Thörl
market community Thörl
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Styria | |
Political District : | Bruck-Mürzzuschlag | |
License plate : | BM | |
Main town : | Palbersdorf | |
Surface: | 166.46 km² | |
Coordinates : | 47 ° 31 ' N , 15 ° 13' E | |
Height : | 638 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 2,253 (January 1, 2020) | |
Postcodes : | 8621, 8622, 8623, 8624 | |
Area code : | +43 3861 | |
Community code : | 6 21 47 | |
NUTS region | AT223 | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Palbersdorf 73 8621 Thörl |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Günther Wagner ( SPÖ ) | |
Municipal Council : (2015) (15 members) |
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Location of Thörl in the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district | ||
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Thörl is a market town with 2253 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the judicial district of Bruck an der Mur and in the political district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag in Upper Styria ( Austria ). As part of the municipal structural reform in Styria , Thörl was merged with the municipalities Etmißl and St. Ilgen on January 1, 2015 .
geography
Geographical location
Thörl is located in northern Styria . The area covers 166.46 square kilometers.
Community structure
Cadastral communities and localities of the same name are (as of area and population: January 1, 2020
- Etmißl (843.06 ha, 402 Ew.)
- Fölz (3,698.31 ha, 649 Ew.)
- Hinterberg (1,163.35 ha, 32 Ew.)
- Lonschitz (1,046.96 ha, 67 Ew.)
- Oisching (872.64 ha, 4 Ew.)
- Palbersdorf (291.45 ha, 622 Ew.)
- Sankt Ilgen (7,348.85 ha, 258 Ew.)
- Thörl (1,378.73 ha, 219 Ew.).
Neighboring communities
Wildalpen ( Liezen district ) | Mariazell | Turnau |
Aflenz | ||
Tragöß-Sankt Katharein | Kapfenberg | Turnau |
Incorporations
- On January 1, 1955, the municipality of Fölz was incorporated into Thörl.
- On January 1, 2015, the communities Etmißl and St. Ilgen near Thörl were incorporated.
Population development
history
Settlements in the area around Thörl are likely to have existed as early as the Neolithic Age. Around 600 AD, Slavic settlers moved to the area, as can be seen in some place names today. Bavarians immigrated during the 8th century.
1103 gave Duke Heinrich III. of Carinthia, the Aflenz Valley , in which Thörl is also located, the St. Lambrecht Abbey . Palbersdorf first appeared in a document in 1342, Thörl (as toer in der aynoed ; Thörl in der Einöd) in 1345. The area was then still known as Einöd . The roadblock that gave the place its name already existed at that time. The area name Hinterberg has been known since 1253.
Iron production began in Thörl in the 14th century. However, since the valley in Thörl was too narrow, residential construction concentrated on Palbersdorf.
In 1849 Thörl was integrated into the community of Aflenz, in 1915 it was to be divided up again due to divergent interests, which was postponed to 1919 due to the First World War.
In 1893 the Thörlerbahn was opened, which connected Kapfenberg with Turnau . The local iron industry in particular benefited greatly from this. An extension to the Mariazellerbahn was also planned in order to connect the Southern Railway with the Western Railway , but this was never realized.
In 1945, at the end of the Second World War , soldiers of the Red Army marched in and stayed until Thörl fell into the British zone of occupation that same year.
In 1955 the communities of Thörl and Fölz merged, and Thörl was also given the right to use a coat of arms.
In 1959, passenger traffic on the railway line was discontinued, five years later the section from Seebach to Seewiesen, a district of Turnau, was closed, and in 1990 the section from Aflenz to Seebach. In 1991 the Thörlerbahn Association started a museum railway project, which was well received. However, when the iron industry slid into bankruptcy in 1995 because of a bank failure, the operator of the line, the Styrian State Railways , lost the largest freight customer and had to cease operations. The club was then allowed to use the route until 1997. The tracks of the Thörlerbahn were dismantled in 2003/04, from Thörl to Kapfenberg the route was replaced by a cycle path.
In 1994 the community was elevated to a market community because of its services, such as the construction of a secondary school, an indoor swimming pool and community paths.
religion
For the evangelical community there was a preaching station in Thörl at the beginning of the 20th century, and it was consecrated on June 29, 1914.
The Catholic Church was consecrated on June 21, 1964, and the Aflenz branch in Thörl was raised to the status of an independent parish. The site for the church was made by Johann III. Donated by Pengg. Until then, the Barbara Chapel in Thörl Castle served as a church service room.
politics
Community representation
As a result of the municipal merger, all municipal councils lost their functions on December 31, 2014. Until April 24, 2015, a government commissioner with two advisory boards took over the management of the community based on a modest appointment by the state of Styria.
After the municipal council election on March 22, 2015, Günther Wagner was elected first mayor of the new market town of Thörl at the constituent meeting of the municipal council on April 24, 2015. Margit Peßl was elected deputy mayor and Martina Krenn was elected community treasurer.
The municipality of Thörl has 15 members:
- 9 seats in the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)
- 3 mandates Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)
- 1 Mandate of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)
- 2 Mandates Free Independent List-Livable (FULL)
Mayor Günther Wagner (SPÖ) has resigned his council mandate and is taking up his post as mayor of the people.
coat of arms
Two of the three predecessor communities each had a community coat of arms. Due to the amalgamation of the municipalities, these lost their official validity on January 1, 2015, the new award for the merged municipality has not yet taken place (status: end of 2017).
The Thörl coat of arms, awarded in 1955, made reference to the Schachenstein ruin that dominates the townscape and the great importance of the Thörler works in the metalworking industry.
Regional policy
Thörl is a member of the Regionext-Kleinregion Hochschwab Süd , founded December 2, 2009 , and of the LEADER region Mariazellerland-Mürz Valley .
Regarding the municipal structural reform of Styria 2010-2015 , the municipality held talks with Bruck and Kapfenberg (big solution), and a merger with Etmißl and Sankt Ilgen , or a more extensive merger with Aflenz Kurort / Aflenz Land and Turnau ( Six solution). A merger with the two cities was rejected by the Etmißler as well as by the St. Ilgner local politics.
Town twinning
- Ljubečna , Slovenia
Tourism association
Together with Aflenz, the community forms the “ Hochschwab ” tourism association . Its seat is the municipality of Aflenz.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Thörl is located on Mariazeller Straße B 20, which is the most important connection between Kapfenberg in the Mürz Valley and the pilgrimage site of Mariazell, as well as Sankt Pölten .
The tracks of the Thörlerbahn were dismantled in 2003/04, from Thörl to Kapfenberg the route was replaced by a cycle path.
Established businesses
- Joh. Pengg AG - wire works
education
In the municipality of Thörl are:
- childcare
- Community kindergarten Etmißl
- Parish kindergarten Thörl
- a childminder
- schools
- Elementary school Thörl
- Etmißl elementary school
- New Thörl Middle School
Many young people attend secondary schools in Kapfenberg and Bruck an der Mur .
Culture and sights
At the entrance to the town there is Thörl Castle , which used to be the “gate” to the town. Hence the name of the place. The castle belongs to the Hempel-Hubersting private foundation. The ruins of Schachenstein Castle are located in the municipality of Thörl . At the foot of the Schachenstein ruins is the so-called "Old House", which is used today by the Thörler Landsknechten for events.
music
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- 1975: Johann Bammer (1922–2017), Provincial Councilor
Sons and daughters of Thörl
- Grete Scheuer (1900–1988), writer
- Siegfried Stepwieser (* 1952), state politician (SPÖ), former mayor and President of the Styrian state parliament
literature
- Josef Riegler, Municipality of Thörl (Ed.): History of the Municipality of Thörl , self-published, Hausmannstätten / Graz 1994, ISBN 3-901202-10-2 .
Web links
- 62147 - Thörl. Community data, Statistics Austria .
- Entry on Thörl in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Community website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thörl - Styria | Similio. Retrieved March 10, 2020 .
- ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
- ↑ Section 3, Paragraph 1, Item 7 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 2.
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ cadastral communities Styria. 2015 (Excel file, 128 KB); accessed on July 29, 2015)
- ↑ Municipal Council , at www.thoerl.gv.at, accessed on November 28, 2015
- ↑ The story of Thörl on the municipality's website, accessed on December 28, 2017
- ↑ Constituent meeting of the small region Hochschwab Süd ( memento of the original from January 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Spatial planning Styria | News .
- ↑ LAG Mariazellerland-Mürz Valley ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , netzwerk-land.at
- ↑ Will Thörl be a district or a small region? kleinezeitung.at, October 4, 2012.
- ↑ The new municipal structure of Styria ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . List of final version A01, 2012 (pdf, gemeindeststrukturreform.steiermark.at; 97 kB).
- ^ Map graphics, part 2 , no. 42 in Die neue Steiermark . kleinezeitung.at, January 21, 2013. Maps as of January 22, 2013
- ↑ ÖVP Aflenz Kurort wants 3 or 6 solution ( memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , oevp-aflenz.at, 14/11/2012
- ↑ Updates for community citizens, etmissl.at, accessed May 3, 2013
- ↑ Municipal structural reform ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , st-ilgen.at, accessed May 3, 2013
- ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 306. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 626.