Ossiach
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| Basic data | ||
| Country: | Austria | |
| State : | Carinthia | |
| Political District : | Feldkirchen | |
| License plate : | FE | |
| Surface: | 17.37 km² | |
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 41 ′ N , 13 ° 59 ′ E | |
| Height : | 510 m above sea level A. | |
| Residents : | 844 (January 1, 2020) | |
| Population density : | 49 inhabitants per km² | |
| Postal code : | 9570 | |
| Area code : | 0 42 43 | |
| Community code : | 2 10 06 | |
| NUTS region | AT212 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
No. 8, 9570 Ossiach | |
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| Mayor : | Gernot Prinz ( FPÖ ) | |
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Municipal Council : ( 2015 ) (11 members) |
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| Location of Ossiach in the Feldkirchen district | ||
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Ossiach ( Slovenian : Osoje ; "Schattseite") is a municipality with 844 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Feldkirchen district in Carinthia .
geography
The community is located on the south bank of the Ossiacher See between the shady side of the Ossiacher Tauern and the south side of the Ossiacher See. The shady side extends eastward into the lead instead . Ossiach is about halfway between Villach and the district capital Feldkirchen .
Community structure
The municipality consists of the following six localities (the number of inhabitants as of January 1st, 2020 in brackets):
- Alt-Ossiach (245)
- Ossiach (112)
- Ostriach (Slovenian Óstrije, 176)
- Rappitsch (302)
- Tauern (9)
- Untertauern (0)
Other locations are the Sotour and Prefelnig holiday settlements . The community consists of a cadastral community "Ossiach".
Neighboring communities
| Steindorf | Steindorf | |
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Feldkirchen |
| Villach | Wernberg | Velden |
history
The history of today's municipality of Ossiach was largely shaped by the Ossiach monastery over the centuries . The exact date of the foundation of the Benedictine monastery is not known, it was probably shortly before 1028; The oldest known documentary mention of the church comes from this year. The monastery was subordinate to the Patriarchate of Aquileja , but retained the bailiwick rights. Large stretches of land around Lake Ossiach, near Feldkirchen and in Rosental belonged to the monastery . The monastery developed into an important cultural center in the region and experienced its heyday, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries, which was reflected in the expansion and design of the monastery buildings and the church; however, a market settlement never developed near the monastery. In 1783 it was finally repealed by decree by Emperor Joseph II .
With the constitution of political communities in 1850, Ossiach was initially part of the greater Steindorf community . In 1894 the municipality of Glandorf was created by separating four cadastral communities, which was renamed Ossiach in the following year.In 1912, the municipality was reduced to the cadastral community of Ossiach through the re-establishment of a municipality of Glandorf.
With the emergence of summer tourism from the second half of the 19th century, Ossiach gradually developed into today's pure tourism community.
population
According to the 2001 census, the community of Ossiach had 749 inhabitants. 94.9% of the population have Austrian citizenship, 2.1% are German. 78.8% profess the Roman Catholic and 12.1% the Evangelical Church. 5.7% are non-denominational.
Culture and sights
Buildings
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Ossiach Abbey : Originally the abbey church was built around the year 1000 as a Romanesque pillar basilica. First mentioned in a document in 1028, it is considered the oldest Benedictine monastery church in Carinthia. 65 abbots have been recorded in the chronicle of the order from the beginning of the 11th century until the abolition of the monastery by Emperor Josef II in 1783. After a major fire in 1484, the entire church was redesigned in the late Gothic style. Between 1737 and 1746 the church was almost completely renovated in the baroque style. The stucco work of the Wessobrunn school , the fresco paintings by the Carinthian painter Josef Ferdinand Fromiller, the baroque organ from 1680 and the richly decorated baroque pulpit should be emphasized .
In the 15th century, a defensive tower and mighty outer walls were built to protect against Turkish invasions. After the abolition of the monastery, the buildings threatened to crumble. It was not until 1965 to 1975 that the entire monastery complex with the collegiate church was restored.
The monastery buildings are now used as a venue for cultural events.
- The grave of the Polish King Bolesław II . The tomb slab bears the inscription: Rex Boleslaus Poloniae occisor sancti Stanislai Episcopi Cracoviensis (Bolesław King of Poland, Murderer of St. Stanislaus the Bishop of Cracow).
Regular events
The Ossiach Abbey is one of the venues for the Carinthian Summer . The Carinthian Summer was founded in 1969 by Jakob Stingl, a former pastor of the community, and Helmut Wobisch in Ossiach.
Every year in August the international handicraft market takes place in Ossiach. At this market, artisans from home and abroad present their works of art (clay, wood, glass art, painting, products made of fabric and wool).
politics
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The municipal council of Ossiach has 11 members and has been composed as follows since the municipal council election in 2015 :
- mayor
- 1997-2004 Josef Martinz (ÖVP)
- 2004–2007 Michael Huber (ÖVP)
- 2007-2020 Johann Huber (FPÖ)
- since 2020 Gernot Prinz (FPÖ)
coat of arms
The community took over the coat of arms of the Ossiacher Stift, which is first found on documents of Abbot Andreas from February 10, 1433 and September 9, 1436 and which symbolizes the Ossiach lake and its abundance of fish in the wavy bar.
The coat of arms and flag were awarded to the community on January 12, 1965. The official blazon of the coat of arms reads:
- In the red shield there is a slanting silver wave bar divided by ten blue wave lines, which is covered with three naturally colored lake trout swimming to the right.
The flag is white and blue with an incorporated coat of arms.
Web links
- Ossiach community
- 21006 - Ossiach. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ^ New mayor in Ossiach. In: orf.at. June 5, 2020, accessed June 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ^ Encyclopedia of Slovenian Cultural History in Carinthia / Koroška. In: boehlau-verlag.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
- ^ Statistics Austria, population census, demographic data. May 15, 2001, accessed March 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Both documents are in the Carinthian regional archive
- ^ Quoted from Wilhelm Deuer: The Carinthian municipal coat of arms . Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchiv, Klagenfurt 2006, ISBN 3-900531-64-1 , p. 138
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