Karlstetten
Encyclopedia
Karlstetten is a community in the district of Sankt Pölten-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It has 2.075 inhabitants.
in Lower Austria at the south-west boarder of the Dunkelsteinerwald
. Karlstetten has an overall area of 28,21 sqkm, 43,15 percent of this area is forested.
Cadastral communities are: Karlstetten, Heitzing, Hausenbach, Weyersdorf, Lauterbach, Obermamau, Untermamau, Schaubing. Further villages are Dreihöf, Rosenthal, Wieshöf, Eglsee.
. On 9 September 1083, the village was first mentioned in the "Göttweiger Stiftungsurkunde". From 1459 to 1831, the "Zinzendorfer" had been the ruler of the village. Their followers were Graf Baudissin and Baron Candid von Suttner. In 1925 the manor was bought by Zacharias Frank, a German industrial. In 1945 it was seized by the Russian occupants as "german estate". 1965 it was given into the hands of the community.
Karlstetten has the following institutions: kindergarten, elementary school, secondary modern school, general practitioner, dentist, musical school, musical society, gymnastics club.
Geography
Karlstetten is located in the MostviertelMostviertel
Mostviertel is the southwestern quarter of the four quarters of Lower Austria . It is bordered on the north by the Danube and to the south and west by the state borders of Styria and Upper Austria respectively...
in Lower Austria at the south-west boarder of the Dunkelsteinerwald
Dunkelsteinerwald
----The Dunkelsteinerwald is a hill country south of the Danube in the Mostviertel region of Lower Austria. It is located at the shore of the Danube between Melk and Mautern, south of Krems....
. Karlstetten has an overall area of 28,21 sqkm, 43,15 percent of this area is forested.
Cadastral communities are: Karlstetten, Heitzing, Hausenbach, Weyersdorf, Lauterbach, Obermamau, Untermamau, Schaubing. Further villages are Dreihöf, Rosenthal, Wieshöf, Eglsee.
History
In ancient geography, Karlstetten was part of the province NoricumNoricum
Noricum, in ancient geography, was a Celtic kingdom stretching over the area of today's Austria and a part of Slovenia. It became a province of the Roman Empire...
. On 9 September 1083, the village was first mentioned in the "Göttweiger Stiftungsurkunde". From 1459 to 1831, the "Zinzendorfer" had been the ruler of the village. Their followers were Graf Baudissin and Baron Candid von Suttner. In 1925 the manor was bought by Zacharias Frank, a German industrial. In 1945 it was seized by the Russian occupants as "german estate". 1965 it was given into the hands of the community.
Population development
After the population census in 2001, there lived 1.999 inhabitants in Karlstetten. In 1991 it had been 1787, in 1981 it had been 1.723 and in 1971, 1.578.Politics
Major of the community is Josef Neumeyr, his substitute is Josef Hofbauer. In the council the seats are distributed as follows: ÖVP 10, SPÖ8, FPÖ 1. (March 2005)Economy and infrastructure
In 2001 there were 73 workplaces which were not agricultural. There were 75 agricultural ones. 974 people are employed in the village.Karlstetten has the following institutions: kindergarten, elementary school, secondary modern school, general practitioner, dentist, musical school, musical society, gymnastics club.