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Neunkirchen District, Austria

district in Austria

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ694386 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bezirk Neunkirchen (German: [ˈnɔʏnˌkɪʁçn̩] ) is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. It is located at the south of the state.

Municipalities

Altendorf

Parts of the village: Altendorf, Loitzmannsdorf, Schönstadl, Syhrn, Tachenberg

Aspang-Markt

Aspangberg-Sankt Peter

Parts of the village: Großes Amt, Kleines Amt, Neustift am Alpenwald, Neuwald

Breitenau

Breitenstein

Buchbach

Bürg-Vöstenhof

Parts of the village: Bürg, Vöstenhof

Edlitz

Enzenreith

Parts of the village: Enzenreith, Hart, Hilzmannsdorf, Köttlach, Thürmannsdorf, Wörth

Feistritz am Wechsel

Parts of the village: Feistritz am Wechsel, Grottendorf, Hasleiten, Hollabrunn

Gloggnitz

Parts of the town: Abfaltersbach, Aue, Berglach, Eichberg, Gloggnitz (with Furth and Gföhl), Graben, Heufeld, Saloder, Stuppach, Weißenbach

Grafenbach-Sankt Valentin

Parts of the village: Göttschach, Grafenbach, Ober-Danegg, Penk, St. Valentin-Landschach

Grimmenstein

Parts of the village: Grimmenstein, Hochegg

Grünbach am Schneeberg

Parts of the village: Grünbach am Schneeberg, Neusiedl am Walde

Höflein an der Hohen Wand

Parts of the village: Oberhöflein, Unterhöflein, Zweiersdorf

Kirchberg am Wechsel

Parts of the village: Alpeltal, Kirchberg (with Au, Markt, Molz, Rammergraben, Sachsenbrunn, Sellhof, Stein, Tratten, Weyer, Wieden Wiese), Kranichberg (with Baumtal, Eselberg, Friederdorf, Kiengraben, Oberer Kirchbgraben, Kreith, Kreithberg, Pucha, Pyhra, Rams), Lehen (Ortsteile Nebelsbach, Steinbach), Molzegg (with Kampsteiner Schwaig, Kreuzbauern, Molz, Steyersberger Schwaig), Ofenbach (with Eigenberg, Wieden)

Mönichkirchen

Parts of the village: Am Hartberg, Feldbauern, Mönichkirchner Schwaig, Pfeffergraben, Tauchen, Unterhöfen

Natschbach-Loipersbach

Parts of the village: Natschbach, Loipersbach (with Lindgrub)

Neunkirchen

Parts of the town: Neunkirchen (with Innere Stadt, Tal, Steinplatte, Mühlfeld, Au, Steinfeld, Lerchenfeld, Blätterstraßensiedlung), Mollram, Peisching

Otterthal

Payerbach

Parts of the village: Geyerhof, Kreuzberg, Küb, Mühlhof, Payerbach, Pettenbach, Schmidsdorf, Schlöglmühl, Werning

Pitten

Parts of the village: Pitten, Sautern, Leiding-Inzenhof

Prigglitz

Parts of the village: Gasteil, Prigglitz, Stuppachgraben

Puchberg am Schneeberg

Parts of the village: Knipflitz, Losenheim, Puchberg, Rohrbachgraben, Schneebergdörfl, Sonnenleiten, Stolzenwörth

Raach am Hochgebirge

Parts of the village: Egg, Raach am Hochgebirge, Schlagl, Sonnleiten, Wartenstein

Reichenau an der Rax

Parts of the village: Edlach, Grünsting, Hirschwang, Klein- und Großau, Prein, Reichenau

Scheiblingkirchen-Thernberg

Parts of the village: Gleißenfeld, Reitersberg, Scheiblingkirchen, Thernberg, Witzelsberg

Schottwien

Parts of the village: Göstritz, Greis, Schottwien

Schrattenbach

Parts of the village: Greith, Gutenmann, Hornungstal, Rosental, Schrattenbach

Schwarzau am Steinfeld

Parts of the village: Guntrams, Schwarzau am Steinfeld

Schwarzau im Gebirge

Parts of the village: Gegend, Naßwald, Preintal, Vois

Seebenstein

Parts of the village: Schiltern, Seebenstein, Sollgraben

Semmering

Sankt Corona am Wechsel

Sankt Egyden am Steinfeld

Parts of the village: Gerasdorf am Steinfeld, Neusiedl am Steinfeld, Saubersdorf, St. Egyden am Steinfeld, Urschendorf

Ternitz

Parts of the village: Dunkelstein, Flatz, Mahrersdorf, Pottschach, Putzmannsdorf, Raglitz, Rohrbach am Steinfelde, St.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Neunkirchen District, Austria” is district in Austria. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Neunkirchen, District and Austria, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current 412-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Neunkirchen, District and Austria is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “district in Austria” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q694386. VIAF identifies the subject as 247854952. Authority coordinates are 47.727, 16.082. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Neunkirchen District, Austria”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Neunkirchen District, Austria primary sources, Neunkirchen District, Austria archive and Neunkirchen research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Neunkirchen District, Austria”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Neunkirchen District, Austria” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.