Strechau (Rottenmann municipality)

Strechau ( Rotte ) village
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Liezen  (LI), Styria
Judicial district	Liezen
Pole. local community	Rottenmann   ( KG  Rottenmann )
Coordinates	47 ° 31 '27 "  N , 14 ° 19' 35"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 31 '27 "  N , 14 ° 19' 35"  E
height	670  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	159 (January 1, 2020)
Post Code	8786 Rottenmann
prefix	+ 43/03614
Statistical identification
Locality code	15861
Counting district / district	Rottenmann-Süd (61263 002)
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

Strechau is a place at the western end of the Paltental in the town of Rottenmann , belongs to the Rottenmann cadastral community and has 154 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2016). Oppenberg Straße , which also begins in Strechau, goes through the village .

Strechau Castle is to the west of the village . Strechau is located on the Strechenbach , which flows into the Palten in the immediate vicinity of the Strechau-West industrial park . In the course of time, Strechau has grown together with the place Klamm , which means that there is no longer any border between the two places.

The Ameisbichler and Thalhof farms to the east also belong to Strechau . In 2015, a climbing route of the same name of difficulty B / C was built on the Burgfels below Strechau Castle.

history

The earliest written document is from 1080 and is "Strechowe". The name goes back to Old Slavic strecha (hostel, accommodation) and Middle High German ouwe (floodplain). The field name was transferred to the stream and the settlement.

Individual proof

1. ↑ Fritz Frhr. Lochner von Hüttenbach: On the name property of the early Middle Ages in Styria (=  magazine of the Historical Association for Styria . Volume 99 ). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2008, p. 36 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).