Niedernsill

coat of arms

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Salzburg

Political District :

Zell am See

License plate :

ZE

Surface:

57.44 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 17 ′ N , 12 ° 39 ′ E Coordinates: 47 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ N , 12 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ E

Height :

768 m above sea level A.

Residents :

2,736 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

48 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

5722

Area code :

06548

Community code :

5 06 15

NUTS region

AT322

Address of the
municipal administration:

Municipal office Niedernsill
5722 Niedernsill

Website:

www.niedernsill.salzburg.at/

politics

Mayor :

Günther Brennsteiner ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : (2019)
(19 members)

10

5

4th

10 5 4th

A total of 19 seats

ÖVP : 10
SPÖ : 5
FPÖ : 4

Location of Niedernsill in the Zell am See district

View from Nierdernsill, view from Steindorf

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Niedernsill is a municipality with 2736 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Salzburger Land in the Zell am See district in Austria and is located on the lower border of the Upper Pinzgau .

geography

Entrance via the Salzach

Lucia Lacke, protected part of the landscape

The municipality is bounded in the north by the slopes of the Kitzbühel Alps , in the south the Hohe Tauern mountain range runs in a west-east direction . The Salzach , which shapes and shapes the landscape and drains the entire Oberpinzgau, flows in the valley. In addition to the structures recorded in the biotope mapping, the protected areas of Lucia Lacke and the Hutterwald natural forest reserve are located in the municipality.

Community structure

Center of Niedernsill at night

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

Aisdorf (46)
Ematen (108)
Gaisbichl (175)
Jesdorf (496)
Lengdorf (454)
Niedernsill (852)
Steindorf (605)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Jesdorf, Lengdorf and Niedernsill.

Niedernsill was part of the Mittersill judicial district until 2002 and has been part of the Zell am See judicial district since 2003 .

Neighboring communities

	Saalbach-Hinterglemm	( Viehhofen ) ^∗∗
Uttendorf (Salzburg)		Piesendorf
		Kaprun ^∗

^∗ Kaprun is located in the Salzach Valley to the east of Niedernsill, the municipality borders in the mountains to the south

^∗∗ The municipal area is not directly adjacent, 500 m away from the ridge line

Population development

history

Place name

The name Niedernsill comes from Nidrinseli and consists of the original Nidrin for 'lowest' and seli for 'settlement': Niedernsill is the first town in Oberpinzgau (apart from Piesendorf and Kaprun, which traditionally belong to the Zell area).

Avalanche accident on March 28, 2000

On March 28, 2000, a serious avalanche accident occurred in undeveloped alpine terrain between the Kitzsteinhorn and the Mühlbachtal at an altitude of around 2,500 meters, in which a total of 12 people, mostly ski instructors in training, were killed. It was the most momentous avalanche in the recent history of the Pinzgau.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality is described :

Gold Black shared ; above a growing black horse's hull , which refers to the glorious time of Noriker breeding , and below 7 (4, 3) golden house bell towers , which stand for the seven villages of Niedernsill.

politics

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The community council has a total of 19 members.

With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2004, the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 SPÖ, 7 ÖVP, and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2009 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ, 2 FUN, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2014 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 4 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2019 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, and 4 FPÖ.