Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen

market community

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Styria

Political District :

Liezen

License plate :

LI

Surface:

43.05 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 43 ' N , 14 ° 38' E Coordinates: 47 ° 43 '0 " N , 14 ° 38' 0" E

Height :

467 m above sea level A.

Residents :

810 (January 1, 2020)

Postal code :

8934

Area code :

03632

Community code :

6 12 05

NUTS region

AT222

Address of the
municipal administration:

Altenmarkt 2
8934 Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen

Website:

altenmarkt.istsuper.com

politics

Mayor :

Hannes Andrä ( SPÖ )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(9 members)

A total of 9 seats

SPÖ : 6
ÖVP : 3

Location of Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen in the Liezen district

Municipal Office

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Altenmarkt bei Sankt Gallen is a market town with 810 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2020) in the north of Styria and is right on the border triangle to Upper Austria and Lower Austria , about 46 km north-east of the district capital Liezen in the judicial district Liezen .

geography

Geographical location

Altenmarkt is located on a high plateau above the Enns in the midst of the Eisenwurzen and Gesäuses mountains on the border with Upper Austria and Lower Austria . The municipality has an area of 43.05 km². The Eisenstrasse B 115 as an old connection between Eisenerz and Steyr and the Kronprinz-Rudolfs-Bahn lead through the market town .

Community structure

The municipality includes two localities (residents as of January 1, 2020):

Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen (761) including Ennsfeld and Uferleiten
Eßling (49) including Frenzgraben, Hainbachstein, Hintere Eßling and Vordere Eßling

The community consists of the two cadastral communities Altenmarkt and Essling.

Neighboring communities

	Weyer ( district Steyr-Land , Upper Austria )	Hollenstein an der Ybbs ( district Amstetten , Lower Austria )
St. Gallen
	Rural

history

Altenmarkt around 1830, Lith. Institution JF Kaiser, Graz

Aerial view of Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen

Mountain region around Altenmarkt, photographed from the Voralpe-Dreiländereck on an autumn day

Altenmarkt was first mentioned in a document in 1106 with the mention of the district of Frenz ("Frodniz") and in 1139 with the mention of the district of Eßling ("Ozlich"). Altenmarkt as "Antiquum forum" is first documented in 1335. The first church, which was a branch of the mother parish of St. Gallen, consecrated in 1152, is likely to have been built as early as the middle of the 12th century.

From the 16th century iron production and processing flourished in Altenmarkt. Altenmarkt was destroyed by fire in 1575 and 1793. In 1786, as part of the Josephine church reform, Altenmarkt was raised to the status of an independent parish. In the period from 1800 to 1809, French troops repeatedly invaded Altenmarkt and looted the place.

In the 19th and 20th centuries Altenmarkt experienced a boom as a tourist community for hikers and mountaineers.

The time after the Second World War and the occupation by Russian and British troops brought a flourishing of the place with infrastructural measures, the construction of an Enns power station and the emergence of industrial plants.

Religions

Roman Catholic 94.3%
Protestant 1.3%
Islamic 1.6%
without rel. Confession 2.0%
other 0.8%

Population development

Culture and sights

Parish church Altenmarkt an der Enns

Raftsman's Chapel

Catholic parish church Altenmarkt an der Enns (built 1160, late Baroque remodeled 1793)
Iron Street Hall
Rafters' Chapel (1763–1764)
Lourdes Chapel (1892)
several bourgeois and hammer mansions

regional customs

Altenmarkter Wiesbergkrampus

music

Archduke Johann -Musikkapelle Altenmarkt
Altenmarkt choral society

theatre

Theater tour Altenmarkt

Economy and Infrastructure

Together with Admont, Ardning, Landl and St. Gallen, the municipality forms the “Alpenregion Nationalpark Gesäuse ” tourism association . Its seat is in Admont.

Today Altenmarkt with its outdoor pool is a destination for bathers. Since Altenmarkt is a traffic junction for cyclists due to its geographical location, it has established itself as a holiday and overnight location for them in the last few decades. It is right on the Enns cycle path .

traffic

Street: Altenmarkt is on Eisenstrasse B 115, which leads from Niklasdorf near Leoben via Eisenerz to Enns in Upper Austria . The B 117 is directly connected to the B 115, which leads via St. Gallen to Admont .
Train: The Kronprinz-Rudolfs-Bahn , which runs from Sankt Valentin to Tarvisio (Weißenbach-St. Gallen train station), is a rail connection .

Established businesses

Georg Fischer AG Automotive

Sports facilities

Gym
Ice stock sports facility
Ice rink
Tennis court
Football field
Skater place
outdoor pool

Aid organizations

Red Cross Altenmarkt
Altenmarkt volunteer fire department

politics

The municipal council has 9 members.

After the municipal council elections in Styria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 SPÖ, 4 ÖVP and 1 FPÖ. (at that time still 15 members)
After the municipal council elections in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 SPÖ and 3 ÖVP.
After the municipal elections in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 SPÖ and 3 ÖVP.
After the municipal council elections in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 SPÖ and 3 ÖVP.
After the municipal council elections in 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 6 SPÖ and 3 ÖVP.

mayor

1965–1978 Wilhelm Grabensberger
1978–1983 Franz Polsak (SPÖ)
1983-2007 Josef Dunkl (SPÖ)
2007-2018 Otto Gatterbauer (SPÖ)
since December 31, 2018 Hannes Andrä (SPÖ)

coat of arms

Blazon :

"In red a blue sloping bar , lined with two opposing silver oars with inwardly turned blades, the upper oar blade touching the rear edge, the lower one touching the front edge of the shield, at the top accompanied by a five-blade silver turbine , at the bottom by a ten-spoke silver wagon wheel ."

The municipal coat of arms was awarded to Altenmarkt on October 1, 1981.

Personalities

Hannelore Buder (* 1943), politician (SPÖ), from 1983 to 1990 Vice Mayor of Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen

Web links

Commons : Altenmarkt bei Sankt Gallen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Altenmarckt in the Topographia Austriacarum (Matthäus Merian) - sources and full texts

61205 - Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Website of the market town of Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 297. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 623.
^ Result of the 2005 municipal council election in Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen. State of Styria, March 13, 2005, accessed on July 24, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen. State of Styria, March 21, 2010, accessed on July 24, 2020 .
^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on July 24, 2020 .
↑ Results of the 2020 municipal council election in Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on July 24, 2020 .
↑ William Grabensberger Ennstalwiki

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-1] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[2] Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 297. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 623.

[StmkGrw2005_61205-3] Result of the 2005 municipal council election in Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen. State of Styria, March 13, 2005, accessed on July 24, 2020 .

[StmkGrw2010_61205-4] Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen. State of Styria, March 21, 2010, accessed on July 24, 2020 .

[StmkGrw2015_61205-5] Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on July 24, 2020 .

[StmkGrw2020_61205-6] Results of the 2020 municipal council election in Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on July 24, 2020 .

[7] William Grabensberger Ennstalwiki