Weißenbach near Liezen
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Weißenbach near Liezen ( village ) locality  Cadastral municipality Weißenbach near Liezen |
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| Basic data | |||
| Pole. District , state | Liezen (LI), Styria | ||
| Judicial district | Liezen | ||
| Pole. local community | Liezen | ||
| Coordinates | 47 ° 34 '22 " N , 14 ° 12' 14" E | ||
| height | 654 m above sea level A. | ||
| Residents of the village | 1146 (January 1, 2020) | ||
| Building status | 372 (2001 ) | ||
| Area d. KG | 35.76 km² | ||
| Post Code | 8940 Liezen | ||
| Statistical identification | |||
| Locality code | 15898 | ||
| Cadastral parish number | 67411 | ||
| Counting district / district | Weißenbach near Liezen (61259 007) | ||
| Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk | |||
Weißenbach bei Liezen was a municipality with 1117 inhabitants (as of October 31, 2013) in Styria in the judicial district or district of Liezen im Ennstal , about three kilometers west of the district capital Liezen . As part of the structural reform of the Styrian community , Weißenbach has merged with the Liezen community from 2015, and the new community continues to use the name Liezen Township. The basis for this is the Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG. A complaint brought by the municipality against the amalgamation to the Constitutional Court was unsuccessful.
geography
The community Weißenbach bei Liezen was delimited in the east by the community Liezen , in the south by Lassing and Aigen im Ennstal , in the west by Wörschach and in the north by Hinterstoder .
history
In 1145 the place was first mentioned as Wiezenbach . In 1696 the peasants rebelled against the "field tithe ". In 1738 the scythe factory was founded by Veit Moser as a nail smithy. School lessons were first given in Weißenbach in 1830. The abolition of the manors took place in 1848. The local community as an autonomous body was established in 1850.
1914 was the founding year of the Weissenbach volunteer fire department. In 1934, when the National Socialists attempted a coup, an alleged assassin was shot at the Weißenbach railway bridge. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community became part of the Reichsgau Steiermark, and a Reich labor camp was set up on the Bacher grounds. 1945 to 1955 the community was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria. In 1962 the European Championships took place on the artificial toboggan run. In 1968 the newly built church in Weißenbach was consecrated.
Population development
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| date | Residents | |||
| 1869 | 465 | 1951 | 684 | |
| 1880 | 459 | 1961 | 709 | |
| 1890 | 468 | 1971 | 836 | |
| 1900 | 416 | 1981 | 965 | |
| 1910 | 378 | 1991 | 1,047 | |
| 1923 | 382 | 2001 | 1,158 | |
| 1934 | 418 | 2007 | 1,149 | |
| 1939 | 648 | 2013 | 1,117 | |
Culture and sights
Buildings
sport and freetime
In the community there is a golf course, a swimming lake, hiking trails, a small ski lift, cross-country trails, two tennis courts as well as a beach volleyball and a soccer field.
Economy and Infrastructure
Well-known resident companies
education
- Weissenbach kindergarten
- Weissenbach elementary school
politics
The last mayor before the municipal merger was Rudolf Pollhammer ( ÖVP ).
The last municipal council consisted of 15 members and, since the municipal council election in 2010, consisted of mandates from the following parties:
coat of arms
The coat of arms from 1975 shows two hammers with scythes, which are reminiscent of the iron forge that used to exist in the municipality. In the background you can see the landmark of the community, the Weißenbacher Walls .
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- 1975: Friedrich Niederl (1920–2012), Governor of Styria 1971–1980
- 1975: Franz Wegart (1918–2009), Deputy Governor
Personalities associated with the community
- The German Africa explorer Hermann von Wissmann (1853–1905) spent the last years of his life on his country estate in Weißenbach in Liezen.
- The politician Odo Wöhry (* 1956) was vice mayor of the municipality from 1993 to 2001.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State of Styria: Final population status on October 31, 2013 ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Excel file, 85 KB; accessed May 2, 2015)
- ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
- ↑ Section 3, Paragraph 6, Item 3 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 3.
- ↑ recognition of the Constitutional Court of 24 November 2014 G 45/2014, 47/2014 V.
- ↑ Südost-Tagespost (August 17, 1975), p. 6.
- ↑ Südost-Tagespost (December 28, 1975), p. 8.
