Sankt Veit an der Gölsen is a town in the district of Lilienfeld

Lilienfeld (district)

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 in the Austria

Austria

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n federal state of Lower Austria

Lower Austria

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 which lies on the river Gölsen

Gölsen

The Gölsen is a tributary of the Traisen that is located in the Lower Austrian region of Mostviertel.The river begins in Hainfeld with the merging of the Fliedersbach and the Ramsaubach . It then flows through the communities of Hainfeld, Rohrbach an der Gölsen, and Sankt Veit an der Gölsen, before...

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Geography

Sankt Veit an der Gölsen is located in the Mostviertel

Mostviertel

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 of Lower Austria

Lower Austria

Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...

. The area of the town is 78.12 square kilometer. 55.98 % of the area is wood.

Parts of the town are Außer-Wiesenbach, Inner-Wiesenbach, Kerschenbach, Kropfsdorf, Maierhöfen, Obergegend, Pfenningbach, Rainfeld, Schwarzenbach an der Gölsen, St. Veit an der Gölsen, Steinwandleiten, Traisenort, Wiesenfeld and Wobach.

History

In the antiquity the territory was part of the province Noricum

Noricum

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. Located in the Austrian core country Lower Austria it took part in the changeful history of Austria.

Population development

After the result of the population census in 2001 there were 3859 citizen. In 1991 the town had 3696, in 1981 3595 and in 1971 3759 citizen.

Politics

The Mayor of the town is Johann Gastegger. After the election for the local government the SPÖ

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 has 15 mandates and the ÖVP

OVP

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 has 8 mandates. There are no other parties represented.

Notable residents

• Clemens Lashofer (February 02, 1941 - July 06, 2009) - Abbot of Göttweig Abbey
  Göttweig Abbey
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