Waidhofen at the Thaya

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base data
Land of the Federal Republic:	Lower Austria
district:	Waidhofen at the Thaya
surface:	46.03 km ²
inhabitants:	5.750 (census 2001)
population density:	125 inhabitants for each km ²
height:	510 m and. NN
postal zip code:	3830
preselection:	0 28 42
Geographical situation:	Coordinates: 48° 49 ′ N, 15° 17 ′ O 48° 49 ′ N, 15° 17 ′ O
Kfz characteristics:	CR
municipality code number:	3 22 20
arrangement Gemeindegebiet:	13 Katastralgemeinden
address city administration:	Main place 1 3830 Waidhofen to the Thaya
official Website:	www.waidhofen-thaya.at
E-Mail address:
Politics
mayor:	DietherSlate (ÖVP)
local council:	29 members: For 17 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ, 2 L.GRÜNE, 2 UBL, 1 FB&U

the Austrian city Waidhofen to the Thaya is appropriate in the northern forest quarter in Lower Austria and is capital of the administrative district of the same name.

Waidhofen to the Thaya is the northernmost district capital of Austria.

Table of contents 1 Geografie 2 history 3 politics 4 partnerships between cities of 5 theatres 6 sport and culture 7 economics and infrastructure 8 Web on the left of

Geografie

Waidhofen to the Thaya is flowed through of the German Thaya.

Municipality arrangement< /br> Thirteen Katastralgemeinden:

• Altwaidhofen
• Götzles
• Hell brook
• Kleineberharts
• Matzles
• Puch
• Pyhra
• Schlagles
• Ulrichschlag]
• for Vestenötting
• Waidhofen to the Thaya

also the all own localities, as well as the two Altwaidhofen

• large forest Seyfrieds
• forest in addition

belonged the locality Dimling form to Waidhofen.

history

Waidhofen to the Thaya became in the year 1171 for the first time documentary mention and received already the municipal law to 1230. Under the border situation Waidhofen had to fight to 1526 again and again to the Thaya with böhmischen ideas, the situation calmed down only by the habsburgischen acquisition Böhmens and Mährens. Waidhofen remained up toYear 1848 landesfürstliche city. Due to the textilen home trade in the surrounding countryside it came end of the 17.Jahrhunderts to the economic upswing and Waidhofen to the Thaya developed beside Krems at the Danube to the most important trade city of the forest quarter.

1873 raged in the city a major fire, that many housesthe old part of town to the victim fell.

politics

mayor of the municipality are an engineer. Diether slate, office leader likes. Rudolf polarizes.
In the municipality advice there are with altogether 29 seats after the local council choice of 6. March 2005 the following mandate distribution:
ÖVP 17,SPÖ 7, UBL (independent citizen list) 2, L.GRÜNE (the Greens Waidhofen and independent one) 2, FB&U (liberal and independent one) 1, other no seats.

partnerships between cities

of twin cities are

• hay brook, Germany since 1982
• Telč (German: Teltsch), Tschechien since 1992

theatre

the theatre at thatWall, briefly TAM said. It is directly because of the historical Stadtmauer.

sport and culture

ballet school Badura: Elfriede Badura operates a ballet school in Waidhofen since 1971; In the “Kulturschlössl” since the 90's of the past century. Likewise a Waldrapp is since 2003- Voliere in Waidhofen to the Thaya.

As one of the most engaged and most active associations of the region the basketball association Waidhofen/Thaya is to be surely emphasized.

Under the city center cellar plants from the Middle Ages were discovered, which served probably also as escape routes. To the majority these are buried, a part are howeveraccessibly and can be visited.

Each year takes place in Waidhofen the Folkfest, which is organized by the Folkclub Waidhofen.

Nichtlandwirtschaftliche working places there

was economics and infrastructure in the year 2001 375, country and forest-economical enterprises after the collection 1999 138. The number thatEmployed person at the residence 2001 2.488 amounted to after the census. The activity rate was 2001 with 44,86 per cent.

Web on the left of

• http://www.waidhofen-thaya.info/
• http://www.waidhofen-thaya.at/
• liveWebcam of the main place