Heiligenkreuz, Lower Austria

Heiligenkreuz
Heiligenkreuz; Heilingkreiz
	Heiligenkreuz Monastery
	Coat of arms
	Heiligenkreuz Location within Austria
	Coordinates: 48°3′N 16°8′E
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Baden
Government
• Mayor	Johann Ringhofer
Area [1]
• Total	29.52 km2 (11.40 sq mi)
Elevation	312 m (1,024 ft)
Population (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	1,525
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2532
Area code	02258
Website	www.heiligenkreuz.at

Heiligenkreuz (Central Bavarian: Heilingkreiz) is a municipality in the district of Baden, in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is known for the Cistercian monastery of Heiligenkreuz Abbey, the associated papal college Benedict XVI and the Catholic Leopoldinum seminary.

Geography

The municipality is located within the Vienna Woods (Wienerwald) mountain range in the southwest of the Austrian capital Vienna. It is part of the Lower Austrian Industrieviertel region. Heiligenkreuz is a stop on the old Via Sacra from Vienna to the pilgrimage site Mariazell in Styria. The local economy largely depends on tourism and forestry.

The municipal area comprises the cadastral communities of Heiligenkreuz and Siegenfeld. In the southeast it borders on the district capital Baden.

History

Monastery gate

The village of Siegenfeld in the March of Austria possibly arose around 1040. In 1133 the Babenberg margrave Leopold III established the Heiligenkreuz monastery in the sparsely settled area. Another nearby village, mentioned as Muchersdorf in an 1136 deed, later became abandoned.

Over the centuries, a small settlement grew outside the monastery walls, which was incorporated as the present-day municipality in 1849.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1939	987	—
1951	1,083	+9.7%
1961	946	−12.7%
1971	1,056	+11.6%
1981	1,105	+4.6%
1991	1,324	+19.8%
2001	1,331	+0.5%
2011	1,520	+14.2%

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2010 local elections:

Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 15
Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 3
The Greens – The Green Alternative: 1

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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.