Steindorf am Ossiacher See
Steindorf am Ossiacher See
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Carinthia | |
Political District : | Feldkirchen | |
License plate : | FE | |
Main town : | Bodensdorf | |
Surface: | 29.55 km² | |
Coordinates : | 46 ° 42 ' N , 14 ° 0' E | |
Height : | 510 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 3,808 (January 1, 2020) | |
Population density : | 129 inhabitants per km² | |
Postcodes : | 9551, 9552 | |
Area code : | 0 42 43 | |
Community code : | 2 10 09 | |
NUTS region | AT212 | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
10.-Oktober-Strasse 1 9551 Bodensdorf |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Georg Kavalar (LKAVE) | |
Municipal Council : ( 2015 ) (23 members) |
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Location of Steindorf am Ossiacher See in the Feldkirchen district | ||
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Steindorf am Ossiacher See is a municipality with 3808 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Feldkirchen district in Carinthia in Austria .
geography
The community is located on the northern bank of the Ossiacher See , about 8 kilometers from Feldkirchen . The municipality extends the Ossiachberg up the slope to the ridge of the Gerlitzen .
Community structure
The community is divided into the cadastral communities Ossiachberg, Steindorf, Stiegl and Tiffen. The municipality includes the following 21 localities (population as of January 1, 2020):
- Apetig (40)
- Bichl (10)
- Bodensdorf (1134)
- Castle (31)
- Burgrad (9)
- Golk (14)
- Langacker (28)
- Nadling (209)
- Ossiachberg (53)
- Pfaffendorf (121)
- Regin (17)
- Sonnberg (40)
- Saint Urban (41)
- Steindorf am Ossiacher See (500)
- Stiegl (335)
- Tiffen (174)
- Drafts (98)
- Cherneitsch (14)
- Tschöran (496)
- Unterberg (372)
- Winkl Ossiachberg (72)
Neighboring communities
Arriach | Himmelberg | |
To meet | Feldkirchen | |
Villach | Ossiach |
history
The area of Tiffen was already around 500 BC. Settled by the Celts . Two Jupiter votive altars date from Roman times and are now walled in in Lang Castle in Feldkirchen. Tiffen was first mentioned in a document between 1050 and 1065, the village of Steindorf in 1263 as "Steyndorf". The church in Steindorf was built in 1401 and later rebuilt in the Gothic style.
The construction of the Kronprinz Rudolf-Bahn (today Ossiachersee-Traverse of the Südbahn ) in 1865 marked the beginning of tourism on Ossiacher See, which completely changed the traditional agricultural structure of the area in the course of the 20th century.
The municipality of Steindorf was constituted in 1850, and the municipality of Glanhofen with four cadastral municipalities was separated from the very extensive municipality in 1894 and renamed Ossiach . In 1986 the community name of Steindorf received the addition "am Ossiacher See".
population
According to the 2001 census, the municipality of Steindorf has 3,583 inhabitants, 95.6% of whom are Austrian, 1.5% German and 1.0% Bosnian citizens. 61.9% of the population profess the Roman Catholic , 28.9% the Protestant and 0.8% the Orthodox Church , 0.5% are Islamic . 5.4% are non-denominational.
Culture and sights
- The stone house in Steindorf designed by Günther Domenig is an architectural sight.
- Filial church St. Johannes in Steindorf
- Parish church St. Josef in Bodensdorf
- Parish church of St. James the Elder in the village of Tiffen
- Birth house of the artist Switbert Lobisser in Tiffen
- Catholic branch church St. Margarethen in Tiffen
- Evangelical church in Tschöran near Bodensdorf
- The approximately 700 hectares of lead moor (“lead statt ” for short ) was previously covered by Lake Ossiach and is now a nature reserve and local recreation area.
- In Sankt Urban standing Urbanibrunnen that was realized on the initiative of the innkeepers Lisl and Fritz Nindler together with the State of Carinthia, Steindorf and fraternity Tschöran.
Economy and Infrastructure
Due to its location along the Ossiacher See and its share in the Gerlitzen ski area , the community has summer and winter tourism, which is the main branch of the economy. There is a small climbing garden near Bodensdorf . Along the lake there is a detour of the Rudolfsbahn between St. Veit and Villach , which is only served by regional trains for passenger traffic, but is an important shortcut for freight traffic.
politics
The municipal council of Steindorf has 23 members and has been composed as follows since the municipal council election in 2015 :
(-21.37 % p )
(-3.61 % p )
(+ 0.33 % p )
( n. K. )
( n. K. )
mayor
- 2003–2015 Marialuise Mittermüller (FPK)
- since 2015 Georg Kavalar (List Kavalar)
coat of arms
The blue background of the Steindorf coat of arms, which was awarded to the municipality on June 10, 1977, refers to the location on the third largest lake in Carinthia, the golden Dreiberg alludes to the first syllable of the word Steindorf. The golden catfish is a parallel to the three trout from the opposite municipality of Ossiach; this fish is more common in the eastern part of the lake.
The official blazon of the coat of arms reads:
- "A golden catfish (catfish) in a blue sign over a golden three-mountain."
The flag is blue and yellow with an incorporated coat of arms.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the church
- Switbert Lobisser (1878–1943, born in Tiffen), painter and graphic artist
- Jörg Freunschlag (* 1942 in Bodensdorf), former President of the Carinthian state parliament
- Lilian Faschinger (* 1950 in Tschöran), writer and literary translator
Personalities associated with Steindorf
- Gustav Renker (1889–1967), journalist and writer, grew up in Bodensdorf
literature
- Alfred Mitterer: Steindorf am Ossiacher See. Chronicle of a community. Verlag Joh. Heyn, Klagenfurt 1997, ISBN 3-85366-849-6 .
Web links
- Homepage of the community
- Bodensdorf am Ossiacher See economic and tourism information
- Stone village in aeiou
- 21009 - Steindorf am Ossiacher See. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ^ Statistics Austria, population census, demographic data. May 15, 2001, accessed March 3, 2019 .
- ^ Quoted from Wilhelm Deuer: The Carinthian municipal coat of arms . Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchiv, Klagenfurt 2006, ISBN 3-900531-64-1 , p. 270