St. Ulrich am Pillersee

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Tyrol

Political District :

Kitzbühel

License plate :

KB

Surface:

51.99 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 31 ' N , 12 ° 34' E Coordinates: 47 ° 31 '0 " N , 12 ° 34' 0" E

Height :

847 m above sea level A.

Residents :

1,874 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

36 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

6393

Area code :

05354

Community code :

7 04 17

NUTS region

AT335

Address of the
municipal administration:

Dorfstrasse 15
6393 St. Ulrich am Pillersee

Website:

www.st.ulrich.tirol.gv.at

politics

Mayoress :

Brigitte Lackner

Municipal Council : (2016)
(13 members)

7 Together for Ortisei, 6 We Nuaracher for Ortisei

Location of St. Ulrich am Pillersee in the Kitzbühel district

Municipal office St. Ulrich am Pillersee

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

St. Ulrich am Pillersee (locally also: Nuarach ) is a municipality with 1874 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Kitzbühel district in Tyrol ( Austria ). The community is located in the judicial district of Kitzbühel .

geography

St. Ulrich am Pillersee is located at 847 meters above sea level on the eponymous Pillersee in the Pillerseetal in the western shadow of the Loferer Steinberge .

Community structure

The municipality covers 52.0 km², of which 7.6 km² are populated. 23.9% (1243 ha) of the community area is used for agriculture, mainly for cattle breeding. 49.2% of the community area, which corresponds to 2560 ha, is covered with forest, which is mainly used for forestry purposes. 1.3% (69 hectares) are built on, the populated area is 7.6 km², which corresponds to 14.6% of the municipal area. The highest point in the municipality is at 2506 meters above sea level on the summit of the Großer Hinterhorn (Mitterhorn).

Neighboring communities

history

The first settlement, archaeologically verifiable through row graves, probably took place in the 10th century by Bavarian tribes. The Hofmark Pillersee was settled in the 12th century by Benedictine monks from the Rott am Inn monastery . Ortisei was the original parish of the entire valley. The area was first mentioned in writing in 1151 ( "totum Bileresse cum ecclesia eiusdem loci, decimis et appenditiis suis" ) in a certificate of ownership from Pope Eugene III. for the Rott Monastery. The name of the place derives from St. Ulrich von Augsburg , after whom the parish was named. In 1377 the inn on the street was mentioned in writing as the only inn in the Pillerseetal at that time. In 1401 the late Gothic pilgrimage church was mentioned in a document. In 1506 the Hofmark Pillersee came to the Kitzbühel district court through a regional reform and thus became part of Tyrol, although the Rott monastery remained the owner of the Hofmark. In 1803 the Rott monastery was dissolved and St. Ulrich fell to the Tyrolean sovereign. Between 1911 and 1931 a road was built through the Pillerseetal (asphalted in 1961), which increased the accessibility of the valley and led to an economic connection. In 1969 a ski area was opened on the Buchensteinwand local mountain .

Population development

politics

The municipal council has a total of 13 members.

With the municipal council elections 2010, the municipal council had the following distribution: 5 We Nuaracher, 5 Together for Ortisei, 3 Livable Ortisei.
With the municipal council and mayor elections in Tyrol 2016 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 7 Together for Ortisei and 6 We Nuaracher for Ortisei.

mayor

until 2009 Kaspar Mettler (party for Ortisei, farmers - workers - economy)
2009-2010 Mario Horngacher
since 2010 Brigitte Lackner

economy

Beginning of the trails

Due to its peripheral location, there is no major industrial settlement in Ortisei. There are 76 commercial enterprises. The majority of the population lives from agriculture (49 farms) and tourism (1700 guest beds / 240,449 overnight stays). Winter sports are of primary importance here. St. Ulrich has its own small ski area, which is connected to the Pillerseetal ski network. Over 83% of the guests spend the night in private accommodation such as guest houses or holiday apartments. Unemployment is 5% (as of 2001), the average income is 16,912 euros / year. 21.1% of the employed work in the manufacturing industry, 33.9% work in transport, storage and communications and 19.7% in the hotel and restaurant industry. It should be noted here that a significant proportion of the employees are out-commuters who are employed in the near or further surrounding area. In 2001, for example, the number of jobs on site, with the exception of those employed in agriculture or forestry, was just 89 out of 608 employees.

traffic

Street: The Pillerseestrasse (L 2), which connects the B 178 and the B 164 , leads through St. Ulrich .
Bus: A regional bus runs for several hours between the villages of the Pillerseetal in summer, and a free ski bus runs at a higher frequency in winter.
Train: The nearest train station is in Fieberbrunn ( Salzburg-Tiroler Bahn ).

education

Ulrichsbrunnen in front of the elementary school

Ortisei has a kindergarten and a four-level elementary school.

Culture and sights

Parish Church of St. Ulrich

Filial church of St. Adolari

Jacob Cross

Parish church St. Ulrich am Pillersee: Baroque parish church of St. Ulrich with rectory, it once belonged to the Rott am Inn monastery . First mentioned in 1151, tower with Romanesque building core, consecrated as a Gothic church in 1506, redesigned in Baroque style in the 17th and 18th centuries, redesigned in neo-Gothic style in 1865/66, rebaroque in 1960/61

Filial church St. Adolari : the small church is located in the hamlet of Adolari at the northern end of the Pillersee. In 1957, during renovation work in the choir, frescoes from the 14th century were exposed and restored.

Ortisei has the world's oldest pine oil distillery .

A walkable summit cross was opened as a tourist attraction on the Buchensteinwand on July 27, 2014 ( Jakobskreuz ).

Personalities

Honorary citizen

2012: Hans Simair (1912–2019), Mayor of St. Ulrich am Pillersee 1962–1971

Personalities associated with the community

Wolfgang Falck (1910–2007), German fighter pilot
Nana Gualdi (1932–2007), Italian-German singer and actress

literature

Chronicle of St. Ulrich am Pillersee. Ed .: Municipality of St. Ulrich am Pillersee. Werner Köfler. - Ortisei aP: Ortisei community, around 1977, 66 pp.
St. Ulrich am Pillersee, Tyrol . - 4th edition. Salzburg: Verlag St. Peter, 1987. - 12 pp. (Christian Art Centers Austria; No. 25)