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Sankt Pölten: Guide
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Sankt Pölten (also St. Pölten) is the capital city of the States of Austria|Austrian State of Lower Austria. With 49,121 inhabitants (circa 2001) it is Lower Austria's largest city. Sankt Pölten is a city with its own statute (or Statutarstadt) and therefore it is both a municipality and a district in the Mostviertel.
Geography
The city lies on the Traisen river and is located north of the Alps and south of the Wachau. It is part of the Mostviertel, the southwest region of Lower Austria.
Traffic
The city is located directly on the Austrian Western Railway of the ÖBB and is also the terminus of the Leobersdorfer Railway, the Mariazellerbahn, the regional railway to Tulln and the regional railway to Krems. It is at the intersection of the Westautobahn|Western Motorway A1 and the Kremser Speedway S33, and is traversed by the Vienna Road B1. Sankt Pölten is a junction of the Wieselbus bus lines, which provides radial connections between the capital and the different regions of Lower Austria.
In the city
Between 1911 and 1976, a tramline operated in Sankt Pölten. Today, a network of eleven bus lines operates at regular intervals within the city. Every summer, a free tourist train in the city centre connects the ancient parts of the city with the government district.
City division
Sankt Pölten is divided into the following subsdistricts: Altmannsdorf, Dörfl at Ochsenburg, Eggendorf, Ganzendorf, Hafing, Harland, Hart, Kreisberg, Matzersdorf, Mühlgang, Nadelbach, Oberradlberg, Oberwagram, Oberzwischenbrunn, Ochsenburg, Pengersdorf, Pottenbrunn, Pummersdorf, Ragelsdorf, Ratzersdorf at the Traisen, Reitzersdorf, Schwadorf, Spratzern, Sankt Georgen on the Steinfelde, Sankt Pölten, Stattersdorf, Steinfeld, Teufelhof, Unterradlberg, Unterwagram, Unterzwischenbrunn, Viehofen, Völtendorf, Waitzendorf, Wasserburg, Weitern, Wetzersdorf, Windpassing, Witzendorf, Wolfenberg, Wörth and Zwerndorf.
History
The oldest part of the city is built on the site of the ancient Kollegiatsstift closed. Since 1785, this building has hosted the cathedra of Sankt Pölten. The city became the capital of Lower Austria with a resolution by the Lower Austrian parliament on July 10, 1986. The Lower Austrian government has been hosted in Sankt Pölten since 1997.
The name Sankt Pölten is derived from Hippolytus (writer)|Hippolytus of Rome. The city was renamed to Sankt Hippolyt, then Sankt Polyt and finally Sankt Pölten.
Coat of arms, colours and seals
The coat of arms|arms' blazon is argent and azure; on the left a fess gules, on the right a wolf rampant argent langued gules and armed Or.
The colours of the city are red and yellow. The seal of the city contains its coat of arms surrounded by the text Landeshauptstadt St. Pölten. The administration's seal of the magistrate also contains the city's coat of arms with the text Magistrat der Stadt St. Pölten.
Politics
Municipal council
The municipal council consists of 42 members and since the municipal elections in 2001 it consists of the following parties:
25 Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) – the mayor and the first vice mayor
11 Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) – the second vice mayor
3 Austrian Green Party
3 Fraction 'for St. Pölten' (FSP)
The next municipal elections in Sankt Pölten will be held in October 2006.
City's senate
The city's senate consists of 11 members:
Swimming is available at Aquacity (indoor swimming pool), the St. Pölten outdoor swimming pool and Ratzersdorf Lake (a bathing pond where a nudism|nudist beach, beach volleyball, and miniature golf) are available. For fitness training there is the City-Treff - Pueblo, the Lifeline, the Reebok and the Seepark. In addition, the city has:
Sankt Pölten hosts a primary base of the Lower Austrian state sports school.
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SPÖ: Martin Fuhs, Mag. Renate Gamsjäger, Engineer Franz Gunacker, Robert Laimer, Wolfgang Nowak, Mag. Johann Rankl, Mag. Ingrid Heihs
ÖVP: Alfred Neuhauser, Josef Fraberger
Greens: Silvia Buschenreiter
FSP: Hermann Nonner Mayor
On July 9th, 2004 the municipal council elected the former senator for culture Mag. Matthias Stadler (SPÖ) as the new mayor of Sankt Pölten. The first vice mayor is Susanne Kysela (SPÖ); the second vice mayor is Engineer Johannes Sassmann (ÖVP). Economy
As of May 15, 2001, 40.041 people worked in 2,711 companies in the city. 23 of those companies are large-scale enterprises with more than 200 employees each.
Media
Several media companies are based in Sankt Pölten. These are "@cetera", a literary-cultural magazine; "City-Flyer", an online magazine describing the cultural offerings of the city, which is published on paper monthly; "Campus Radio", a radio station from the University of Applied Sciences; "HiT FM", a radio station broadcasting in Lower Austria; "LetHereBeRock", an online youth magazine about the alternative rock scene; "NÖN", a Lower Austrian newspaper; the ORF|Austrian Broadcasting Corporation for Lower Austria; and the local television channel "P3tv". Large-scale Enterprises
The largest companies based in Sankt Pölten are Leiner, Salzer and Voith. Public facilities
Educational facilities
Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium St. Pölten (public gymnasium (school)|gymnasium)
Public educational facility for kindergarten pedagogy and social pedagogy
Public economics school and economics academy
BundesRealschule|real- and Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium (BORG) Schulring (public high-level gymnasium)
Fachhochschule|University of applied sciences (fields: computer simulation, media management, social work, telecommunication and media)
Public higher educational facility for professions in economics and school for social professions
Public higher technical educational facility and laboratory (fields: EDP and organisation, electronics, electrical engineering, machine engineering, economic engineering) with Fachhochschule|university of applied sciences for machine construction
New Design University (interior architecture and graphics design)
Lower Austrian state academy
Philosophical-theological university
Folk high school
Lower Austrian institute for promotion of economy development (WIFI) Leisure and sports sites
American Football Club - St. Pölten Invaders
Badminton Club
Golf club St. Pölten
Skittles (sport)|Skittles at the leisure park Megafun
Miniature golf at the Tennis-Allround Center
Model aircraft airport of the BSV VOITH
Riding|Riding club St. Pölten-Wagram
Shooting range of the private Schützenkompagnie
Skating fun park
Gliding club St. Pölten
Tennis
Every year in the third week of May the Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP tournament takes place in Sankt Pölten. There are multiple local tennis stadiums, including the Arena im Aufeld, the tennis centre Allround, the tennis courts by the local ice sport association 1872, the courts in St. Georgen, the courts at the Ratzersdorfer Pond, the courts in the Lower Austrian state sports school and the courts of the leisure park Megafun. City partnerships
Sankt Pölten is a twin town with the following cities:
Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States|USA
Brno, Czech Republic
Clichy, France
Heidenheim an der Brenz|Heidenheim, Germany
Kurashiki, Japan
Wuhan, China Culture and objects of interest
Theatres
Lower Austrian state theatre
Bühne im Hof
FestSpielHaus St. Pölten Museums
Diocese museum St. Pölten
Museum im Hof
Lower Austrian state museum
Lower Austrian documentation institute for modern art
Private museum "Wilhelmsburger ornament and utensil dishes"
City museum St. Pölten Others
Repertory theatre Cinema Paradiso
Former Synagogue
Klangturm (tower), the city's landmark
Stadtsäle (public event hall)
Youth culture hall frei.raum
, baroque music ensemble from Sankt Pölten
VAZ (Veranstaltungszentrum, event-centre)
Drunter & Drüber (≈"haywire"), a pub in the inner city
Tonkünstler Orchestra Regular Events
ATP tennis tournament
Cinema at the cathedral (Film am Dom)
Capital city festival
International culture and film festival
Parliament festival
Sankt Pölten festival weeks "Klangweile"
Sankt Pölten HöfefestFamous people
Martin Fiala, composer
Julius Raab, politician
Bernhard Wicki, actor and director
Alfred Gusenbauer, Austrian socialist leader Literature
Klaus Nüchtern: Kleines Gulasch in St. Pölten (German): ISBN 3-85439-306-7
Thomas Karl: St. Pölten - Ein Wandel durch die Zeit (German): ISBN 3-89702-641-4
Otto Kapfinger, Michaela Steiner: St. Pölten neu (German): ISBN 3-21182-954-7External links