Wörschach

Wörschach extends over an area of 42.91 km² and borders Upper Austria in the north . The eastern foothills of the Dead Mountains also run in the north of the municipality .

The Hochmölbing is the highest elevation in the municipality ( 2336 m ). Other striking mountains are the Tausing ( 1822 m ), the Mittermölbing ( 2318 m ), the Kleinmölbing ( 2160 m ), the Bärenfeuchtmölbing ( 1770 m ) and the Aicherlstein at 1180 m above sea level.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Maitschern (398) with stone
Wörschach (742) including Wörschachberg

The community is congruent with the cadastral community of Wörschach.

Neighboring communities

history

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from May 1, 1992.
Blazon (coat of arms description): "In blue under a golden band of clouds in the head of the shield, three golden tips, covered with a blue, golden-frosted Badeschaff."

Culture and sights

Wolkenstein Castle

Wörschachklamm

Wolkenstein Castle : The high medieval castle ruins are located to the east above the entrance of the Wörschachklamm, the castle was the second largest fortified castle in Styria after the Riegersburg and the largest in the Ennstal .
Wörschacher Moor : The Wörschacher Moor is one of the largest still preserved moors in the Ennstal with an area of around 2.5 km² and is home to the rare corncrake .
Wörschachklamm : A narrow gorge in the limestone on the southern slopes of the Dead Mountains in the Ennstal.

Economy and Infrastructure

Together with Irdning-Donnersbachtal and Aigen im Ennstal, the municipality forms the “ Grimming -Donnersbachtal” tourist association. Its seat is Irdning-Donnersbachtal.

traffic

Street: Wörschach is on the B 320 Ennstal Straße .
Train: The “Wörschach-Schwefelbad” stop is a regional train stop on the Ennstalbahn . Even decades after it was closed, its name points to the former Wörschach sanatorium.

societies

The Union Wörschach sports club has almost 500 members. Almost every second resident is registered as a member. The sections are women's gymnastics, soccer, stick sports, tennis, table tennis and winter sports.

politics

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The municipal council has 15 members.

With the municipal elections in Styria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Styria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 5 SPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Styria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Styria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Styria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.

mayor

since 1998 Franz Lemmerer (ÖVP)

Personalities

Florian Gosch (* 1980), volleyball and beach volleyball player
Alfons Gorbach (1898–1972), Federal Chancellor of Austria, adopted home of Wörschach

literature

Rudolf Schiestl: Wörschach through the ages. Municipality of Wörschach 1997. OBV .

Web links

Commons : Wörschach - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Web presence of the municipality of Wörschach

61252 - Wörschach. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
↑ 125 years of the Styrian State Archives . In: Communications from the Styrian State Archives . Volume 42 / 43.1993. Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 1993, ZDB -ID & key = zdb 510427-0 , p. 62.
^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 303. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 625.
^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Wörschach. State of Styria, March 13, 2005, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Wörschach. State of Styria, March 21, 2010, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Wörschach. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
↑ Results of the 2020 municipal council elections in Wörschach. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
↑ Franz Lemmerer Ennstalwiki

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-1] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[2] 125 years of the Styrian State Archives . In: Communications from the Styrian State Archives . Volume 42 / 43.1993. Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 1993, ZDB -ID & key = zdb 510427-0 , p. 62.

[3] Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 303. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 625.

[StmkGrw2005_61252-4] Election result of the local council election 2005 in Wörschach. State of Styria, March 13, 2005, accessed on July 26, 2020 .

[StmkGrw2010_61252-5] Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Wörschach. State of Styria, March 21, 2010, accessed on July 26, 2020 .

[StmkGrw2015_61252-6] Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Wörschach. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on July 26, 2020 .

[StmkGrw2020_61252-7] Results of the 2020 municipal council elections in Wörschach. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on July 26, 2020 .

[8] Franz Lemmerer Ennstalwiki