Mautern in Styria

market community Mautern in Styria
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Leoben
License plate :	LN
Surface:	108.79 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 24 '  N , 14 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 24 '0 "  N , 14 ° 50' 0"  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
Address of the municipal administration:	Klostergasse 5 8774 Mautern in Styria
Website:	mautern.com
politics
Mayor :	Andreas Kühberger ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (15 members)	10 4th 1 10 4th 1  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 10 SPÖ : 4 FPÖ : 1
Location of Mautern in Styria in the Leoben district
town hall
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

Parish church of Mautern

Interior view of the monastery church

See also:  List of listed objects in Mautern in Styria

• 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

Elisabeth Gnauck-Kühne

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

Commons : Mautern in Steiermark  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 61109 - Mautern in Styria. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Information page of the market town of Mautern

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ 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 ]).
3. ↑ 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  
4. ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 314. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 628.