Wolfsgraben

Wolf digging is a municipality with 1625 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Wien-Umgebung in Lower Austria.

  • 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 7.2 Persons with respect to the location

Geography

Wolf digging is a Vienna Woods community and is located in the Lower Austrian industrial area, about 15 km west of Vienna. The area of ​​the municipality covers 17.34 square kilometers. 65.97 percent of the area is forested.

In the municipality there are no other cadastral except Wolf ditch. It is drained by Wolf grave creek, which rises in the small Semmering and 2 km north of the village opens at Wienerwaldsee in Vienna. Here the valley is incised about 200 m deep and is bridged by striking Talübergang Wolf ditch the Austrian West Autobahn.

Neighboring communities

History

In ancient times, the area was part of the province of Pannonia. In the core Austrian state of Lower Austria lying the place informed the eventful history of Austria. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich in 1938, the town was not large -Wien connected in contrast to the near Purkersdorf, but assigned to the district Sankt Pölten.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1416 inhabitants. In 1991, the municipality had 1089 inhabitants in 1981 and 743 in 1971, 594 inhabitants.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is named after the resignation of Edwin Hlous since November 30, 2006 Claudia Bock, chief officer Heinz Bugkel. In the council, there are a total of 19 seats following distribution of seats: List ÖVP 11 ACTIVE 3, Green 3 list, SPO 2

Culture and sights

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural workplaces, there were 75 in 2001, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 30 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 667 The employment rate in 2001 was 48.51 percent.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

Persons with respect to the location

  • Edi Linser, was born on May 12, 1929 at the motorcycle race for the Austrian Wolf TT in ditch died, today there is a memorial stone and a Edi Linser street in the city
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