Served on the Hochkönig

Served on the Hochkönig
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Salzburg
Political District :	Zell am See
License plate :	ZE
Surface:	49.79 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 22 ′  N , 13 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  N , 13 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	1071  m above sea level A.
Residents :	736 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	5652
Area code :	06461
Community code :	5 06 03
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorf 22 5652 Dienten am Hochkönig
Website:	www.dienten.at
politics
Mayor :	Klaus Portenkirchner ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2019 ) (9 members)	5 3 1 5 3 1  A total of 9 seats SPÖ : 5 ÖVP : 3 FPÖ : 1
Location of Dienten am Hochkönig in the Zell am See district
Parish church and Hochkönig
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Dienten am Hochkönig (pronunciation in the local dialect: [ d̥ɛ̃ɐ̃ntn̩ ]) is a municipality with 736 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the state of Salzburg im Pinzgau ( Zell am See district ) in Austria .

geography

The community is located in Pinzgau in the Salzburger Land at the foot of the Hochkönig (2,943 m).

Community structure

Cadastral communities are (area 2016):

• Dienten (1,851.55 ha)
• Dientenbach (2,242.33 ha)
• Schwarzenbach (882.53 ha)

The only village is Dienten am Hochkönig. Districts are Berg, Bodenberg, Bründl, Dorf, Lipanger, Schattberg, Sonnberg and Schwarzenbach.

There used to be several localities in the municipality, namely

• mountain
• Bodenberg
• Village (with the main town Dienten am Hochkönig)
• Schattberg
• Schwarzenbach
• Sonnberg

Until the end of 2002, the community belonged to the Taxenbach judicial district , then to the Saalfelden judicial district until June 2017 . On July 1, 2017, she was assigned to the judicial district of Zell am See .

Population development

history

Dienten was first mentioned in 963. There was an iron mine in the Dienten area from the Middle Ages, which was not closed until 1864. The name of the place Dienten is derived from the Celtic word "Tuenta", which in turn comes from the former name of the border river between Pongau and Pinzgau, the "Rivulus torrens Tuontina".

The parish church in Dienten was first mentioned in a document in 1410. In the Gothic style it was built from tuff under the name “Church on the Bühel” . On June 12, 1505, its name was changed to "Church of St. Nicholas" after he had consecrated the house.

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms:

“In a divided shield above in black a growing red-armored golden lion , in his right hand holding a silver ring with an oblique left arrowhead on it ; sheathed in red and silver below . "

The coat of arms goes back to the family coat of arms of the trade family Zach . They once lived on the Zachhof , which was first mentioned in 1407 in the village of Dorf.

politics

The community council has a total of 9 members.

• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2004, the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 SPÖ and 3 ÖVP.
• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2009 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 4 SPÖ, 4 ÖVP, and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2014 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 5 SPÖ, 3 ÖVP, and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg 2019 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 5 SPÖ, 3 ÖVP, and 1 FPÖ.

mayor

• 1989–2013 Jakob Bürgler (SPÖ)
• since 2013 Klaus Portenkirchner (SPÖ)

Economy and Infrastructure

The place is an important summer resort and winter sports destination.

The Austrian Federal Forests have been operating the Dientenbach small hydropower plant with 4.6 MW output and 18,300 MWh annual production since 2011 , some of which is also located in the municipality of Lend .

Culture and sights

Grünegg farmhouse

See also:  List of listed objects in Dienten am Hochkönig

• The Gothic parish church of St. Nikolaus was consecrated to St. Nicholas in 1506 and received a baroque tower in 1685.
• Mining museum and mining gallery : Presentation and lots of information about mining history with evidence from 4,000 years.
• Berghof Museum and Schaumühle

theatre

• Peasant theater

Personalities

• Johann Oberreiter (1807–1865), gingerbread man and mayor, known as an executed poisoner
• Jakob Viehauser (1869–1950), state politician and mayor
• Albert Steidl (1927–2017), tax advisor and politician

literature

• Franz Portenkirchner: Heimatbuch Dienten am Hochkönig. Our church in the past and present . 2nd Edition. Served in 1992.

Web links

Commons : Served at the Hochkönig  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 50603 - Dienten am Hochkönig. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• www.dienten.at Website of the community
• www.hochkoenig.camera “Dienten vacation spot and village in Salzburg” with webcams from Dienten

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying, Regional Information, reference date December 31, 2016, accessed February 19, 2017
2. ^ Franz Portenkirchner: Heimatbuch . Dienten, The changing history of mining ( dienten.at [accessed on May 5, 2011]). dienten.at ( Memento of the original from August 17, 2010 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.  
3. ↑ History of Dienten  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ History of the parish church in Dienten ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ^ Franz Portenkirchner: Heimatbuch . Dienten, family tree of the Zach family ( The Zach . Dienten.at, with a picture of the coat of arms of the Zach [accessed on December 23, 2010]). The sex of Zach . ( Memento of the original from August 17, 2010 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.  
6. ↑ Dienten am Hochkönig time table. (No longer available online.) In: doerfl.at. The Burger family, archived from the original on August 7, 2007 ; Retrieved December 23, 2010 . 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.  
7. ↑ Jakob Bürgler . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .
8. ↑ Klaus Portenkirchner . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .
9. ↑ Untertauern: New power plant opens on the Taurach salzburg24.at, July 15, 2019, accessed February 1, 2020.
10. ↑ Dientenbach small hydropower station bundesforste.at, accessed February 1, 2020.