Wartmannstetten

• ÖVP: 15
• SPÖ: 4

Wartmannstetten is a market town with 1588 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Neunkirchen in Lower Austria.

• 2.1 Amalgamations

• 3.1 Demographics
• 3.2 Religion

Geography

Wartmannstetten located in the industrial district, in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 21.44 square kilometers. 53.68 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the following eight villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

• Diepolz (108 )
• Gramatl (116)
• Hafning (137 )
• Ramplach (422 )
• Straßhof (131 )
• Sub - Danegg (88 )
• Wartmannstetten (560 )
• Weibnitz (31 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Diepolz, Hafning, Ramplach, Straßhof, Unterdanegg and Wartmannstetten.

History

In ancient times, the area was part of the province of Noricum. In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place informed the eventful history of Austria.

Wartmannstetten was in 1192 in " form Bacher tradition Code" first mentioned. Early medieval finds and excavations show that the settlement in the municipality but already goes back much further. The waiting man Stetter local historian Michael Puhr has among other things Finds from the Stone Age ( fire drill), Bronze Age ( copper smelters and enamel pans in Tobel at Hafning ), the early Iron Age ( finds of remains of Celtic settlement sites ) and Roman times ( brick kilns ) documented.

Incorporations

On 1 January 1971, the municipalities Hafning, Ramplach, Straßhof and Unterdanegg were incorporated to Wartmannstetten.

Population

Demographics

Religion

According to the data of the 2001 census, 85.9 % of the population Roman Catholic, 2.6% are Protestant. 2.3% are Muslim, 0.1% are members of Orthodox Churches. 7.6% of the population has no religious affiliation.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Johann Gneihs, office manager Rosemarie Baumgartner. In the market there are a total of 19 council seats following distribution of seats since 2010: 15 ÖVP, SPÖ 4, no other seats (old: 14 ÖVP, SPÖ 5).

Culture and sights

• The Marian Thank- church was built from 1958 to 1959 according to the plans of the architect Viktor force. The stained glass and the Way of the Cross was created by the artist Karl Steiner.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural workplaces, there were 46 in 2001, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 93 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 804 The employment rate in 2001 was 48.89 percent.