Waidmannsfeld

Infobox Ort in Österreich
Art = Gemeinde
Name = Waidmannsfeld
Wappen =
lat_deg = 47 | lat_min = 52 | lat_sec = 00
lon_deg = 15 | lon_min = 58 | lon_sec = 00
Bundesland = Niederösterreich
Bezirk = Wiener Neustadt-Land
Höhe = 495
Fläche = 21.38
Einwohner = 1784
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 2763
Vorwahl = 02632
Kfz = WB
Gemeindekennziffer = 3 23 31
NUTS = AT122
Straße = Schulstraße 20
Website = [http://www.waidmannsfeld.at/ www.waidmannsfeld.at]
Bürgermeister = Kurt Cykel
Partei = SPÖ
Gemeinderatanzahl = 19
Gemeinderat = 11 SPÖ, 6 WIR, 2 ÖVP
Wahljahr = 2005

Waidmannsfeld is a town in the Wiener Neustadt-Land district, Lower Austria, Austria, it is one of the westernmost settlements in Austria. 77.9 % of the municipality are forested, the rest of the land are made up of valleys or barren land. Waidmannsfeld has a school located on Schulstraße, and a small square ("platz").

ubdivisions

*Neusiedl
*Schallhof
*Waidmannsfeld

Historical population of Waidmannsfeld

*1971: 1,830
*1981: 1,864
*1991: 1,735
*2001: 1,816

History

In Roman times, the area used to be part of Pannonia. It lies in the Lower Austrian heartland divided the place in the history of Austria.

Other

There are 51 companies, of which 34 are agriculturally or forestry related. 790 persons are employed. The activity rate was 45.04% in 2001.

External links

*Map and aerial photos
** [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=47.8667&longitude=15.9667&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest]
** [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=15.9667&lat=47.8668&w=750&h=500 Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver]