Cedar house

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Salzburg

Political District :

Tamsweg

License plate :

TA

Surface:

130.53 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 9 ' N , 13 ° 31' E Coordinates: 47 ° 9 '0 " N , 13 ° 31' 0" E

Height :

1205 m above sea level A.

Residents :

1,171 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

9 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

5584

Area code :

06478

Community code :

5 05 15

NUTS region

AT321

Address of the
municipal administration:

Zederhaus 25
5584 Zederhaus

Website:

zederhaus.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Thomas Kößler ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2019 )
(13 members)

8th

4th

1

8th 4th 1

A total of 13 seats

ÖVP : 8
FPÖ : 4
SPÖ : 1

Location of Zederhaus in the Tamsweg district

The Zederhausen parish church with the rectory in the foreground

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Zederhaus is one of the 15 communities in the district of Lungau , Salzburg in Austria with 1171 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). In terms of area, Zederhaus is the largest municipality in Lungau.

geography

The well wall sources in the Riedingtal nature park

The Zederhaus valley is located in the western part of the Lungau and runs parallel to the Murtal from north-west to south-east. Until the end of January 1962 the community belonged to the judicial district of Sankt Michael im Lungau , since February 1, 1962 it has been part of the judicial district of Tamsweg . The valley is bordered by the Weißenckkamm in the southwest (highest elevation: Weißeck , 2711 m ) and the Hochfeindkamm in the northeast (highest elevation: Hochfeind , 2687 m ) - two branches of the Radstädter Tauern .

The municipality of Zederhaus borders the municipalities of Flachau , Kleinarl and Hüttschlag in the north, Muhr in the west, Sankt Michael im Lungau in the south, and Tweng in the east. Road connections exist only to Sankt Michael and via the Tauern tunnel to Flachau.

Community structure

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

Lamb (367)
Rothenwand (227)
Forest (1)
Cedar House (576)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Lamm, Rothenwand, Wald and Zederhaus.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the community is: “The shield on the left diagonally covered by the middle part of a Zederhauser prang bar , decorated with colorful ribbons and flowers; above the gold- nimbed St. John the Baptist , dressed in a brown, sleeveless, hairy robe , his right hand leaning on the golden cross staff , loosely wound in a spiral with a silver ribbon, with his left hand made from a golden bowl dispensing the water for baptism; below in green a slanting left silver eagle down feather. "

politics

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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: 7 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2009 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, and 3 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg in 2014 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 ÖVP, 4 FPÖ, and 1 SPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Salzburg 2019 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 8 ÖVP, 4 FPÖ, and 1 SPÖ.

mayor

until 1920 Thomas Wieland, blacksmith
1920–1922 Matthäus Gruber, Gruberbauer
1922–1923 Franz Gfrerer, cooker maker
1923–1931 Bartl Gfrerer, house builder
1931–1938 Josef Moser, master tailor
1938–1940 Peter Gruber, master wagoner
1941–1942 Andrä Moser
1942–1945 Emanuel Rothenwänder
1945–1949 Johann Gfrerer, sexton maker (provisional)
1949–1969 Josef Bacher, farmer ( ÖVP )
1969–1979 Josef Gfrerer, Moosbauer (ÖVP)
1979–1998 Alfred Zanner (* 1932), master blacksmith (ÖVP)
1999–2019 Alfred Pfeifenberger (* 1958) (ÖVP)
from 2019 Thomas Kößler (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Situated one Prangstangen in the parish church

Catholic parish church Zederhaus hl. John the Baptist
Zederhauser prangstangen
Mühlenweg Zederhaus
The Maurergut memorial yard gives the visitor an insight into rural life in past centuries.

Riedingtal Nature Park

power plant

The Zederhaus power plant from the Schliereralm storage facility is part of the Lungau power plant group , collects 10 mountain streams in 2 side lines, went into operation in 1984 and delivers up to 10 MW of power.

traffic

Road: The community of Zederhaus is located on the Tauern A10 motorway and is connected to and from Salzburg by a semi-junction . Furthermore, the municipality is accessed through the Zederhauser Landesstraße.

Personalities

Anton Bayr (* 1927), politician and district school inspector
Heimo Pfeifenberger (* 1966), soccer player and coach
Michael Pfeifenberger (* 1965), director and screenwriter
Valentin Pfeifenberger (1914–2004), clergyman
Wolfgang Pfeifenberger (* 1967), politician
Ernst Rothenwänder (* 1947), politician
Josef Sampl (* 1948), politician and teacher

Web links

Commons : Zederhaus - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Community website
Zederhaus Tourist Association
50515 - cedar house. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Entry on Zederhaus in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

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

[2] Alfred Pfeifenberger . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .

[3] Mühlenweg Zederhaus: From grain to bread

[4] Description of the Maurergut monument courtyard

[5] Riedingtal Nature Park