Mariapfarr

Mariapfarr
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Salzburg
Political District :	Tamsweg
License plate :	TA
Surface:	47.35 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 9 '  N , 13 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 9 '0 "  N , 13 ° 44' 0"  E
Height :	1119  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,390 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	50 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	5571
Area code :	06473
Community code :	5 05 03
Address of the municipal administration:	Pfarrstrasse 7 5571 Mariapfarr
Website:	www.mariapfarr.at
politics
Mayor :	Andreas Kaiser ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2019 ) (17 members)	5 10 2 5 10 2  A total of 17 seats SPÖ : 5 ÖVP : 10 FPÖ : 2
Location of Mariapfarr in the Tamsweg district
Samson parade in Mariapfarr
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Mariapfarr

Mariapfarr ( Lungau dialect : Pfoch ) is a municipality with 2390 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Lungau district in the State of Salzburg in Austria .

Community structure

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

• Mariapfarr (1606)
• Pichl (353)
• Quarrel Warning (431)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Mariapfarr, Pichl and Zankwarn.

history

Mariapfarr was first mentioned in a document in 923 .

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality is: "In red a white eagle catch breaking out of the left edge of the shield".

Community partnerships

• 1984: Matadepera , Catalan municipality in the province of Barcelona , Spain

politics

Town hall of the municipality

The community council has a total of 17 members.

• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2004, the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 SPÖ, 6 ÖVP, and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2009 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 SPÖ, 7 ÖVP, and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2014 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 SPÖ, 7 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 3 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg 2019 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.

mayor

• 1994–2004 Peter Schreilechner (ÖVP)
• 2004–2019 Franz Doppler (SPÖ)
• since 2019 Andreas Kaiser (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Mariaparrer Samson figure with female dwarf

See also:  List of listed objects in Mariapfarr

• Niederrain Castle
• Pichl castle ruins
• Mariapfarr Castle
• Pilgrimage Basilica Mariapfarr
• Parish and pilgrimage museum: the museum shows valuable exhibits, documentation about Joseph Mohr, as well as a nativity scene with figures from the 18th century. It is located in the historic premises of the old rectory.
• Silent Night Museum in Mariapfarr: Joseph Mohr worked as coadjutor in Mariapfarr from 1815 to 1817 and wrote the text of the world-famous Christmas carol Silent Night, Holy Night during this time, in 1816 . This only became known in 1995 when a handwritten copy by Joseph Mohr was found. This autograph - dated around 1823 - is the oldest document for the genesis of the song. The Silent Night Museum is part of the Parish and Pilgrimage Museum . In May 2011 the song “Silent Night, Holy Night” was recognized as a national intangible UNESCO cultural heritage of Austria . The house of Joseph Mohr's father and his ancestors, the "Schargler Keusche ", is still a cultural monument in the Stranach district.
• Silent Night Fountain: In 2011, as part of the rectory renovation, the Silent Night Fountain was built in memory of Joseph Mohr. The fountain - crowned by a bust of Joseph Mohr - was designed by Pastor Bernhard Rohrmoser.
• Baroque St.Laurentius Church in Althofen on the site of the Lungau original parish (754)
• Suppan Chapel: The Suppan Chapel is another cultural monument in the Pichl district.

Regular events

• Samson parade : The Samson parade is a very old custom in the Lungau in which a giant figure, the Samson, is carried around.

traffic

• Road: To the south, the town is affected by the B 95 .
• Railway: Between 1893 and 1973 Mariapfarr owned a train station on the Murtalbahn , which was located in the Stranach district. The former station building, which was built in just 316 days, is now a listed building. Since 1988, however, tourist trips have been taking place on the route in historical cars, which are marketed as the Taurach Railway .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Josef Schitter , pastor and local researcher, author of the two volumes "Heimat Mariapfarr"
• Erwin Resch (* 1961), Austrian ski racer

People related to the community

• Nikolaus Lienbacher (1809–1872), reconstruction priest after a major fire
• Joseph Mohr (1792–1848), priest and poet, coadjutor in Mariapfarr from 1815 to 1817; wrote in 1816 a poem that the text of the world-famous Christmas song later Silent Night was
• Rafael Fingerlos (* 1986), singer

literature

• Josef Schitter: home of Mariapfarr in Lungau. Self-published, Mariapfarr 1975.
• Josef Schitter: Mariapfarr II - grazing lights from local history. Collection of articles 1983 to 1988, self-published, Mariapfarr 1989.

Web links

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

• 50503 - Mariapfarr. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Community website
• Silent Night and Pilgrimage Museum
• Silent night place Mariapfarr

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Peter Schreilechner . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .
3. ↑ Franz Doppler . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .
4. ↑ St. Laurentius Church in Althofen. In: mariapfarr.gv.at , accessed on August 19, 2020.
5. ↑ This site requires a frames-compliant browser .: 10 - Mariapfarr station. In: mariapfarr.gv.at. December 13, 2018, accessed December 1, 2018 .