Wolfsthal

Wolfsthal is a municipality with 896 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Bruck an der Leitha in Lower Austria.

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Geography

Wolf valley is located in the industrial district ( district under the Vienna Woods ) in Lower Austria. In the north Wolfsthal borders the Danube. Between the town and the banks of the Danube, a broad floodplain extends. To the west it borders on Hainburg an der Donau. The neighboring communities in the south and east are Hundsheim, Edelstal in Burgenland and mountain. On this side of the community, the foothills of the Hainburg Mountains, which are also densely forested cover. In the east, the town of the state border with Slovakia (Petržalka, a suburb of Bratislava) is limited.

The area of ​​the municipality covers 21.77 square kilometers. 48.31 percent of the area is forested.

History

Population

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 750 inhabitants. In 1991 the community had 711 inhabitants in 1981 and 723 inhabitants in 1971, 795 inhabitants.

Since the Schengen Agreement on 21 December 2007 were dropped border controls on the Slovakian border, the town experienced a new upswing populous. In 2005 the town had 720 residents enrolled in Wolfsthal. On 1 January 2013 there were already 896 inhabitants. The joy of the Slovaks at the construction was favored by the proximity to the Slovakian capital of Bratislava and cheap Building Sites in Wolfsthal.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Gerhard Schödinger, Office Manager Thomas Knaus.

For his support of Slovak -born residents in the integration Mayor Gerhard Schödinger received the first ever Centrope prize on 19 September 2007.

Economy and infrastructure

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001 23, agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 25 The number of persons employed at the residence was according to the 2001 census 327 The employment rate in 2001 was 45.2 percent.

Traffic

Wolf Thal region has a both at Vienna with the S- Bahn line S7, as well as to the near Bratislava via the bus 901 of the transport companies Bratislava ( Dopravný podnik Bratislava) connected.

The village lies on the former state highway 9, which was Highway 6 one of the main carrier between the two capitals before the completion of the Northeast.

Personalities

• Joseph was called (1904-1976), writer and Nazi propagandist

Gallery

Pillory from 1747

Statue of Saint Florian of 1780

Statue of Saint John of Nepomuk from 1735

Fortified Wall

Station Wolfsthal

Route the end of the Pressburger Bahn in Wolfsthal

Wolf valley on the border with the Kingdom of Hungary, 1873 (Record Journal of the land survey )