Forest on the Schober Pass
Forest on the Schober Pass
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Styria | |
Political District : | Leoben | |
License plate : | LN | |
Surface: | 90.25 km² | |
Coordinates : | 47 ° 27 ' N , 14 ° 40' E | |
Height : | 849 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 543 (January 1, 2020) | |
Postal code : | 8781 | |
Area code : | 03834 | |
Community code : | 6 11 19 | |
NUTS region | AT223 | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Forest on the Schober Pass 57a 8781 Forest on the Schober Pass |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Hans Schrabacher ( SPÖ ) | |
Municipal Council : (Election year: 2015) (9 members) |
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Location of Wald am Schoberpaß in the Leoben district | ||
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Wald am Schoberpaß is a municipality with 543 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the north of Styria ( judicial district or district of Leoben ), around 40 km west of the district capital Leoben .
geography
Geographical location
Wald am Schoberpass lies on the Schoberpass between the Niedere Tauern and the Eisenerzer Alps . The pass separates the catchment areas of the Palten , which drains to the Enns , and the Liesing , whose water flows into the Mur .
The Schoberpass is the lowest alpine crossing in Austria. The water-dividing point is so low here that only the draining waters reveal the pass crossing.
Community structure
The municipality includes the following three localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Liesing (20)
- Melling (2)
- Forest on the Schober Pass (521)
The community consists of the three cadastral communities Liesing, Melling and Wald.
Neighboring communities
Johnsbach and Radmer at the room | ||
Hohentauern and Treglwang |
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Kalwang |
Gaal | Mautern |
Tourism association
Together with Kalwang, Kammern im Liesingtal, Mautern in Styria and Gaishorn am See, the municipality forms the “ Palten - Liesing Erlebnistäler” tourism association . Its headquarters are in Mautern.
history
The place has changed its name several times over the years. The names Vualde 925 and Gaizzerwald 1074 are documented for the first time. The municipality has only had its official name, Wald am Schoberpaß , which is valid today, since 1945.
In 1849 the municipalities of Melling, Vorwald and Unterwald were combined into a single municipality. The individual mayors can only be fully traced from 1892. It is no longer possible to determine who was the first mayor.
Population development
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/timeline/4d655ebdeaebb4c44fb6bec81e9e5b7f.png)
Source: Statistics Austria
Culture and sights
The protestant parish founded in 1795 is the third Styrian tolerance community . The first prayer house was built in 1784, the current church was built in 1829 and the tower was added in 1849 and consecrated with its three bells on July 21, 1850.
Natural monuments
traffic
Wald am Schoberpass is located on a section of the Rudolfsbahn , on the Pyhrn Autobahn and the Schoberpassstraße .
coat of arms
The current coat of arms of the municipality was designed in 1970. It shows the symbol mallet and iron, which is supposed to pay tribute to the magnesite mining of past years, above it three fir trees symbolize the name of the place "forest".
Honorary citizen
- 1973: Alois Mair-Weinberger (1887–1979), pastor of Wald am Schoberpaß
- 2012: Wolfgang Brandner, Head of Office
Web links
- 61119 - Forest on the Schober Pass. Community data, Statistics Austria .
- Official website of Wald am Schoberpaß
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 314. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 628.
- ^ Official website of Wald am Schoberpaß
- ↑ A look at the community of Wald am Schoberpass
- ↑ Südost-Tagespost (July 12, 1973), p. 6.