Taxenbach

market community

Taxenbach

coat of arms

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Salzburg

Political District :

Zell am See

License plate :

ZE

Surface:

88.31 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 18 ' N , 12 ° 58' E Coordinates: 47 ° 17 '30 " N , 12 ° 57' 51" E

Height :

776 m above sea level A.

Residents :

2,704 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

31 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

5651, 5660, 5662

Area code :

06543

Community code :

5 06 22

NUTS region

AT322

Address of the
municipal administration:

Taxenbach municipal office
5660 Taxenbach

Website:

taxenbach.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Johann Gassner ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : (2019)
(19 members)

11

7th

1

11 7th 1

A total of 19 seats

ÖVP : 11
SPÖ : 7
FPÖ : 1

Location of Taxenbach in the Zell am See district

Taxenbach from the south

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Taxenbach is a market town with 2704 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Salzburger Land in the Zell am See district in Austria . It was the seat of the Taxenbach District Court .

geography

The community is located in the Pinzgau in the Salzburger Land in the middle Salzach Valley at the exit of the Rauriser Valley . Until the end of 2002 the community belonged to the Taxenbach judicial district , since 2003 it has been part of the Zell am See judicial district .

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 14 localities (residents as of January 1, 2020):

Brandenau (23)
Eschenau (334)
Grosssonnberg (86)
Gschwandtnerberg (165)
Hasenbach (113)
Court (239)
Högmoos (274)
Hopfberg (41)
Kleinsonnberg (130)
Lacquers (129)
March (42)
Taxberg (179)
Taxenbach (861)
Thannberg (88)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Eschenau, Sonnberg, Taxenbach and Wolfbachthal.

history

The first written mention of Taxenbach comes from the year 963. In 1150 the lords of "Tassinpach" are mentioned, the first reference to a castle in Taxenbach . In the Peasants' War from 1525 to 1526 against the forest regulations of Archbishop Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg , the castle went up in flames. In 1778 the nursing office was set up, which later continued as a district court, but was finally closed on December 31, 2002. In 1850 today's political community was established. In 1938 Eschenau was incorporated.

Population development

Culture and sights

Penninghof
Edtburg
Taxenbach castle ruins
Catholic parish church Taxenbach hl. Andreas
Catholic parish church Eschenau hl. Margaretha

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture and forestry, tourism, public services and the timber trade are the most important sources of income. Two Austrian long-distance hiking trails lead through Taxenbach , the Zentralalpenweg 02 ( Hainburg an der Donau - Feldkirch ) and the Rupertiweg 10 ( Bohemian Forest - Carnic Alps ).

The interesting hydropower plant of SAG Aluminumwerke Lend at the exit of the Kitzlochklamm should not go unmentioned . There is a historical horizontal-axis Pelton machine set from Oerlikon from 1902, a modern vertical-axis Pelton turbine from 2004 and two vertical-axis Francis turbine sets from 1954 as the most powerful units.

education

Taxenbach elementary school, Högmoos elementary school, Taxenbach secondary school, Taxenbach polytechnic, Högmoos special education center
Until the 2013/2014 school year, there was an elementary school in Eschenau, which at the end was still one-class.

politics

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The community council has a total of 19 members.

With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2004, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2009 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2014 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2019 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.

mayor

1988–1993 Sebastian Bachler (ÖVP)
1993–2018 Franz Wenger (ÖVP)
since 2018 Johann Gassner (ÖVP)

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality is: "On a green mountain in blue, through which a brook flows, a castle, from which St. Andrew grows out of a green dress and a red cloak, a book on the left and a cross on the right."