Sölk

Sölk is an Austrian municipality in the Liezen district in Styria , which was created through the amalgamation of the previously independent municipalities Großsölk , Kleinsölk and Sankt Nikolai im Sölktal as part of the Styrian municipal structural reform in 2015. A complaint lodged with the Constitutional Court by the municipality of St. Nikolai im Sölktal against the merger was unsuccessful.

In terms of area, the municipality of Sölk is the third largest municipality in Styria (after Mariazell and Admont ).

geography

The municipality of Sölk includes the Sölktäler: The municipality of Sölk, that is the valley of the Sölkbach and its two source streams, the Großsölkbach and the Kleinsölkbach , are collectively called the Sölktal or Sölktäler . They branch off from the Ennstal at Stein an der Enns across from Gröbming and form the central incision into the Niedere Tauern . The Großsölktal in particular, which leads to the Sölkpass , separates the Schladminger Tauern to the west from the Rottenmanner and Wölzer Tauern to the east. Otherwise one speaks here in the area on both sides of the two Sölktäler of Sölker Alps .

The Sölktäler Nature Park is one of the five Styrian nature parks.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following three localities or cadastral communities (area as of 2015, inhabitants as of January 1, 2020):

Großsölk (2,085.07 ha, 463 Ew.) Including Gatschberg, Schatten, Schlein and Stein on the Enns
Kleinsölk (12,217.18 ha, 556 Ew.) Including Brandstatt, Dörfl, Gelsenberg, Hinterwald, Schweiger, Sölkdörfl, Stein an der Enns and Vorderwald
St. Nikolai (13,525.02 ha, 479 Ew.) Including diligence, Hochegger and Mößna

The municipal administration is located in the northernmost town of Großsölk.

Neighboring communities

history

Sölk was first mentioned in a document around 1075 to 1080. Großsölk was the seat of a manor. The abolition of the manors took place in 1848; the local community as an autonomous corporation was established in 1850. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community came to the Reichsgau Steiermark. On November 15, 1944, an American bomber crashed near the Putzental Alm. 1945 to 1955 the area was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria. In 1959 a road was built on the Ennstal side from Kaltenbach and on the Murtal side from the Kreutzerhütte to the Sölkpasshöhe .

Population development

Community partnerships

Since June 1, 1972, Kleinsölk has had a community partnership with the city of Ilshofen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Culture and sights

Großsölk Lower Castle

Parish church of St. Nikolai in Sölktal

Großsölk

Großsölk Castle / Nature Park House
Monument complex Lower Großsölk Castle
Leonhard Cross Großsölk
Großsölk Church

Kleinsölk

Stein an der Enns church
Kleinsölk Church

St. Nikolai in Sölktal

Parish church of St. Nikolai in Sölktal
Mesnerhaus / local history museum

Regular events

“Sölkpass Fair” on the 1st Sunday in August

Economy and Infrastructure

Community-owned businesses

Local and infrastructure development KG
Knallbach small power plant belonging to the municipality of Sölk GmbH
St. Nikolai sewage treatment plant
Mößna outdoor pool
Mößna ski lift

education

Kindergarten Stein an der Enns
Kindergarten St. Nikolai in Sölktal
Elementary school in Stein an der Enns
Primary school St. Nikolai in Sölktal
New middle school in Stein an der Enns

politics

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The municipal council has 15 members.

With the municipal elections in Styria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 3 FPÖ and 3 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Styria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 2 FPÖ and 1 SPÖ.

mayor

since 2015 Werner Schwab (ÖVP)

coat of arms

Coats of arms of the previous municipalities
Großsölk
Kleinsölk
Sankt Nikolai in Sölktal

All three predecessor municipalities had a municipal coat of arms. Due to the amalgamation of municipalities, these lost their official validity on January 1st, 2015.

The new municipal coat of arms for the merged community took effect on November 16, 2015. The blazon (coat of arms description) reads:

"In a shield divided by a red-backed silver chain in Göpel-style cut above a silver six-spoke wagon wheel in green, below in black a jumping silver deer, underlaid by a silver lily staff."

Web links

Commons : Sölk - collection of images, videos and audio files

61266 - Sölk. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Website of the community of Sölk

Individual evidence

^ Styrian municipal structural reform .

↑ recognition of the Constitutional Court of 24 November 2014 G 183/2014.

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

^ City partnership with Ilshofen ( Memento of the original from November 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Sölk. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on July 20, 2020 .
↑ Results of the 2020 municipal council elections in Sölk. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on July 20, 2020 .
↑ 95. Announcement of the Styrian state government of October 29, 2015 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the municipality of Sölk (political district of Liezen) , accessed on November 3, 2015
↑ 128. Announcement of the Styrian Provincial Government of October 20, 2016, with which the announcement on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms is changed to the municipality of Sölk (political district Liezen) , accessed on November 3, 2016

[1] Styrian municipal structural reform .

[2] recognition of the Constitutional Court of 24 November 2014 G 183/2014.

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-3] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )