Small historical cities

Small historical towns (KHS)
purpose	Tourism marketing
Chair:	Robert Herzog
Establishment date:	1994
Number of members:	14 cities
Seat :	Steyr
Website:	www.khs.info

The Small Historic Cities ( KHS for short ) are an amalgamation of 14 small towns (as of June 2019) in Austria, the aim of which is to present a common tourist presence and to increase the awareness of the members and the umbrella brand at home and abroad.

history

Until the founding of the KHS in 1994, the range of city ​​tourism offers was only covered by applications from the state capitals. On the part of Österreich Werbung (ÖW), on the one hand, recreational holidays with hiking, riding, skiing and the like, and on the other hand, cultural tourism through the merger of ARGE Cities (an association of provincial capitals ) were actively promoted or included in the marketing activities. As a result of this constellation, small towns with a thoroughly interesting cultural offering have not been involved in widespread advertising activities.

At the end of 1993, under the chairmanship of Walter Hödl, former director of the Wels tourism association, and Wolfgang Neubaur, tourism director of Steyr, a proponent committee was formed with potential partners, the aim of which was to find participants in all federal states (except Vienna) who would like the idea of Support the establishment of an association of small towns in Austria and turn this working group into an offer group for Österreich Werbung . At that time, 14 cities joined the project. At the general assembly in May 2007 in Lienz, 18 cities worked together.

criteria

The following criteria must be met by the member cities:

• Tourist infrastructure
  • At least 300 beds in the three- and four-star category
  • Professional local tourist organization ( tourist board or similar)
• Urban data
  • City with city ​​rights
  • Listed historical buildings and districts
  • up to 80,000 inhabitants

Membership in the KHS is exclusively reserved for cities in Austria or their tourist organizations. National tourism organizations as well as professional associations and businesses are excluded from it. Intensive cooperation is maintained with these organizations.

Around twenty members are set as the upper limit for cities. An attempt is made to win at least one city per federal state (with the exception of Vienna). When a new city is added, all other members are to be included.

Due to their membership in the ARGE Cities, state capitals are not also allowed to be members of the KHS. Double membership is not possible.

Members

Ew. = Residents (as of January 1, 2020)

city	state	Ew.	City survey	First documentary mention	Cityscape	Monument protection
Baden near Vienna	Lower Austria	25,958	1480 Ku	869: Padun ("Bad") 2	Biedermeier	KGL: Ensemble Baden city center ; → List of monuments
Bad Ischl	Upper Austria	14,070	1940 Ku	1262: Iselen (meaning unknown) 1 2	Salzkammergut - home style ( " emperor city")	→ List of monuments
Bad Radkersburg	Styria	3,178	1299 Ku	1182: Ratkerspurch ("castle", exact meaning. Unknown)	medieval city fortifications, renaissance and baroque	→ List of monuments
Bludenz	Vorarlberg	14,845	1247	around 830: Pludono / Pluteno (meaning unknown) 1	medieval to modern	→ List of monuments
Braunau am Inn	Upper Austria	17,518	1260	788 as Ranshofen (district of Braunau), 1100 as Prounaw	Gothic, shaped in the baroque-classical style of the Inn-Salzach cities	KGL: Ensemble town center Braunau am Inn ; → List of monuments
Bruck an der Mur	Styria	15,787	1263	860 ad pruccam or prukka	Gothic, Renaissance, Art Nouveau	→ List of monuments
Free City	Upper Austria	7,981	before 1277	1241 "Frienstat"	city ​​founded according to plan, around 150 town houses from the late Middle Ages (13th to 16th centuries)	→ List of monuments
Gmunden	Upper Austria	13,275	1278 (?) Ku	11./12. Century ("Gemünde" der Traun ) 1	Gothic to the early days : promenades on the Traunsee ( Salzkammergut - Heimatstil )	→ List of monuments
Hallein	Salzburg	21,314	1250	763: Salt mining ( Hall name )	medieval	KGL: Ensemble Altstadt Hallein ; → List of monuments
Judenburg	Styria	9,853	1224	1074: Judinburch ( Eppenstein Castle , Jewish trading post)	medieval ( Gothic , Renaissance )	→ List of monuments
Kufstein	Tyrol	19,527	1393	733: Indiculus Arnonis, a list of properties for the diocese of Salzburg	Art Nouveau	→ List of monuments
Radstadt	Salzburg	4,876	1289	1074: Rastat ("Raststätte") 1 2	modern bourgeois baroque and classicism , parts of an early modern city wall	→ List of monuments
Schärding	Upper Austria	5,269	1316/1364 Ku	804: Scardinga (meaning unknown, an estate , settlement named after Scardo)	closed baroque - classicism to historicism ( Inn-Salzach construction )	KGL: Ensemble Altstadt Schärding ; → List of monuments
Steyr	Upper Austria	38,056	1170 pp	980: Styrapurhc ("Castle on the Steyr")	Gothic to industrial	KGL: Ensemble City Center Steyr and Ensemble Steyrdorf ; → List of monuments
Sources: Small historical cities, (www.khs.info), Statistics Austria, as of June 2019
SS Statutory city Ku spa KGL = Austrian list of cultural goods (Hague Agreement)					1 Prehistoric settlement activity in the area 2 Roman settlements in space 3 First mention

Former members were the cities of Enns , Feldkirch , Imst , Kufstein , Lienz , Mariazell , Rust , Spittal an der Drau , Wels and Zell am See .

In May 2007 the membership level was 18 with Baden, Bad Ischl, Bad Radkersburg, Enns, Feldkirch, Gmunden, Hall / Tirol, Imst, Judenburg, Kufstein, Lienz, Radstadt, Rust, Schärding, Spittal / Drau, Steyr, Wels and Zell am Lake.

Web links

• khs.info , website "Small historical cities"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eva Pötzl: Small towns with historical flair on the road to success ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , KHS press release, accessed on April 21, 2009
2. ↑ Small historical cities - 18 charming gems , website of the city of Lienz (May 2007), accessed August 29, 2016.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Overview Cities , KHS, accessed on April 21, 2009; June 30, 2014; June 16, 2016; June 15, 2019.
4. ↑ Small Historic Cities. (No longer available online.) In: Service / Tourist Organizations / Holiday Specialists. Austria advertisement , archived from the original on December 2, 2008 ; Retrieved April 22, 2009 (page no longer available, 2016). Info: The 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.  
5. ↑ Small historical cities - 18 charming gems Website of the city of Lienz, (May 2007), accessed August 29, 2016.