Arnoldstein
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market community Arnoldstein
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| Basic data | ||
| Country: | Austria | |
| State : | Carinthia | |
| Political District : | Villach-Land | |
| License plate : | VL | |
| Surface: | 67.47 km² | |
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 33 ' N , 13 ° 42' E | |
| Height : | 578 m above sea level A. | |
| Residents : | 7,038 (Jan 1, 2020) | |
| Population density : | 104 inhabitants per km² | |
| Postal code : | 9601 | |
| Area code : | 04255 | |
| Community code : | 2 07 02 | |
| NUTS region | AT211 | |
| UN / LOCODE | AT AOT | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Gemeindeplatz 4 9601 Arnoldstein |
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| Mayor : | Erich Kessler ( SPÖ ) | |
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Municipal Council : ( 2015 ) (27 members) |
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| Location of Arnoldstein in the Villach-Land district | ||
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| Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria | ||
Arnoldstein ( Slovenian : Podklošter, Unter dem Kloster ) is a market town with 7038 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Gailtal in Carinthia ( Austria ). The community, accessible via the A2 or Südbahn , is located in the immediate vicinity of the triangle between Italy , Slovenia and Austria.
geography
The market town of Arnoldstein borders the Karawanken and Carnic Alps and thus forms a triangle between Italy, Slovenia and Austria on the summit of the Ofen . It is the only point of intersection of the three great European cultures, the Germanic, the Romanic and the Slavic.
Community structure
Arnoldstein is divided into the six cadastral communities Arnoldstein (Podklošter) , Hart (Ločilo) , Thörl-Maglern (Vrata-Megvarje) , Pöckau (Peče) , Riegersdorf (Rikarja vas) and Seltschach (Sovče) . The municipality includes the following 21 localities (the Slovenian place name and the number of inhabitants as of January 1st, 2020 in brackets):
- Agoritschach ( Zagoriče ) (60)
- Arnoldstein ( Podklošter ) (2021)
- Erlendorf ( Oljše ) (427)
- Gailitz ( Ziljica ) (1046)
- Greuth ( rod ) (17)
- Hard ( Ločilo ) (258)
- Krainberg ( Strmec ) (4)
- Krainegg ( Podkrajnik ) (4)
- Lind ( Lipa ) (110)
- Maglern ( Megvarje ) (283)
- Neuhaus an der Gail ( Poturje ) (285)
- Oberthörl ( Zgornja Vrata ) (51)
- Pessendellach ( Dole ) (59)
- Pöckau ( Peče ) (677)
- Radendorf ( Radna vas ) (198)
- Riegersdorf ( Rikarja vas ) (514)
- St. Leonhard near Siebenbrünn ( Šentlenart pri Sedmih studencih ) (298)
- Seltschach ( Sovče ) (387)
- Thörl-Maglern -Greuth ( Rod pri Vratih ) (8)
- Tschau ( Čava ) (97)
- Unterthörl ( Spodnja Vrata ) (234)
Neighboring communities
| Bad Bleiberg | Villach | |
| Nötsch im Gailtal , Hohenthurn |
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Finkenstein am Faaker See |
| Tarvisio (I) | Kranjska Gora (SLO) |
history
The area of Arnoldstein was already settled in antiquity , which the Roman road on the left bank of the Gailitz still heralds today . This military road ran from Aquileia to Virunum .
The name is based on the presumed founder of the monastery castle, Arnold, who cannot be documented in a document. He built the castle on a rock above the Gailitz in the 11th century, which was subordinate to the Patriarchate Aquileia and from 1014 the diocese of Bamberg . Otto von Bamberg set up the Benedictine monastery here in 1106/07, which existed until 1783 (see also Arnoldstein Abbey ). The monastery castle is now accessible as an accessible ruin. In the park museum of the state capital Klagenfurt there is now an antique tombstone showing Knight Arnold with his wife Mathilde.
Below the monastery on the traffic route to Italy (“sloping passage”) a village was built, which was first mentioned in documents in 1376 and was also referred to as a market around 1500, but had no self-government with a privileged bourgeoisie. In the course of the 16th century it sank again to the village.
In the 15th century the Fuggers built a lead works ( Fuggerau ). In 1797 a (lead) smoothness factory was established in neighboring Gailitz , which later produced anti-rust paint and from 1814 to 1975 shotgun pellets, which is still evident today in a scrap tower . Arnoldstein became an industrial site from 1882 when a lead smelter of the Bleiberger Bergwerks Union was built here. The 100 meter high chimney is a reminder of this.
The Arnoldstein community was founded in 1850 and was given the right to use the designation market community in 1930 .
Population development
- According to the 2001 census, Arnoldstein has 6,832 inhabitants, 91.9% of whom are Austrian citizens, 2.9% come from Bosnia and Herzegovina and 1.5% from Germany . 76.3% of the population profess the Roman Catholic , 9.8% the Evangelical Church and 3.5% are Islamic . 7.6% of the population have no religious beliefs.
- As of January 1, 2016, the population was 7,027. According to nationality, 869 inhabitants (12.4%) do not have Austrian citizenship. According to the country of birth, 1005 inhabitants (14.3%) are not Austrians.
In the period from 1991 to 2001, both the birth balance and the migration balance were positive. From 2001 to 2011 the negative birth balance (–169) was compensated for by a strongly positive migration balance (+216).
Culture and sights
- Arnoldstein monastery ruins
- Gailitz scrap tower on the Fuggerau
- Cross chapel with frescoes
- Local museum
- Catholic parish church Thörl-Maglern hl. Andreas with frescoes by master Thomas von Villach
- Filialkirche Pöckau with frescoes by Master Thomas
- Pilgrimage church Maria Siebenbrunn in Radendorf
- Pöckauer waterfall
- Wurzenpass bunker museum
- Evangelical Church of Agoritschach
Arnoldstein monastery ruins
Branch church in Seltschach
Pilgrimage Church of Maria Siebenbrünn in Radendorf
Scrap tower
Regular events
- In the towns of Arnoldstein, Gailitz, Pöckau, Seltschach and Thörl, the traditional runners take place on the individual church days.
- Every second Sunday in September, the tour 3 star hike takes place on the triangle.
Kufenstechen (here: Feistritz an der Gail )
Border stone Dreiländereck
Economy and Infrastructure
- Energy: Arnoldstein is one of the 24 municipalities in Austria (as of March 2019) that received the highest award in the e5 municipal energy project. The e5 community project aims to promote the implementation of a modern energy and climate policy at community level.
traffic
- Train: Arnoldstein station forms the branch of the Gailtalbahn from the Rudolfsbahn .
politics
The municipal council has 27 members.
- With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Carinthia in 2003, the municipal council had the following distribution: 19 SPÖ, 4 ÖVP, 3 FPÖ and 1 ALA.
- With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Carinthia in 2009 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 18 SPÖ, 7 BZÖ and 2 ÖVP.
- With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Carinthia in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 19 SPÖ, 4 FPÖ and 4 ÖVP.
mayor
- since 2003 Erich Kessler (SPÖ)
coat of arms
The coat of arms of Arnoldstein, which was awarded to the market town on April 30, 1956, shows the motif of the oldest surviving seal of the monastery, which is preserved on documents from 1280 to 1509, even if this representation does not correspond to the - actually single-towered - church facade. The battlements are intended to remind of the castle as the predecessor of the monastery. The tinging was based on the colors of the Bamberg diocese , under whose rule the monastery was until 1759.
The blazon of the coat of arms reads:
- “In a golden shield there appears a double-towered Romanesque church towering on a stylized mountain, all black, the church grooved in silver. The nave has a round arched gate pierced by a silver circle in the middle and a paw cross resting on a ball on its gable. The two towers are crowned with a crenellated crown with three visible battlements. "
The flag is yellow-black with an incorporated coat of arms.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the church
- Rupert Kollinger (1866–1944), politician ( SdP )
- Paul Truppe (1913–1997), politician (SPÖ)
- Rosl Moser (* 1930), politician (SPÖ)
- Melly Oitzl (* 1955), neurobiologist
People related to the community
- Erich Kessler (* 1955), politician (SPÖ)
- Gretl Komposch (1923–2019), composer and choir director (Grenzlandchor Arnoldstein)
Web links
- Arnoldstein market town
- 20702 - Arnoldstein. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ a b Wilhelm Deuer: The Carinthian municipal coat of arms . Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchiv, Klagenfurt 2006, ISBN 3-900531-64-1 , p. 48.
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Kulturpfad Arnoldstein, Haus Romana, accessed on September 26, 2014 - text and image on scrap tower
- ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Arnoldstein, population development. Retrieved February 16, 2019 .
- ↑ e5 communities in Austria as of March 2019
- ↑ Municipal council election 2015, final result Arnoldstein ( Memento of the original from August 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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