Dorfgastein

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Salzburg

Political District :

St. Johann im Pongau

License plate :

JO

Surface:

54.13 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 15 ' N , 13 ° 6' E Coordinates: 47 ° 14 '30 " N , 13 ° 6' 21" E

Height :

812 m above sea level A.

Residents :

1,622 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

30 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

5632

Area code :

06433

Community code :

5 04 05

Address of the
municipal administration:

Dorfgastein No. 84
5632 Dorfgastein

Website:

www.dorfgastein.at

politics

Mayor :

Bernhard Schachner ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : (2019)
(17 members)

9

6th

2

9 6th 2

A total of 17 seats

ÖVP : 9
SPÖ : 6
FPÖ : 2

Location of Dorfgastein in the St. Johann im Pongau district

West view of Dorfgastein

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Dorfgastein [ ˈdɔɐ̯fɡastaɪ̯n ] is the first and with 1622 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) also the smallest municipality in the Gastein Valley in the St. Johann im Pongau district in Austria .

Community structure

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

Bergl (60)
Dorfgastein (967)
Klammstein (59)
Luggau (185)
Maierhofen (197)
Unterberg (154)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Dorfgastein and Klammstein.

The districts are Dorfgastein, Luggau ( cadastral community Dorfgastein) and Maierhofen, Unterberg (cadastral community Klammstein). Until the end of 2002 the community belonged to the Gastein judicial district .

The community has been part of the judicial district of Sankt Johann im Pongau since 2003 .

history

In 1212 there was a documentary mention of the use of the Gasteiner Gorge as a riding and mule track. 1342 was the first documentary mention as ze Dorff in the oldest Gastein mining regulations. In 1350 the church of the Rupertus Church in Dorff was founded .

Klammstein Castle

Until 1520, Klammstein Castle was the administrative center, seat of the archbishop's keeper of Gastein, toll and security point at the valley entrance. In 1735 the first school lessons took place in Dorfgastein, in 1921 there was electric light in the classes. In 1893 a telegraph office was set up in Dorfgastein. The school building opened in 1927. In 1959 the first ski lift in Dorfgastein opened.

1954-2018 of operational ORF the Senderbahn Luxkogel , a single lane gondola for materials and people of "Seilbahnbau de Pretis, Villach" for maintenance of the - there are lasting - radio and TV station with no road connection at the top of the 1,824 m high, steep Luxkogels.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality is: “In red a curly golden tip accompanied by two golden spheres. The tip is covered with a red ball. "

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: 7 SPÖ, 7 ÖVP, 2 GRÜNE, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2009 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 SPÖ, 8 ÖVP, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2014 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 SPÖ, 7 ÖVP, and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg 2019 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.

mayor

1994–1997 Adolf Dertnig (SPÖ)
1997–1999 Rudolf Trauner (SPÖ)
1999–2004 Karl Harlander (ÖVP)
2004–2019 Rudolf Trauner (SPÖ)
since 2019 Bernhard Schachner (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Klammstein Castle

societies

Dorfgastein volunteer fire department
Strochner music band
Kameradschaftsbund Dorfgastein
Gastein rifle company
Herreitergruppe Dorfgastein
Traditional costume association Dorfgastein
Beekeeping Association Dorfgastein
Dorfgastein mountain rescue
Dorfgastein water rescue
Alpenverein Dorfgastein

Tourism and sport

Winter sports

The Großarltal – Dorfgastein ski area , part of Ski amadé, extends over the Kreuzkogel , from 885 m near Großarl to an altitude of 2027 m , where the connection to Großarltal to Großarl is. About 80 kilometers of slopes are accessible by five cable cars, eight chair lifts and five drag lifts. The transport capacity is around 29,000 people per hour. Shuttle buses connect Dorfgastein with the Schloßalm-Angertal-Stubnerkogel ski area ( Bad Gastein , Bad Hofgastein ).

sports clubs

Tennis club Dorfgastein ASKÖ Stoani
Hang glider club The Dorfgastein thermal vultures

UPS Dorfgastein

Winter sports club Dorfgastein

Eisschützenverein Dorfgastein

Sports shooting club Dorfgastein

education

Dorfgastein has a kindergarten and a primary school , after which the children either have to commute to Bad Hofgastein to the secondary school or to St. Johann im Pongau to the grammar school .

power plant

The Austrian Federal Forests have been operating the Luggauerbach small hydropower plant in the Luggau district since March 2018 with an output of 1.1 MW and an annual generation of 4,000 MWh. The six-nozzle Pelton turbine is operated with a vertical axis.

Personalities

Andreas Rieser (born July 7, 1908 in Dorfgastein; † March 3, 1966 in Bramberg am Wildkogel), Catholic pastor and persecuted under National Socialism, survived seven years in a concentration camp
Willi Köstinger senior (* 1914), former Nordic skier, Olympic participant 1936, World Cup participant, Austrian champion, co-founder of WSV Dorfgastein
Willi Köstinger jun. (* 1940 in Innsbruck ; † 2014 in Seefeld in Tirol , grew up in Dorfgastein), former Nordic skier, Olympic participant in 1964, World Cup participant, multiple Austrian champion
Kurt Engl (* 1979), alpine ski racer
Heidemarie Rest-Hinterseer (* 1959), former member of the National Council, lives in Dorfgastein