Lauffen (Upper Austria)

Lauffen ( village ) locality cadastral community Lauffen
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Gmunden  (GM), Upper Austria
Judicial district	Bad Ischl
Pole. local community	Bad Ischl
Coordinates	47 ° 40 '20 "  N , 13 ° 36' 58"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 40 '20 "  N , 13 ° 36' 58"  E
height	490  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	183 (January 1, 2020)
Area  d. KG	1.22 km²
Post Code	4821
Statistical identification
Locality code	08642
Cadastral parish number	42012
Counting district / district	Bad Ischl-Outskirts-South (40703 014)
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; DORIS

Lauffen is a market in the Inner Salzkammergut in Upper Austria as well as a locality and cadastral community of the town of Bad Ischl in the Gmunden district .

geography

Lauffen is located in a narrow valley of the Traun on the eastern slope of the Katergebirge at an altitude of 490 m. The area of ​​the cadastral community is 1.22 km².

history

Lauffen in the Topographia Provinciarum Austriacarum by Matthäus Merian (1679)

Lauffen appears for the first time as louppa 807. In 1117 a curtis Loufin sita appears among the possessions of the Nonnberg monastery in Salzburg . The name refers to the rapids (mhd. Loufe ) in the Traun. In 1344, Duke Albrecht II confirmed a document from King Rudolf I of Habsburg (approx. 1275/80) to the citizens of Lauffen , in which they were granted the same rights as the citizens of Gmunden. This makes Lauffen the oldest market in the inner Salzkammergut, as Hallstatt was only raised to market in 1311. The reason for the establishment of the market was presumably the increase in the salt trade in the 2nd half of the 13th century, to which two towers were built in Lauffen. Approx. In 1311/1313 Duchess (from 1299 Queen) Elisabeth granted 5 citizens of Lauffen the right to make salt. 1344 the parish church for the first time explicitly mentioned ( vnser Vrowen chürchen ) for which the Lauffener citizens of each passing Zille could collect a penny salt. However, Lauffen only became an independent parish in the second half of the 16th century. Until then, Lauffen was subordinate to the pastor von Goisern .

There has been evidence of tolls for roads, roads and bridges in Lauffen since the 15th century . In 1537 the passage through the Wild Lauffen was made easier by blasting large rocks in the river and a raft lane was created. A cable winch ( Wynde am Lawfenstain ) has been used since around 1390 , with which barges traveling upstream could be pulled over the rapids. Salt shipping ended with the opening of the state railway from Attnang-Puchheim to Stainach-Irdning on October 23, 1877. A few years before 1899, small excursion boats for spa guests ran from Bad Ischl / Esplanade to Lauffen / Gasthof Weißes Rössl , with a capacity of up to 14 people.

In 1849 Lauffen, with its 399 residents and 71 houses, was to be incorporated into the Goisern community. At the request of the residents, however, the market was finally incorporated into Ischl (the same only since 1906 Bad ). Nevertheless, around 1850, the market town is still mentioned as the main town of the Salzkammergut, along with Ischl - and the Salzbergamt zu Gmunden .

In the last few decades the infrastructure has been massively thinned out: the elementary school closed in 1977, the last shop closed in 2001 and the Lauffen post office (zip code 4821), which had existed since 1870, was also closed in 2002. However, the abandonment of the train stop could be prevented.

Due to the poor condition of some of the buildings in the center - due to the decline of the place - Lauffen served as the backdrop for the film adaptation of the novel Bad Fucking in 2013 .

Seal and coat of arms

coat of arms

The right to seal is in a letter from Albrecht VI. First mentioned on September 29, 1460. The oldest hand drawing of the coat of arms dates from the year 1720. The coat of arms shows a black and yellow striped salt barn in the river on a blue background, in which there are two shipmen clad in reddish brown skirts, black hats, trousers and blue socks. The skipper in front controls the oar with both hands, the one behind with his left hand. With his right hand he obviously points to the "Wild Lauffen". The market colors, which were only awarded in 2012, are derived from the coat of arms, black - yellow - blue.

Culture and sights

Mary in the shade

• Parish church Maria im Schatten : pilgrimage church. Two-aisled building from the 14th / 15th centuries Century, tower 1705; Cast stone statue of the Virgin from around 1400, Baroque furnishings (e.g. two side altars from 1637, high altar completed in 1719, pulpit from 1737)
• Kalvarienbergkapelle (1725)
• God's name stone : wayside shrine, 16th century
• Bräuhaus (Wildenstein) : Brewing company from 1531 to 1919; Partial demolition in 1898.
• Elisabeth Hospiz : Lauffen No. 15. Former salt paver house with three murals attributed to Moritz von Schwind .
• Kaiserstein : Erected in 1837 in memory of Emperor Ferdinand I's walks from Ischl to Lauffen.
• Marienheim : Rest home of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross , former Franciscan convent

Natural monument:

• Wilder Lauffen: Rapids that used to be a dangerous obstacle for salt shipping.

Infrastructure

The municipality of Bad Goisern can be reached on foot, the city of Bad Ischl by bike or by public transport. All important municipalities and cities in the Salzkammergut and in the Gmunden district are easily accessible by public transport thanks to the train line and bus service.

literature

• Friedrich Kienast: Heimatbuch des Markt Lauffen , self-published 2005.
• Heimatverein Bad Ischl (Ed.): Bad Ischl. Homeland book. 2004.
• Georg J. Kranzler: Ischl's Chronicle. 1881. Reprint 1983.
• Leo Kegele: The Salzkammergut and neighboring areas in words and pictures. Vienna-Pest-Leipzig 1898.
• Edwin Zellweker : Bad Ischl. Becoming-being-transformation. Vienna-Bad Ischl 1951.

Web links

Commons : Lauffen (Upper Austria)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Lauffen in the Topographia Austriacarum (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Wiesinger: Place names and settlement history in the Salzkammergut. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Volume 149, 1, Linz 2004, p. 557 (full article p. 543-560; PDF (2.3 MB) on ZOBODAT ; there p. 15).
2. ^ Herder's Conversations Lexicon. Freiburg im Breisgau 1857, Volume 5, p. 33 ( zeno.org )
3. ↑ Bad Ischl: Lauffen gets new market colors - flag hoisted . salzi.at, May 2012.