Zelking-Matzleinsdorf
Zelking - Matzleinsdorf is a municipality with 1249 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Melk in Lower Austria.
- 2.1 Population development
Geography
Zelking - Matzleinsdorf is in the Most district in Lower Austria and belongs to the district of Melk. It is a part of the small region Melktal. The municipal area extends from Hiesberg the Melk along the way to the Danube and thus covers an area of 21.16 square kilometers. 34.78 percent of the area is forested.
Community structure
The municipality includes the following 11 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- Anzenberg (33 )
- Arb (34 )
- Salvors (31 )
- Einsiedl (13 )
- Freiningau (40)
- Streets (120 )
- Hofstetten (48 )
- Maierhöfen (15 )
- Manner village (118 )
- Matzleinsdorf ( 533)
- Zelking (275 )
The municipality comprises the cadastral salvors - Maierhöfen Frainingau, Manner village in Zelking, Matzleinsdorf and Zelking.
History
The name of the place Matzleinsdorf is already known in 1117. Findings demonstrate a Roman period settlement in the area. 1693, the branch was incorporated Matzleinsdorf the Melk Abbey. Since 1784 she is as a separate parish. It is noteworthy that the place five times partly burned after its destruction in 1683 Turks in the 18th century and was fully restored each time. In the vicinity of Matzleinsdorf there except the parish church and the branch church in Maierhöfen to visit two interesting, culturally and historically important places, the "white stone " (former landmark Bavaria and the Tropic country) and the weir on the Muellner Kogel.
On Melkfluss the ruins Zelking, a building of high free Hagenauer from the 11th century is located. In the 12th century the castle came into the possession of Zelkinger, which also acquired the Schallaburg 1270. The durable family died in 1634 with Ludwig Wilhelm von Zelking from. From this castle came to the counts of Sinzendorf, 1802 to the Counts Harrach of Rohrau, 1900 at the Heussenstamm family and eventually in civil possession. Outside of Zelking you can visit other old fortifications, the castle stable and the mountain system in Arb In 1970, the churches were united Zelking and Matzleinsdorf.
Population Development
According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1227 inhabitants. In 1991, the municipality had 1196 inhabitants, 1981 and 1253 in 1971, 1152 inhabitants.
Policy
The council has 19 seats, mayor of the municipality is Gerhard guarantees, Vice Mayor Herbert Gruber and office manager Martin Riedl.
In the municipal elections of 2005, the ÖVP and the SPÖ reached 13 6 mandates. In the local elections in 2010 the ÖVP and SPÖ lost one seat to the FPÖ, who moved to the municipal council.
Culture and sights
- Catholic Parish Church of St.. Bartholomew and cemetery and parsonage
- Castle Matzleinsdorf
- Great villa from 1892 to 1894 by architect J. Blieweis for Anton Graf von Heussenstamm in umfriedeter Garden
- Catholic Parish Church of St.. erhard
- Castle ruins Zelking: family seat of the Zelkinger
Economy and infrastructure
On farms, a coffee house ( café Handl " Hiesbergstüberl ") and a department store ( ADEG ), some businesses, an accountant and three dining establishments exist ( family Gasthof Erber, Landgasthof zum Hahn and the inn Schaider ) in the community. About a quarter of the population lives on or in agriculture.
Tourists are invited to hiking trails that lead through the sloping landscape and historic buildings and sites within the community over.
In the district of salvors is since 1983 a Bahnstromumformerwerk. Located on the grounds of the complex at 48 ° 13'5 .6 " N 15 ° 16'9 " E, a 87-meter- high radio tower, which is embodied as a freestanding steel framework construction.
Gallery
Parish Zelking