Aich (Styria)

Aich
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Liezen
License plate :	GB
Surface:	56.47 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 25 '  N , 13 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '10 "  N , 13 ° 49' 6"  E
Height :	694  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,297 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	8966
Area code :	03686
Community code :	6 12 54
Address of the municipal administration:	Aich 8 8966 Aich
Website:	www.aich.at
politics
Mayor :	Franz Danklmaier ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (15 members)	11 2 2 11 2 2  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 11 SPÖ : 2 FPÖ : 2
Location of Aich in the Liezen district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Aich (formerly also Aich-Assach ) is a municipality with 1297 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Styria and is located in the Ennstal .

geography

Aich on an aerial photo (2012)

Aich is located in the Gröbming branch or the Schladming judicial district in the Liezen district in the Austrian state of Styria .

Community structure

Aich has been merged with the market community of Gössenberg since 2015 as part of the Styrian community structural reform , the new community continues the name Aich.

The municipal area comprises five localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Aich (703) including Aich-Scattered Houses
• Assach (284) including Assachberg, Friesach, Kunagrün and Kunagrünberg
• Auberg (64) including Au
• Gössenberg (131) including the Seewigtal
• Petersberg (115) including Linkes Seewigtal

The community consists of two cadastral communities (area: as of December 31, 2017):

• Aich (2,467.87 ha)
• Gössenberg (3,190.78 ha)

Neighboring communities

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history

The abolition of the manorial lords took place in 1848. The local community of Aich as an autonomous body was established in 1850.

After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community became part of the Reichsgau Steiermark, from 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

coat of arms

• Coats of arms of the previous municipalities
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  Aich

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  Goessenberg

Both previous communities each had a community coat of arms. The coat of arms of Aich, awarded on July 1, 1986, indicated the medieval district court in Aich with the stake, the three golden spheres symbolized the parish priest, St. Nicholas and the oak leaf referred to the name Aich. Due to the amalgamation of the municipalities, both coats of arms lost their official validity on January 1st, 2015.

The new award of the municipal coat of arms for the merged municipality took effect on May 5, 2016.
The blazon reads:

"In a green shield a red, silver bordered pole with three silver balls (1: 2) touching each other in the middle, three silver, each single fruit-bearing oak leaves growing out of the border at the front, three curved silver tips abutting one another on the back."

Culture and sights

Parish Church Assach

See also:  List of listed objects in Aich

• Catholic parish church Assach hl. Nicholas
• Gradenbachfall , a waterfall on the southern roof of the Dachstein massif

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  Assach with Stoder and Assachberg

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  The Gradenbachfall

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  Styrian Lake Constance

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  Hüttensee

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  Grubersee

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  Filzsee

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  Hochwildstelle vom Höchstein

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  Obersee

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  Pfannsee

Economy and Infrastructure

• Tourism: Together with Haus im Ennstal, the municipality forms the “Haus im Ennstal-Aich-Gössenberg” tourism association . Its seat is in the house.

politics

The municipal council has 15 members.

• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 5 ÖVP, 2 FPÖ and 2 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 5 ÖVP, 3 FPÖ and 1 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 ÖVP, 1 citizen list Horst Schupfer, 1 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ. (9 members until the 2015 election)
• With the 2015 municipal council elections , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 3 FPÖ and 2 SPÖ.
• With the 2020 municipal council elections , the municipal council has the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.

mayor

• 1980–2000 Engelbert Zefferer (ÖVP)
• 2000–2005 Wolfgang Findling (ÖVP)
• since 2005 Franz Danklmaier (ÖVP)

Web links

Commons : Aich  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 61202 - Aich. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Web presence of the municipality of Aich

Individual evidence

1. ^ Announcement of the Styrian regional government of September 12, 2013 on the unification of the municipality of Aich and the municipality of Gössenberg, both political district of Liezen. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of October 14, 2013. No. 92, 28th issue. P. 552.
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying, Regional Information, reference date December 31, 2017, accessed on January 4, 2018
4. ↑ 50. Announcement of the Styrian state government of April 21, 2016 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the municipality of Aich (political district Liezen) , accessed on January 12, 2018
5. ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 305. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 625.
6. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Aich. State of Styria, March 13, 2005, accessed on July 26, 2020 . 
7. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Aich. State of Styria, March 21, 2010, accessed on July 26, 2020 . 
8. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Aich. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on July 26, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Aich. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on July 26, 2020 .