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Regional fact sheets – Area of Waldviertel Deliverable D4.2 Institute for Transport Studies, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna Neuhauser Bernhard • Klementschitz Roman • Roider Oliver November 2014 Contract N°: IEE/12/970/S12.670555 Table of contents 1 Spatial Analysis 3 1.1 Short overview of the Waldviertel area characteristics 3 1.2 The area geography and constraints 6 1.3 Transport and mobility infrastructure offered 7 2 Socioeconomic and demographic structure 8 3 Regional public transport systems 12 4 References 16 D4.2: Regional fact sheets – Area of Waldviertel 2 1 Spatial Analysis 1.1 Short overview of the Waldviertel area characteristics The implementation area of Waldviertel is located in the North-west of the Austrian province of Lower Austria. The implementation area of Waldviertel for the SmartMove project is just a part of the geographical area of Waldviertel in Austria. The implementation area consists of two administrative districts, called as “Melk” and “Krems Land" however the implementation area doesn’t cover all of these district’s regions and municipalities. The district of Melk covers 1014 km² and Krems-Land 924km², thus the entire area is 1938 km². The implementation area for SmartMove however just covers a total area of 569.58 km² (see also Table 2.1). For this area there is a combined population of 58 889 inhabitants (STATISTIK AUSTRIA, 01.10.2014). Most of the larger towns in the implementation area are situated along the river Danube. Picture 1.1: The location of districts Krems-Land and Melk within the province of Lower Austria (coloured areas). Source: [1] Krems-Land District Krems- Land Vienna Melk D4.2: Regional fact sheets – Area of Waldviertel 3 Picture 1.2: Municipalities covered by the implementation area of Waldviertel (coloured areas). Source: [1] Krems-Land: 8 Municipalities Melk: 14 Municipalities D4.2: Regional fact sheets – Area of Waldviertel 4 The organizational structure of Austria includes 9 Provinces. Each of them is subdivided into administrative districts with local municipalities. The structure of organization for the implementation area of Waldviertel can be seen in Figure 1.1. Figure 1.1: Municipalities of the implementation area of Waldviertel with relation to administrative levels of the federal state of Austria Federal State of Austria Province of Lower Austria 2 Administrative Districts of Krems- Land and Melk 22 local municipalities D4.2: Regional fact sheets – Area of Waldviertel 5 1.2 The area geography and constraints The local geography constraints that comprise physical restrictions to the mobility of people and vehicles and can be found at the area of Waldviertel are the following: 1. Danube The most significant factor in mobility restriction in the implementation area is the river Danube. There are two ferries crossing the river carrying vehicles and some further seasonal ferries for pedestrians and cyclists only. Bridges crossing the river only at Melk and Krems, which are the most Eastern and Western municipalities of the implementation area. 2. Mountains There are a lot of small hills and mountains in the Waldviertel area and there is a steady gradient of increasing altitude moving from the river Danube to the back country which results in a difference in altitude up to 400 m within settlements of the implementation area (Table 1.1). Most of the movement of vehicles is therefore limited to a small amount of roads in narrow valleys connecting the smaller villages. Table 1.1 shows all of the local municipalities in the implementation area of Waldviertel with their altitude above mean sea level and position according to the Danube. D4.2: Regional fact sheets – Area of Waldviertel 6 Table 1.1: Municipalities of implementation area of Waldviertel with position to river Danube and altitude Located at Altitude amsl Municipalities Danube [m] District of Melk Artstetten-Pöbring 395 Emmersdorf an der Donau 240 Hofamt Priel 240 Leiben 285 Marbach an der Donau 219 Melk 213 Münichreith-Laimbach 675 Persenbeug-Gottsdorf 230 Pöggstall 462 Raxendorf 506 Schönbühel-Aggsbach 210 Weiten 349 Ybbs an der Donau 224 Yspertal 498 District of Krems-Land Aggsbach 214 Dürnstein 209 Krems an der Donau 203 Maria Laach am Jauerling 591 Mühldorf 360 Rossatz-Armsdorf 225 Spitz an der Donau 223 Weißenkirchen in der Wachau 224 Source: [2] 1.3 Transport and mobility infrastructure offered The basic road network of the area is comprised by: Federal Roads: 25, 36, 216, 3, 33 Local network of state roads connecting the smaller villages The river Danube offering infrastructure for shipping which is especially important in summer and spring because of increased touristic activities during this time of the year and freight transport, the only harbour for cargo in the implementation area is Krems. Bicycle path along the Danube (especially attractive to tourists) D4.2: Regional fact sheets – Area of Waldviertel 7 2 Socioeconomic and demographic structure In this section, the main population characteristics are being presented. The data are based on the official data of Statistik Austria. Table 2.1 presents the permanent population per municipality, the surface and the population density as well as the settlement space per municipality (excluding e.g. water surface, forests, protected land and deserted land). Table 2.1: Population, surface and population density of municipalities and districts of the Waldviertel implementation area. Population Population Life Permanent density per density per settlement Districts and Municipalities population Surface [km²] km² of km2 of total space settlement surface (2011) [km²] space District of Melk 29.868 416,41 72 193,80 154 Artstetten-Pöbring 1.167 27,40 43 15,61 75 Emmersdorf an der Donau 1.720 29,69 58 11,59 148 Hofamt Priel 1.699 39,63 43 10,86 156 Leiben 1.357 12,55 108 7,91 172 Marbach an der Donau 1.642 10,68 154 6,42 256 Melk 5.254 25,75 204 16,52 318 Münichreith-Laimbach 1.675 38,82 43 17,96 93 Persenbeug-Gottsdorf 2.269 8,32 273 5,58 407 Pöggstall 2.468 58,98 42 30,81 80 Raxendorf 1.057 36,05 29 18,85 56 Schönbühel-Aggsbach 1.033 28,48 36 6,00 172 Weiten 1.120 28,46 39 12,58 89 Ybbs an der Donau 5.592 23,78 235 15,96 350 Yspertal 1.815 47,82 38 17,15 106 District of Krems-Land 29.021 153,17 189 44,28 655 Aggsbach 683 13,71 50 3,22 212 Dürnstein 868 16,71 52 5,23 166 Krems an der Donau 24.032 51,7 465 31,73 757 Maria Laach am Jauerling 947 36,35 26 15,99 59 Mühldorf 1.393 28,43 49 10,52 132 Rossatz-Armsdorf 1.098 39,21 28 6,23 176 Spitz an der Donau 1.680 23,85 70 6,62 254 Weißenkirchen in der Wachau 1.432 23,34 61 6,99 205 Area of Waldviertel Totals 58.889 569,58 103 238,08 247 D4.2: Regional fact sheets – Area of Waldviertel 8 Source:[2] [3] Table 2.2 showcases the population of the municipalities in the implementation area from 1991, 2001 and 2011 as well as the population change in % from 1991 to 2011. Although there are some municipalities with an increase in population it can be seen that in average there is a decrease in permanent population in the implementation area. Table 2.2: Permanent population (2011, 2001 and 1991) and percentage change of permanent population of the municipalities of the districts Krems-Land and Melk from 1991 to 2011 Permanent Permanent Permanent Population Municipalities population population population change [%] (2011) (2001) (1991) District of Melk Artstetten-Pöbring 1 167 1 178 1 170 -0.26 Emmersdorf an der Donau 1 720 1 706 1 631 5.46 Hofamt Priel 1 699 1 648 1 624 4.62 Leiben 1 357 1 289 1 344 0.97 Marbach an der Donau 1 642 1 664 1 620 1.36 Melk 5 254 5 222 5 139 2.24 Münichreith-Laimbach 1 675 1 687 1 723 -2.79 Persenbeug-Gottsdorf 2 269 2 118 2 033 11.61 Pöggstall 2 468 2 594 2 732 -9.66 Raxendorf 1 057 1 101 1 132 -6.63 Schönbühel-Aggsbach 1 033 1 033 1 045 -1.15 Weiten 1 120 1 153 1 125 -0.44 Ybbs an der Donau 5 592 5 684 5 770 -3.08 Yspertal 1 815 1 900 1 834 -1.04 District of Krems-Land Aggsbach 683 719 735 -7.07 Dürnstein 868 931 1 002 -13.37 Krems an der Donau 24 032 23 713 22 766 5.56 Maria Laach am Jauerling 947 963 923 2.60 Mühldorf 1 393 1 443 1 474 -5.50 Rossatz-Armsdorf 1 098 1 197 1 127 -2.57 Spitz an der Donau 1 680 1 769 1 931 -13.00 Weißenkirchen in der Wachau 1 432 1 494 1 563 -8.38 Source: [2] [3] D4.2: Regional fact sheets – Area of Waldviertel 9 The following figure displays the distribution of age for the districts of Krems-Land and Melk. It can be seen that the age of the vast majority of inhabitants is between 40 and 60 but that there also is a quantity of inhabitants with an age of more than 60 years. These people are the ones with a more complex need in terms of transport and it should also be noted that most of them are not well versed in the latest technology according public transport. Thus they fit perfectly into the target group of this project. Figure 2 2: Age distribution of the permanent population by gender [%] Männer=men, Frauen=women, Alter=age Source: [4] As far as the gender distribution is concerned, there is no recognizable split.