Johnsbach (municipality of Admont)
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Johnsbach (Former municipality) Ortschaft Katastralgemeinde Johnsbach |
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| Basic data | |||
| Pole. District , state | Liezen (LI), Styria | ||
| Judicial district | Liezen | ||
| Coordinates | 47 ° 32 '23 " N , 14 ° 35' 4" E | ||
| height | 853 m above sea level A. | ||
| Residents of the village | 150 (January 1, 2020) | ||
| Building status | 96 (2001 ) | ||
| Area d. KG | 97.74 km² | ||
| Post Code | 8912 Admont | ||
| prefix | + 43/3611 (Johnsbach) | ||
| Statistical identification | |||
| Community code | 61253 | ||
| Locality code | 15794 | ||
| Cadastral parish number | 67404 | ||
| Counting district / district | Johnsbach (61253 005) | ||
 Location of the former municipality in the judicial district of Liezen (as of 2014) |
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| Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk | |||
Johnsbach , also called Johnsbach im Gesäuse , is a former municipality with 153 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in Styria in the judicial district or district of Liezen . Since January 1, 2015 it has been merged with the municipalities of Hall , Admont and Weng im Gesäuse as part of the Styrian municipal structural reform , the new municipality continues to use the name "Admont".
geography
Johnsbach is located in the Gesäuse National Park and consists of a single cadastral community. The place is an extensive scattered settlement of farms in the Johnsbachtal, a side valley of the Ennstal in the section of the Gesäuses . From the Johnsbach train station or the Bachbrücke junction, the valley first leads southwards like a gorge and widens after about 5 kilometers, turning to the east, where the "center" of the village with the Aegydius Church, the cemetery and an inn is located.
Johnsbacher Valley
Center of Johnsbach
Neighboring communities by the end of 2014
| Weng in the Gesäuse | Hieflau | |
| Admont |
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Radmer |
| Gaishorn at the lake | Treglwang | Forest on the Schober Pass |
history
The abolition of the manorial lords took place in 1848. The local community as an autonomous body was established in 1850. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community came to the Reichsgau Steiermark, 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria. On January 1, 2015, Johnsbach was absorbed into the Admont community.
Population development
politics
Mayor was Ludwig Wolf (ÖVP) until the end of 2014. After the 2010 elections, the municipal council was composed as follows:
- 7 ÖVP
- 2 Johnsbacher independents
Culture and sights
The mountaineering cemetery in Johnsbach is well-known and is home to numerous graves of mountaineers who died in the Gesäuse . Among them are celebrities from alpine history such as Gustav Jahn , who fell on the Ödstein edge together with his rope partner, but also mountaineers like Hubert Peterka , who died elsewhere but wanted to be buried in Johnsbach.
Economy and Infrastructure
Johnsbach lives to a lesser extent from agriculture and forestry and largely from summer and winter tourism. It has been part of the PES Bergsteigerdörfer Initiative since 2008 .
The Johnsbach stop in the National Park on the Rudolfsbahn, which is only served by a pair of trains on weekends, is about five kilometers north of the town in the Ennstal. The network bus line 912 of the ÖBB stops at the confluence of the Johnsbach valley into the Ennstal (Bachbrücke / Weidendom stop), the Johnsbach valley is not served by public transport. There is a shared taxi or pick-up by the accommodation providers.
tourism
Johnsbach is the starting point for a large number of hiking and climbing routes. From Johnsbach you can reach the southern climbs of the Hochtor - Ödstein train, the Heßhütte between Hochtor and Zinödl and the Mödlingerhütte at the southern foot of the Admonter Reichenstein .
Personalities
- Hias (1950–2007), singer, entertainer and accordion player
literature
- Regina Hatheier-Stampfl, Josef Hasitschka, Ludwig Wolf, Peter Haßlacher: Johnsbach in the Gesäuse. An alpine Arcadia. 2nd Edition. Austrian Alpine Club, Innsbruck 2011, ( online ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Announcement of the Styrian state government of October 10, 2013 about the unification of the market community Admont and the communities Hall, Johnsbach and Weng im Gesäuse, all political district Liezen. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of November 15, 2013. No. 119, 32nd issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . P. 631.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Timetable: Timetable. Retrieved August 7, 2018 .
