Gmünd, Lower Austria
Gmünd | ||
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Postal code 3950 | ||
| Area code | 02852 | |
| Website | www.gmuend.at | |
Gmünd (
Blockheide protected area
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The development of the town, first mentioned in a 1208 deed, was decisively pushed by the inauguration of the Emperor Franz Joseph Railway from Vienna to Prague in 1869. By the 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain its northern part Dolní Velenice, German: Unterwielands, with the main station was awarded to Czechoslovakia, forming the new town of České Velenice.
Politics
Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2005 elections:
- Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 16
- Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 11
- Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ): 1
- Green party: 1
Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2010 elections:
- Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 15
- Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 12
- Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ): 2
Notable people
- Arthur Lanc (1907–1995) & Maria Lanc (1911–1995), he was a local medical officer and responsible for the medical care of Jewish forced laborers; she was a humanitarian. Both died locally and were honoured as Righteous Among the Nations at a ceremony in Vienna in December 1986.
- Walter Nowotny (1920–1944), Austrian fighter ace of World War II
- Alfred Worm (1945–2007), an Austrian investigative journalist, author and university professor.
- Thomas Sautner (born 1970), an Austrian painter and writer.
Twin town
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.
External links
Media related to Gmünd at Wikimedia Commons
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