Klaus at the Pyhrnbahn

coat of arms

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Upper Austria

Political District :

Church Village

License plate :

AI

Surface:

107.94 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 50 ' N , 14 ° 9' E Coordinates: 47 ° 49 '50 " N , 14 ° 9' 29" E

Height :

466 m above sea level A.

Residents :

1,061 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

9.8 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

4564

Area code :

07585

Community code :

4 09 06

NUTS region

AT314

Address of the
municipal administration:

Klaus adP 100
4564 Klaus at the Pyhrnbahn

Website:

www.gemeinde-klaus.at

politics

Mayor :

Rudolf Mayr ( SPÖ )

Municipal Council : (2015)
(19 members)

12

4th

3

12 4th 3

A total of 19 seats

SPÖ : 12
ÖVP : 4
FPÖ : 3

Location of Klaus an der Pyhrnbahn in the Kirchdorf district

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Klaus an der Pyhrnbahn is a municipality in the Kirchdorf an der Krems district in the Traunviertel in Upper Austria , with 1,061 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020), and is the northernmost municipality in the Pyhrn-Priel region .

The responsible judicial district is Kirchdorf an der Krems.

geography

Klaus an der Pyhrnbahn lies at an altitude of 466 m in the Traunviertel at a narrow point of the Steyr . The extension is 13.6 km from north to south and 13.3 km from west to east. The total area is 108.1 km². 80.9% of the area is forested, 6.6% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following three localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Klaus an der Pyhrnbahn (457)
Knee Was (38)
Steyrling (566)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Klaus and Steyrling .

Neighboring communities

	Micheldorf	Minor
Grünau
	Hinterstoder	St. Pankraz

history

Archaeological finds show that the densely wooded, inhospitable narrowness of Klaus was at least walked, perhaps even inhabited, by humans as early as the Bronze Age. Due to the landscape, a Roman road, whose course at that time is still visible in some places, later led through the Steyrtal near Klaus.

The town center in 1903

Originally located in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria , the place belonged to the Duchy of Austria since the 12th century . The first (but not fully secured) documentary references to the place Klaus go back to the years 1175 and 1178, after which Udalschalk von Klaus administered Klaus Castle for the Margraves of Styria. In a secured document from 1192, Klaus is named as the princely possession of the Babenbergs.

Historical records from the late Middle Ages also mention the spelling of the place name in common use at that time by naming various burgraves of Klaus: Clusa, Chlausa, Claws, Klausen, Klaus.

Since 1490 it has been assigned to the Principality of Austria ob der Enns .

During the Napoleonic Wars , the place was occupied several times.

Since 1918 the place belongs to the federal state of Upper Austria. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, the place belonged to the Gau Oberdonau . After the Second World War (1939-1945), Upper Austria was restored.

From the spring of 1973 to the end of June 1975, the built Ennskraftwerke AG at the Steyr River , the power plant Klaus . The resulting reservoir is used as a local recreation area. As part of the decentralized Upper Austrian provincial exhibition "Land der Hämmer" in 1998, an exhibition was set up in the listed locomotive shed. Since then, the Lokschuppm has been used for cultural events.

Population development

In 1991 the community had 1,099 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 1,183.

Culture and sights

Bergkirche Klaus : built 1616–1618 as a Protestant church, consecrated as a Catholic church in 1674 (Counter Reformation)

Klaus Castle

Klaus power plant with Klaus reservoir at river kilometer 40.1 (from the mouth of the Steyr ). The dam is 55 m high, 210 meters wide at the crown and10 m thickin the foundation . The resulting lake is 40 meters deep and extends seven kilometers upstream to the Teichl that flows into the Steyr from the right. The bottleneck output is 19.60 MW, the standard annual work capacity is 74 million kWh. Ametal sculpture designedby Pascal Schöning standson the structure of the bottom outlet inlet (completed in 1998). On the right bank a little above the dam wall of the reservoir there is an inn and a boat rental.

Kulturzentrum Lokschuppm: venue for concerts of various musical styles (see web links)

Castle and Castle Klaus
View from the top of the dam over the lake
View of the shore from the reservoir
The metal sculpture

Sports

Steyrlinger Landpartie
Bungee jumping from the dam of the Klaus power plant

Regular events

Music Summer Klaus : the Music Summer Klaus offers classical music concerts every year in the summer months. The concerts take place in the Bergkirche Klaus (see links)
Mountain Bike Triathlon Klaus : the 'Mountain Bike Triathlon Klaus' has been held annually in August since 1997

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Klaus station

train

An important north-south connection has been through Klaus since time immemorial. From 1887 Klaus was connected to the railway network with the Kremstalbahn . In 1906, this route was extended through the Bosruck tunnel to Selzthal ( Pyhrnbahn (Linz–) Wels – Graz). From 1909 to 1968 there was a passenger train connection to Steyr with the Steyrtalbahn . Freight trains ran until 1980. Today regional and regional express trains from Selzthal (journey time around 50 minutes) and Linz (journey time REX around 55 minutes and R trains 70 minutes) stop in Klaus .

Street

Klaus is on the Pyhrn A9 motorway, which has been completed since December 2004, including the Bosruck tunnel . The West Autobahn at Sattledt is around 30 kilometers from Klaus. Furthermore, Klaus is on the Pyhrnpass road B138 from Wels to Liezen .

Post buses run from Klaus to Kirchdorf an der Krems and Windischgarsten, among others . Since 2002 the mobility of the population within the community has been promoted with a village mobile .

The Steyrtal cycle path coming from Untergrünburg ends at the train station.

education

Music elementary school Klaus
Steyrling elementary school
Kindergarten Steyrling
Adult education center and short Bible school Schloss Klaus

politics

Mayor is Rudolf Mayr (SPÖ).

coat of arms

Blazon : In black from the edge of the head of the shield to the base of the shield, six gold wedges, three wedges two-to-one. This is the family coat of arms of the Storch family, which were owned by Klaus Castle from 1512 to 1632. The community colors are red and yellow.

Personalities

Memorial plaques on the Pyhrnpass road near the Klaus reservoir

Sons and daughters of the church

Georg Baumgartner (1860–1927), clergyman and politician ( CSP )

Personalities associated with the community

Josef Moser (born February 27, 1812 in Parz, municipality of Grieskirchen , † April 27, 1893 in Steyr ), known in this country as Bader Moser , was an Austrian doctor and local poet . In the period from 1836 to 1876 he worked as a Gmoabader in Klaus for around 33 years . Josef Moser is one of the outstanding representatives of Upper Austrian dialect poetry . The Bader-Moser memorial, unveiled on August 3, 1913, is now located directly on Bundesstraße 138 next to the Klaus dam. The Bader-Moser-Straße in Micheldorf and his grave of honor in Steyr also remember the local poet.

literature

Irmgard Bachl: Klaus, Steyrling, Kniewas. My home, our home . Leonding, Klaus 1996-1997.
Franz Josef Limberger (Ed.): KLAUS - Harmony of Opposites . Kirchdorf 1992.
Marianne Oberladstätter: Castle and Castle Klaus. An exciting journey through history . Klaus 2011.

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
↑ ^a ^b Brochure Kraftwerk Klaus. Ed. Ennskraftwerke Aktiengesellschaft, Steyr 1990.
↑ Reinhold Kräter: Community of Klaus - at the interface between nature and technology. In: Franz R. Vorderwinkler (Ed.): On the trail of culture - museums, monasteries, castles, palaces in Upper Austria. Steyr 1997, pp. 88-89.
↑ Ennskraft.at accessed on June 25, 2011.
↑ The attachment of the sky to the earth : information board for the sculpture on the lock crown (photo on Commons: File: Attachment of the sky to the earth.jpg )

Web links

Commons : Klaus an der Pyhrnbahn - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Side of the community
Further information about the municipality of Klaus an der Pyhrnbahn on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
Klaus reservoir

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

[Kraftwerk-2] Brochure Kraftwerk Klaus. Ed. Ennskraftwerke Aktiengesellschaft, Steyr 1990.

[3] Reinhold Kräter: Community of Klaus - at the interface between nature and technology. In: Franz R. Vorderwinkler (Ed.): On the trail of culture - museums, monasteries, castles, palaces in Upper Austria. Steyr 1997, pp. 88-89.

[4] Ennskraft.at accessed on June 25, 2011.

[5] The attachment of the sky to the earth : information board for the sculpture on the lock crown (photo on Commons: File: Attachment of the sky to the earth.jpg )