Friesach

Friesach is a town with 5085 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the north of Carinthia. It is the oldest town in Carinthia and for their still well-preserved medieval buildings, such as the city walls, and the water leading moat known.

  • 3.1 Demographics
  • 4.1 Established businesses
  • 4.2 traffic
  • 5.1 theater
  • 5.2 Museums
  • 5.3 Structures
  • 5.4 choirs
  • 5.5 Music
  • 7.1 City Council and Mayor
  • 7.2 municipal
  • 7.3 Twin towns

Geography

Geographical location

The city is located at the output of Metnitztals on the Friesacher field, at the foot of virgiliano and the Peter Berg. The foothills of the Alps Gurktaler provide the basis for the fortifications in the West.

In the village there is the Count Olsamündung.

Boroughs

Friesach is divided into three cadastral Friesach, St. Salvator and Zeltschach and includes the following 43 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Dobrich (12 )
  • Dörfl (13 )
  • Angel Village (396)
  • Friesach ( 2,066 )
  • Gaisberg (88 )
  • Count Village (231 )
  • Guldendorf ( 7)
  • Gundersdorf ( 5)
  • Gunzenberg ( 8)
  • Gwerz (50 )
  • Harold ( 21)
  • Hartmann village (17 )
  • Dog village (6 )
  • Ingolsthal (122 )
  • Jewish village (68 )
  • Kräuping (20)
  • Leimersberg (18 )
  • Mayrhofen (12 )
  • Moserwinkl (23 )
  • Oberndorf I ( 29)
  • Oberndorf II ( 14)
  • Olsa (461)
  • Pabenberg (45 )
  • Travel Berg ( 24)
  • Rossbach (42 )
  • Sankt Johann (129 )
  • Sankt Salvator ( 544)
  • Sankt Stefan (87 )
  • Sattelbogen (9 )
  • Schratzbach (29 )
  • Surge (54 )
  • Silbermann (20 )
  • Staudachhof (43 )
  • Web Village ( 19)
  • Timrian (14)
  • Wagendorf (9 )
  • Catfish (9 )
  • Weighing ( 9)
  • Meadows (11 )
  • Zeltschach (181 )
  • Zeltschach Berg ( 18)
  • Zienitzen (133)
  • Zmuck (23)

History

Silver and iron finds from La Tène and Roman periods in what is now the municipality indicate that the area, which occupies the city today, which was already settled early. The Roman Empire Via Iulia Augusta ran through the present town: It proceeded from Zwischenwässern up to Wildbad Einoed roughly along the present route of the B 317

From the settlement of the region in the late 6th century by the Slavs evidenced by numerous local and river names; also Friesach is derived from the Slavic Pretzel ( place at the Birch ). The subjugation of the Carantanians Slavs to 740 followed by a settlement by Bavarians, who reached in particular on the Neumarkt saddle to Carinthia. In and around Friesach a number of economic courts arose. In 860 Louis the German appropriated over several goods to the archbishop of Salzburg Adalwin, among other things, the court ad Friesah (before Friesach ), which is the oldest written mention of the village.

Southeast of this court, Count Wilhelm 1016-1028 because of a right conferred by King Conrad II privilege a market which was, however, some 100 years later, in 1124-1130, abandoned.

Located on one of the main trade routes between Vienna and Venice in the Middle Ages, the market quickly rose to become an important commercial center. The place was a major storehouse in Italy traffic. The market in 1215 was raised to town. His heyday Friesach under Archbishop Eberhard II (1200-1246) and became the second largest city in the archbishopric of Salzburg and the most important city in Carinthia. The archbishops impressed the first time in 1130 the Friesacher penny, the nationwide cash remained for over two centuries until after Eastern Hungary. The silver used in the coin was partially funded in the near Zeltschach.

Friesach was not only an economic but also a religious center this time. Thus, the archbishops of Salzburg chose to build a residence in Friesach and numerous religious orders settled there. End of the 13th century, the city as a result of disputes between the archbishops of Salzburg was conquered by the Habsburgs and Bohemia with three times within a few decades, plundered and destroyed by arson. On March 20, 1292 the uprising of the Federal Landsberger was provisionally completed against Duke Albrecht I, after the city had been stormed and cremated in front of the troops Albrechts by comparing Friesach in Friesacher castle.

The town remained until 1803 owned by the archbishops of Salzburg, but lost its importance and was not able to build on the economic and cultural heyday during the Middle Ages.

Ever since Friesach was constituted as a municipality in 1850, it has been modified several times in its scope. From the original municipal area cadastral Töschelsdorf (1873 ) and Zeltschach (1890 ) and Michel village split (1892 ) from. At the community structure reform, the previously independent local churches of St. Salvator, Zeltschach and Michel village was incorporated in 1973, the latter became independent in 1992.

In the course of the upcoming summer tourism in Carinthia Embellishment Society " the destruction of ruins and carry-over of antiquities hintan hold " was founded in 1881 in Friesach, who had among other objectives. Along the Bahnhofstrasse, a sidewalk was built, scattered throughout the city of Romans and Jews stones were collected, park benches, tables and signs erected, provided the town square and at the ruins of a " Bengali lighting ". Early 1890s was a swimming pool, which was acquired by the club in 1900, more sports followed with the installation of tennis courts and organizing trips through the cycling club. This important fundamentals of tourism infrastructure were created in Friesach at this time.

The Carinthian Provincial Exhibition of 2001 under the motto venue Middle Ages the city was a central theme in the Middle Ages, which should bring about a lasting impetus for tourism. In May 2009, a building site for a castle construction project along the lines of guedelon was ceremonially opened on a hill south of the city.

Population

Friesach had at the time of the 2001 census ) 5,462 inhabitants, of which 96.2 % are Austrian citizens. 89.8 % of the population are Roman Catholics, 2.6% and 1.5% for the evangelical church to Islam. 4.8% of the population are without religious confession.

Demographics

Economy and infrastructure

Established businesses

Friesach has small - and medium-sized companies metalworking and textile industries. The German Order of Hospital facilities and the Carinthian Caritas as the Hemma - house point to the importance of the social service sector. The metropolitan area is characterized by a multitude of small, oriented on tourism businesses.

Traffic

The Friesacher road (B 317) runs north - south through the municipality and connects Friesach with the City in the south and Styria in the north, 45 km away. North of its branches the city a country road in a westerly direction, which leads through the Metnitztal.

Culture and sights

Theater

Museums

  • City Museum at the Petersberg

Structures

  • Castle on the Petersberg with 28 m high donjon
  • Fortification Friesach
  • Castle Geiersberg
  • Fürstenhof with historic granary
  • Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
  • German monastery church
  • Dominican church and monastery of the Dominicans
  • Stadtbrunnen Friesach
  • Church ruins Virgilienberg
  • Holy Blood Church ( Church Seminar )
  • St. Peter ( Friesach)
  • Castle Choir Friesach
  • MGV Friesach
  • Rainbow Choir Zeltschach
  • MGV St. Salvator

Music

  • Music School Friesach
  • Stadtkapelle Friesach

Famous people

  • Karl von Friesach ( † 1260 ), Bishop of Lavant
  • Almerich Grafendorfer ( * before 1251, † 1267 ), Bishop of Lavant
  • Gerold of Friesach ( † 1333), Bishop of Gurk
  • Sigmund Bleibtreu, (1819-1894), Hofburg actor, father of Hedwig Bleibtreu
  • Hubert Hauser (1856-1913), businessman, founder of the City Improvement Society
  • Josef Bucher (born 1965 ), politician ( AAF )
  • Thierry Andreas (born 1970 ), right-wing politician and journalist
  • Gerda Hofstätter (* 1971), snooker player
  • Shia LaBeouf (* 1982 ), actor, voice actor, musician and singer

See also: List of mayors of Friesach

Policy

City Council and Mayor

The City Council ( city council ) consists of six members. Directly elected mayor is Joseph Kronlechner ( SPÖ).

Parish council

The council consists of 23 members and is as follows since the municipal elections in 2009 together:

Twin Cities

  • Cormons, Italy
  • Bad Griesbach i Rott Valley, Germany

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Friesach based on the oldest preserved seal on a document from the year 1265th It shows a highly stylized form Friesacher fortification with the Olsator in the middle, the Neumarkt and St. Veit gate at the sides, and the Rotturm back.

The official blazon of the arms is: " In red ones forming a pentagon city walls, which pointed to a doppelpfortigen gatehouse tapers down with knopfbekröntem tent roof, on left and right surrounds a well -roofed tower and the top of one flanked by two small pinnacles turrets large embattled tower surmounted will. "

The Flag of Friesach is red and white with integrated crest.

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