Wildschönau
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Wildschönau
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| Basic data | ||
| Country: | Austria | |
| State : | Tyrol | |
| Political District : | Kufstein | |
| License plate : | KU | |
| Main town : | Oberau | |
| Surface: | 97.3 km² | |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 27 ' N , 12 ° 3' E | |
| Height : | 936 m above sea level A. | |
| Residents : | 4,272 (January 1, 2020) | |
| Postcodes : |
6311 Auffach (partly), Oberau (partly), Thierbach; 6313 Auffach (partly), Oberau (partly); 6314 Niederau |
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| Area code : | 05339 | |
| Community code : | 7 05 30 | |
| NUTS region | AT335 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Kirchen, Oberau 116 6311 Wildschönau |
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| Mayor : | Hannes Eder ( ÖVP ) | |
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Municipal Council : (2016) (17 members) |
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| Location of Wildschönau in the Kufstein district | ||
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 The Wildschönau near the main town of Oberau |
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| Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria | ||
Wildschönau is an Austrian municipality in the judicial district of Rattenberg , district of Kufstein in Tyrol with 4272 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The municipality extends over 24 km above Wörgl in the Kitzbühel Alps , called the Wildschönau ; the area is one of the Tyrolean tourism centers.
In addition to various hamlets, the municipality includes the four church villages Niederau , Oberau , Auffach and Thierbach , the municipal office is in the centrally located town of Oberau.
In addition to a two-season tourist orientation, the intensive alpine pasture and pasture farming also play a role. In addition, many residents commute to their workplaces outside the community; mining used to be done for a long time.
geography
The Wildschönau begins in the east with Niederau and road connections to Wörgl and Hopfgarten im Brixental , to the west it ascends to a watershed over which Oberau stretches to the Wildschönauer Ache and the district of Mühltal . The Ache flows from south to north, from Siedeljoch via Auffach and Mühltal through the Kundler Gorge into the Inn. In Mühltal a road branches off steeply uphill to the west and leads to Thierbach and ends further west in front of the Gratlspitze . Near the Endtalhof at a chapel ( 1086 m above sea level), the Sauluegstraße begins, a narrow, single-lane gravel road that leads winding past the Lehenlahn silver mine towards Kundl. The road only has asphalt pavement from around 880 m above sea level.
In the west the valley is bounded by the following mountains (from north to south):
- Gratlspitz ( 1899 m ), Schatzberg ( 1898 m ), Joelspitze ( 1964 m ), Lämpersberg ( 2202 m ), Kleiner Beil ( 2197 m ), Großer Beil ( 2309 m , highest mountain in the valley) and Sonnjoch ( 2287 m , not closed confused with the Sonnjoch in the Karwendel ). To the west of this chain lies the Alpbachtal .
The part of the valley around the Wildschönauer Ache is bordered to the east by:
- Roßkopf ( 1731 m ), Feldalphorn ( 1923 m ), Schwaigberghorn ( 1990 m ), Breitegg-Gern ( 1981 m ), Wildkarspitze ( 1961 m ) and Breiteggspitze ( 1868 m ).
At the southern end of the valley, these two chains are connected by the pass-like Siedeljoch ( 1689 m ), which leads to the Langen Grund ( Kelchsau ).
Roßkopf and Markbachjoch ( 1,440 m ) form the southern end of the eastern part of the valley around Niederau .
In the north, the valley is delimited from the Inn valley by a significantly lower mountain range. From west to east:
- Gratlspitze, Thierbacher Kogl ( 1312 m ), Kragenjoch ( 1425 m ), Sonnberger Jöchl ( 1285 m ), Möslalmkogl ( 1109 m ), interrupted by the Kundler Gorge between Thierbacher Kogl and Kragenjoch.
Community structure
The municipality consists of four cadastral communities and towns of the same name (area: as of December 31, 2019; inhabitants: as of January 1, 2020):
| Church villages | Area (ha) | Pop. | Altitude |
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| Auffach | 4,685.51 | 956 | 875 m |
| Niederau | 1,089.88 | 1067 | 826 m |
| Oberau | 1,309.87 | 2094 | 936 m |
| Thierbach | 2,656.80 | 155 | 1173 m |
Neighboring communities
Five of the six neighboring communities are in the Kufstein district, one in the Kitzbühel district (KB).
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Radfeld Brixlegg |
Kundl | Worgl |
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| Alpbach | Hopfgarten im Brixental (KB) |
history
Wildschönau was first mentioned in a document in the years 1193–1195, when the Upper Bavarian Count Heinrich von ( Lechsgemünd ) -Rettenberg (near Unterwössen ) donated his own people to the Herrenchiemsee Monastery. Ministeriale Adelbertus de Wiltsconenŏwe (= Albert von Wildschönau) is among the witnesses to the document .
From the 16th century, silver and copper ores were mined in Thierbach on the slopes of the Gratlspitz , which were smelted in Brixlegg. Mining was stopped in the 19th century due to a lack of profitability.
Wildschönau was constituted as a community in 1811. In 1911 a road connection into the Inn Valley was established through the Kundler Gorge , which is now just a hiking trail.
Population development
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture and Commerce
There are around 186 farms in the Wildschönau, most of which can be classified as mountain farms . The highest farm “Stödl” on the Oberauer Sonnberg is at 1334 m .
In addition to craft and small businesses, tourism is the main employer for the population. The Wildschönauer Wirtschaft association was founded in September 2010 to support the local economy.
traffic
The valley can be reached via state roads from Wörgl im Inntal and from Hopfgarten im Brixental . The community looks after an extensive road and path network of 117.6 km in length.
Community public bodies
- Retirement home and nursing home
- Social and health districts
- Niederau library
- Wildschönau community library
- 3 volunteer fire brigades in Auffach, Niederau and Oberau
- 3 kindergartens in Auffach, Niederau and Oberau
- 4 elementary schools in Auffach, Niederau, Oberau and Thierbach
- New Middle School and New Music Middle School in Oberau (together 201 students 2014/15)
freetime and sports
There are in the Wildschönau u. a. the following sports and leisure activities:
- Alpine skiing
- fishing
- Beach volleyball
- Canyoning
- Cycle
- Fitness training
- Paragliding
- Mini golf
- Mountain biking
- horse riding
- Sledding
- Snowshoeing
- swim
- Cross-country skiing
- tennis
- Table tennis
- Trekking
- hike
tourism
The main industry of the municipality is tourism. The Wildschönau offers about 6350 guest beds, about 2000 of them in private accommodation.
winter
There are two separate ski areas on Markbachjoch and on the Schatzberg with a total of 70 km of slopes in the levels of difficulty blue to black and 25 cable cars and ski lifts. The two new chairlifts at the Schatzberg (Auffach) ski area replace several older tow lifts. In 2008 the old chairlift in Niederau was replaced by a modern four-person chairlift. A lift / slope connection into the Alpbachtal was put into operation on December 7, 2012 after a long planning period. The result was a large ski association called “Ski-Juwel Alpbachtal - Wildschönau”, which has made it into the top ten of the Tyrolean ski areas in terms of size.
There are also 50 km of cross-country ski trails, 40 km of winter hiking trails, horse-drawn sleigh rides and 3 cleared Nordic walking trails.
summer
In summer there are around 300 km of hiking trails available with the gondola lifts on the Markbachjoch and Schatzberg as an aid to the ascent, furthermore a heated outdoor swimming pool, a beach volleyball court, five hotel indoor pools, saunas, a mini golf course, three tennis courts.
A special highlight are the local trains that run from the Mühltal in four different directions in summer: to the entrance of the Kundler Gorge, through the whole valley, to the Schönanger Alm and to Thierbach.
Overnight stays in the Wildschönau
| year | Overnight stays |
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| 1955 | 61,828 |
| 1962 | 177.218 |
| 1969 | 437.928 |
| 1976 | 872,499 |
| 1990 | > 1,000,000 |
| 2010 | approx. 850,000 |
- Figures for the 2018 summer season
- 74,463 arrivals
- 357,821 overnight stays
- Figures for the 2018/19 winter season
- 82,425 arrivals
- 403,512 overnight stays
- 78% of them in 79 commercial establishments
- and 22% in 288 private companies
Culture and sights
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- Catholic parish church Auffach hl. Johannes Nepomuk
- Catholic parish church Niederau hl. Sixtus
- Catholic parish church Oberau hl. Margaretha
- Catholic parish church Thierbach hl. Michael
- Lehenlahn show mine in Thierbach
- Kundler Gorge
- Bergauern Museum z'Bach
- 1. Tyrolean Wood Museum in Auffach
- Markbachjoch Sculpture Park
- Franziskusweg from Niederau to Oberau
- Schönangeralm with show dairy in Auffach
- Speckbacherstube in the Sollererwirt in Thierbach
politics
Municipal council
Results of the municipal council and mayoral elections in Tyrol 2016 :
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The turnout was 78.36% of 3,447 eligible voters.
Mayor since 1977
1977-1992 Walter Lanner
1992-2009 Peter Riedmann
2009-2016 Rainer Silberberger
since 2016 Hannes Eder (ÖVP)
coat of arms
The wording of the award document of July 10, 1958:
“In its session on July 10, 1958, the Tyrolean provincial government awarded the Wildschönau community the following coat of arms, as shown in the document, in recognition of its first eleven hundred and ninety documented historical age in accordance with the Tyrolean municipal code of March 31, 1949:
- "A fallen point, blue on black with a golden dragon spread."
The coat of arms refers to the old legend that the Wildschönau was once a large lake. A huge dragon dwelt on its bank and did great damage. A courageous farmer killed the monster with a trick. As it died, the dragon struck its tail with a terrible roar and bit into the rock that burst. Now the waters poured into the Inn valley and the Wildschönau became arable. The fallen tip symbolizes the rock that was broken by the kite. [...] Innsbruck on July 10, 1958 [...] "
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- 1909: Simon Prem (1853–1920), high school teacher and literary historian
- 1928 or earlier: Josef Gföller (1841–1928), Kapellmeister and chorister for 67 years
- 2004: Sixtus Lanner (* 1934), politician ( ÖVP )
- 2012: Josef Aichriedler (* 1941), former pastor for many years
- Johann Schartner (1862–1946), pastor in Oberau (1906–1946)
- Josef Jesacher (1904–1979), pastor in Oberau (1946–1976)
- Andrä Schoner (1909–1987), Mayor (1944–1945, 1950–1977)
Sons and daughters of the church
- Alois Hörbiger (1810–1876), organ builder, grandfather of Hanns Hörbiger , the founder of the Hörbiger actor dynasty
- Gottlieb Schuller (1879–1959), glass painter and mosaic artist
- Andreas Thaler (1883–1939), politician (Minister of Agriculture) and founder of the Treze Tílias colony in Brazil
- Rupert Mayr (* 1948), teacher, beekeeper and non-fiction author
- Hans Haas (* 1957), cook, head chef at Tantris in Munich
- Norbert Siedler (* 1982), racing car driver
- Vanessa Stadler, 2015 world champion in natural tobogganing
Community partnerships
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Treze Tílias ( Thirteen Linden ), Brazil; since 2003
Web links
- 70530 - Wildschönau. Community data, Statistics Austria .
- www.wildschoenau.tirol.gv.at Official website of the Wildschönau community
- www.wildschoenau.info Information platform of the Wildschönau community
- www.wildschoenau.tv Wildschönau News
- Entry on Wildschönau in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Regionalinformation , bev.gv.at (1,094 KB); accessed on January 10, 2020
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair (arrangement): " Tiroler Urkundenbuch ", II. Dept .: "The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys", Vol. 2: "1140–1200". Innsbruck: Wagner 2012, ISBN 978-3-7030-0485-8 , p. 382 No. 881; the piece was in the older literature ("Monumenta Boica" 2, p. 356 No. 218) imprecise to "approx. 1190 "dated.
- ↑ Leaflet for the municipalities of Tyrol , 89th year, June 2016; accessed on July 20, 2019.
- ↑ a b Arrivals, overnight stays or companies and beds in all reporting communities in the winter and summer season 2018 (PDF; 473 KB), statistik.at, accessed on July 21, 2019.
- ↑ Winter vacation in the Wildschönau at www.wildschoenau.com = website of the Wildschönau Tourist Association.
- ↑ Wildschönau slow train, bummelzug.com
- ↑ From village to village through the whole valley . bummelbahn.com
- ↑ Schönanger Alm . bummelbahn.com
- ^ Mountain village Thierbach . bummelbahn.com
- ↑ Wildschönauer Gemeindeblatt from December 2010 (PDF; 4.2 MB), accessed on January 15, 2011.
- ↑ Municipal results of the accommodation statistics April 2019 (excel), statistik.at, accessed on July 21, 2019.
- ↑ Numbers and facts at wildschoenau.tirol.gv.at, accessed on April 27, 2016.
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