Liebenfels

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Liebenfels
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Coat of arms of Liebenfels
Liebenfels (Austria)
Liebenfels
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Carinthia
Political District : Sankt Veit an der Glan
License plate : SV
Surface: 58.89 km²
Coordinates : 46 ° 44 '  N , 14 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 44 '17 "  N , 14 ° 17' 13"  E
Height : 491  m above sea level A.
Residents : 3,318 (January 1, 2020)
Population density : 56 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 9556
Area code : 0 42 15
Community code : 2 05 15
NUTS region AT213
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Hauptplatz 9
9556 Liebenfels
Website: www.liebenfels.at
politics
Mayor : Klaus Köchl ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2015 )
(23 members)

13 SPÖ , 5 ÖVP , 3 FPÖ , 2 AL

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2
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A total of 23 seats
  • SPÖ : 13
  • ÖVP : 5
  • FPÖ : 3
  • Alternative for Liebenfels : 2
Location of Liebenfels in the Sankt Veit an der Glan district
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Main town Liebenfels, from the south
Main town Liebenfels, from the south
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria
Pflausach
Parish Church of the Assumption of the Order of Malta in Pulst
Rosenbichl Castle
Parish Church of Saint Martin in Sörg
Start of the four-mountain run in Sörg
Village Zweikirchen
Little church in Wasai
Branch church in Sankt Leonhard
Adventure water hiking trail

Liebenfels is a market town with 3318 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan , the historic central area of Carinthia .

geography

Liebenfels is located six kilometers west of the district capital Sankt Veit an der Glan and directly north of the state capital Klagenfurt . The municipal area mainly includes the hilly and low mountain range of the Wimitz Mountains . The highest point of the community is at 1338  m (Schneebauerberg), the lowest - on the Glan near Liebenfels - at 477  m above sea level. A.

Community structure

Liebenfels is divided into eleven cadastral communities : Freundsam , Glantschach , Gradenegg , Hardegg , Liebenfels , Liemberg , Pflausach , Rosenbichl , Rottschaft Feistritz , Sörg and Sörgerberg .

The municipality includes the following 48 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Neighboring communities

Steuerberg Frauenstein Frauenstein
Santa Urban Neighboring communities Sankt Veit an der Glan
Glanegg Klagenfurt Maria Hall

Counting district

The Statistics Austria divided the municipality into three Zählsprengel: The territory of the former municipality Sörg which opened in the municipality Liebenfels in 1973, the forms Zählsprengel 002 Sörg , next to pass the Zählsprengel 000 Liebenfels-south and 001 Liebenfels-Nord .

Counting district Liebenfels-Süd

The Liebenfels-Süd counting district comprises the settlements in the Glantal plain and south of it, that is, the villages of Bärndorf, Hardegg, Kraindorf, Lebmach (without Wrießnegger), Liebenfels, Lorberhof, Metschach, Moos, Radelsdorf, Rohnsdorf, St. Leonhard, Tschadam, Weitensfeld, Zmuln and Zweikirchen.

Counting district Liebenfels-Nord

The Liebenfels-Nord counting district includes the settlements in the Wimitzer Mountains north of the Glantalboden (with the exception of the former municipality of Sörg), i.e. the villages of Gößberg, Hoch-Liebenfels, Hohenstein, Kulm, Liemberg, Mailsberg, Miedling, Pulst, Puppitsch, Rosenbichl , Waggendorf (only the southern part of the village), Wasai, Woitsch, Zwattendorf and the Wrießnegger farm belonging to the village of Lebmach.

history

The earliest finds from today's municipal area date from the Neolithic Age: a hatchet near Unter-Kulm, a serpentine stone ax from Reidenau and especially ceramics in St. Leonhard, Feistritz, Beißendorf and Glantschach.

In ancient times there was a sanctuary of the Noreia on the castle hill of Hohenstein .

The church in Glantschach was first mentioned in a document in 958/991, and Liebenfels Castle in 1333. In the early modern period, the area was characterized by scythes and hammer mills .

On January 1, 1958, the Liebenfels community was created from the amalgamation of the Hardegg , Liemberg and Pulst communities . In 1973 the municipality of Sörg was incorporated.

population

According to the 2001 census, Liebenfels has 3,274 inhabitants, 96.3% of whom are Austrian and 1.4% German citizens. 88.0% of the population profess to the Roman Catholic Church, 4.5% to the Evangelical Church and 1.2% to Islam. 4.3% are without religious belief.

Culture and sights

One of the last Perchten mask carvers, Martin Weiß, vulgo Mote, works in Liebenfels . Only local Swiss stone pine from Hochrindl is used for the masks . Up to 30 hours of work go into a single mask, which is mostly made for groups. By maintaining the handicrafts, the alpine tradition of the Perchtenlauf is kept alive.

To the east of the Liebenfels castle ruins is the Liebenfels climbing garden with 36 routes in the difficulty range 3a to 7b. A low rope course also offers the opportunity for goal-oriented team building.

Buildings

Due to the proximity to the old ducal city of St. Veit, there are a number of remarkable buildings on the mountains:

Natural monuments

The landscape protection areas Haidensee- Hardegg (also the municipality of Glanegg, together 240 ha, LGBl. 82/1970 and 60/1983) and Zmulner See (40 ha LGBl. 81/1970) are located in the municipality .

Regular events

  • Vierberg run : Every year on the so-called three- nail day , the second Friday after Easter , this corridor run takes place over the four holy mountains in the central area of ​​Carinthia. A good half of the four-mountain run is in the Liebenfels municipality, namely between the villages of Zweikirchen and Reidenau. Cross-bearers, prayer leaders and the infantry take part in this unique pilgrimage . At noon, the highest of the four mountains, the Gßeberg, also called Veitsberg , is climbed. The procession leads via Gradenegg and Sörg to Reidenau, from where the community area is left in the direction of Fachau and Lorenziberg.

Economy and Infrastructure

There are 641 jobs in Liebenfels, 189 of them in construction, and 963 out-commuters (VZ 2001). There are 175 farms (1999), 66 of them full-time farms. The community has two primary schools, two kindergartens and three volunteer fire brigades .

Liebenfels is accessed through Ossiacher Straße (B 94) and the state roads L 68 and L 93a. Liebenfels station is on the Villach – Feldkirchen – St. Vitus .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 23 members and has been composed as follows since the municipal council election in 2015 :

The directly elected mayor is Klaus Köchl (SPÖ).

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Liebenfels shows the eponymous castle with the two characteristic mountain truises reinforced with loopholes. The coat of arms and flag were awarded to the municipality on December 30, 1966 (new award in 1973). The flag is blue-yellow-green with an incorporated coat of arms.

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: "In blue on a green, black-framed mountain, a golden castle with two mountain tombs reinforced by loopholes, which connects a battlement wall (shape of Liebenfels Castle)."

Personalities

  • Simerl Krapfenbäck (actually Simon Kramer) (1785–1809), robber, social rebel
  • Walter Suppan (1927–2011), politician
  • Hermann Göschler (1915–1939), from Freundsam, conscientious objector and victim of the Nazi regime
  • Jennifer Kresitschnig (* 1976), author ("Unclear", "In search of the mysterious dragon. Lilly and Nikolas in Carinthia", "Anne von Rien. The big tournament")
  • Ferdinand Kernmaier (1884–1941), politician, born in Glantschach

literature

  • Dietmar Klier among others: Community chronicle Liebenfels . 1998.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  2. ↑ Mask carving on Real Carinthia ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / Echt-kaernten.at
  3. ^ Perchten group Liebenfels
  4. ↑ Climbing and low ropes course. Market town of Liebenfels, accessed on November 25, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Office of the Carinthian Provincial Government ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / info.ktn.gv.at
  6. ↑ Office of the Carinthian Provincial Government ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2015 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / info.ktn.gv.at
  7. ^ Quoted from Wilhelm Deuer: The Carinthian municipal coat of arms . Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchiv, Klagenfurt 2006, ISBN 3-900531-64-1 , p. 172