Wölbling

Wölbling is a market town with 2438 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Sankt Pölten- Land in Lower Austria.

  • 2.1 Population development
  • 6.1 Fladnitztal Cycle Path

Geography

Wölbling is in the Most district in Lower Austria. The area of ​​the municipality covers 32.26 km ². 55.43 percent of the area is forested.

Neighboring communities

In the south Obritzberg -Rust, southwestern Dunkelsteinerwald, north salvors in Dunkelsteinerwald and Paudorf, east Statzendorf

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 10 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Ambach (284 )
  • Anzenhof (169 )
  • Home (176 )
  • Landersdorf (240 )
  • Knobs village (79 )
  • Oberwölbling ( 1095 )
  • Ratzersdorf (55 )
  • Unterwölbling (315 )
  • Viehausen ( 19)
  • Wetzlarn (12)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Ambach, Anzenhof, Home, Lander village, knobs village, Oberwölbling, Ratzersdorf and Unterwölbling.

History

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

Partner community since July 2005, the Upper Bavarian municipality of Berchtesgaden. Both share an exchange transaction between the Archbishop of Salzburg and the Provost of Berchtesgaden in 1155th

At the heavy fighting in the last weeks of the Second World War in April and May 1945 reminded the military cemetery Oberwölbling, in which more than 4,000 casualties were laid to rest.

Population Development

Policy

The council has 21 seats, mayor of the municipality is Gottfried Krammel.

In the municipal elections of 2005, the SPÖ reached 11, the ÖVP and the FPÖ 9 1 mandate. In the municipal elections in 2010 there were no mandates shifted.

In the market there are local council after the local elections in 2005 with a total of 21 seats following distribution of seats: 11 SPÖ, ÖVP 9, FPÖ 1, no other seats.

Culture and sights

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 69, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 89 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census, 1175. The employment rate in 2001 was 47.19 percent.

Leisure

Fladnitztal Cycle Path

The Fladnitztal - cycle path as circular route through the communities Obritzberg -Rust, Statzendorf, Wölbling and Karlstetten and is manageable even for inexperienced cyclists.

Partner communities

  • Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (2005)
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