Gams near Hieflau

Gams near Hieflau (former municipality) ; village ; Cadastral community of Gams
	Basic data
Pole. District , state	Liezen (LI), Styria
Judicial district	Liezen
Coordinates	47 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ N , 14 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ N , 14 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E
height	539 m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	510 (January 1, 2020)
Building status	243 (2001 )
Area d. KG	46.23 km²
Post Code	8922 Gams near Hieflau
prefix	+ 43/3637 (Gams near Hieflau)
	Statistical identification
Community code	61258
Locality code	15768
Cadastral parish number	67104
Counting district / district	Gams near Hieflau (61258 001)
	; Location of the former municipality in the Liezen district
	Independent municipality until the end of 2014 ; Source: STAT : Local directory ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

Gams bei Hieflau is a village in the municipality of Landl ( judicial district or district of Liezen , northern Upper Styria ). Until the end of 2014, Gams near Hieflau was a municipality with 561 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2014). As part of the municipal structural reform in Styria , Gams has been merged with the municipalities of Landl, Palfau and the municipality of Hieflau (located in the Leoben district ) since 2015 ; the new municipality continues the name Landl. The basis for this is the Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG. A complaint brought by the municipality against the amalgamation to the Constitutional Court was unsuccessful.

The boundaries of the districts of Liezen and Leoben have been changed so that the new municipality lies entirely in the district of Liezen.

geography

Gams is located in a side valley of the Enns and Salza in Upper Styria. The area belongs to the western foothills of the Hochschwab , but does not have a high mountain character.

Gams has three districts: Gams, Gamsforst and Krautgraben.

history

The earliest written document is from 1139 and reads "Gemze". The name goes back to the Slavic original form * Kamenica (settlement near the rock).

Population development

The population has fluctuated between about 700 and 800 for decades since 1869. Since 1971 (759 inhabitants) the population has steadily declined, most recently to 561.

Coat of arms of the former municipality

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from December 1, 1991.
Blazon (coat of arms description): “In a blue shield, silver under an arch of plaster of paris crystals in the form of dovetail twins, growing three tips, on the middle, lowered, three-pointed one is a chamois . "

religion

96.3% of the population are Roman Catholic , 2.2% Protestant . Other creeds are not represented, or only in minimal proportions. 1.1% have no religious beliefs.

Culture and sights

Church and rectory

Catholic parish church Gams near Hieflau hl. Joseph
GeoZentrum Gams: Museum with geological trail
Kraushöhle : natural monument, Austria's only gypsum crystal cave

Personalities

Honorary citizen

1984: Josef Krainer (1930–2016), governor

Sons and daughters of the village

Eduard Lindner (1875–1947), politician
Hermann Lußmann (* 1930), politician

Individual evidence

^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
↑ § 4 paragraph 2 of the law 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. 4.
↑ recognition of the Constitutional Court of 24 November 2014 G 125/2014.
↑ Ordinance of the Styrian Provincial Government of 10 July 2014, with which the Styrian District Authority Ordinance is changed. Provincial Law Gazette for Styria dated September 10, 2014. No. 99 Volume 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x .
↑ Fritz Frhr. Lochner von Hüttenbach: On the name property of the early Middle Ages in Styria (= magazine of the Historical Association for Styria . Volume 99 ). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2008, p. 57 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).
↑ Communications from the Styrian State Archives 42/43, 1992/93, p. 66

Web links

Commons : Gams bei Hieflau - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] Styrian municipal structural reform .

[2] § 4 paragraph 2 of the law 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. 4.

[3] recognition of the Constitutional Court of 24 November 2014 G 125/2014.

[4] Ordinance of the Styrian Provincial Government of 10 July 2014, with which the Styrian District Authority Ordinance is changed. Provincial Law Gazette for Styria dated September 10, 2014. No. 99 Volume 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x .

[5] Fritz Frhr. Lochner von Hüttenbach: On the name property of the early Middle Ages in Styria (= magazine of the Historical Association for Styria . Volume 99 ). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2008, p. 57 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).

[6] Communications from the Styrian State Archives 42/43, 1992/93, p. 66