Forstau

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Basic data

Country: Austria

State : Salzburg

Political District : St. Johann im Pongau

License plate : JO

Surface: 59.45 km²

Coordinates : 47 ° 22 ' N , 13 ° 31' E Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '0 " N , 13 ° 31' 0" E47.366666666667 13.516666666667 923

Height : 923 m above sea level A.

Residents : 551 (January 1, 2020)

Postal code : 5552

Area code : 06454

Community code : 5 04 09

Address of the
municipal administration: Community administration of ForstauLocation 111
5552 Forstau

Website: www.gemeinde-forstau.at

politics

Mayor :

Josef Kocher ( ÖVP

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A total of 9 seats

ÖVP : 4
FPÖ : 3
SPÖ : 2

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Location of Forstau in the district of St. Johann im Pongau

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

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Forstau is a municipality with 551 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the state of Salzburg in Austria .

geography

The community comprises a high valley between Radstadt and Schladming , the valley of the forest creek . As usual in Salzburgerland, the valley is only called the Forstau. The first settlement probably took place in the High Middle Ages . The community belonged to the Radstadt judicial district until 2004 and has been part of the Sankt Johann im Pongau judicial district since January 1, 2005 .

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the community is: “In a silver shield above a black chain hanging down in a semicircle, ending on both sides with an open handcuff, underneath on green ground, crossed by a silver wavy bar, a green spruce, with its top covering the chain and towering over it, left two green bushes on the ground ”.

politics

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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: 5 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2009 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 3 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, and 3 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2014 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 4 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg 2019 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 4 ÖVP, 3 FPÖ, and 2 SPÖ.

mayor

1993–2019 Josef Buchsteiner (ÖVP)
since 2019 Josef Kocher (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Forstau parish church

Catholic parish church Forstau hl. Leonhard
Lourdes chapel: end of the 19th century, a special feature are stalactites from Lourdes
Wooden sculptures in the Fallhausalm by the German sculptor Roland Mayer: Das Tor, Der Wächter, Der Stuhl, Der Lebensbaum