Burgschleinitz-Kühnring

Burgschleinitz-Kühnring
Burgschleinitz-Kühnring
	Kühnring parish church
	Coat of arms
	Burgschleinitz-Kühnring Location within Austria
	Coordinates: 48°36′N 15°49′E
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Horn
Government
• Mayor	Leopold Winkelhofer (ÖVP)
Area [1]
• Total	41.86 km2 (16.16 sq mi)
Elevation	376 m (1,234 ft)
Population (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	1,360
• Density	32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	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
Year	Pop.	±%
1923	1,922	—
1951	1,800	−6.3%
1961	1,574	−12.6%
1971	1,463	−7.1%
1981	1,338	−8.5%
1991	1,313	−1.9%
2001	1,419	+8.1%
2009	1,362	−4.0%

Politics

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

Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 15
Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 2
The Greens – The Green Alternative: 2

Notable people

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

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References

"Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
"Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

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[wikidata-f3373d889b3e667af72d1979ec2c3615f4e35537-v3-1] "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

[wikidata-e49e74cba12ebc857db3ff1e3141c6ab850aaa31-v3-2] "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.