Leisach

Leisach
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Tyrol
Political District :	Lienz
License plate :	LZ
Surface:	33.27 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 49 ′  N , 12 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 48 ′ 34 "  N , 12 ° 45 ′ 0"  E
Height :	710  m above sea level A.
Residents :	719 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	22 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	9909
Area code :	04852
Community code :	7 07 15
Address of the municipal administration:	Leisach 9909 Leisach
Website:	[1]
politics
Mayor :	Bernhard Zanon
Municipal Council : (2016) (11 members)	5 Active in Leisach - List of mayors Bernhard Zanon - AiL Zanon, 5 Together for Leisach - GFL, 1 "DANIEL" list
Location of Leisach in the Lienz district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Leisach is a municipality in the Lienz district in Tyrol in Austria with 719 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Lienz .

geography

Leisach is located in the Lienz valley floor. The main town lies on a cone of rubble that has advanced towards the Drau . The district of Leisach Gries is the starting point for the Lienzer Talboden B100. To the west, the Drautal narrows in the Lienzer Klause . Leisach's local mountain is the Spitzkofel (2717 m) in the northern part of the Lienz Dolomites . The closest station of the Pustertalbahn is that of Lienz. Neighboring communities: Amlach , Assling , Lesachtal , Lienz , Untertilliach

Community structure

Leisach consists of the cadastral communities Burgfrieden (784.62 ha) and Leisach (2,542.79 ha). The cadastral community of Burgfrieden occupies the north-western part of the municipality, with the cadastral community in the south only extending to the beginning of the steep slopes of the Gamsalplspitze and the Spitzkofel. In the southeast, the Rötenbach forms the border with the cadastral community of Leisach, in the northeast the border runs between the Gradenbach and the Moosebach. The area to the east of it and the entire high mountain region of the municipality fall into the cadastral municipality of Leisach.

The cadastral community of Leisach is home to the village of Leisach ( 712  m above sea level ), the main settlement of the community. The village of Leisach is located in the Drau valley in the north of the municipality on the border with Lienz and Amlach. The village is mostly to the left of the Drau and, in addition to the actual village, also includes the individual farms Kerschbaumer and Tschwabele as well as the Leisacher Alm and the Reiteralm. To the right of the Drau is the Drausiedlung, which was founded after the Second World War. In 2001, 147 buildings and 644 residents belonged to Leisach. The Leisach-Gries settlement ( 700  m above sea level ) is located to the left and right of the main road south of Leisach . This district was also created after the Second World War and, in addition to a residential area, also houses the Leisach industrial park. In 2001, Leisach-Gries comprised 46 buildings and 145 residents.

In the cadastral community of Burgfrieden, which was an independent community until 1939, there are several districts scattered around. If you follow the Pustertaler Höhenstraße, which branches off from the Drautalstraße near Gries, you can still reach the group of houses around the Lienzer Klause in the valley. If you follow the road further, you will reach the hamlet of Oberburgfrieden ( 1098  m above sea level ). On the main road just before the border to Assling, on the other hand, is the Rotte Anger-Leiten, where the Wimmer Leit'n residential complex was built in 2001. To the north of the Lienzer Klause lies the Gloriach farmhouse, and to the southeast is the scattered settlement of Hintental ( 840  m above sea level ). The Angerlehauser farm is on the right of the Drau. Furthermore, the hunting lodges Albrechthütte and Schwandhütte as well as the Almen Forchergasl and Hubergasl belong to Burgfrieden, which in 2001 comprised a total of 28 buildings and 92 residents.

population

Population structure

In 2012, 824 people lived in the Leisach community. Measured by the number of inhabitants, Leisach was in the lower middle field of the 33 municipalities in the Lienz district at this time. According to the 2001 census, 97.5% of the population were Austrian citizens (Tyrol: 90.6%); by the beginning of 2012, the value had only dropped insignificantly to 97.0%. 4.1% of the population were born abroad in 2001, with the majority of non-Austrian-born residents from EU member states . In 2001 94.8% of the population (Tyrol: 83.4%) professed to be part of the Roman Catholic Church , 1.4% had no religious denomination, 1.2% were Protestant and 1.1% Islamic .

The average age of the community population in 2001 was roughly the national average. 19.5% of the residents of Leisach were younger than 15 years (Tyrol: 18.4%), 62.8% between 15 and 59 years old (Tyrol: 63.0%). The proportion of residents over 59 years of age was 17.7%, slightly below the national average of 18.6%. As a result, the average age of the population of Leisach rose significantly. The proportion of people under the age of 15 fell to 14.1% as of January 1, 2012, while the proportion of people between the ages of 15 and 59 rose to 65.8%. The proportion of people over 59 years of age rose to 20.1%. According to marital status, in 2001 47.8% of the residents of Leisach were single, 45.2% married, 4.5% widowed and 2.5% divorced.

Population development

The population of the area of ​​today's Leisach community developed similarly to that of the Lienz district. Between 1869 and 1900, the population fell by around 15% and reached a low of 418 people at the turn of the century. After that, the population slowly but steadily increased. After the initial value of 1869 was almost reached again in 1939, the population increased more sharply after the Second World War due to new building projects. With growth rates of around 10% to 20% per decade, Leisach was able to increase its population by 60% between 1939 and 1981, in particular due to a positive birth balance . After a slight decline in the 1980s due to emigration, the community reached its highest level to date with a birth surplus and immigration in 2003 with 895 inhabitants. Since then, the number of inhabitants has decreased again, with the municipality showing a birth surplus but a strongly negative migration balance.

economy

Workplaces and employees

The workplace census carried out as part of the census in 2001 revealed 25 workplaces with 170 employees (excluding agriculture) in Leisach, 90% of which were employees. The number of workplaces had increased by eight companies (plus 47%) compared to 1991, the number of employees increased by 56 people (49%). The most important branch of the economy in 2001 was the manufacturing of goods with seven companies and 75 employees (44% of the employees in the municipality) followed by the construction industry with one workplace and 32 employees (19% of the employees) and the hotel and restaurant sector with four workplaces and 22 employees (13th % of employees). In 2001 there were only two companies with 20 or more employees in Leisach.

Of the 363 employed residents of Leisach, only 58 were employed in the municipality in 2010. 305 had to commute to work. Of the out-commuters, 54% had their place of work in the neighboring urban center of Lienz. Another 25% had found a job in the rest of the district, another 15 or 10% commuted to North Tyrol (particularly Innsbruck) or another federal state, one of the residents had to commute abroad. The 140 commuters came almost exclusively from the Lienz district.

tourism

Tourism plays a minor role economically for Leisach. Both in summer and in winter, the tourism intensity (overnight stays per inhabitant) only reaches around half the district average. The community was able to count around 16,000 overnight stays in the 2011/12 tourism year. While there was a slight increase in overnight stays compared to the turn of the millennium in the winter season, the number of overnight stays fell more sharply in the summer season. The overnight stays in the summer season between 2000 and 2012 decreased from 11,853 to 8,750 overnight stays, in the winter season between 1999/2000 and 2011/12 the overnight stays rose from 6,576 to 6,965 overnight stays. Of the 8,750 overnight stays in summer 2012, 39% were Austrian, 32% German and 11% Italian. There are no hotels in the community, which is why there is only an inn, a guesthouse and private room rental. Like all other East Tyrolean municipalities, the municipality belongs to the East Tyrol Tourist Association, with Leisach being organized in the "Hochpustertal Holiday Region".

Transport and infrastructure

Leisach is accessible from the Drautalstraße (B 100), which connects the community with Lienz in the east and Sillian in the west. The villages of the municipality located on the sun terraces of the Puster Valley are also crossed by the Pustertal High Road (L 324), which leads from Leisach to the municipalities of Assling, Anras and Abfaltersbach. The Drautalbahn also runs through the community along the Drau . However, as there is no train station in the municipality, the closest access points are in Thal (municipality of Assling) or in Lienz. In addition, the community is served by Post AG buses from Lienz.

Leisach is a member of the Lienzer Talboden wastewater association, which, in addition to Leisach, also includes twelve municipalities in the Lower Isel Valley and the Lienzer Talboden. The wastewater is directed to the Dölsach sewage treatment plant. In 2002, the sewer system was completed except for Burgfrieden and a few individual objects. Of the 216 objects producing wastewater, 85% were connected to the sewage system and the sewage treatment plant in 2002. The waste that arises in the community is disposed of by the Waste Management Association of East Tyrol (AWVO).

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Leisach

Leisach is home to four sacred, listed buildings and a secular architectural monument. The best-known monument is the Lienzer Klause , where on August 8, 1809 the Tyrolean and Sesto Landsturm were able to stop a twenty-fold superiority of French and Italians. The most important sacred building in the community is the medieval-style, five-bay parish church, the westernmost yoke of which is enclosed by an extension from the 1980s based on plans by Clemens Holzmeister. Inside the church is characterized by the Gothic or Neo-Gothic. Other monuments are the Lourdes Chapel, built in 1893, next to the Lienzer Klause, the Michaels-Stöckl at the eastern entrance to the village near the Leisacherhof and the Reiterkirchl built in 1849 on the Reiteralm in the community.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Helene Delacher (1904–1943), Jehovah's Witness and Nazi victim
• Christoph Zanon (1951–1997), writer
• Elisabeth Zanon (* 1955), doctor and politician of the ÖVP

Personalities associated with the community

• Josef Kugler (1871–1940), priest and local history researcher

Web links

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

• Official homepage of the municipality of Leisach
• History Tyrol: Leisach

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Statistics Austria municipality data from Leisach
2. ↑ State Statistics Tyrol (VZ 2001) (PDF; 4.1 MB)
3. ^ Office of the Tyrolean provincial government, Tyrolean provincial statistics
4. ↑ State of Tyrol, wastewater disposal in the Lienz district ( Memento from September 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 7.2 MB)