LH Mikl-Leitner celebrates 50 years of city elevation with Lilienfeld

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Lilienfeld’s city elevation and will be celebrated all weekend. The highlight was the parade yesterday, Saturday, in which almost 500 participants presented institutions, schools, emergency organizations, clubs and businesses under the motto “We are Lilienfeld”. “Today, Lilienfeld proves once again what all of Lower Austria is all about: our standing together, our sticking together and our looking out for one another,” said state governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner, who, together with the people from Lilienfeld and neighboring communities, welcomed numerous guests from politics, business, education, from clubs and emergency organizations as well as representatives from Lilienfeld’s twin cities Joetsu in Japan and Trebic in the Czech Republic celebrated the anniversary.

Lower Austria is “the sum of 573 communities, each with different needs, peculiarities and strengths, but also many similarities that make our country one of the most livable and lovable regions of all,” said the state governor. Lower Austria has always been developed by the state “in cooperation with the communities” and the smallest district capital in Austria has “developed incredibly dynamically” since it became a city. Lilienfeld is now an administrative center, an economic center for many successful companies, and a city with an active club life , a city for families, “when I think about the general renovation of the elementary school or the addition of a kindergarten,” says Mikl-Leitner. “Above all, Lilienfeld is a town that is proud of its tradition and history.” She particularly emphasized the good cooperation between Lilienfeld Abbey and the municipality.

Mayor Manuel Aichberger also emphasized: “Togetherness is our glue in order to further develop our city, which offers a high quality of life and is embedded in a wonderful cultural landscape.” In Lilienfeld we work together “with passion, commitment and on an equal footing with everyone.” to make the city successful and a home.

As part of the anniversary celebration, representatives from the areas of blue light and emergency organizations, voluntary work and clubs, schools and culture as well as companies answered in interviews what makes Lilienfeld a particularly attractive and livable municipality. Renate Kohl, managing director of Mazda Stiefwieser, spoke of a good infrastructure for companies, police officer Bernd Ebner spoke of the professional and at the same time familial cooperation between the emergency and emergency services organizations, the director of the music school Rudolf Ringer spoke of the wide range of offerings in the areas of education, art and culture and the chairwoman of the sports union Andrea Brader about the active club life that brings people together from young to old.