Mühldorf (Carinthia)

Mühldorf
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Carinthia
Political District :	Spittal an der Drau
License plate :	SP
Surface:	24.42 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 51 '  N , 13 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 51 '27 "  N , 13 ° 21' 7"  E
Height :	613  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1.007 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	41 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	9814
Area code :	0 47 69
Community code :	2 06 24
Address of the municipal administration:	No. 10, 9814 Mühldorf
Website:	www.muehldorf-ktn.at
politics
Mayor :	Erwin Angerer ( FPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2015 ) (11 members)	4 FPÖ , 4 SPÖ , 3 LWM 4th 3 4th 4th 3 4th  A total of 11 seats SPÖ : 4 LWM: 3 FPÖ : 4
Location of Mühldorf in the Spittal an der Drau district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Mühldorf is a municipality with 1007 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the south of Austria in the Spittal an der Drau district in Carinthia .

geography

The municipality is located in the lowest Mölltal and is bordered by the Reisseckgruppe to the north and the Kreuzeckgruppe to the south .

Community structure

The municipality of Mühldorf is divided into three localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Muhldorf (911)
• Rappersdorf (90)
• Sachsenweg (6)

The only cadastral community is Mühldorf.

Neighboring communities

		Trebesing / Lendorf
Reisseck		Lurnfeld
	Sachsenburg

Municipal office in Mühldorf

Parish Church of Saint Vitus

Sternhof from 1470, renovated in 2001

One of the old out of order mills on the Mühldorfer Bach

Mühldorfer Bach

Klinzer Gorge

history

In the older research it was assumed that Muldorf was first mentioned in a document from Pope Alexander III. , signed on April 6, 1177 in Venice . This document describes in detail the widespread ownership of the Millstatt Abbey . The location of the three mentioned brewing pans for salt production , the town of Halla , is to be equated with Bad Reichenhall and not with Mühldorf. Mühldorf got its name from the numerous mills that were built along the Mühldorfer Bach. Of the original eleven mills, two are still working today, the Trattner Mühle and the Glanzer Mühle are among the most famous art mills in Upper Carinthia.

In 1844 Johann Hopfgartner built the loden factory of the same name in Mühldorf , which still exists today and is known far beyond the borders.

In addition to the predominant agriculture, mining was also an important economic factor for a long time. Until 1918 there was a hammer mill in which Mühldorfer refining and crucible steel was produced. In 1920 the Treibacher chemical works built an electricity plant on Seebach. After the Second World War it was replaced by the Austrian Drau power plants . In the past, rafting, lime mining and brick burning, as well as mining ( asbestos and talc ) were important. Agriculture was still an important mainstay for the local population. Until 1848, the property was divided among the manors of Millstatt , Oberfalkenstein , Sommeregg and Sachsenburg .

The local community of Mühldorf was constituted in 1850; in 1865 it was attached to the market community of Obervellach and eleven years later became part of the local community of Kolbnitz . From 1913 Mühldorf was independent until 1973 and was then incorporated into the Reisseck community as part of the community reform. In 1992, after a referendum, the community regained its independence.

population

According to the 2001 census, Mühldorf has 963 inhabitants, 92.5% of which are Austrian and 3.4% Croatian citizens. 80.8% of the population profess the Roman Catholic and 6.1% the Evangelical Church, 1.8% Islam . 6.7% of the population have no religious affiliation.

The community grew from 410 inhabitants in 1869 to over 1,000 inhabitants in the middle of the 20th century and then fell again slightly. A positive migration balance has ensured a slight increase in the population since the turn of the millennium.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Mühldorf

Buildings

• The parish church of Mühldorf was first mentioned in a document in 1177 and is dedicated to St. Consecrated to Vitus .
• The Filialkirche Heiliger Andreas in Rappersdorf is about 1.5 km east of Mühldorf. It was first mentioned in a document in 1388.
• The mundane structure of the Sternhof, located directly on the Mühldorfer Bach, was built in 1470 and recently renovated in 2001. In the struggle for freedom against the French in 1809, it was the headquarters of the Carinthian and Tyrolean Landsturm under the command of Colonel Johann Baptist Türk , a friend and fellow campaigner of Andreas Hofer .
• Indoor climbing park "The Rock" with approx. 1,200 m² climbing area. The hall contains a bouldering room , lead climbing , top rope and practice walls with a height between 11 and 16 m, as well as an information center for the Hohe Tauern National Park , a fitness center and a bistro.

Natural monuments

• Barbarossaschlucht (also called Klinzerschlucht)

politics

City council and mayor

The municipal council of Mühldorf has 11 members and has been composed as follows since the municipal council election in 2015 :

• 4 FPÖ
• 4 SPÖ
• 3 L (i) worthwhile Mühldorf party-free / ÖVP

The directly elected mayor is Erwin Angerer (FPÖ).

coat of arms

The coat of arms was awarded to Mühldorf on June 21, 1994 after it had recently gained independence. The blazon reads: Divided by green and gold by a diagonal wave bar divided into mixed colors, accompanied at the top by a golden mill wheel, at the bottom by a green M.

The green M in the lower part, the inclusion of which was expressly requested by the community, stands for the place and community name as well as for the Möll, which is also symbolized in the wave bar. In the upper part of the coat of arms there is a golden mill wheel. The Mühldorf flag is green and yellow with an incorporated coat of arms.

Personalities

• Erwin Angerer (* 1964), politician ( FPÖ ), member of the National Council
• Kurt Scheuch (* 1967), politician ( FPK , before that BZÖ and FPÖ )
• Uwe Scheuch (* 1969), politician (FPK, before that BZÖ and FPÖ)

literature

• Claudia Fräss-Ehrfeld (Ed.): Napoleon and his time, Carinthia - Inner Austria - Illyria . Verlag des Geschichtsverein für Kärnten, Klagenfurt 2009, ISBN 978-3-85454-113-4 , pp. 111–148.

Web links

Commons : Mühldorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mühldorf municipality
• 20624 - Mühldorf (Carinthia). Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Axel Huber : The participation of the monastery Millstatt on a salt wells in the (bath) Reichenhall in 1177. In: Historical Society of Carinthia (ed.): Carinthia I . 208th year. Klagenfurt 2018, p. 135-139 .
3. ^ Mühldorf municipality | history
4. ^ Statistics Austria, population census, demographic data. May 15, 2001, accessed March 3, 2019 . 
5. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Mühldorf, population development. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .