Weißbach near Lofer
Weißbach near Lofer
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Salzburg | |
Political District : | Zell am See | |
License plate : | ZE | |
Main town : | Oberweißbach | |
Surface: | 69.57 km² | |
Coordinates : | 47 ° 31 ' N , 12 ° 45' E | |
Height : | 666 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 406 (January 1, 2020) | |
Postal code : | 5093 | |
Area code : | 06582 | |
Community code : | 5 06 27 | |
NUTS region | AT322 | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Unterweißbach 36 5093 Weißbach near Lofer |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Josef Michael Hohenwarter ( ÖVP ) | |
Municipal Council : ( 2019 ) (9 members) |
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Location of Weißbach bei Lofer in the Zell am See district | ||
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Weißbach bei Lofer is a municipality with 406 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Zell am See district (Pinzgau) in the state of Salzburg . Districts are Frohnwies, Hintertal, Oberweißbach, Pürzlbach and Unterweißbach. The community has been part of the Bergsteigerdörfer -Initiative of the PES since 2008 .
location
The community lies between 666 m above sea level. A. (town center) and 2634 m above sea level. A. ( Birnhorn ), surrounded by the foothills of the Steinernes Meer , the Leoganger and Loferer Steinberge .
Community structure
The municipality includes the following five localities (population as of January 1, 2020):
- Frohnwies (46)
- Hintertal (40)
- Oberweißbach (149)
- Pürzlbach (36)
- Unterweißbach (135)
The community consists of two cadastral communities (area 2016):
- Oberweißbach (5,261.81 ha)
- Unterweißbach (1,697.35 ha)
With around 400 inhabitants, Weißbach is the smallest municipality in the Pinzgau. The oldest farms in the community were mentioned in documents as early as 1100. Until the end of May 1923, the community belonged to the judicial district of Lofer , then until June 2017 to the judicial district of Saalfelden . On July 1, 2017, she was assigned to the judicial district of Zell am See .
history
Weißbach has been a separate political municipality since 1946 and has been a model municipality for village and urban renewal since 1994. The Weißbach Nature Park was opened on July 22, 2007 , to which the Seisenbergklamm also belongs. The Weißbach flows into the Saalach here . In the establishment of the Natural Park, the private law which had Bavaria belonging hall forests essential part.
coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads:
- "In a blue shield, a golden twelve-pointed stag, resting on a green three-hill covered by silver wavy beams."
Population development
politics
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: 6 ÖVP, 2 FPÖ, and 1 SPÖ.
- With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2009 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
- With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2014 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
- With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2019 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 5 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
- mayor
- 1969–1989 Peter Hohenwarter (ÖVP)
- 1989–2013 Egon Fröschl (ÖVP)
- since 2013 Josef Michael Hohenwarter (ÖVP)
economy
energy
Weißbach bei Lofer is one of the 24 municipalities in Austria (as of 2019) that received the highest award in the e5 municipal energy project. The e5 community project aims to promote the implementation of a modern energy and climate policy at community level.
Culture and sights
- Seisenberg Gorge
- Kallbrunnalm
- Kammerlingalm
- Litzlalm
- Lamprechtsofen
- Hirschbichl Pass
- Dießbachstausee
Personalities
- Fritz Hillebrand (1917–1957), German motorcycle racer
Web links
- 50627 - Weißbach near Lofer. Community data, Statistics Austria .
- www.weissbach.at , website of the municipality
- Weißbach near Lofer . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .
- Christine Klenovec, Christine Haitzmann: Bergsteigerdörfer - Weißbach bei Lofer , Alpine history of the place, published by the Austrian Alpine Association (pdf)
- Official website of the Salzburger Saalachtal tourist office
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ideas - Deeds - Facts, No. 1: Start conference mountaineering villages in the mountaineering village of Ginzling, from 10-11. July 2008 , Austrian Alpine Association as part of the project “Specific Alpine Convention: Via Alpina and Mountaineering Villages”, Spatial Planning-Nature Conservation Department, Innsbruck 2008, p. 4. PDF download ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: Der 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. , accessed November 7, 2018.
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying, Regional Information, reference date December 31, 2016, accessed February 19, 2017
- ↑ Berchtesgaden National Park No. 26, 2009/2 , Animals do not know national borders , p. 17
- ↑ Peter Hohenwarter . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .
- ↑ Egon Fröschl . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .
- ↑ Josef Michael Hohenwarter . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .
- ↑ e5 communities in Austria as of March 2019