Krakow (Styria)

Krakow has been a municipality in the Murau district of the Austrian state of Styria since the beginning of 2015 . It was created as part of the Styrian municipal structural reform from the municipalities of Krakaudorf , Krakauhintermühlen and Krakauschatten, which were dissolved at the end of 2014 . The Steirische Krakau has been part of the Bergsteigerdörfer -Initiative of the PES since 2008 .

geography

Krakaudorf is the main town in the Krakau Valley, a high plateau that extends east-west in the southern part of the Schladminger Tauern and has around 1450 inhabitants. On the north side of the plateau, northwest of Krakaudorf, lies the cadastral community Krakauhintermühlen, to the west, on the south side of the plateau, on the Salzburg border, the cadastral community Krakauschatten.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following three localities and cadastral communities of the same name (residents as of January 1, 2020, area as of 2015):

Krakaudorf (601 inhabitants, 29.82 km ² )
Krakauhintermühlen (492 Ew., 80.77 km ² )
Krakauschatten (297 Ew., 13.06 km ² )

Neighboring communities

	Sölk
Lessach		Schöder
Tamsweg	Rants

history

Slavic settlers cleared the area from the 6th century . From the 9th century, Bavarian settlers also came to the Krakau Valley. Krakaudorf is one of the oldest settlements in the Rantentales, but was from the Middle Ages to the 16th century "Lessach" ( Slavic "with the people in the forest", not to be confused with the west in Lungau lying Lessach ). The place name Krakau itself (first mentioned as a field name in 1304 as "Graker") comes from Slavic, it is derived from the crow or jackdaw ( krakowa , krakava ), hence the municipal coat of arms .

From the 13th century the area was subject to the jurisdiction of the Liechtensteiners. In the Middle Ages there were various landlords. From the 17th century the area was mainly owned by the Schwarzenberg princes. In 1791 the Vicariate of Ortisei was established in Krakau plain and in 1829 it was elevated to a parish.

The abolition of the manorial lords took place in 1848. The local parishes as an autonomous body came into being in 1850. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the parishes became part of the Reichsgau Steiermark, from 1945 to 1955 they were part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

Culture and sights

Parish church Krakaudorf

The Samson of Krakaudorf

Catholic parish church Krakaudorf hl. Oswald
Catholic branch church St. Ulrich am Hollerberg
Catholic Parish Church of Kraków, St. Ulrich
Sights include the mountain landscape, small chapels (including the "Styrian Lord God"), lakes and the Günster waterfall , which is the highest waterfall in Styria with a height of 65 meters.
Customs and traditions play a major role in the course of the year. Every second year in February, the carnival fans return on “Damisch Mountog” (Rose Monday); a loud parade from house to house of about 50 people in pointed hats, followed by a merchant pack with horse, horse servant, smith, blacksmith etc. The origin of this custom goes back to the miners who lived around 200 years ago in the Bischofsloch des Prebers (2740 m ) Mining silver. These miners performed the circular dance, the Radl or Kranzl for the first time.
Brand high timbered in many places in the valley sometimes up to twelve meters at Easter Easter fire . Oswald Sunday is celebrated on the first Sunday in August . The parish fair in honor of Saint Oswald begins with a procession through Krakaudorf, where the girls carry decorated statues of the Virgin Mary, the boys carry Saint Oswald through the village. In the afternoon, the Samson and the rifle guard make their appearance.

Natural monuments

Günster waterfall , with a height of 65 meters the highest waterfall in Styria

Economy and Infrastructure

In the manufacturing sector, 22 companies employ 47 people, almost two thirds work in construction and one third in the manufacture of goods. The service sector employs 116 people in 49 companies, 45 of them in accommodation and catering (as of 2011).

politics

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The municipal council has 15 members.

With the municipal elections in Styria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Styria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.

mayor

At the beginning of 2015 Konrad Esterl (ÖVP), previously mayor of Krakauhintermühlen
since 2015 Gerhard Stolz (ÖVP)

coat of arms

Coats of arms of the previous municipalities
Krakaudorf
Krakauhintermühlen
Krakau shadow

All three predecessor municipalities had a municipal coat of arms. Due to the amalgamation of municipalities, these lost their official validity on January 1st, 2015. The new award of the municipal coat of arms for the merged municipality took place with effect from July 15, 2016.
Blazon (coat of arms description):

"In a blue shield above a green shield base covered with three silver, eight-petalled flowers covered with gold, a silver three-pointed mountain with a raised central point, covered with a black crow."

Personalities

Krakauhintermühlen

Ramona Siebenhofer (* 1991), ski racer

Honorary citizen of the community

Krakaudorf

1982 Franz Wegart (1918–2009), Deputy Governor
1989 Franz Essl (1919–1993), district doctor

Krakauhintermühlen

1988 Josef Krainer junior (1930–2016), governor

Krakau shadow

1984 Josef Krainer junior (1930–2016), governor
2010 Otto Esterl (* 1945), former mayor

literature

Walter Brunner: The Krakow in the past centuries. A historical review. In: Ortführer von Krakauebene, Krakaudorf 1971, 3–10
Regina Stampfl / Roland Kals / Peter Haßlacher: The Styrian Krakow. Austrian Alpine Club, Innsbruck 2014, ( online )

Movies

Ludwig Ott: The Styrian carnival race. A winter custom in Krakow. Bavarian television. Under our Heavens , February 26, 2006 ( weblink) ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

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

Mountaineering village Styrian Krakow

61437 - Krakow (Styria). Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

^ Styrian municipal structural reform .

^ Announcement of the Styrian regional government of October 10, 2013 on the union of the municipalities Krakaudorf, Krakauhintermühlen and Krakauschatten, all of the political district of Murau. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of November 15, 2013. No. 114, 32nd issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . P. 629.

↑ 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. @1@ 2

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

↑ cadastral communities Styria. 2015 (Excel file, 128 KB); Retrieved July 29, 2015

↑ Otto Michael Schinko: From Achner to Zugal: mountain, water, house, reed and settlement names in the upper Murtal. disserta Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95425-968-7 , entry Krakow: p. 73

^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Krakow, workplaces. (pdf) Accessed December 29, 2019 .

^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Krakow, employees. (pdf) Accessed December 29, 2019 .

^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Krakow. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on July 1, 2020 .

↑ Results of the municipal council elections 2020 in Krakow. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on July 1, 2020 .

^ Municipal Office, Registry Office Association and Citizenship Association Cracow: Officials of the Cracow Municipality. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .

↑ 93. Announcement of the Styrian provincial government of July 7, 2016 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the municipality of Krakow (political district of Murau) , accessed on October 21, 2016

[1] Styrian municipal structural reform .

[2] Announcement of the Styrian regional government of October 10, 2013 on the union of the municipalities Krakaudorf, Krakauhintermühlen and Krakauschatten, all of the political district of Murau. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of November 15, 2013. No. 114, 32nd issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . P. 629.