Weißenbach on the Enns

Weissenbach an der Enns (former municipality) ; locality Bichl; Breitau; Oberlaussa; Unterlaussa; Weißenbach on the Enns; Wolfsbachau
	Basic data
Pole. District , state	Liezen (LI), Styria
Judicial district	Liezen
Coordinates	47 ° 42 '19 " N , 14 ° 37' 50" E Coordinates: 47 ° 42 '19 " N , 14 ° 37' 50" E
height	415 m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	483 (January 1, 2014)
Building status	191 (2001 )
surface	68.57 km²
Post Code	8932
prefix	+ 43/3632
	Statistical identification
Community code	61264
Locality code	15892 to 15897
Counting district / district	Weißenbach an der Enns (61264 001)
	; Location of the former municipality in the Liezen district
	Former parish until 2014;; KG: 67111 Weißenbach an der Enns, 67113 Wolfsbachau ; Source: STAT : Local directory ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

Weißenbach an der Enns is a former market town with 483 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2014) in the judicial district or district of Liezen in Styria . Since 2015, it has been merged with the market town of St. Gallen as part of the Styrian community structural reform , the new community continues the name of St. Gallen.

geography

Weißenbach an der Enns is located in the Eisenwurzen Nature Park in the Liezen district in the Austrian state of Styria , at the confluence of the Großer Billbach and the Enns.

structure

The area of the former municipality includes the following six localities (residents as of October 31, 2011):

Bichl (56)
Breitau (30)
Oberlaussa (7)
Unterlaussa (46)
Weißenbach an der Enns (344)
Wolfsbachau (26)

The community Weißenbach consisted of the two cadastral communities Weißenbach an der Enns and Wolfsbachau.

Former neighboring communities

Weyer and Rosenau am Hengstpass (Upper Austria) in the north
Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen and Landl in the east
Admont to the south and west

history

Weißenbach an der Enns is mentioned for the first time in a document in the 12th century. On January 9, 1277, King Rudolf I gave permission to build a bridge over the Enns, which was built at the same place where the current Enns Bridge is. In the past centuries this bridge was destroyed several times by floods and was rebuilt again and again.

There were mainly three branches of the economy in which the residents of Weißenbach and the surrounding area found work and bread until the 19th century. The iron industry with some hammer mills, associated with the rafting down the river and salt extraction. The first iron hammer mill is mentioned as early as the 13th century.

The abolition of the manorial lords took place in 1848. The local community as an autonomous body was established in 1850. After the annexation of Austria by Hitler in 1938, the community came to Reichsgau Styria, from 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

After the pulp mill closed in 1980, which had given many residents work, the population fell to less than half of the population.

Religions

Roman Catholic 88.1%
Protestant 1.6%
without rel. Confession 9.6%
other 0.7%

Population development

Population development in the former market town of Weißenbach an der Enns
Data according to Statistics Austria

traffic

Weißenbach-St. Gallen is located on a section of the Rudolfsbahn and is served daily by several pairs of trains that run to St. Valentin or Linz. The station represents the terminus of regular passenger traffic, stations upstream like the Hieflau station are only served by a pair of trains on weekend days . The Buchauer road B 117 in Altenmarkt bei St. Gallen by the iron road branches off B 115, passes through the village and continue on St. Gallen and the Buchauer saddle back into the Ennstal.

Politics and coat of arms

Herbert Baumann (ÖVP) was the mayor until December 31, 2014. After the 2010 elections, the former municipal council was composed as follows: 6 ÖVP , 3 SPÖ .

	Blazon : "In the red shield there is a silver, obliquely left wavy bar, at the top right accompanied by a silver roll of paper turning in opposite directions, at the bottom left by a silver grandel with eight silver ollies." The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from June 1, 1977.

Education and sights

In Weißenbach there is a kindergarten, an elementary school, a secondary school / NMS and a music school.

Former bulk box

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Herbert Baumann († 2018), Mayor of Weißenbach an der Enns 1995–2014

Sons and daughters of the church

Hannelore Buder (* 1943), politician

Web links

Commons : Weißenbach an der Enns - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Announcement by the Styrian state government of September 12, 2013 on the unification of the market communities of Sankt Gallen and Weißenbach an der Enns, both political districts of Liezen. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of October 14, 2013. No. 93, 28th issue. Pp. 552-553.
↑ Statistics Austria, register census from October 31, 2011
↑ statistik.at (PDF; 36 kB)
↑ The Styrian municipal coat of arms awarded in 1977. In: Communications from the Styrian State Archives. 28, 1978, ZDB -ID 510427-0 , pp. 27-33, here p. 33, ( digitized PDF; 409 KB).

[1] Announcement by the Styrian state government of September 12, 2013 on the unification of the market communities of Sankt Gallen and Weißenbach an der Enns, both political districts of Liezen. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of October 14, 2013. No. 93, 28th issue. Pp. 552-553.

[2] Statistics Austria, register census from October 31, 2011

[3] statistik.at (PDF; 36 kB)

[Wappen-4] The Styrian municipal coat of arms awarded in 1977. In: Communications from the Styrian State Archives. 28, 1978, ZDB -ID 510427-0 , pp. 27-33, here p. 33, ( digitized PDF; 409 KB).