Court near Salzburg

The community is located in Flachgau in the Salzburg region east of Salzburg. The highest elevation in the municipality is the Lidaun ( 1237 m ). The community belongs to the judicial district of Thalgau .

Community structure

The community consists of the localities Elsenwang, Gitzen, Hinterschroffenau (Lodagei), Hof and Vorderelsenwang. Cadastral communities are Gitzen and Hof. Other districts are Gäng, Lebach, Eggerhäuser, Haberbichl, Schlag, Schroffenau, Faistenauergraben, Haslau, Thann, Baderluck , Hallbach, Höfnerhäuser, Schwaighof, Schwarzmühle, Seestraße and Waldach.

history

Elsenwang (as Eselwanch and Ellesnawanc ), a village in Hof, is first mentioned in 780 in the Notitia Arnonis and the Breves Notitiae . From 900 onwards Hof was settled by solitary farms, and a contiguous settlement seems to have existed since the middle of the 11th century. Overall, the forests around the Osterhorn group had been cleared by 1300, which meant that these areas could gradually be settled by farmers. Gradually, however, the free peasantry lost its independence and was subordinated to nobles and lords. According to the Mondseer Chronik, a plague of locusts destroyed the entire harvest in 1243, which led to catastrophic living conditions. When the Salzburg Archbishop Friedrich III. von Leibnitz got into financial difficulties, especially after the unfavorable battle of Mühldorf , he had taxes collected from 1326. Many of Hof's properties that still exist are listed in the tax documents recorded for this purpose. In 1338 Hof was again hit by a plague of locusts and, from 1348/49, by the plague , circumstances that hampered population growth.

Around the middle of the 14th century, the name Curia (Latin) came into use for today's municipality, the name Hof has been common since the 15th century .

Only between 1500 and 1600 did the population increase again and double courtyards and hamlets developed, and in 1505 a church was built for the residents. In 1526 there was fear of the invasion of Ottoman troops , followed by the plague in 1527, which claimed innumerable victims until 1582. From 1578 the area of Hof bei Salzburg and the area of the Fuschlsee are shown on maps. Under Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau , a road was laid out from Salzburg via Hof and St. Gilgen to enable the salt and iron trade to Bohemia. The hunting lodge on the Fuschlsee can be found on a nail map from 1640 and the place name Hof is emblazoned for the first time on the Dückher map from 1666 . In 1731/32 Archbishop Firmian ordered the expulsion of Protestants from the Archbishopric of Salzburgan , whoever stayed had to confess to the Catholic Church and join a brotherhood . Severe storms caused famine between 1740 and 1744.
On the upper floor of the old rectory, a school was set up in 1756, which could hardly fulfill its purpose, as the farmers refused to send their children to school. When Hof was made a vicariate in 1785, lists of houses and residents were also created. According to these, Hof had 121 houses and 783 residents. In 1802 the new cemetery was approved and consecrated.

The most important development for the rural population in Hof in the 19th century is the dissolution of basic subservience, the so-called basic transfer, also known as basic relief, which emerged from the revolution in 1848. The farmers who were previously subject to the 16 different manors in Hof became owners of the agricultural goods by paying a third (cash value) of the 20-year interest, the second third of the payment was taken over by the imperial state of Austria , the third third had to be waived by the manor. In 1859 the church, the Gasthof zur Post and several other surrounding houses burned down after a lightning strike. The first gendarmerie post in Hof was opened in 1880, and a new rectory was built in 1889. In July 1899 the first automobiles rolled through Hof. Huge lightning bolts set fire to two farmhouses and an alpine pasture in 1901. The Hinterwaldachmühle was also struck by lightning, but not set on fire. From 1910, after a long dispute and after an objection by the local council, the primary school was run in two classes.

After the First World War, when petroleum had become scarce, many people from Hof decided to connect their houses to the power grid that had been built by Stern & Hafferl since 1913 . From then on, the Hof sawmills were also operated with electricity. In 1936 Otto von Habsburg was made an honorary citizen of Hof bei Salzburg. After the " Anschluss of Austria ", Adolf Hitler visited Fuschl Castle in 1939 to meet with Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop . Shortly before the end of the war in 1945, SS men wanted to blow up the piers of the Nesselgraben Bridge in order to delay the entry of American troops. Two courageous Hofer tried to prevent the demolition and were shot by SS men in the process, one of the two died immediately, the other succumbed to his injuries several days later.

In 1950 the war memorial was renewed. A fire broke out in the attic of the Hotel Schloss Fuschl in 1951. In the same year the municipality of Hof was named “Hof bei Salzburg”. Wolfgangseestrasse in the Hof area was expanded in 1958, and the newly built elementary school opened in 1960. The new post office and the main school building opened in 1963, and in 1976 a spectacular robbery on the post office rocked the community. The kindergarten was opened in the same year.

The Salzburg provincial government gave the "Municipality of Hof bei Salzburg" a coat of arms in 1978, albeit under the non-existent name of "Municipality of Hof", an embarrassing process that caused a lot of ridicule. “Hof bei Salzburg” therefore has no coat of arms de jure, but something to smile about. The parish church received a new organ in 1981, a new post office was officially opened in 1987, and in 1989 the community center with kindergarten, volunteer fire brigade and community office. 1990 was all about the first documentary mention of the village "Elsenwang" in the "Notitia Arnonis" and the "Breves Notitiae" (1200 year celebration). The remains of a foundation of a Roman estate were uncovered in Elsenwang in 1992. In 1993 the Hof Sports Center was opened. In 1995 the gendarmerie moved to the building at Wolfgangseestrasse 24, the Red Cross moved to the new office in the former “Gabelmachergut”. In 1999, the “St. Sebastian ". After 3 months of construction, the new “Nussbaumer” ski lift was opened on January 4, 2002, and in 2004 the completely renovated natural bathing beach on Fuschlsee . The “Municipality of Hof bei Salzburg” bought the Rauchhaus Mühlgrub from the Salzburg Museum Association in 2005, the new building yard went into operation in 2006, and in 2007 the parish church was renovated and a new folk altar was consecrated .

On April 5, 2013, the culture and event center "KULT" was opened, in which several institutions are housed such. B. the "Musikum Hof", the "Kulturverein KULT", the "Trachtenmusikkapelle Hof bei Salzburg", the public "Bibliothek Koppl-Hof", the "Hofer Theaterspieler", the "Hofsänger", the "Heimatverein" and the regional branch the "adult education center".

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the community is: "In a red shield on a green three-mountain, a silver castle with a golden gable roof, decorated with a golden cross on each gable side, behind the roof a silver crenellated tower with a golden pointed roof, behind it two upward crossed silver arrows." are authorized according to the resolutions of the municipal council of Hof bei Salzburg: the pillory rifle shooters Hof bei Salzburg, the tourism association, the Hofer hunters' association and the Hofer association help Hofern.

politics

Municipal Office

The community council has a total of 21 members.

With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2004, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2009 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2014 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 4 List HOF, 3 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ. (19 members)
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg 2019 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, 2 FPÖ, and 1 list HOF.

mayor

1986–1996 Alexander Salzmann (ÖVP)
1996–2013 Werner Berktold (ÖVP)
since 2013 Thomas Ließ (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Fuschl Castle

Memorial courtyard Rauchhaus Mühlgrub

Catholic Church of St. Sebastian

Fuschl Castle : The building was used as a hunting lodge for the Salzburg archbishops, who were also sovereigns of the direct imperial archbishopric of Salzburg, in the second half of the 15th century. built. Fuschl Castle was recognized for the first time on a map by Setznagel around 1640. Soon the castle was handed over to the state and visibly fell into disrepair. In 1860 the royal Bavarian auditor Erl purchased the castle and bequeathed it to his son in 1894. Colonel Erl decorated the castle with many valuable paintings, most of which have not been found since the Nazi era. From 1912 to 1929 the castle constantly changed hands. In 1929 Baron Gustav Edler von Remiz bought the property. He was arrested in 1938 and his property was expropriated. After the war the castle could not be returned to its original owner immediately because it was "German property" and it was available to American soldiers as a rest home. Around 1950/51 the palace was redesigned into a hotel. In 1958, Consul DA Vogel from Munich acquired the property and, together with Mrs. Winnie Markus, converted it into a luxury hotel. In 1967 the front courtyard was converted into today's Jagdhof. Here he also set up the hunting museum and the pipe museum. In 1976, the entire property was put up for auction and went to the Max Grundig Foundation. In 1981 Fuschl Castle was listed as a historical monument. In 1984 the natural bathing beach on the west bank was donated to the municipality of Hof near Salzburg by Mr. Grundig. The Hotel Schloss Fuschl has been owned by Stefan Schörghuber since January 2001 or his heirs since his death. In autumn 2005 and in the first half of 2006, renovations and renovations took place.
Monument courtyard Rauchhaus Mühlgrub: The monument courtyard Rauchhaus Mühlgrub is located on the ridge between Hof and Thalgau and can be reached on foot in half an hour from Hof. The Rauchhaus is surrounded by the old orchard, directly on the new road and about 80 m from the newly built “Mühlgrub” farmhouse. The first mention was made in the fief record of Archbishop Burkhard von Weißbriach (1461–1466) as a knight's fief "Mulgrub" of the Salzburg merchant Caspar Venediger. The Rauchhaus is a typical Einhof (apartment, stable, mountain rooms combined in a multi-purpose building) with a ground floor middle floor between the living area and the stable (Mittertenn-Einhof). The name Rauchhaus is derived from the fact that the smoke is drawn from the open hearth in the “house” (hallway) without a chimney. Above the open hearth, the "fire hat" against flying sparks is attached. Above the “house” in the attic is the wooden platform with gaps as a “smoke floor”, on which the grain sheaves were stored for subsequent drying.

Parish Church of Saint Sebastian : The Catholic Church dates back to the beginning of the 16th century and is consecrated to Saint Sebastian (January 20th).
1502: One-nave, Gothic hall church with late Gothic reticulated vaults first attested
1581: first organ in the church
1640: Acquisition of a shelf
1720: new organ with 3 registers from Egedacher
1784: branch church of Thalgau
1802: Inauguration of the first cemetery
1858: Own parish
1859: Conflagration: a lightning strike destroys a large part of the church
1860: Matthäus Mauracher the Elder Ä. sets up a donated organ, it came from one of the trumpet choirs of Salzburg Cathedral
1878: Inauguration of the newly built church by Prince Archbishop Albert Eder
2002: Start of renovation work - wall drainage, church heating, interior renovation (reconstruction of the original interior painting from 1880)
The church has four bells. Tones: e '', g '', a ''. The death bell rings in tone d ''.

KULT On April 5th, 2013 the culture and event center KULT will open, housing many different institutions:
Musikum Hof
Cultural association CULT
Trachtenmusikkapelle Hof near Salzburg
public library Koppl-Hof
Hof theater player
Court singer
Hometown club
regional branch of the adult education center.

societies

Bourgeois women court
Parents Association Hof
Volunteer firefighter
Healthy community
Heimatverein Hof
Alphorn blowers from Hinterschroffenau
Hof theater player
Court singer
Hunters
Cultural association CULT
Comradeship yard
Catholic educational organization
Catholic women's movement
d´Lodageia - tradition and community in the Hinterschroffenau district

Musikum Flachgau
Local farming community Hof
Local farmers yard
Rectory courtyard
Parish Council
Pillory runners
Red Cross, Hof branch
Salzburger Bildungswerk, Hof branch
Schworzmüh Teifin
Traditional costume band
Tourism association
Union Sports Club

Sports

The USK Hof soccer players played from 2008 to 2013 in the ÖFB women's league , which is the top division in Austria.

education

Elementary school
New middle school
kindergarten
Culture and event center KULT
- Public Library Hof-Koppl
- Musikum Hof
- Community College

Personalities

Honorary citizen of the community

Otto von Habsburg (1912–2011), son of the last Austrian Emperor Karl I. Member of the European Parliament and many others.
Franz Ainz (1922–2007), former community secretary and senior citizen's federation chairman of the Hof bei Salzburg local group.
Alexander Salzmann, former mayor.
Werner Berktold, former mayor.

Sons and daughters of the church

Stefan Schlager (1891–1939), meritorious gendarmerie post commander in Bad Gastein, lifesaver, murdered in 1939 by Nazi thugs in Mauthausen concentration camp.
Rosl Zapf (* 1925), opera singer (mezzo-soprano), lives in the Hof senior citizens' home near Salzburg.
Franz Ainz (1922–2007), community secretary, longstanding, meritorious chairman of the senior citizens 'union, suggested the construction of a senior citizens' home in Hof for the first time.
Alois Roither (1929–2010), Strumegg farmer, bricklayer foreman, long-time organist in the parish of Hof, awarded the Order of St. Rupert and Virgil et al. a. Awards, long-time member of the Hof u. a. Associations, member of the community council, local farmer chairman.
Konrad Steindl (* 1955), entrepreneur, former Vice Mayor of Plainfeld (ÖVP) and former member of the National Council.
Theresia Theurl (* 1956), since 2000 Professor of Economics at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster.

Web links

Commons : Hof bei Salzburg - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Community website
Tourism association website
50319 - courtyard. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Court near Salzburg . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .
Website culture and event center KULT

Individual evidence

^ Arno von Salzburg : Indiculus Arnonis and Brevis notitiae Salzburgenses . Salzburg, approx. 790; Reissued based on known and previously unused manuscripts and provided with explanations by Friedrich Keinz, Munich 1869, p. 85. ( digitized version ).
↑ Alexander Salzmann . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .
↑ Werner Berktold . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .
↑ Thomas Ließ . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .
^ Roman Schmeißner: The history of organ art using the example of the Thalgau dean's office . Diploma thesis at the Salzburg University of Education 1982, p. 55.

[1] Arno von Salzburg : Indiculus Arnonis and Brevis notitiae Salzburgenses . Salzburg, approx. 790; Reissued based on known and previously unused manuscripts and provided with explanations by Friedrich Keinz, Munich 1869, p. 85. ( digitized version ).

[2] Alexander Salzmann . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .

[3] Werner Berktold . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .

[4] Thomas Ließ . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .

[5] Roman Schmeißner: The history of organ art using the example of the Thalgau dean's office . Diploma thesis at the Salzburg University of Education 1982, p. 55.