Werfenweng

Werfenweng
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Salzburg
Political District :	St. Johann im Pongau
License plate :	JO
Surface:	45.01 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 28 '  N , 13 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 27 '40 "  N , 13 ° 15' 30"  E
Height :	902  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,031 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	23 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	5453
Area code :	06466
Community code :	5 04 25
Address of the municipal administration:	Weng 42 5453 Werfenweng
Website:	www.gemeinde-werfenweng.at
politics
Mayor :	Peter Brandauer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2019) (13 members)	ÖVP 7, FPÖ 4, HLW 2
Location of Werfenweng in the St. Johann im Pongau district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Werfenweng is an Austrian municipality with 1031 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Pongau in the Salzburg region .

geography

Werfenweng to the west. In the background the Hochkönigstock

The community is located in the Salzach Pongau of the Salzburger Land at the southern foot of the Tennengebirge , in a right side valley of the Salzach Valley on the upper Wenger Bach . But it also extends into the south of the adjacent Fritztal .

Community structure

The municipality consists of only one cadastral municipality , Werfenweng .
The municipality includes the following three localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Lampersbach - right at the start of the valley and northwards up the Lampersbach (145)
• Eulersberg - at the beginning of the valley left on the Pfarrwerfen – Weng road and along the Steinbergriedl eastwards towards the Fritztal (166)
• Weng (main town) - the actual valley basin at Wenger Bach and then northwards into the Tennengebirge (720)

The only counting area is Werfenweng.

Until the end of 2002 the community belonged to the judicial district Werfen , since 2003 it has been part of the judicial district Sankt Johann im Pongau .

Neighboring communities

	Scheffau am Tennengebirge ( District Hallein / Tennengau )	Abtenau ( District Hallein / Tennengau )
Parish throw		St. Martin am Tennengebirge
	Bischofshofen	Huettau

history

Origins

The first settlements in the Salzach Valley around Werfenweng and the current area can be traced back to the Celts in the Bronze Age .

The first documentary mention goes back to the year 1090. This reports on the Wenga area in Pongowe and its agriculture.

The name Werfenweng is probably derived from the Celtic or Middle High German . The Middle High German word werve means "vortex, strudel" . The word originally referred to the entire valley area around the neighboring communities of Werfen and Pfarrwerfen . The second part of the place name is derived from the Keltschie word few and means forest area.

middle Ages

After the Hohenwerfen Fortress was built in Werfen by Archbishop Gebhard von Salzburg in 1077 , the entire valley area gained more and more importance in the centuries to come.

The parish and pilgrimage church of the Nativity of the Virgin was consecrated in 1509 .

In 1731/32 there was a large expulsion of Protestants. Because they belonged to the Protestant faith, 20,000 people, including 80% of the rural population, were expelled from the country by decree of the prince-bishop ( Salzburg exiles ) . King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia allocated new land to the refugees in East Prussia . As a result, most of the country's farms - there were 1766 in number - remained unoccupied and a severe harvest failure ensued. Some construction yards in Werfenweng were also affected.

In 1748 the first school was set up in the sacristan's house next to the parish church, which was also housed there until the 20th century.

19th and 20th centuries

In 1809 some farmers from the village took part in the fight against the French at Pass Lueg under the leadership of Peter Sieberer .

In 1907 the volunteer fire brigade was founded in Werfenweng , which is now located in the town hall.

When the First World War ended in 1918, the town lamented the most casualties in the state of Salzburg in terms of population . A plaque is attached to the parish church to commemorate the victims of the First and Second World Wars .

At the beginning of the Second World War in 1938 Werfenweng was merged with Pfarrwerfen by the National Socialists. It was not until 1948 that the place became an independent municipality again.

With the construction of the first chairlift in 1956, Werfenweng's ascent to a winter tourist destination began. The community was one of the pioneers of winter tourism in the Salzburg region and in Pongau.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality is described

In a blue shield, accompanied on the right by a red, on the left by a silver facet diamond , a silver three-pointed mountain range , below a green shield base crossed with a lumberjack's ax on a long, golden handle. Then, between two green pines growing the Madonna with blue headscarf and dress and goldverbrämtem red coat, carrying on the left arm the silver clad Son of God, gold both figures nimbiert .

Population development

census	Residents
2011	905
2001	766
1991	615
1981	526
1971	504
1961	417

Source: population development of Werfenweng. (PDF) Statistics Austria

politics

The community council has a total of 13 members.

• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2004, the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 ÖVP , and 5 HLW (home list Werfenweng).
• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2009 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 ÖVP, 3 HLW (home list Werfenweng), and 2 FPÖ .
• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2014 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 ÖVP, 4 FPÖ, and 3 HLW (home list Werfenweng).
• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg 2019 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 7 ÖVP, 4 FPÖ, and 2 HLW (home list Werfenweng).

mayor

• 1928 -?, Johann Dölderer
• 195? -1974 Josef Weissacher (ÖVP)
• 1974-1989 Sebastian Huber (ÖVP)
• since 1989 Peter Brandauer (ÖVP)

economy

• Tourism is of particular importance to Werfenweng . Werfenweng is a member of the Alpine Pearls cooperation , which offers its guests environmentally friendly and sustainable tourism.
• There are the following excursion destinations around Werfenweng: the Mahdegg-Alm ( 1200  m ), the Samerhof, the Elmaualm ( 1520  m ), the Werfener Hütte ( 1969  m ), the Wengerau , the Dr.-Heinrich-Hackel-Hütte ( 1530  m ), the Tauernkogel ( 2247  m ), the Eiskogel ( 2321  m ), the Anton-Proksch-Haus ( 1590  m ), the Freilassinger Hütte ( 1550  m ), the Zaglau with an 8-person gondola lift to the Bischlinghöhe ( 1835  m ), the Strussing-Alm , the Bischlingalm and the Sonnwendhof.

Culture and sights

Parish Church Werfenweng

See also:  List of listed objects in Werfenweng

• Catholic parish church Werfenweng. The birth of the Virgin Mary: from the 16th century the destination of an important pilgrimage
• Werfenweng Ski Museum

The prangstangen parade is traditional on Sacred Heart Sunday (first Sunday in July).

Web links

Commons : Werfenweng  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community website
• 50425 - Werfenweng. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Entry on Werfenweng in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Werfenweng . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ This site requires a frames-compliant browser: The name "Werfen". Retrieved September 2, 2018 . 
3. ↑ 1732 - Salzburgwiki. Retrieved September 2, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Holidays Werfenweng | Alpine Pearls vacation destinations. Retrieved April 16, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Thomas Hochradner, Virgil Waß von Werfenweng: The churches of Pfarrwerfen · Werfen · Werfenweng . In: Archdiocese of Salzburg, Archabbey of St. Peter (ed.): Christian art sites in Austria . 1st edition. No. 455. St. Peter, Salzburg 1990, Parish Church of the Birth of Mary in Werfenweng, p. 29–31 ( PDF; 9.14 MB [accessed May 1, 2014]).