Vehicle registration ME Elevation 585 m Population 2,378 (1 Apr 2009) Area code 02753 | Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 54.19 km² Local time Wednesday 3:50 AM Postal code 3122 | |
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Website www.dunkelsteinerwald.at Weather 3°C, Wind SW at 5 km/h, 85% Humidity | ||
Dunkelsteinerwald is a market municipality with 2,289 inhabitants in the district Melk in Lower Austria, Austria.
Contents
- Map of 3642 Dunkelsteinerwald Austria
- Geography
- History
- Inhabitant development
- Politics
- Buildings
- References
Map of 3642 Dunkelsteinerwald, Austria
Geography
Dunkelsteinerwald lies in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria. The surface of the market municipality covers 54.19 square kilometers. 46.73 percent of the area is wooded.
The municipality includes the catastral districts of Eckartsberg, Gansbach, Gerolding, Geroldinger Wald, Häusling, Heitzing, Hessendorf, Himberg, Hohenwarth, Kicking, Kochholz, Krapfenberg, Lanzing, Lerchfeld, Lottersberg, Mauer bei Melk, Neuhofen, Nölling, Ohnreith, Pfaffing, Thal, Umbach und Ursprung.
History
In the antiquity the area was part of the Roman province of Noricum. Lying in the Austrian heartland of Lower Austria, the place took part in the eventful history of Austria.
Inhabitant development
After the result of the census of 2001, there were 2289 inhabitants. In 1991, the market municipality had 2025 inhabitants, up from 1941 in 1981 and 1911 in 1971.
Politics
The mayor of the market municipality is Franz Penz, the office manager Erich Galander. The 21 seats in the municipal council are currently assigned to the following parties: SPÖ 5, GREENs 1, ÖVP 15.