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Windigsteig

Place in Lower Austria, Austria

Coat of arms

48°46′00″N 15°17′00″E / 48.76667°N 15.28333°E / 48.76667; 15.28333CountryAustriaStateLower AustriaDistrictWaidhofen an der ThayaGovernment

• MayorAlfred Bräuer (ÖVP)Area

^[1]

• Total25.52 km² (9.85 sq mi)Elevation

498 m (1,634 ft)Population

(2018-01-01)^[2]

• Total945 • Density37/km² (96/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

3841

Area code02849Vehicle registrationWTWebsitewww.windigsteig.gv.at

Windigsteig is a municipality in the district of Waidhofen an der Thaya in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Geography

Windigsteig lies in the northern Waldviertel in Lower Austria. The market municipality covers an area of 25.49 square kilometres, 21.57% of which is wooded.

Municipal subdivisions

The municipality includes the following 13 villages (in brackets is their population as at 1 January 2015^[3]):

Edengans (19)
Grünau (31)
Kleinreichenbach (72)
Kottschallings (66)
Lichtenberg (60)
Markl (112)
Matzlesschlag (48)
Meires (60)
Rafings (82)
Rafingsberg (17)
Waldberg (49)
Willings (41)
Windigsteig (312)

The Cadastral municipalities are Edengans, Grünau, Kleinreichenbach, Kottschallings, Lichtenberg, Markl, Matzlesschlag, Meires, Rafings, Waldberg, Willings and Windigsteig.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1971	1,431	—
1981	1,267	−11.5%
1991	1,168	−7.8%
2001	1,117	−4.4%

References

^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^ Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1.1.2015 nach Ortschaften