Unserfrau-Altweitra

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  • SPÖ: 2
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Our women Altweitra is a municipality with 1003 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Gmünd in Lower Austria.

  • 2.1 Population development

Geography

Our women Altweitra located in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 40.19 square kilometers. 45.17 percent of the area is forested.

The community is located south of Gmünd at the Lainsitz. Katastralgemeinden are Altweitra, Heinreichs at Weitra, upper Lembach, Pyhrabruck, Schagges, Ulrichs and Our woman. With Henry there is a difference between the name of the cadastral and that the settlement. The cadastral itself bears the name Heinreichs at Weitra, while the location of Henry at Weitra means.

Across the street, which leaves Pyhrabruck in a northwesterly direction, you reach the Czech neighboring town Novohradský ( Gratzen ).

To the west of the village flows in Luigraben south of Pyhrabruck the Gratz creek that flows near Novohradský in the Strobnitz.

Community structure

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

  • Altweitra (272 )
  • Henry at Weitra (185 )
  • Top Lembach (81 )
  • Pyhrabruck (62 )
  • Schagges (109 )
  • Ulrich (73 )
  • Our Women ( 221)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Altweitra, Heinreichs at Weitra, Oberlembach, Pyhrabruck, Schagges, Ulrichs and Our woman.

Neighboring communities

History

In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place informed the eventful history of Austria.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1016 inhabitants. In 1991 the community had 983 inhabitants, 1019 and 1981 in 1971, 1116 inhabitants.

Coat of arms

The two red roses in the upper half of the coat of arms stand for the two parish churches of the Nativity of Mary in Our wife and Assumption in Heinreichs, while the white flower in the lower half of the disposed of Maria Theresa cultivation of potatoes in Pyhrabruck, the first in the empire of Austria, recalls.

The silver or white wave represents the Lainsitz, the yellow color in the coat of arms symbolizes the cultivation of grain, the green forest wealth.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Othmar Kowar, chief officer Roman Pollak.

In the council there after the municipal elections of 2010 a total of 19 seats following distribution of seats: 15 ÖVP, SPÖ 2, UBL 2

Culture and sights

According to legend, a statue of Mary was stranded by a flood, from which the name was derived Our woman on the sands and the suggestion was given to pilgrimages. End of the 12th century, the original chapel still preserved, was, in addition to this, the parish church was built from 1250, which was extended to the Gothic and Baroque periods. The heyday of the pilgrimage was the 17th century, at that time consisted in place a spa, of which even the cistern can be visited on the church forecourt. Under Joseph II pilgrimage finally ebbed.

The Nativity of the Virgin parish church, dedicated to Our lady is a former military installation with the east tower. It contains among other things a quality statue of 1440, a tabernacle at the transition from Gothic to Early Renaissance of 1525 and a Christ at the Column from the 18th century. The later than Karner made ​​use of original chapel contains high-quality frescoes by 1520.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 23, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 136 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 453 The employment rate in 2001 was 46.85 percent.

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