Scheffau am Tennengebirge

coat of arms

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Salzburg

Political District :

Hallein

License plate :

HA

Main town :

Scheffau am Tennengebirge

Surface:

69.66 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 36 ' N , 13 ° 13' E Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '30 " N , 13 ° 12' 40" E

Height :

487 m above sea level A.

Residents :

1,413 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

20 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

5440

Area code :

06244

Community code :

5 02 12

NUTS region

AT323

Address of the
municipal administration:

Scheffau No. 8
5440 Scheffau am Tennengebirge

Website:

www.scheffau.salzburg.at

politics

Mayor :

Friedrich Strubreiter ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : (2019)
(13 members)

10

3

10 3

A total of 13 seats

ÖVP : 10
SPÖ : 3

Location of Scheffau am Tennengebirge in the Hallein district

Scheffau from flour stone seen from

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Scheffau am Tennengebirge is a municipality with 1413 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Lammertal , Tennengau (Hallein district) in the Salzburg region , Austria . The responsible judicial district is Hallein .

geography

The community is located on the northern roof of the Tennengebirge , which is up to 2300 m high and forms the border to the Pongau in the south . In the north the community has a share in the up to 1600 m high Osterhorn group , in particular in the Black Mountain ( 1584 m above sea level ), which lies south-east of the group like an island mountain . This area belongs to the Salzburg Limestone Foothills or the Salzkammergut Mountains .

The Lammer flow as the main flow east to west through the municipality.

The main settlement area is in the Lammertal in the villages of Unterscheffau and Oberscheffau .

Community structure

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

Scheffau am Tennengebirge (1146)
Voregg (96)
Wallingwinkl (124)
Weitenau (47)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Scheffau, Voregg and Weitenau , the latter also including Wallingwinkl.

Until the end of May 1923, the community belonged to the Golling judicial district , and since June 1, 1923, it has been part of the Hallein judicial district .

Neighboring communities

Kuchl	Saint Koloman
Golling on the Salzach		Abtenau
Throw ^∗ Parish throw (both districts St. Johann / Pongau )	Werfenweng ( District St. Johann / Pongau )

^∗Werfen only borders on one point, in the furnace channel at Hochtörl

history

Scheffau was first mentioned in a document as Scheffawe in 1249. The St. Ulrich's Church in Scheffau probably dates from this time, as a parish church for the whole of Lammertal , it was known as a pilgrimage church .

The municipality of Scheffau became independent with the separation from Golling through the creation of local communities in 1849 .

In 1939, when large municipalities were formed all over Austria after the Anschluss , the districts of Weitenau and Wallingwinkl were incorporated into the market town of Abtenau.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality is described :

In a green shield a silver ram , accompanied on the right by a silver standing cross .

politics

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The community council has a total of 13 members.

With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2004, the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 ÖVP and 6 SPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2009 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg 2014 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 8 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2019 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.