Assling

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Assling
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Assling (Austria)
Assling
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Tyrol
Political District : Lienz
License plate : LZ
Main town : Thal-Assling
Surface: 98.92 km²
Coordinates : 46 ° 47 '  N , 12 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 47 '11 "  N , 12 ° 38' 28"  E
Height : 1128  m above sea level A.
Residents : 1,779 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code : 9911
Area code : 04855
Community code : 7 07 05
NUTS region AT333
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Unterassling 28
9911 Assling
Website: www.assling.at
politics
Mayor : Bernhard Schneider (village community)
Municipal Council : (2016)
(13 members)

13 community of villages

Location of Assling in the Lienz district
Abfaltersbach Ainet Amlach Anras Assling Außervillgraten Dölsach Gaimberg Heinfels Hopfgarten in Defereggen Innervillgraten Iselsberg-Stronach Kals am Großglockner Kartitsch Lavant Leisach Lienz Matrei in Osttirol Nikolsdorf Nußdorf-Debant Oberlienz Obertilliach Prägraten am Großvenediger St. Jakob in Defereggen St. Johann im Walde St. Veit in Defereggen Schlaiten Sillian Strassen Thurn Tristach Untertilliach Virgen Tirol (Bundesland)Location of the municipality of Assling in the Lienz district (clickable map)
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Assling is a municipality with 1779 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the district of Lienz (East Tyrol) in the state of Tyrol ( Austria ).

geography

The municipality of Assling is located in the East Tyrolean part of the Puster Valley , through which the Drau flows. It is located a good 10 kilometers west of Lienz .

The municipal area extends to both sides of the Pustertal valley, but only the northern part of the Pustertaler Höhenstraße and the narrow section of the Drau valley are inhabited .

Community structure

Unterassling
Bannberg
Junk village

The nine cadastral communities and their areas are:

The 18 villages are (residents as of January 1, 2020):

The community is located in the judicial district of Lienz .

Neighboring communities

Schlaiten

Oberlienz
Anras Neighboring communities Lienz
Obertilliach
* Untertilliach borders the Eggenkofel in one point.

history

Assling was first mentioned in a document in 1030.

coat of arms

Coat of arms at assling.png

Blazon :

Split into silver and red , each with a turned away sickle in confused colors .

In 1969 Assling was awarded the municipal coat of arms. The coat of arms is the seal of the noble family of Plazoller , who once lived in Assling.

population

In 2012 there were 1,881 people in the Assling community. In terms of population, Assling was the seventh largest municipality of the 33 municipalities in the Lienz district at that time. According to the 2001 census, 97.4% of the population were Austrian citizens (Tyrol: 90.6%); by the beginning of 2012 the value rose only insignificantly to 97.9%. Of the 39 foreigners, 90% came from Europe and 79% from EU countries. Of the population, only 3.1% were born abroad in 2012, with 81% of the non-Austrian-born residents from EU member states .

In 2001 97.6% of the population (Tyrol: 83.4%) committed to the Roman Catholic Church , 0.5% each had no religious belief or were Protestant .

The average age of the community population in 2001 was roughly the national average. 19.4% of the residents of Assling were younger than 15 years (Tyrol: 18.4%), 59.2% between 15 and 59 years old (Tyrol: 63.0%). The proportion of residents over 59 years of age was 21.4%, slightly above the national average of 18.6%. As a result, the average age of the population of Assling rose significantly. The proportion of people under the age of 15 fell to 15.7% as of January 1, 2012, while the proportion of people between the ages of 15 and 59 rose to 63.5%. In contrast, the proportion of people over 59 years of age fell slightly to 20.8%.

According to marital status in 2001, 52.2% of the residents of Assling were single, 40.9% married, 5.1% widowed and 1.8% divorced.

Population development

Since the late 19th century, the population of Assling has been significantly below average compared to the district of Lienz and the state of Tyrol. Although the population development from 1869 to the 1930s took place parallel to the Lienz district, after that the community population grew to a much lesser extent and recently declined significantly. After the population had hardly changed between 1869 and 1923 and only increased slightly by 5%, steady growth began in the 1930s, although this was below the district average. Between 1951 and 1981 the population increased by 17% and reached a peak of 2,192 in 1981. After population losses in the 1980s, the population of Assling stagnated until the turn of the millennium, and since then Assling has lost around 14% of its population. While the birth balance of the municipality has always been positive for up to two years since 2002, the municipality lost an average of 22 inhabitants every year due to a strongly negative migration balance.

politics

The municipal council has a total of 13 seats.

mayor
  • since ? Bernhard Schneider (village community)

Culture and sights

Capital of the municipality

Assling village Unterassling, Oberassling cadastral community Unterassling, Oberassling f1
Basic data
Pole. District , state Lienz  (LZ), Tyrol
Judicial district Lienz
Pole. local community Assling
Coordinates 46 ° 47 ′ 13 ″  N , 12 ° 38 ′ 21 ″  E
height 1160  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village 396 (January 1, 2020)
Building status 145 (addresses 2017 f1)
Area  d. KG 27.46 km²
Post Code 9911 Assling
Statistical identification
Locality code 16779.16775
Cadastral parish number 85039,85025
Counting district / district Assling-Bichl (70705 000)
Separate localities since 1817, since 2001 without Bichl ∗∗
  • Unterassling ( main town ): village 210 inhabitants (January 1, 2020), 72 buildings (2017); KG 11.57 km²
  • Oberassling village 186 inhabitants (January 1, 2020), 73 buildings (2017); KG 15.88 km²
    Source: STAT : Directory of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; TIRIS ;

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The main town of the municipality is Assling . It is located about 11 kilometers into the valley west of Lienz . The place is on the north side of the Pustertal, on the valley terrace above Thal , at around 1160  m above sea level. A. Höhe, at the foot of the Zarspitzen  ( 2778  m above sea level ) of the Defereggen Mountains (Villgraten Mountains). The place comprises almost 150 buildings with a good 300 inhabitants and is divided into two separate villages , namely Unterassling and Oberassling. The Pustertaler Höhenstraße , which runs parallel to the main road a few hundred meters above the valley from Leisach to Abfaltersbach , climbs here in a few bends over 400 meters from the Thaler Bach (Kote  1023  m above sea level ) up to the upper edge of the valley terrace. The catastral border of the two districts runs roughly along the 1200 meter line. ∗∗

Unterassling lies at around 1130  m above sea level. A. Height around the parish church , and is the nominal parish capital . The village has about 70 buildings with a good 200 inhabitants. The single vineyard Libiseller to the west also belongs to the village .

Oberassling is also seen as a separate village and is located at around 1240  m above sea level. A. Height. It also has a good 70 buildings, but just under 100 residents. The local area also includes the farms above, including Pedretscher ( Wildlife Park Assling ), and Stabler and Warscher , which is then at 1510  m above sea level. A. Direction Wilfener Tal above the upper Thalerbach.

The two localities were not established as tax communities until 1817. When the local congregations were created after the revolution in 1850, both were united with the surrounding towns into one congregation. In 2001 the new village of Bichl was separated, it bears the original name of the area (Upper German 'hill'), and the counting area for the three localities is accordingly . ∗∗

The cadastral municipality of Oberassling also includes Bichl , ∗∗ and stretches 1588.16 hectares up a good 8 kilometers into the Defereggen Mountains  , across the Flur Compedal , Tullkogel  ( 2552  m above sea level ) and Reiserspitze  ( 2582  m above sea level ). to the east of the Zarspitzen. There are the pastures Tschikerkaser, Libisellerkaser, Soldererkaser, Baumgartnerkaser am Warscherbach, and Gamperkaser, Lexerkaser, Unterascherkaser am Gampenbach in the furthest Wilfenertal.

The cadastral community Unterassling stretches with 1157.71  hectares almost 6 kilometers between Thalerbach and Bruggerbach over the pilgrimage church St. Korbinian ∗∗ down into the valley floor of the Drau , and includes the whole village Thal-Wilfern including the Oberbrugger, and also includes on the other On the valley side, the Lienz Dolomites between Gamsbach and Bruggergraben , with the peaks of Feuer am Bichl  ( 2008  m above sea level ), Gedeindlspitze  ( 2327  m above sea level ) to Tamerlanhöhe  ( 2376  m above sea level ) in the main ridge of the Dolomites.

Neighboring towns, villages and cadastral communities:
Schlaiten (KG, Gem.)

Burg-Vergein  (KG)




Bichl  (O)
Penzendorf  (KG) *
Overheads

Costs  (O and KG) * sub- costs

Neighboring communities Oberthal  (O)

Thal  (O & KG) *

Wilfern ( O  Thal-Wilfern )

Obertilliach (KG, Gem.)

*KG costs extends all the way to the southwest; KG Penzendorf includes Oberassling in the north, the place itself is behind Oberthal; KG Thal extends all the way to the southeast
∗∗At the cadastral border, some houses in the localities (address areas) are each in the other cadastral municipality; the higher scattered areas of Oberassling, 8 houses, are counted as Assling-Nord ; the Thalerbach houses on the right side of Oberthal are still in the cadastral communities of Unterassling and Oberassling, respectively.

economy

Several companies were able to settle in Assling, and there is also a community of commuters mainly to nearby Lienz.

The workplace census carried out as part of the census in 2001 showed 57 workplaces with 364 employees (excluding agriculture) in Assling, 88% of which were employees. The number of workplaces had increased by three companies (plus 6%) compared to 1991, the number of employees grew by 68 people (23%). The most important branch of the economy in 2001 was the production of goods with eleven companies and 170 employees (47% of the employees in Assling). This was followed by the trade and repair of motor vehicles and consumer goods with seven workplaces and 36 employees, as well as the construction industry with six workplaces and 35 employees (10% each). In Assling there were five companies with more than 20 employees, with wood processing companies such as carpenters and the sawmill being an important pillar of the Assling economy. The community has an industrial park in Thal-Wilfern on the B 100.

Of the 856 employed residents of Assling, 354 people were employed in Assling in 2001. 502 had to commute to work. Of the out-commuters, 45% had their place of work in the neighboring Lienz urban center. Another 25% had found a job in the rest of the district, another 20 or 10% commuted to North Tyrol or another federal state, one of the residents even had to commute abroad. In return, 227 people commuted to Assling to work, with 88% of the commuters coming from the district, including residents of Anras and Lienz in particular.

Like all other East Tyrolean municipalities, the municipality belongs to the Osttirol Tourist Association , with Assling being organized in the Lienz Dolomites holiday region . However, tourism in Assling is of little economic importance for the municipality and significantly lower numbers of overnight stays than other East Tyrolean municipalities. Assling was able to count around 14,000 overnight stays in the 2011/12 tourism year. Assling recorded 11,545 overnight stays in the summer of 2012 and 2,747 in the winter of 2011/12. Since the turn of the millennium, Assling has recorded a slight increase in the number of overnight stays for both the winter and summer seasons. The tourism intensity (overnight stays per inhabitant) was among the lowest in the Lienz district in both summer and winter.

The low number of overnight stays is also reflected in the types of accommodation in the municipality. There is no hotel available, only inns, holiday apartments, guest houses and private landlords.

In terms of tourist infrastructure, the municipality has the ViTHAL leisure center, the Assling wildlife park , a summer toboggan run, tennis courts and the Vitalpinum recreation garden . In addition, there is a branched network of hiking trails for mountaineers, and for cyclists the Drau cycle path and mountain bikers the Pustertaler Höhenstraße or the Wilferner and Kristeinertal . For winter tourism, Assling has a lift, a cross-country ski run along the Drau, natural toboggan runs and space for ice stock athletes. There is also the possibility of ski tours.

Energie Assling is one of the 24 municipalities in Austria (as of March 2019) that received the highest award in the e5 municipal energy project. The e5 community project aims to promote the implementation of a modern energy and climate policy at community level.

traffic

Thal train station
  • Road: Assling is accessible from the Drautalstraße B 100, which connects the municipality with Lienz in the east and Sillian in the west. The villages of the municipality located on the sun terraces of the Pustertal valley are also crossed by the Pustertaler Höhenstraße L 324, which leads from the neighboring municipality of Leisach via Bannberg, Unterassling and St. Justina to Anras and Abfaltersbach. There are also two connecting roads between the Drautalstrasse and the Pustertaler Höhenstrasse. On the one hand, these are Asslinger Straße L 359, which connects the district of Thal-Aue with the district of Oberthal on the Pustertaler Höhenstraße and Sankt-Justina-Straße , which leads from Mittewald an der Drau to Burg and Vergein. In addition to these state roads, the municipality also has around 60 km of municipal roads.
  • Train: Assling is connected to the public transport network via stations of the Drautalbahn in Thal and Mittewald. The community is also accessed by post buses from Lienz.

Sewage association

Assling belongs to the Lower Puster Valley wastewater association, 75% of which is owned by the municipality of Assling and 25% by the municipality of Anras. The wastewater association operates a fully biological sewage treatment plant in the Thal-Römerweg district, which was completed in 1997 and which, in addition to all of the wastewater from the Assling community, also cleans the Mittewald, Ried, Raut and Wiesen districts of the Anras community. With an expansion size for up to 4,200 inhabitants, the sewage treatment plant works as a single-stage activated sludge plant consisting of fine screen, sand and fat trap, aeration basin 1, post-aeration basin, aeration basins 2 and 3 and the secondary clarifier. The Drau serves as a receiving water. The canalization of the municipality of Assling was completed between 1995 and 199. In 2002, 91% of the 581 wastewater-producing properties in Assling were connected to the sewage system and the sewage treatment plant. The waste that arises in the community is disposed of by the Waste Management Association of East Tyrol (AWVO).

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

literature

  • Catholic Tyrolean Teachers' Association (Ed.): District Studies East Tyrol . Innsbruck 2001, ISBN 3-7066-2267-X , various Ss.

Web links

Commons : Assling  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistics Austria: Population on 1.1.2020 by locality (area status 1.1.2020) , ( CSV )
  2. ^ Eduard Widmoser: Tiroler Wappenfibel . Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck 1978, ISBN 3-7022-1324-4 , p. 54 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Statistics Austria municipality data Assling
  4. ↑ State Statistics Tyrol (VZ 2001) (PDF, 4.1 MB; on tirol.gv.at).
  5. ↑ a b c Kurt Klein  (edit.): Historical local dictionary . Statistical documentation on population and settlement history. Ed .: Vienna Institute of Demography [VID] d. Austrian Academy of Sciences . Tyrol , Assling: Oberassling, Unterassling , S. 117 f . ( Online document , explanations . Suppl . ; both PDF - oD [updated]).
  6. ↑ cf. Assling: Very low turnout. ( Memento from March 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) In: osttirol-heute.at, February 28, 2016 (accessed March 11, 2017).
  7. ^ Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government: Tyrolean Provincial Statistics ( Weblink tirol.gv.at ).
  8. ^ Municipality of Assling - Tourism. assling.at.
  9. ↑ e5 communities in Austria as of March 2019
  10. ^ A b Catholic Tyrolean Teachers' Association: District Studies Osttirol pp. 190–197
  11. ↑ State of Tyrol, wastewater disposal in the Lienz district ( Memento from September 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 7.2 MB)