Waidmannsfeld

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Waidmannsfeld
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Wiener Neustadt-Land
Mayor	Kurt Cykel (SPÖ)
Basic statistics
Area	21.38 km² (8.3 sq mi)
Elevation	495 m  (1624 ft)
Population	1,784  (31/12/2005)
- Density	83 /km² (216 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WB
Postal code	2763
Area code	02632
Website	www.waidmannsfeld.at Coordinates: 47°52′00″N 15°58′00″E / 47.866667, 15.966667

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).

[edit] Subdivisions

• Neusiedl
• Schallhof
• Waidmannsfeld

[edit] Historical population of Waidmannsfeld

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links

• Map and aerial photos
  • Street map from Mapquest
  • Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver