Hohentauern

Hohentauern is located on the Triebener Tauern Pass in the Rottenmanner Tauern . The place Hohentauern is 1274 m above sea level. Highest point is the west preferred Large Bösenstein ( 2448 m ), the east are Gamskögel ( 2386 m ).

Community structure

The municipality includes two localities (residents as of January 1, 2020):

Hohentauern (main town, 309)
Triebental (79)

The community consists of the only cadastral community (Hohentauern) , as well as only one counting district .

Competent jurisdiction has jurisdiction Murau .

Neighboring communities

Rottenmann ( District Liezen )	Trieben ( district Liezen )	Gaishorn am See ( district Liezen )
		Forest on the Schoberpass ( district Leoben )
Pölstal		Gaal

history

Reconstructed Celtic village in the Keltenberg nature park

The important Roman road Virunum - Ovilava (Zollfeld - Wels), part of the Via Norica from Aquilea (near Venice) into the Ufernorikum (Danube region) ran here. Also the post station Tartursanis , which is mentioned in the Tabula Peutingeriana , is mostly identified with the "high" Tauern, its location is unknown.

From the 14th century the place was Hohentauern to church and Tauernwirt, stopping point of the mule trains , which until the 19th century was only a small Kirchweiler. Also were of importance of magnesite - and the graphite -Mining in the district mining (Sunk) , with further processing in Magnesitwerk drives has been set, the early 1990s because of cheaper competition from other countries. In 2013, magnesite mining was resumed on a trial basis.

The parish of Hohentauern , previously a branch of St. Lorenzen im Paltental , was established in 1892. The political community of Hohentauern was established in 1849/50. During the municipal structural reform in Styria 2013–2015, it was one of the few that was not united into one large municipality, and has since been the smallest municipality in Styria.

Population development

Culture and sights

Parish church of Hohentauern

Catholic parish church Hohentauern hl. Bartholomew
The mining room: the mining museum in the Hohentauern parish hall.
Hohentauern stilted village on Weberteich: Keltenberg, nature adventure park that documents the importance of the Altweg.

Economy and Infrastructure

According to the 2001 census of workplaces , there were 32 workplaces with 96 employees in the municipality as well as 148 out-commuters and 30 in-commuters. There were 25 agricultural and forestry holdings (8 of them in the main occupation), which together cultivated 2,300 ha (1999).

Winter (skiing) and summer tourism are of some importance. The small Hohentauern ski area with five lifts is located on the Wirtsgupf. It begins in the village and at the Moscher holiday complex .

traffic

Road: The access to traffic is via the Triebener Straße B 114, an important road connection over the Triebener Tauern from the Mur - into the Ennstal .

education

There is a kindergarten in Hohentauern.

societies

In addition to the Hohentauern Knappenkapelle, there are 20 other associations and local groups.

politics

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The municipal council has 9 members.

With the municipal elections in Styria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 5 SPÖ, 2 ÖVP and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Styria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 5 SPÖ, 3 ÖVP and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Styria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 5 SPÖ and 4 ÖVP.
With the municipal elections in Styria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 5 SPÖ and 4 ÖVP.
With the municipal council elections in Styria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 5 SPÖ, 2 MFH-Moscher for Hohentauern and 2 ÖVP.

mayor

until 2007 Isolde Leitner (SPÖ)
since 2008 Heinz Wilding (SPÖ)

coat of arms

Blazon : “In a golden shield at the top a black three-pointed mountain curved at the bottomwith a raised central peak , below a black thread set off in parallel; from the right lower plate edge projecting a black clad left forearm , a Schinderbach knife holding with black handle and golden blade whose tip protrudes into the central portion of the three-mountain, the blade accompanied by two contoured fallen spruce tap. "

The coat of arms was awarded to the municipality with effect from January 1, 2015 (LGBl. 1/2015).

Personalities

Honorary citizen of the community

1960: Ludwig Leitner (Mayor of Hohentauern 1949–1960)
1964: Johann Bammer (Provincial Council)
1983: Hans Gross (Deputy Governor)
1993: Abbot Benedikt Schlömicher (Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Admont)
1996: P. Blasius Kneuper (pastor of Hohentauern 1963–2002)

literature

Alois Leitner: Hohentauern. Pictures from the past. Hohentauern 2009.
E. Steinkogler: Hohentauern. Self-published by Hohentauern, 1988.

Line:

Alois Leitner (Ed.): The Tauern. Contributions to the culture and local history of Hohentauern. Publication series, 1987 ff (previously: Our home community - our home [supplement to the parish gazette]); Local history sheets of Hohentauern (list of titles , EnnsTalWiki).

More special:

Walter Brunner: The Tauernwirt. 720 years of history of an Upper Styrian farm and inn. Collegium Columbinum, 2001 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
Gerhard Karl Lieb, Wolfgang Sulzer: Regional geographic aspects of the Hohentauern pass landscape. In: Communications from the Natural Science Association for Styria. Volume 122, Graz 1992, pp. 49-63 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).

Web links

Commons : Hohentauern - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the community of Hohentauern

62010 - Hohentauern. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
^ Karl-Heinz Krisch: The story of the break in the sink. In: Joannea. Geology and paleontology. 3, 2001, pp. 5-43 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
↑ Mining resumed in Hohentauern. In: ORF.at, July 15, 2013.
^ General state law and government gazette for the Crown Land of Styria. Piece 21, October 7, 1850, No. 378.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Hohentauern celebrated the award of the municipal coat of arms. Heinz Waldhuber on mein district.at, January 25, 2015. Year 2015. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 1.
↑ The Mining Room - Mining Museum in Hohentauern. steirischemuseen.at.
^ Website of the Hohentauern pile dwelling village .
↑ skiing. Website of the municipality, hohentauern.at.
^ Election result of the 2005 municipal council election in Hohentauern, Judenburg district. State of Styria, March 13, 2005, accessed on July 20, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Hohentauern, Judenburg district. State of Styria, March 21, 2010, accessed on July 20, 2020 .
^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council election in Hohentauern. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on July 20, 2020 .
↑ Results of the local council election 2020 in Hohentauern. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on July 20, 2020 .
↑ Announcement of the Styrian state government of December 18, 2014 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the municipality of Hohentauern (political district of Murtal). Announcement in the Provincial Law Gazette for Styria from January 7, 2015. No. 1, year 2015. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 1.

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-1] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[2] Karl-Heinz Krisch: The story of the break in the sink. In: Joannea. Geology and paleontology. 3, 2001, pp. 5-43 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).

[3] Mining resumed in Hohentauern. In: ORF.at, July 15, 2013.

[4] General state law and government gazette for the Crown Land of Styria. Piece 21, October 7, 1850, No. 378.

[meinbezirk_20150125-5] Hohentauern celebrated the award of the municipal coat of arms. Heinz Waldhuber on mein district.at, January 25, 2015. Year 2015. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 1.

[6] The Mining Room - Mining Museum in Hohentauern. steirischemuseen.at.

[7] Website of the Hohentauern pile dwelling village .

[8] skiing. Website of the municipality, hohentauern.at.

[StmkGrw2005_62010-9] Election result of the 2005 municipal council election in Hohentauern, Judenburg district. State of Styria, March 13, 2005, accessed on July 20, 2020 .

[StmkGrw2010_62010-10] Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Hohentauern, Judenburg district. State of Styria, March 21, 2010, accessed on July 20, 2020 .

[StmkGrw2015_62010-11] Election results for the 2015 municipal council election in Hohentauern. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on July 20, 2020 .

[StmkGrw2020_62010-12] Results of the local council election 2020 in Hohentauern. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on July 20, 2020 .

[Wappen-13] Announcement of the Styrian state government of December 18, 2014 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the municipality of Hohentauern (political district of Murtal). Announcement in the Provincial Law Gazette for Styria from January 7, 2015. No. 1, year 2015. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 1.