Weikendorf

Weikendorf is a market town with 1900 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district Gaenserndorf in Lower Austria.

3.1 Population development
3.2 Demographics

Geography

Weikendorf lies in the wine district in Lower Austria. The area of the municipality covers 46.3 square kilometers. 12.44 percent of the area is forested.

Community structure

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

Doerfles (260 )
Stripfing (293 )
Tallesbrunn (299 )
Weikendorf ( 1070)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Aspacherfeld, Doerfles, Stripfing, Tallesbrunn and Weikendorf.

Neighboring communities

History

After a forged document to 1074 to Margrave Ernst, with the consent of his wife Swanhild († 1062) Weikendorf to the monastery of Melk have given. This Wikkendorf on Gänsbach ( Weidenbach ) was then a court of a nobleman whose arable land was worked with male and female slaves. Directly north of it was built in 1115 called the Melk Church of St. Koloman. Perhaps there was even then the Zeil am Bach with 18 farmer fief, where each one Hofacker joined by about 10 yoke. In späterern 12th century the mill stream was passed on the Gänsbach and extended the first place by 15 peasant fief in the north, creating a Angersdorf arose. This line was then extended to the west. In Melker Urbar 1289-94 38 Melker Bauer fiefs are listed. Quite a few of them, the monastery had awarded to the minor nobility and there was already the first changes. Inter alia already existed meat shops in the town. 1411 got Weikendorf Mark character. 1462 allowed the emperor to the Melk Abbey to build a Castellum in monastic headquarters - so the Weikendorf castle was probably at the site of the former Althofes. In preparation book in 1590, 53 houses have been entered, they meet the Franziszeischer cited in the cadastral 1821 Halblehen. After a serious fire in 1683, the parish center was designed in Baroque. Now the number of houses to grow until 1795 stormy on 94 houses. The basic rule Melk existed until 1848.

In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place told the eventful history of Austria. Built in 1700 and Jacob Prandtauer church and vicarage Weikendorf.

Population Development

In the POPREG database 2009 1945 population were calculated for the year. According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1976 inhabitants. In 1991, the market town of 1883 inhabitants, 1609 and 1981 in 1971, 1483 inhabitants.

Demographics

Source: Population Development of Statistics Austria

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Johann Zimmermann, chief officer Erich Schmid. In the market there are local council after the local elections in 2010 with a total of 19 seats following distribution of seats: 12 ÖVP, SPÖ 6, FPÖ 1, no other seats. In October 2013, the former FPÖ council Markus Fendrych joined the Communist Party.

Culture and sights

Economy

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 51, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 76 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 888 The employment rate in 2001 was 45.9 percent.

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