Frojach-Katsch
Frojach-Katsch is a former municipality with 1146 inhabitants (as of October 31, 2013) in the judicial district or district of Murau in Styria . It was created on January 1st, 1968 by merging the parishes of Frojach and Katsch. As part of the municipal structural reform in Styria , it has merged with the municipality of Teufenbach from 2015 , and the new municipality will be called Teufenbach-Katsch . The basis for this is the Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG.
geography
location
Frojach-Katsch is centrally located in the Murau district and is 10 km from the district capital. With an area of 38.89 km² it is the fourteenth largest municipality in the district. It includes the foothills of the Styrian Katschtal as well as part of the upper Mur valley . Katsch is located in the Schladminger Tauern ( Niedere Tauern ) and Frojach in the Gurktal Alps . These two subgroups of the Eastern Alps are separated by the Mur .
Community structure
| Population distribution 2011 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frojach | 599 | ||||
| Katsch on the Mur | 596 | ||||
The community Frojach-Katsch consists of the two cadastral communities Frojach and Katsch.
Neighboring communities
The neighboring community in the west along the B96 (Murauer Straße - towards Murau ) is Triebendorf , in the northwest is Sankt Peter am Kammersberg , in the northeast - on the other side of the Pleschaitz - are the communities of Oberwölz and Niederwölz , in the east along the B96 (towards Scheifling ) is Teufenbach , in the south Frojach-Katsch borders on Sankt Lambrecht .
Mountains
Frojach-Katsch is located in a large group of the Central Alps in the Eastern Alps . The municipality is traversed by the Mur, which is the border between the Niedere Tauern and the Gurktal Alps . The village Katsch (and Pux) is located in the Schladminger Tauern and Frojach (and Saurau) in the Gurktal Alps. At 1797 meters, the Pleschaitz is the highest mountain in the municipality and is located on the border between Katsch and the Oberwölz area. The Puxberg is another important mountain in the municipality, the Puxerloch lies on its southern slope . In the south of the, the municipality is separated from the Reuterbichl (1,343 meters - south of Saurau) and the Blasenkogl (1,602 meters - in Frojach) from Sankt Blasen .
Rivers and bodies of water
The most important river in the former municipality of Frojach-Katsch is the Mur , which flows from west to east here. It is partly the geographical border between Frojach and Katsch. Another body of water is the Katschbach, which is a feeder of the Mur and flows into the Mur at the border between Frojach and Katsch.
history
Name story
The name Katsch is first mentioned in a document in 982 , but at that time as Chaczi or Chats . Since the place became an important trading metropolis from the middle of the 11th century , it is later mentioned several times in the form of Chatissa . Frojach was mentioned for the first time in the 12th century in the form of Froiach . The handwritten certificate was drawn up in the St. Lambrecht Abbey and is kept in the Graz University Library.
population
Population structure
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Population development
data according to Statistics Austria (2001 census) 
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In November 2004 there were 1264 people living in the Frojach-Katsch community. According to the 2001 census , 98.4% of the population had Austrian citizenship. 95.9% of the population committed to the Roman Catholic Church , 1.8% were without religious belief. The age structure of Frojach-Katsch in 2001 was significantly younger than the Styrian average. In 2001, 20.6% of the residents of Frojach-Katsch were younger than 15 years old (Styria as a whole: 16.2%) and 60.4% between 15 and 59 years old (Styria as a whole: 61.5%). The proportion of residents over 59 years of age was 19%, below the national average of 22.3%.
Population development
The population of the community grew until the 14th century , as there was a good infrastructure and high-yield agriculture. Around 1450, however, settlements began to decline and farmers died out, triggered by a long-lasting agricultural crisis, unfavorable climate change and epidemics such as the plague . This decline is noticeable until the 15th century . In the second half of the 19th century there was a further decline in the population, as the farmers kept increasing their land holdings and thus displacing other farmers from the area. The population has been stable again since around 1900 .
politics
The parish council had 15 members.
- With the municipal council elections in Styria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP, 2 list of names 2000, and 1 FPÖ.
- With the municipal elections in Styria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP, and 3 FPÖ.
- mayor
- until 2005 Mathias Karner
- 2005–2010 Wilhelm Schnedl (SPÖ)
- 2010 to the end of 2014 Gottfried Sperl (FPÖ)
coat of arms
On May 22nd, 1978, with effect from August 1st, 1978, the Styrian state government awarded the municipality of Frojach-Katsch a municipal coat of arms, which can be described as follows: In the red shield a gold-lined black bar with a golden Noric belt fitting in the middle. A bronze Noric belt fitting from the Roman provincial era, which was found in the municipality, picks up on the colors of the Roman-German Empire in gold on black, while the red coat of arms recalls the joy of colors in Norse women's costumes.
Culture and sights
Attractions
Katsch castle ruins
The castle was mentioned in documents as early as the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries, which leads to the conclusion that it was built by the Carolingians . On May 6, 1007, King Heinrich II gave the diocese of Freising an extensive royal estate in what was then Carantan Styria, which included the Wölzertal to Lind and the entire area between Katschbach, Mur, Rantental and the Schöder-Rinegg line.
However, the Katsch rule with castle and property was later alienated from the Freising estate. Other parts of the Freising estate in the Katschtal were also lost later.
In several historical works you can read that the Katsch Castle was destroyed by a strong earthquake on May 4th, 1201 . However, after new scientific research it turned out that the castle was not destroyed.
The castle has been falling into disrepair since the middle of the 18th century. steadily, but the association founded in 2001 for the rescue of the Katsch ruins wants to counteract this process and preserve the current state of the ruins.
Roman path Katsch on the Mur
The Roman path, which can still be seen quite clearly in the municipality of Frojach-Katsch, led via Katsch-Oberdorf, Althofen, St. Peter / Kammersberg and Feistritz, always on the west side of the valley over the Sölkpass , where it meets the Roman pass in the Ennstal Road that connected the two Tauern roads between Stiriate (Liezen) and Anis (Altenmarkt).
In Katsch, remnants of walls and vessels were found in a quarry. During these excavations in 1928 and 1929, an early Roman burial ground with 30 cremation graves and seven skeleton burials were uncovered.
Another witness of a Roman past on the "Murboden" is the Roman stone, which is attached to the side wall inside the church of Frojach and, according to the legend, represents Nero's educator, ie Seneca. Seneca is said to have lived in exile in Triebendorf, about 5 km west of Frojach.
Puxerloch
The two cave castles Luegg and Schallaun, popularly known as Puxerloch , are the only two cave castle ruins still preserved in Austria. The almost vertical south face of the Pleschaitz mountain and the Puxberg in front of it rises 100 meters above the ground . In this are the remains of the two cave castles Luegg and Schallaun. In the larger cave was Luegg Castle, which is still accessible today. The cave is closed with a wall; the living rooms used to be inside.
Club 760 narrow-gauge railway museum
In 1978 the Club 760 "Friends of the Murtalbahn" built a narrow-gauge railway museum with a siding to the Frojach station of the Murtalbahn on a piece of land leased by the Graz-Seckau diocese . On an area of 360 m² in a hall equipped with three tracks there is a locomotive of the Salzkammergut local railway , vehicles of the Styrian state railways and some locomotives of the narrow-gauge railways of the same gauge built by the Danube Monarchy in Bosnia-Herzegovina .
Kalvarienberg - "Kreuzpichl"
East of the village of Frojach, on the old road to Teufenbach, there are three crosses with figures of the Savior and the two thieves , which were probably erected around 1800, at the edge of the terrace . However, documents prove the existence of at least one wayside cross at this point as early as the 16th century.
Association
In Frojach-Katsch there are currently 15 clubs (2007) registered. The oldest association is the Frojach-Katsch volunteer fire brigade , which was founded in 1840.
- music Society
- Men's choir
- Women's choir
- Theater club
- Comradeship Association
- Rural youth
- Sports club
- FC Fair Play
- Ice rifle club
- Wooden street musicians
- Association for the preservation of the Katsch ruins
- Club 760 narrow-gauge museum
- Beekeeping Association
- Parents Association
Personalities
- Gottfried Sperl (* 1954), politician (FPÖ), member of the Federal Council, Mayor of Frojach-Katsch 2010–2014
Honorary citizen
- 1958 Josef Genta, elementary school director (honorary citizen of the Katsch community)
- 1975 Matthias Reinmüller, Mayor of Katsch 1955–1967
- 1975 Konrad Schuchnigg, Mayor of Frojach 1946–1968, Mayor of Frojach-Katsch 1968–1975
- 1990 Erich Hable (1911–2001), teacher, ornithologist
- 1990 Georg Pranckh (1926–2005), politician of the ÖVP , mayor of Frojach-Katsch 1975–1983, member of the Styrian state parliament 1970–1981, member of the national council 1983–1986
- 1990 Franz Wallner, long-time community treasurer
Footnotes
- ↑ State of Styria: Final population status on October 31, 2013 ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2015 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. (Excel file, 85 kB; accessed on May 2, 2015)
- ↑ Law of December 18, 1967 on the change of territory of municipalities (Section 9, Paragraph 1) .
- ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
- ↑ Section 3, Paragraph 7, Item 1 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 3.
- ↑ Statistics Austria (resident population by location) (PDF; 8 kB)
- ↑ Digital Atlas of Styria
- ↑ Sepp Genta: Chatissa - Katsch. A contribution to the history of Katsch. 1957.
- ^ Walter Brunner: Frojach-Katsch: Diversity and unity of the long history of a small living space. P. 36ff
- ↑ Statistics Austria (residents from 1869) (PDF; 10 kB)
- ↑ Statistics Austria (demographic data) (PDF; 10 kB)
- ^ Walter Brunner: Frojach-Katsch: Diversity and unity of the long history of a small living space. P. 39
- ^ Walter Brunner: Frojach-Katsch: Diversity and unity of the long history of a small living space. P. 268
- ^ Walter Brunner: Frojach-Katsch: Diversity and unity of the long history of a small living space. P. 157
- ^ Locomotives of Club 760. (No longer available online.) Club 760, archived from the original on October 27, 2007 ; Retrieved August 12, 2012 . 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.
- ^ Walter Brunner: Frojach-Katsch: Diversity and unity of the long history of a small living space. P. 340
- ↑ http://www.parlinkom.gv.at/WWER/PAD_01291/index.shtml
literature
- Walter Brunner : Frojach-Katsch: Diversity and unity of the long history of a small living space. 2005. (Available: Frojach-Katsch community)
- Sepp Genta: Chatissa-Katsch. A contribution to the history of Katsch. 1957 (only edition is kept in the elementary school Katsch)
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