Sulz im Weinviertel
Sulz in the wine district is a market town with 1174 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district Gaenserndorf in Lower Austria.
Geography
Sulz is located in the wine district in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 31.37 square kilometers. 2.26 percent of the area is forested.
Community structure
Erdpreß (4.85 km ²) Nexing ( 4.53 km ²) Niedersulz ( 8.46 km ²) Obersulz ( 13.62 km ²)
Erdpreß (D) Nexing (D) Niedersulz (D)
Obersulz (M)
The most important of the abbreviations used are:
- M = center of the municipality
- Stt = district
- R = Rotte
- W = hamlet
- D = village
- ZH = Scattered houses
- Sdlg = settlement
- E = bowery (only if they have their own town code)
The complete list that uses the Statistics Austria, can be found at Topographic settlement Labelling according to STAT
Please note that some places may have different spellings. So Katastralgemeinden write differently than the same localities.
Source: Statistics Austria - List for Lower Austria (PDF)
Population Development
According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1188 inhabitants. In 1991, the market town of 1,150 inhabitants in 1981 and 1,196 in 1971, 1,393 inhabitants.
Attractions
- Museum Niedersulz: the museum village founded in 1979, is the largest open air museum in Lower Austria
Economy
Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 37, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 111 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 528 The employment rate in 2001 was 45.37 percent. Known Agriculture and Forestry company is the " EAC Bauer". One producer group with the motto "Earth - The Future - God " whose seat is in Zistersdorf. Owner of the company is Franz Bauer from Niedersulz.
Sports
- The football club UPS Sulz in the wine district plays in the 2nd class wine district south. The biggest success of the company founded in 1973, the club was the champion title in 1996/97.
Furthermore, there are since 2004 a run club (LC Erdpress, based in Erdpress ). Best Result: 1st place in the team overall standings of the internationally staffed 24 -hour run of Woerschach 2010 and 2011 ( course record ).
- In addition to the football field, there are three tennis courts, but no club participating in a championship.
The successful individual athletes are Matthias Steiner ( Olympic weightlifting in 2008, Vice World Champion 2011 ) and Christoph Krenn ( multiple world champion in racketlon in singles, doubles and team )
Personalities
Sons and daughters
- Benedict Pillwein (1779-1847), lawyer and state watchers
- Valentin Lechner (1777-1849), composer
- Prof. Joseph Geissler (1949 ), Founder & builder of the Museum Niedersulz
- Matthias Steiner ( b. 1982 ), formerly Austrian, since 2008 German weightlifter, Olympic champion in 2008 in the class over 105 kg
- Christoph Krenn racketlon player, single and double world champion in 2009; Team World Champion 2010