Gerasdorf bei Wien

Geschichte

Gerasdorf bei Wien is a town in the district of Korneuburg in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. The city has 10.862 inhabitants. (As of 1 January 2017)GeographyThe austrian city is located in the Weinviertel district of Lower Austria on the northern city boundary of Vienna. Gerasdorf was the only municipality of the now dissolved district of Wien Umgebung on the left side of the Donau. The area of the township covers 35.24 square kilometers, about one percent of the area is wooded.It belonged to Wien-Umgebung District which was dissolved in 2016.Community classificationThe municipality comprises the following two localities Gerasdorf Gerasdorf Kapellerfeld Föhrenhain OberlisseThe municipality consists three cadastral parts: Gerasdorf Kapellerfeld SeyringPoliticsSince March 11, 2008 Alexander Vojta is mayor of the city community. Because of the formation of the first SPÖ / ÖVP coalition in the municipality Lukas Mandl is deputy mayor. The municipal director is Herbert Klenk. In the municipal council, the following mandate distribution takes place in a total of 37 seats following the municipal elections of 25 January 2015: Liste SPÖ: 16 Liste ÖVP: 10 FPÖ: 7 GRÜFO : 2 Die Unabhängigen Gerasdorf: 2HistoryAfter the "Anschluss" of Austria to the Third Reich the place was integrated into "Groß-Wien" in the autumn of 1938. In 1954 Gerasdorf was one of the 80 Viennese municipalities, which were reorganized to the state of Lower Austria.