Gmünd, Lower Austria

Gmünd, Czech: Cmunt, is a town in the northwestern Waldviertel region of Lower Austria and the capital of the Gmünd district. The municipality consists of the Katastralgemeinden Böhmzeil, Breitensee, Eibenstein, Gmünd and Grillenstein. Situated on the Lainsitz (Lužnice) river where it forms the border with České Velenice in the Czech Republic, it is an important road and railway crossing point, next to the Blockheide protected area.

Gmünd
Main square
Coat of arms
Gmünd
Location within Austria
Gmünd
Gmünd (Austria)
Coordinates: 48°46′N 14°59′E
Country Austria
StateLower Austria
DistrictGmünd
Government
 • MayorHelga Rosenmayer (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total25.11 km2 (9.70 sq mi)
Elevation
485 m (1,591 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total5,375
 • Density210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
3950
Area code02852
Websitewww.gmuend.at

The development of the town, first mentioned in a 1208 deed, was decisively pushed by the inauguration of the Emperor Franz Joseph Railway from Vienna to Prague in 1869. By the 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain its northern part Dolní Velenice, German: Unterwielands, with the main station was awarded to Czechoslovakia, forming the new town of České Velenice.

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2005 elections:

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2010 elections:

Notable natives

Twin town

References
  1. "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

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