Hauskirchen is a town in the district of

Gänserndorf Gänserndorf () is a town on the Marchfeld, Lower Austria, Austria and the capital of Bezirk Gänserndorf. It is about 20 km northeast of Vienna, to which it is connected by both the Angerner Straße (Bundesstraße, or federal highway, 8) ...

in the

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n state of

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...

Geography

Hauskirchen lies in the northeast

Weinviertel The ("wine quarter") or ("area below the ") is located in the northeast of Lower Austria. In the east, the borders Slovakia at the March River. In the south, it borders and , its limits being the Wagram, the Danube and the . Its western ne ...

in Lower Austria 15 kilometers east of

Mistelbach ''For the town in Germany, see Mistelbach, Bavaria.'' Mistelbach an der Zaya (; Mistelbach on the (River) Zaya; Central Bavarian: ''Mistlboch'') is a town in the northeast of Austria in Lower Austria, one of Austria's nine States of Austria, feder ...

. The Zaya River runs through the municipality. The area covers 22.04 square kilometers. Only about 3.95 percent of the municipality is forested.

Constituent communities

The municipality comprises the three villages (number of inhabitants as of January 1, 2015) * Hauskirchen (588) * Prinzendorf Zaya (485) * Rannersdorf an der Zaya (170) Hauskirchen is surrounded of the communities

Großkrut Großkrut is a town in the district of Mistelbach in the Austrian state of Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the nor ...

Neusiedl an der Zaya Neusiedl an der Zaya is a town in the district of Gänserndorf in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Geography Neusiedl an der Zaya lies in the hills of the northeast Weinviertel about 10 km west of Hohenau an der March Hohenau an der Mar ...

Wilfersdorf Wilfersdorf is a town in the district of Mistelbach in the Austrian state of Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the n ...

and

Zistersdorf Zistersdorf is a town in the district of Gänserndorf in the Austrian state of Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the ...

History

An early written records tells of the construction of a church and of the establishment of a parish in 1150 by Hugo von

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy ...

. In 1723, Baron Dermot Kavanagh († 1739) of Ballyane bought the manor of Hauskirchen from Prince Joseph von Liechtenstein. Part of the

Irish military diaspora The Irish military diaspora refers to the many people of either Irish birth or extraction (see Irish diaspora) who have served in overseas military forces, regardless of rank, duration of service, or success. Many overseas military units were pr ...

, he served in the Imperial Army and as

imperial and royal The phrase Imperial and Royal (German: ''kaiserlich und königlich'', ), typically abbreviated as ''k. u. k.'', ''k. und k.'', ''k. & k.'' in German (the "und" is always spoken unabbreviated), ''cs. és k. (császári és királyi)'' in Hungari ...

''Kämmerer'', eventually rising to the rank of

lieutenant field marshal Lieutenant field marshal, also frequently historically field marshal lieutenant (german: Feldmarschall-Leutnant, formerly , historically also and, in official Imperial and Royal Austrian army documents from 1867 always , abbreviated ''FML''), was ...

.BLKÖ:Kavanagh von Ballyane, die Freiherren und Grafen (German)
/ref> Kavanagh and his wife Felicitas are commemorated in Hauskirchen by a wall tablet in the parish church of St Lawrence. Kirche 6532 in A-2184 Hauskirchen

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1265 inhabitants. *1991 1273 inhabitants *1981 1364 inhabitants *1971 1450 inhabitants.

Politics

Mayor of the Municipality is Helmut Arzt (ÖVP). Office manager is Monika Geyer. In the council is after the local elections in Lower Austria 2015 the following mandate distribution (total of 19 seats): *ÖVP 16 *SPÖ 3

References

External links

Cities and towns in Gänserndorf District {{LowerAustria-geo-stub