Spitz, Austria

Spitz is a market town in the Wachau with 1666 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Krems- Land in Lower Austria.

  • 2.1 Population development
  • 8.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Spitz is located on the true left bank of the Danube in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 23.83 square kilometers. 69.21 percent of the area is forested. In Spitz flowing through the Spitzer Graben Spitzerbach flows into the Danube.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the following four localities ( in parentheses population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Gut am Steg (147 )
  • Schwallenbach (114 )
  • Spitz ( 1288)
  • Vießling (131 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Gut am Steg, Schwallenbach, Spitz and Vießling.

History

The area around the present-day market town belonged 812-1504 Niederaltaich the monastery and has long been a Bavarian enclave in Austria, but is now part of Lower Austria.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1,769 inhabitants. In 1991, the market town of 1,931 inhabitants in 1981 and 2,025 in 1971, 2,134 inhabitants.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Dr. Andreas Nunzer. In the market there are a total of 19 council seats.

Since the local elections on March 14, 2010, the following distribution of seats shall:

  • WE - ÖVP.SPITZ.POSITIV: 12,
  • SPÖ: 3,
  • SGL: 4

Before Andreas Nunzer Hannes Hirtzberger was mayor. On him a poison attack is committed by means of a prepared with strychnine Mon Chéri early February 2008, he was held until March 18, 2008 at the Hospital Krems in artificial deep sleep. The damage caused by poisoning made ​​it impossible for him to perform his duties themselves.

List of mayors of Spitz

Culture and sights

  • List of the listed objects in Spitz
  • Parish Church of St. Mauritius and parsonage north of the church with medieval enclosure
  • Ruin the rear building
  • So-called Lower Castle
  • Erlahof

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 99 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 160 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 760 The employment rate in 2001 was 45.05 percent.

Through the stations Spitz and Schwallenbach the market town is connected to the Danube highway.

Partner community

  • Taufkirchen an der Pram

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Josef year (b. 1947), politician and Member of Parliament
  • Karl Miihlberger (1857-1944) Composer of the Imperial fighter march

Others

Joseph Kyselak describes Spitz in his 1829 published sketches of a walking tour through Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Berchtesgaden, Tyrol and Bavaria to Vienna - in addition to a romantic picturesque representation of several castles and their folk tales, mountain areas and Eisglätscher on this hike, made ​​in 1825 by Joseph Kyselak, and performs the following: (Vol. 2, p 261): " Since the middle of the Spitz is growing more and more wine, When D' vine the fett'sten communities verleih'n.

This proud confession said to have been continually written on the house of the richest wine maker be, until 1805, the indented French heeded this boast belonging, and now nobody dares more, with its Vorräthen to boast with strangers or locals. "

In 1947 the film " The Councilor violinist " with Paul Hörbiger and Hans Moser was shot in Spitz.

Krems-Land District Orography Aggsbach Hans Moser (actor) Bergern im Dunkelsteinerwald Grafenegg Hadersdorf-Kammern Langenlois Stratzing
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