 2.4% are members of Orthodox Churches and 0.1 % are Israelite. 4.2% of the population has no religious affiliation.

Culture and sights

  • See list of monumental objects in Schwarzau in the mountains
  • Parish Church of St.. Nicholas

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Michael Streif, office manager Ernst Kienbink. In the market there are local council after the local elections in 2010 with a total of 15 seats following distribution of seats: 5 ÖVP, SPÖ 10, no other seats.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 37, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 60 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 353 The employment rate in 2001 was 43.32 percent.

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