Weißbach near Lofer

coat of arms

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Salzburg

Political District :

Zell am See

License plate :

ZE

Main town :

Oberweißbach

Surface:

69.57 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 31 ' N , 12 ° 45' E Coordinates: 47 ° 31 '0 " N , 12 ° 45' 0" E

Height :

666 m above sea level A.

Residents :

406 (January 1, 2020)

Postal code :

5093

Area code :

06582

Community code :

5 06 27

NUTS region

AT322

Address of the
municipal administration:

Unterweißbach 36
5093 Weißbach near Lofer

Website:

www.weissbach.at

politics

Mayor :

Josef Michael Hohenwarter ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2019 )
(9 members)

5

3

1

5 3 1

A total of 9 seats

ÖVP : 5
SPÖ : 3
FPÖ : 1

Location of Weißbach bei Lofer in the Zell am See district

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Weißbach bei Lofer is a municipality with 406 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Zell am See district (Pinzgau) in the state of Salzburg . Districts are Frohnwies, Hintertal, Oberweißbach, Pürzlbach and Unterweißbach. The community has been part of the Bergsteigerdörfer -Initiative of the PES since 2008 .

location

The community lies between 666 m above sea level. A. (town center) and 2634 m above sea level. A. ( Birnhorn ), surrounded by the foothills of the Steinernes Meer , the Leoganger and Loferer Steinberge .

Community structure

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

Frohnwies (46)
Hintertal (40)
Oberweißbach (149)
Pürzlbach (36)
Unterweißbach (135)

The community consists of two cadastral communities (area 2016):

Oberweißbach (5,261.81 ha)
Unterweißbach (1,697.35 ha)

With around 400 inhabitants, Weißbach is the smallest municipality in the Pinzgau. The oldest farms in the community were mentioned in documents as early as 1100. Until the end of May 1923, the community belonged to the judicial district of Lofer , then until June 2017 to the judicial district of Saalfelden . On July 1, 2017, she was assigned to the judicial district of Zell am See .

history

Weißbach has been a separate political municipality since 1946 and has been a model municipality for village and urban renewal since 1994. The Weißbach Nature Park was opened on July 22, 2007 , to which the Seisenbergklamm also belongs. The Weißbach flows into the Saalach here . In the establishment of the Natural Park, the private law which had Bavaria belonging hall forests essential part.

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads:

"In a blue shield, a golden twelve-pointed stag, resting on a green three-hill covered by silver wavy beams."

Population development

politics

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The community council has a total of 9 members.

With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2004, the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 ÖVP, 2 FPÖ, and 1 SPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2009 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2014 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2019 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 5 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.

mayor

1969–1989 Peter Hohenwarter (ÖVP)
1989–2013 Egon Fröschl (ÖVP)
since 2013 Josef Michael Hohenwarter (ÖVP)

economy

energy

Weißbach bei Lofer is one of the 24 municipalities in Austria (as of 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.