Weng in the Gesäuse

Weng in the Gesäuse ( village ) ; village of Weng
	Basic data
Pole. District , state	Liezen (LI), Styria
Judicial district	Liezen
Pole. local community	Admont ( KG Weng)
Coordinates	47 ° 35 '57 " N , 14 ° 30' 10" E Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '57 " N , 14 ° 30' 10" E
height	608 m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	530 (January 1, 2020)
Building status	238 (2001)
surface	75.63 km²
Post Code	8913
	Statistical identification
Locality code	15900
Counting district / district	Weng (61253 006)
	Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

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Weng im Gesäuse (until 2003: Weng bei Admont ) was a municipality with a last 586 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2014) in the judicial district or district of Liezen in the state of Styria . Since January 1, 2015, it has been merged with the communities of Hall , Johnsbach and Admont as part of the Styrian community structural reform , the new community bears the name "Admont". Since then, this new market town of Admont has around 5,000 inhabitants and an area of 300 km².

geography

Weng im Gesäuse is located in the eastern Admont Basin and in the Gesäuse National Park, which has been in existence since 2002, in the Liezen district in Styria. The highest mountain in the former municipality is the Große Buchstein at 2224 m .

Structure of the former municipality

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

Gstatterboden (42) including Gstatterboden-scattered houses
Weng im Gesäuse (530) including Buchau, Geiergraben, Kletzenberg, Schröckendorf, Schwaighof and Steinfeldsiedlung

The community consisted of the Weng cadastral community .

Neighboring communities or places are Admont , Hall , Hieflau , Johnsbach , Landl , St. Gallen and Weißenbach an der Enns .

In the district of Gstatterboden is the point of Austria furthest from the state border ( 47 ° 35 ′ 30 ″ N , 14 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ E ). 47.591666666667 14.633333333333

history

Weng is mentioned in a document in 1135. Weng Church was built in 1393. The Admont oversaw the church over many centuries, but could the temporary spread of Protestantism not stop in the area. Only with the Counter Reformation and expulsion was the Catholic Church able to assert itself again. The abolition of the manorial lords took place in 1848. The local community as an autonomous body was established in 1850. In 1889 a fire destroyed the church in Weng, and in 1890 it was rebuilt.

In 1923, Dr. Finze the Schröckhof and built an alcohol distillery there in 1928. After the " Anschluss of Austria " in 1938, the community became part of the Reichsgau Steiermark . In 1939 the operation of the alcohol factory was stopped. At the end of 1944, the Hitzel metal construction factory from Marburg an der Drau was relocated to the closed factory. In 1945, Weng was occupied by the Americans. 1945 to 1955 Weng was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria. The Hitzel metal construction factory later became part of the Palfinger Group .

The Gesäuse National Park was created on October 26, 2002 , which is why the community was renamed.

politics

Municipal office of the former municipality of Weng im Gesäuse

Fire station in Weng

Gerald Lattacher (Austrian People's Party) was mayor until December 31, 2014.

After the elections in 2010, the last municipal council was composed as follows: 6 ÖVP , 3 SPÖ , - FPÖ .

coat of arms

The municipal
coat of arms was awarded with effect from June 1, 1989. Description of coat of arms: In blue between two silver strips, the upper one sparged twice, a red field sprinkled with silver tufts of grass, inside a striding silver marten.

Culture and sights

Sebastianikapelle: around 1500
Ennskatarakt Gesäuse entrance : natural monument

Personalities

Honorary citizen:

Johann Gassner, honorary citizen
Hubert Maunz, honorary citizen

freetime and sports

The Alpentour and the Enns Cycle Path R7 lead through the village or the municipality .
Grabnerstein : a hiking mountain near the Admonter Haus or the Grabneralm; it is considered to be the most beautiful flower mountain in Styria.
Refuge huts, alpine pastures, mountain peaks: bases in the municipal area are u. a. Grabneralm, Admonter Haus, Buchsteinhaus , Ennstaler Hütte , Kroisenalm and Lahnalm. Striking mountains are the Tamischbachturm , Tieflimauer , Großer Buchstein , Kleiner Buchstein and Grabnerstein.
Mountain bike: Demanding mountain bike trails lead to the Grabneralm or the Kroisenalm / Hochplatten.

Individual evidence

↑ Announcement of the Styrian state government of October 10, 2013 about the unification of the market community Admont and the communities Hall, Johnsbach and Weng im Gesäuse, all political district Liezen. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of November 15, 2013. No. 119, 32nd issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . P. 631.
↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
^ Heinrich Purkarthofer : The Styrian municipal coat of arms awarded in 1989. In: Communications from the Styrian State Archives. 40, 1990, ZDB -ID 510427-0 , pp. 29-52, here p. 52, ( digital version (PDF; 2.5 MB) ).

Web links

Commons : Weng im Gesäuse - collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] Announcement of the Styrian state government of October 10, 2013 about the unification of the market community Admont and the communities Hall, Johnsbach and Weng im Gesäuse, all political district Liezen. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of November 15, 2013. No. 119, 32nd issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . P. 631.

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-2] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[3] Heinrich Purkarthofer : The Styrian municipal coat of arms awarded in 1989. In: Communications from the Styrian State Archives. 40, 1990, ZDB -ID 510427-0 , pp. 29-52, here p. 52, ( digital version (PDF; 2.5 MB) ).