Strassen, Tyrol
Streets is a municipality with 825 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Lienz ( East Tyrol ) of the federal state of Tyrol ( Austria ).
Roads located in the Val Pusteria in the alluvial fan of the Thurn creek, which flows into the Drava River. The municipality is formed by several hamlets, all located north of the Drava. Districts are Heising, Unterbichl, stream, streets, Messensee, yard, Tassenbach, Fronstadel and Hintenburg. Parts of Bach, Tassenbach and yard are well south of the Drava River. The municipality is located in the judicial district of Lienz.
Geography
The local roads is a big dispersed settlement, which lies partly in the valley, partly in sun- side slope. It consists of only a few individual farms, but from nine hamlets ( fractions): roads, Messensee, Fronstadel, Hintenburg, mountain, this Heising, stream, yard, Tassenbach.
The names of the fractions indicate either their location toward or betray the past. Example: roads - on the road, Bach - an der Drau, Unterbichl - on a hill, Hintenburg - behind the castle. The tradition tells of an old castle on the hill Jakobi, but lacking until now finds appropriate; Fronstadel - Mr. Stadel; here probably survived the subordinates of the lords. Addressed mountain location, only a few yards: Bannholz, Fronholz, Egger and the farms in the fraction Fronstadel. The highest courts are Gatterer and Planitzer of 1450m above sea level. Both belong to the parish church Tessenberg.
The core of the community form the situated on the main road fractions streets and Messensee. Here are the primary school, the village hall, the Trinity church and the parsonage. The fraction Tassenbach has a tram stop, since further branching in the Lesachtal the road to Kartitsch and.
Among the approximately 170 inhabited houses of the village there are some local fiefdoms. In most cases, residential and feeder are assembled in such a way that the feeder is located on the north side. In the situated in the valley fractions brisk construction activity has taken place in recent years. It created a lot of new houses.
Neighboring municipalities are Abfaltersbach, Außervillgraten, Hein Rock, Linz. In the district Tassenbach the road branches off on the Gailtal in the valley of Lesa, here also opens the Gailbach in the Drava. Roads connected with the stop Tassenbach and Abfaltersbach station of the Drau Valley Railway on the railway network.
History
The legend says that in Roman times the slope of the valley floor before roads ( Heisinger height ) did not exist and therefore you could see unhindered by Sillian to the area of today's Abfaltersbach. This former level there was the great and wealthy Roman settlement called Messa. A found on the main road Roman milestone and the name Roman tunnel suggest. Next reported the legend of the destruction of Messa by a terrible catastrophe, probably in the 12th century. In Hintenburgertal have a large lake - the Messensee - after a particularly snowy winter and after the thaw suddenly broken through the bulkhead and spilled gravel with huge masses Messa and destroyed. The mighty debris cone of height Heisinger had arisen in this way. As a result of the outbreak, it would come to form an artificial lake at the farm against Tassenbach. The lake is said to be very rich in fish. 1305 is an annual position of 2,000 fish mentioned in ( Otto Stolz ). From about 1400 nothing more is reported from the lake. The water could flow, the lake dried out slowly. Geological soil samples, the name Moser - meadows towards Tassenbach and a view from the village down the mountain clearly confirm the landslide took place in the valley and the trough of the reservoir. Anyway, the village name was after the name Messa Messensee par excellence. In the oldest instrument in the local archive of 6 February 1453 is " Chapel of St.. James in Messensee ".
Coat of arms
Culture and sights
Roads owns next to the historic parish church of St.. James the Greater another six listed buildings.
Economy
Employers in business and industry are: carpentry Wieser, Josef Mayr master carpenter Franz Bodner MR, installations Troyer, slaughter hall Erwin Aichner, Nordpan Rubner wood components GmbH.
An important branch of the economy, the tourism and the hospitality industry. In addition to three large hotels and inns, there are numerous private rooms for rent, holiday cottages and a campground.