Berndorf near Salzburg

Berndorf bei Salzburg is a municipality in the Salzburger Land in the Salzburg-Umgebung district in Austria with 1717 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) and is located on the foothills of the Haunsberg .

geography

The municipality is located in the northeast of the Salzburg-Umgebung district ( Flachgau , also Salzburg Land ) or in the Salzburg Lake District in the state of Salzburg at the foot of the Haunsberg on the sunny side. The Grabensee lies entirely in the municipality of Berndorf. Cadastral communities are: Berndorf near Salzburg, Großenegg. Until the end of May 1923 the community belonged to the judicial district Mattsee , since June 1, 1923 it has been part of the judicial district Oberndorf .

Community structure

The municipality includes the following two localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Berndorf near Salzburg (1325) including Aigen, Apfertal, Breitbrunn, Feichten, Gransdorf, Kreised, Krispelstätt, Mangalberg, Mittermühl, Stemesed and Wendlberg
Großenegg (392) including Aigen, Geiersberg, Grub, Hebat, Höpfling, Karellen, Maierhof, Mangerberg, Oberkarellen, Reit, Schallmoos, Schwand, Schwandl, Spatzenegg, Strauchmühle and Wilhelmsed

The community consists of the cadastral communities Berndorf and Großenegg.

The competent courts are the Oberndorf District Court (since January 1, 2003; before that BG Salzburg and until 1923 BG Mattsee) and the Salzburg Regional Court.

history

In 767 Lauterbach was mentioned in a document as the oldest church in the parish area, as was Fiuhte (Feichen) and Wenilo (Wendlberg).

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality is: "In silver, a red-armored black bear, holding a small shield with the front paws, which is divided diagonally by black and silver."

The “shield, which is divided diagonally to the right” should be that of the Lords of Truna (= Traun). The Haunsbergers and Berndorfer owned property in Upper Austria. The Haunsbergers, for example, ruled the trade route to Bohemia with the Mühlviertel Castle Wildberg in the Haselgraben and with the Castle Linz an important, up-and-coming trading center on the Danube - later the provincial capital of the state above the Enns (Upper Austria). The Haunsberg followers, the Berndorfer based on Haunsberg in Salzburg, founded a Berndorf west of Wildberg Castle in Haselgraben, near Eidenberg and Lobenstein Castle. The sudden fall of the Haunsberg family is well known.

politics

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The community council has a total of 17 members.

With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2004, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2009 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2014 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2019 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 7 SPÖ.

mayor

1959–1964 Peter Eidenhammer, pot builder in Mangelberg (ÖVP)

1964–1985 Johann Pfeil
1985–1989 Josef Schwaiger (ÖVP)
1989–1999 Franz Jessner (SPÖ)
1999–2019 Josef Guggenberger (ÖVP)
since 2019 Johann Stemeseder (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Berndorf parish church near Salzburg

Catholic parish church in Berndorf near Salzburg Assumption of Mary

Personalities

Franz Xaver Gruber (1787–1863), composer of the Christmas carol “Silent Night”, worked as a teacher, sacristan and organist in Berndorf from 1829 to 1835. In October 2018, a memorial created by the Kuchler sculptor Peter Schwaighofer in honor of Franz Xaver Gruber was unveiled in Berndorf.