Mautern in Styria
market community Mautern in Styria
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Styria | |
Political District : | Leoben | |
License plate : | LN | |
Surface: | 108.79 km² | |
Coordinates : | 47 ° 24 ' N , 14 ° 50' E | |
Height : | 713 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 1,750 (January 1, 2020) | |
Postal code : | 8774 | |
Area code : | 03845 | |
Community code : | 6 11 09 | |
NUTS region | AT223 | |
UN / LOCODE | AT MTK | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Klostergasse 5 8774 Mautern in Styria |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Andreas Kühberger ( ÖVP ) | |
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (15 members) |
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Location of Mautern in Styria in the Leoben district | ||
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Mautern is a market town with 1750 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the center of the Liesingtal in Upper Styria ( Austria ) and is 713 to 1045 m above sea level. A. The municipality is located in the judicial district or district of Leoben .
geography
The municipality includes the following six localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Donkey Hill (167)
- Liesingau (142)
- Magdwiesen (51)
- Mautern in Steiermark (1180)
- Rannach (144)
- Reitingau (66)
The community consists of the six cadastral communities Eselberg, Liesingau, Magdwiesen, Mautern, Rannach and Reitingau.
Liesingau lies between the towns of Kalwang and Mautern and, after the smaller industrial companies such as wood processing and lemonade production had to close in recent years, is largely agrarian.
history
The earliest written document is from 1145 and reads "apud Mutaren". The name goes back to old high German mutari and means 'at the toll collectors '.
The parish church of St. Nicholas was built between 1170 and 1180. The focal point is the miraculous cross on the high altar . It burned out in the great fire of 1718 so that the heavy crossbars were held vertically by the arms of Christ .
Mautern has had market rights and coats of arms since 1633 . The market fountain and pillory are located on the market square . In the Middle Ages, lawbreakers often had to stand for several days at this stake in the center of the medieval town center .
In 1693 a plague or Marian column was erected in thanks for the well-conquered plague .
Community associations
Small region
Since June 27, 2011, the municipality of Mautern has been part of the " Kleinregion Liesingtal ", which was founded on that day together with the neighboring municipalities of Kammern , Kalwang and Wald am Schoberpaß .
Tourism association
Together with Kalwang, Kammern im Liesingtal, Gaishorn am See and Wald am Schoberpass, the municipality also forms the “ Palten - Liesing Erlebnistäler” tourist association . Its headquarters are in Mautern.
Community partnerships
Partner communities of Mautern in Styria are:
- Mautern an der Donau , Lower Austria, since 1983
- Tipperary , Ireland, since 2006
politics
With the 2020 election, the municipal council with 15 members has the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
- mayor
- until 2010 Peter Hölzl (SPÖ)
- since 2010 Andreas Kühberger (ÖVP)
Culture and sights
- Ehrnau Castle
- Catholic parish church Mautern hl. Nicholas
- Monastery church hl. Barbara
- Local museum "Troadkastn"
- Alpenbad
- "The wild mountain": Wildlife park walls, and "adventure world" with summer toboggan run and. a.
- Natural monuments
- Rannachklamm
traffic
- Mautern is located on a section of the Rudolfsbahn and on the Schoberpassstraße .
Personalities
- Sons and daughters
- Julius Wegerer (1886–1960), academic painter
- Erwin Altenburger (1903–1984), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Hermann Hofer (1908–2003), cave explorer
- Herwig Mitteregger (* 1953), Austrian musician and composer
- Walter Grond (* 1957), writer
- Johannes Silberschneider (* 1958), actor
- Christian Schiester (* 1967), extreme runner
- Boris Hüttenbrenner (* 1985), football player
- Tamara Tippler (* 1991), ski racer
- Honorary citizen
- 1971 Walter Heschl, general practitioner
- 1973 Karl Steinegger, fire brigade commander, chairman of the agricultural community
- 1975 Friedrich Niederl , governor
- 1981 Josef Gruber , State Councilor for Social Affairs
- 1986 Josef Thewanger, Commercial Councilor, Mayor 1965–1982
- 1997 Gerhard Thewanger, Mayor 1982–1997, VS Director
- 2006 Josef Orasche, teacher, chronicler, parish council chairman, club chairman, chairman of the local music band, local councilor, author of the local chronicle, a church leader, a customs book, a Mautern dictionary
- Honorary ring bearer
- 1976 Josef Thewanger, mayor
- 1976 Josef Illmayr, former mayor
- 1976 Walter Kandler, principal school director, community treasurer
- 1976 Johann Glück, musician in the local band
- 1976 Josef Müller, economist, peasant functionary
- 1981 Josef Gruber, Provincial Councilor
- 1986 Walter Kaufmann, community treasurer
- 1986 Rupert Seitweger, local councilor, functionary of the Red Cross
- 1986 Rolf Schützenauer, Vice Mayor
- 1990 Franz Hüttenbrenner, Vice Mayor, Chairman of the Union
- 1992 Johann Klammer, teacher, conductor of the local music band
- 1995 Gerhard Thewanger, elementary school director
- 1997 Josef Orasche, chairman of the local music band, chairman of the association, councilor, chairman of the parish council
- 2003 Felix Schmid, local councilor, functionary of the traditional costume association
- 2003 Koloman Viertler, local pastor
- 2006 Klaus Koroschetz, general practitioner, fire brigade doctor, local branch manager of the Red Cross
- 2007 Franz habenbacher, chairman of the traditional costume club
- 2017 Josef Antoniol, commandant of the FF Mautern
- Connected to Mautern
- Elisabeth Gnauck-Kühne (1850–1917), Christian fighter for the interests of women, converted to Catholicism in Mautern in 1900 .
- Lisa Lercher (* 1965), Austrian author, grew up in Mautern
- Ewald Plachutta (* 1940), Austrian gourmet chef, grew up in Mautern
Web links
- 61109 - Mautern in Styria. Community data, Statistics Austria .
- Information page of the market town of Mautern
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ Fritz Frhr. Lochner von Hüttenbach: On the name property of the early Middle Ages in Styria (= magazine of the Historical Association for Styria . Volume 99 ). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2008, p. 51 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).
- ↑ Report on the establishment of a small region ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 24, 2011
- ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 314. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 628.