Mönichkirchen

Mönichkirchen

Coat of arms
Mönichkirchen

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°30′N 16°2′E / 47.500°N 16.033°E / 47.500; 16.033Coordinates: 47°30′N 16°2′E / 47.500°N 16.033°E / 47.500; 16.033
Country Austria
State Lower Austria
District Neunkirchen
Government
  Mayor Andreas Graf
Area
  Total 16.29 km2 (6.29 sq mi)
Elevation 967 m (3,173 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
  Total 602
  Density 37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 2872
Area code 02649
Website www.moenichkirchen.at

Mönichkirchen is a market town in the district of Neunkirchen in the south of the Austrian state of Lower Austria with a population of 607 inhabitants (1.1.2013).

Geography

Mönichkirchen is situated on the east side of the Wechsel mountain in the south-east Industrieviertel near the border with Styria. The size of the village is 16.27 km². 68.34% of the area is forested.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1869479    
1880546+14.0%
1890540−1.1%
1900526−2.6%
1910615+16.9%
1923579−5.9%
1934662+14.3%
1939646−2.4%
1951669+3.6%
1961752+12.4%
1971782+4.0%
1981741−5.2%
1991721−2.7%
2001623−13.6%
2011597−4.2%

Sports Activities

Skiing and hiking resort around Mönichkirchen

There are two sports clubs at Mönichkirchen:

Around the village of Mönichkirchen there is a skiing resort that is joined by several lifts to the adjacent skiing resort of Mariensee (village of Aspangberg-Sankt Peter). The total length of skislopes of both resorts is about 13 km. Both villages operate three chair lifts and one drag lift.
During summer the region is commonly used for hiking and climbing.

References

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