Burgschleinitz-Kühnring

Burgschleinitz-Kühnring
Kühnring parish church

Coat of arms
Burgschleinitz-Kühnring
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°36′N 15°49′E / 48.600°N 15.817°E / 48.600; 15.817Coordinates: 48°36′N 15°49′E / 48.600°N 15.817°E / 48.600; 15.817
Country Austria
State Lower Austria
District Horn
Government
 • Mayor Leopold Winkelhofer (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total 14.84 km2 (5.73 sq mi)
Elevation 376 m (1,234 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
 • Total 1,382
 • Density 93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes 3730, 3713
Area code 02984
Website www.burgschleinitz-kuehnring.at

Burgschleinitz-Kühnring is a market town in the district of Horn in Lower Austria, Austria.

Geography

The municipal area is part of the historic Waldviertel region, stretching along extended forests on the northeastern rim of the Manhartsberg ridge. It comprises the cadastral communities of Amelsdorf, Burgschleinitz, Buttendorf, Geiersdorf, Harmannsdorf, Kühnring, Matzelsdorf, Reinprechtspölla, Sachsendorf, Sonndorf, and Zogelsdorf.

History

About 1130 Hadmar I of Kuenring, a ministerialis in the service of the Babenberg margrave Leopold III of Austria had a fortress erected at the site of the present-day Kühnring parish church. According to tradition, his ancestors had already erected a chapel here, which was consecrated by Bishop Altmann of Passau in 1083.

In 1612 a Baroque castle was erected in the nearby village of Harmannsdorf, which became known as the residence of Nobel laureate Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914). Here she wrote large parts of her novel Die Waffen nieder! (Lay Down Your Arms!), published in 1889.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19231,922—    
19511,800−6.3%
19611,574−12.6%
19711,463−7.1%
19811,338−8.5%
19911,313−1.9%
20011,419+8.1%
20091,362−4.0%

Politics

Seats in the municipal council (Gemeinderat) as of 2015 local elections:

Notable people

  • Otto Zykan (1935–2006), composer, died in Sachsendorf

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Burgschleinitz-Kühnring.


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