Ferndorf (Carinthia)

Ferndorf
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Carinthia
Political District :	Villach-Land
License plate :	VL
Surface:	31.41 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 44 '  N , 13 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 44 '10 "  N , 13 ° 37' 35"  E
Height :	560  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,088 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	66 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	9702
Area code :	0 42 45
Community code :	2 07 10
Address of the municipal administration:	Ferndorf No. 22 9702 Ferndorf
Website:	www.ferndorf.at
politics
Mayor :	Josef Haller ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2015 ) (19 members)	11 SPÖ , 7 FPÖ , 1 ÖVP 11 7th 1 11 7th 1  A total of 19 seats SPÖ : 11 FPÖ : 7 ÖVP : 1
Location of Ferndorf in the Villach-Land district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Parish church of St. Paul ob Ferndorf

Filial church St. Jakob ob Ferndorf

Ferndorf is a municipality with 2088 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Villach-Land district in Carinthia .

geography

Geographical location

Ferndorf is located in the Lower Drautal between Spittal an der Drau and Villach . The municipality is largely located in the Nock Mountains (Mirnock-Verditz), but also includes parts of the lower Drautal and the southeastern bay of Lake Millstatt .

structure

The community is divided into the cadastral communities Gschriet and Ferndorf. The municipal area consists of twelve localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Legged (192)
• Dobriach (15)
• Ferndorf (618)
• Gloss (106)
• Gschriet (117)
• Insberg (135)
• Long (41)
• Politzen (139)
• Rudersdorf (112)
• St. Jacob (123)
• St. Paul (71)
• Sonnwiesen (419)

Neighboring communities

Millstatt		Radenthein
Spittal an der Drau		Field by the lake
Stockenboi	Paternion	Fresach

history

The first written mention as Vedendorf comes from the year 1391.

The Ferndorf community was constituted for the first time in 1850, but was joined to the market community of Paternion in 1865 and was not re-established until 1906. Through 1955, 1964 (KG Gschriet of the dissolved municipality of Mooswald ) and 1973 (parts of the dissolved municipality of Molzbichl ), the area of ​​the municipality increased due to the assignment of territories and the dissolution of neighboring communities.

The municipality, which has always been characterized by agriculture, gained economic importance through the Heraklith plant , which was built by Magnesit AG in Radenthein and put into operation in 1923; since then, lightweight panels made of magnesite-bonded wood wool have been manufactured here. The plant increased the population from 407 to 1862 between 1906 and 1961.

population

At the 2001 census, the municipality of Ferndorf had 2,492 inhabitants, of which 97.1% were Austrian and 1.4% German citizens. As religious affiliation 57.3% stated Roman Catholic, 36.4% Protestant, 0.2% Islamic. 5.2% were without religious beliefs.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Ferndorf

• Parish church of St. Paul, documented in 1438
• Ferndorf factory chapel

Economy and Infrastructure

According to the 2001 census of workplaces, there are 61 workplaces with 590 employees in the municipality as well as 668 out-commuters and 323 in-commuters. There are 70 agricultural and forestry holdings (40 of which are the main occupation), which together farm 2,400 ha (1999). For a long time, the leading company in the municipality was the Heraklith AG plant, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2007. In April 2009 the Ferndorf location was given up.

Thanks to its location on Lake Millstatt, summer tourism plays an important role.

The Tauern Autobahn (A 10) and Drautal Strasse (B 100) run in the Lower Drautal near the municipal boundary . The municipal area is accessed by the state roads L 37, L 39, L 40. Ferndorf train station is on the Drautalbahn . This is the K&K Südbahn from Maribor (Marburg) to Franzensfeste (Fortezza).

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 19 members. Since the municipal council elections in 2015 , the mandates have been distributed as follows:

• 11 SPÖ
• 7 FPÖ
• 1 ÖVP

The directly elected mayor is Josef Haller (SPÖ).

coat of arms

The importance of the Heraklith plant for the community is also reflected in its coat of arms: In the front part of the split coat of arms shield is the green ground for the wood and the silver gear for its industrial use, and in the back part the golden ground is an allusion to the The brownish color of the magnesite rock and the red dragon symbolize the power of fire when the magnesite is burned in the rotary kiln. The coat of arms and flag were awarded to the municipality on November 30, 1965, the flag is green-yellow-red with an incorporated coat of arms.

Partner municipality

• Kreuztal-Ferndorf , Germany

Personalities

• Alois Köchl (* 1951), painter
• Heather Mills (* 1968), ex-wife of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, has a residence in town

Web links

Commons : Ferndorf  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ferndorf community
• 20710 - Ferndorf (Carinthia). Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Heraklith production Ferndorf ist Geschichte , orf.at, April 2, 2009
3. ↑ This is where ex-Beatle wife Heather Mills lives ( Memento from May 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )