Bichl (community of Prägraten am Großvenediger)

Bichl ( village ) locality
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Lienz  (LZ), Tyrol
Pole. local community	Prägraten am Großvenediger
Coordinates	47 ° 1 ′ 9 ″  N , 12 ° 21 ′ 43 ″  E
height	1493  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	67 (January 1, 2020)
Post Code	9974
Statistical identification
Locality code	16857
Counting district / district	Prägraten (70723 000)
View of Bichl and the listed Holy Spirit Chapel
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; TIRIS

Bichl is a fraction of the community of Prägraten am Großvenediger . The village was inhabited by 74 people in 2001.

geography

Bichl is located in the rear part of the Virgental between the places Hinterbichl in the west and St. Andrä in the east, whereby the village is connected to the two places by a road. The Virgentalstraße (L24) is located a little south of Bichl. Bichl also includes Frösach , Oberbichl and the Sajathütte , and the farms Schmieder, Oberfrößler, Unterfrößler, Oberpetterer, Unterpetterer, Kratzerfeldner, Oberkratzer, Innerkratzer and Oberbichl are shown.

The houses in the village are grouped 1493 meters above sea level around a hill on which the village chapel is enthroned. In 2001 the village consisted of a total of 21 buildings, with 14 of the 21 buildings having at least one main residence. At that time there were a total of 20 apartments in Bichl, and the place also had five workplaces and eight agricultural and forestry businesses.

history

Due to its small size, Bichl was not specially expelled from the Austrian authorities for a long time. Only after the Second World War is Bichl mentioned in the results of the 1951 census as a hamlet of St. Andrä. At that time, Bichl comprised eight houses with 64 residents. In 1961, Bichl consisted of 11 houses with 104 residents, including the hamlet of Bichl with nine houses and 89 residents and Frößach with two houses and 15 residents. In 1971 Bichl also consisted of a total of 13 houses, at which time 110 people lived in Bichl and Bichl was already classified as a "village". In 1991, 87 of the 91 residents of Bichl lived in the village of Bichl and 4 in Frößach.

Buildings

With the Chapel of the Holy Spirit , Bichl has a listed, baroque chapel, the origin of which goes back to the 17th century. Also worth seeing is the Oberbichler-Hof with a core from the 17th century, which is the highest courtyard in Prägarten. The Sajat Hut was rebuilt in 2001 after it was destroyed by an avalanche in April of this year.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria (PDF; 8 kB) Inhabitants according to localities in the municipality of Prägraten am Großvenediger, 2001 census
2. ↑ Local directory Tirol 2001 ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Austrian Central Statistical Office (ed.): Local directory of Austria. Edited on the basis of the results of the census of June 1, 1951. Vienna 1953, p. 202 Tir.
4. ^ Austrian Central Statistical Office (ed.): Local directory of Austria. edited on the basis of the results of the census of March 21, 1961 according to the territorial status of January 1, 1964. Vienna 1965, ST 299
5. ^ Austrian Central Statistical Office (ed.): Ortverzeichnis 1971. Tirol. Edited on the basis of the results of the census of May 12, 1971. Vienna 1974, p. 70
6. ^ Austrian Central Statistical Office (ed.): Ortverzeichnis 1991. Tirol. Vienna 1993, p. 232

literature

• Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): The art monuments of the political district of Lienz. Part III. Iseltal, Defereggental, Kalsertal, Virgental. Verlag Berger, Horn 2007 ISBN 978-3-85028-448-6 (Austrian Art Topography, Volume LVII)