Ennsdorf is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria.
Ennsdorf | |
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 View of Ennsdorf | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Ennsdorf Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates: 48°12′N 14°26′E / 48.200°N 14.433°E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Lower Austria |
| District | Amstetten |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alfred Buchberger |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.69 km2 (2.97 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 3,031 |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4482 |
| Area code | 07223 |
| Website | www.ennsdorf.gv.at |
Geography
editEnnsdorf lies on the Enns River.
History
editIn the Roman empire it was part of the region Noricum. In the year 1244 it was first mentioned in records. All times it was strongly bound to the city of Enns, although it belonged until 1779 to St. Valentin.
On May 5, 1945, SS units replaced approx. 800 soldiers based in Ennsdorf. On May 7, negotiations to surrender failed. On May 8, 1945, Major General Stanley Eric Reinhart expected 15,000 to 16,000 German PWs to cross the bridge at ENNSDORF to surrender. On May 10, Soviet soldiers took over.
Politics
editThe distribution of 21 mandates in the town council is: SPÖ 13, ÖVP 6, BL-EW 1, FPÖ 1.
References
edit- ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Population at the beginning of the year for municipalities since 2002 (in German), Statistics Austria, January 2023, Wikidata Q27838750
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