Sankt Martin am Wöllmißberg
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- SPÖ: 3
St. Martin am Wöllmißberg is a municipality with 817 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in Styria, Austria.
- 4.1 Teigitschgraben
Geography
St. Martin is located at an altitude of 704 m south of Koeflach and Voitsberg.
The municipality includes the area between the creek and the Goessnitz Teigitsch Wöllmißberg ( 791 m) and south of it a part of the Schusterbauer Kogel (1288 m). The majority of the community is covered by coniferous forests and meadows.
Community structure
The municipality comprises the three villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- Großwöllmiß (193)
- Kleinwöllmiß (330)
- Sankt Martin am Wöllmißberg (308 )
The municipality comprises the cadastral Großwöllmiß, Kleinwöllmiß and St. Martin.
Neighboring communities:
Coat of arms
The coat of arms depicts a small chapel on a three-part hill, nestled between two firs. The green -colored hill itself a gray ax is embedded.
Economy
The main industry is agriculture, especially forestry and dairy farming. There are also smaller commercial and tourism businesses.
The underground power plant in St. Martin are located on the Teigitsch with 11 MW of power, which was built in 1965, and the long man lock.
Through the municipal area leads the A2 motorway.
Culture and sights
- Anton Wild Goose memorial: the poet Anton Wild Goose was created to honor, who began here his epic " Kirbisch " 1925
- Museum of Local History: 1965 to the 700th anniversary in private initiative begun in 1995 and then redesigned by official sources and housed in the former elementary school. Here especially the construction of the Langmann lock and the hydroelectric plant Arnstein is documented. Except of the weavers ' guild household items, tools, school supplies and costumes are still shown. Anton wild goose and Rochus Kohlbach, which were connected with St. Martin am Wöllmißberg is also devoted a small exhibition
- Langmann Reservoir
- Castle ruins New Leon Roth at the foot of Wöllmißberg
Teigitschgraben
As Teigitschklamm (approx. 5 km) run between the Teigitsch Gaisfeld in the community Krottendorf- Gaisfeld is known about the municipality of Sankt Martin am Wöllmißberg to Langmann barrier in the commune precious scrap. Accessible is the Teigitschgraben, nestled in the West Styrian Mittelgebirgsland, about the packers road B70 or from the A2 motorway (exit Steinberg ). The Teigitsch is. Due to abundance of water from the Koralm not only for tourism but also for the energy of interest The oldest Styrian hydropower plants are located on this river. Thanks League of Nations loan in the early 1920s built the Langmann - lock for the power plant Arnstein. For its time it was one of the most modern Austrian hydropower plants, as sampling was used with a water column pressure so far not reached. After the Second World War, the 50 m high, further up Hirzmannsperre was built. Further up is the Packers reservoir. All the water that flows in Teigitschgraben today comes from small tributaries on the right and left of the trench. The amounts of water from the upper reaches are diverted from a dam long man out in a tubular system. Therefore, the gorge lost most of its water volume of the past and thus to a tourist attraction. In the ditch there was once three Inns, none of which is more open. One was converted to a scout hall (dormitory Langmann lock). The core of the trench between the plant and the Arnstein Langmann lock can be hiked in about 2.5 hours of walking. At times, the route leads along the water-bearing line and the so-called rail road, a flat track, on which the material was transported for the construction of the Langmann - lock with Hunten, which was brought up with an inclined elevator from the power plant Arnstein.
Mineralogical was the Teigitschgraben because it is in the range of crystalline rocks of the Styrian border mountains between Soboth and Koralm, during power plant construction as an excellent reference for various minerals such as rock crystal, smoky quartz, Sphenen, feldspars and similar gap minerals.
Biologically remarkable is the discovery of the lichen -forming fungus hose Baeomyces rufus.
Two popular folk music waltz lead the once magnificent Teigitschklamm in the name of " Teigitschgraben Waltz " and the " s'Diandl of Teigitsch ".
Historical Maps
- Historical maps of St. Martin and its surroundings from the three country recordings from the period, about 1789-1910
Wöllmiss mountain ( top center ) in the Josephine Francisco - land survey, 1910
Northwest: Koeflach, recording journal of land survey 1878
North: Voitsberg and the middle reaches of the Kainach
West: Pack and Hebalm, Packer Street
South: Stainz, Rosenkogel, Reinischkogel