Völkermarkt

International market (Slovenian: Velikovec ) is a town with 11,032 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the same district of the Austrian province of Carinthia.

  • 3.1 Demographics
  • 3.2 Language and Religion
  • 5.1 Market beings
  • 5.2 Tourism
  • 5.3 traffic
  • 6.1 City Council and Mayor
  • 6.2 municipal
  • 6.3 Coat of Arms

Geography

Geographical location

The city is located in the northern Jauntal at an altitude of 462 m, just north of the river Drava on a distinctive gravel terrace, which falls steeply on three sides. On the south side lies the bed of the river Drava, which was dammed by the flow Edling power plant since 1962 to a long lake.

International market is within sight of the Karawanken in the south and the Saualpe in the northeast, where the city itself is in flat and hilly country.

Community structure

International market is divided into the following 26 local villages ( with Slovenian counterpart ):

  • Admont - Lassein ( Volmat - Lesine )
  • In the Drau ( Pri Dravi )
  • Greuth (Rute )
  • Gurtschitschach ( Gurčiče )
  • Haimburg ( Vovbre )
  • Height mountains ( Homberk )
  • Kaltbrunn ( Mrzla Voda )
  • Klein St. Veit (Mali Šentvid )
  • Basket ( Korpiče )
  • Mittertrixen ( Srednje Trušnje )
  • Mill race ( Mlinski ditch )
  • Neudenstein ( Crni degrees)
  • Niedertrixen ( Spodnje Trušnje )
  • Whether the Drava (Na Dravo )
  • Rakollach ( Rakole )
  • Ritzing ( Ricinje )
  • Ruhstatt ( Ruštat )
  • St. Jakob ( Šentjakob )
  • St. Peter am Wallersberg ( Šentpeter na Vašinjah )
  • St. Ruprecht ( Šentrupert )
  • Tainach ( Tinje )
  • Töllerberg ( Telenberk )
  • International market ( Velikovec )
  • Waisenberg ( Važenberk )
  • Wandelitzen ( Vodovnica )
  • Weinberg ( Vinograd )

The municipality includes the following 79 places ( with Slovenian counterpart, in parentheses population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Admont ( Volmat ) (42)
  • Aich ( Dobje ) ( 113)
  • Arlsdorf ( Orlača vas ) (55)
  • Attendorf ( Vata vas ) (38)
  • Bach ( Potok ) (67)
  • Mountain if Attendorf ( tail nad Vato vasjo ) ( 60)
  • Berg ob Saint Martin ( tail nad Šmartinom ) (14)
  • Bergstein ( Zakamen ) (55)
  • Bischofsberg ( Zgornja Škofljica ) (1)
  • Bösenort ( Hudi Kraj ) (16)
  • Dobrowa ( Dobrava ) (86 )
  • Drauhofen ( Dravski Dvor ) ( 62)
  • Dullach I ( Dole pri Šentpetru ) ( 71)
  • Dullach II ( Dole pri Tinjah ) (63)
  • Dürrenmoos ( Suho Blato ) ( 347 )
  • Frankenberg ( Brankovec ) (32)
  • Lead wood ( Borovets ) (14)
  • Gänsdorf ( Gosinje ) (69)
  • Village gate ( Štriholče ) ( 214)
  • Gletschach ( Klece ) (15)
  • Greuth (Rute ) ( 217)
  • Gurtschitschach ( Gurčiče ) (46)
  • Harbour Village ( Čarče ) ( 49)
  • Haimburg ( Vovbre ) ( 353)
  • Height mountains ( Homberk ) ( 64)
  • Hunger Rain ( Lacni Breg ) ( 48)
  • Kaltbrunn ( Mrzla Voda ) ( 107)
  • Klein Sankt Veit (Mali Šentvid ) ( 250)
  • Basket ( Korpiče ) (96 )
  • Kremschitz ( Grunčiče ) ( 101)
  • Krenobitsch ( Hrenovče ) ( 74)
  • Kulm ( Hom ) (24)
  • Ladratschen ( Tračje ) (27)
  • Lassein ( Lesine ) (65)
  • Get one bay (31 )
  • Lip village ( Lipovo ) ( 68)
  • Mittertrixen ( Srednje Trušnje ) ( 175 )
  • Neudenstein ( Crni degrees) (71 )
  • Low- village ( Dolinja vas ) (4)
  • Niedertrixen ( Spodnje Trušnje ) (19)
  • Obersielach ( Gornje Sele ) ( 129)
  • Obertrixen ( Zgornje Trušnje ) (18)
  • Oschenitzen ( Olšenca ) ( 141)
  • Penk ( Klopče ) (20)
  • Pörtschach ( Poroče ) (50)
  • Rakollach ( Rakole ) (25)
  • Rammersdorf ( Ramovča vas ) (75)
  • Ratschitschach ( Racice ) ( 83)
  • Reifnitz ( Ribnica ) ( 111)
  • Reisdorf ( Ricka vas ) ( 122)
  • Ruhstatt ( Ruštat ) ( 56)
  • Rupp area ( Pri Rupu ) (13)
  • Salchendorf ( Zalha vas ) ( 109)
  • Saint Agnes ( Sveta Neža, Šentaneža ) (69)
  • Sankt Georgen am Weinberg ( Šentjur na Strmcu ) ( 104)
  • Sankt Jakob ( Šentjakob ) ( 178)
  • St. Lorenzen ( Šentlovrenc ) ( 56)
  • St. Margaret whether Töllerberg ( Šmarjeta pri Velikovcu ) ( 161)
  • Saint Martin ( Šmartin ) (34)
  • Sankt Michael ob of Gurk ( Slovenji Šmihel ) ( 153)
  • Sankt Peter am Wallersberg ( Šentpeter na Vašinjah ) (356 )
  • Sankt Stefan ( Šentštefan ) (34)
  • Skoflitzen ( Škofljica ) (9)
  • Steinkogel ( Pod Pečmi ) (37)
  • Tainach ( Tinje ) ( 526)
  • Tainacherfeld ( Tinjsko Polje ) (20)
  • Terpetzen ( Trpece ) (20)
  • Töllerberg ( Telenberk ) (24)
  • Unarach ( Vinaře ) (19)
  • Under Mountains ( Podgorje ) (54)
  • Under Linden ( Podlipa ) (25)
  • International market ( Velikovec ) ( 4616 )
  • Waisenberg ( Važenberk ) ( 105)
  • Wandelitzen ( Vodovnica ) (34)
  • Watzelsdorf ( Vacelna vas ) (80)
  • Weinberg ( Vinogradi ) (41)
  • Wern Zach ( Brnce ) (33)
  • Winklern ( Vogliče ) (35)

History

In the wider area there since Roman times and the Kingdom of Noricum numerous mining sites, but whose meaning is largely dwindled since about 1960.

A fund of 237 Noric silver coins ( tetradrachms ) was made in the area of the village Haimburg in 1972. It probably involves an assumption by the Austrian numismatist Robert Göbl a treasure hiding in the wake of the Noric - tauris Kishen disputes or the siege of Noreia by the Boii. Göbl dated the Fund for the time around 60 BC, which is provided by recent research, however, in question.

Since the settlement of the area by the Carantanians - Slavs in the 6th century. and the establishment of Carantanian statehood in the 7th century. the area around international market is closely connected with the Slovenian cultural history. The language spoken in the area Slovene historical dialect is attributed to the Jauntaler dialect ( Slow podjunščina ).

In 1090 commissioned Count Engelbert of Spanheim probably a merchant Volko from the Rhine Franks with the establishment of a market settlement. At that venue, which was located at the junction of several old roads in the area of ​​today's suburban St. Ruprecht, the archbishopric of Salzburg Rupert founded a church. In the vicinity of this small market town of Carinthian Duke Bernhard of Spanheim left in 1217 to build a bridge over the Drava and 1231 to create a strategically located settlement gained city rights in the 13th century and mainly benefited from trade with iron. The first market can be occupied for the year 1309.

Lag international market in the late Middle Ages among the princely cities still regularly ranks second behind the ducal residence of St. Veit - still 1470 here within the Austrian parliament was held - so it lost in the course of the 16th century in importance. Today, peoples market is the economic, school and shopping center of the Jauntales, while the surrounding area is still heavily agricultural, but also increasingly touristy coined.

The organized cultural life of Slovenes ranges starting in 1893 with the founding of the association in Ciril Metodova podruznica za Velikovec [ Zweigverein of Cyril and Methodius Association of International Market] back. The most important institution of this period was founded on October 25, 1896 first Slovenian Catholic private school under the name Narodna šola ( School of the people) in Sankt Ruprecht / Šentrupert. It was founded by Cyril and Methodius Club Druzhba sv. Cirila in Matoda. On 21 October 1906, the Slovenian Cultural Association Lipa ( Linde ) was established, which can look back now at over a century of tradition. From May 1919 to October 1920 and a Slovenian school was set up in international market, however, was not continued in spite of the obligations under the Treaty of Saint Germain after the plebiscite in Carinthia 1920.

In the wake of the Balkan campaign of the German Wehrmacht in 1941 were already 60,000 Slovenes were deported from the occupied Slovenian / Yugoslavian Lower Styria, in April 1942 as planned Slovenes were from Carinthia, inter alia, deported from the Völkermarkter space, which subsequently led to organized armed resistance, which contributed to the military liberation of the Nazi reign of terror as well as a significant contribution to the rebirth of Austria.

A center of this armed resistance ( partisanship ) was also the Saualpe north of peoples market. "In memory of the fallen on the Saualpe partisans - relatives of eight nationalities - have the Carinthian Partisans a monument unveiled in 1947 in the presence of representatives of the Allies in St. Ruprecht in international market The monument is a symbol of the Carinthian and international fight against. fascism. unknown perpetrators have blown it in the night of 10 to 11 September 1953. Austrian authorities have not restored the monument in its original form, so it has the Association of Carinthian partisans restored in 1983 and before Peršmanhof - Museum built in Leppen ( market town of bath iron Kappel ).

On September 18, 1979, the Town Hall of peoples market, in which there was an exhibition about the Carinthian defensive struggle, target of a terrorist attack of the Yugoslav UDBA, in which the two Slovenian agents themselves and a museum employee seriously injured. The agent Luka Vidmar lost a leg. In the facade of City Hall, a hole was torn. The two UDBA agents were sentenced in 1980 to four years in prison but was replaced for half a year later against two agents of the Austrian defense ministry. The stop of international market was the latest in a series that began in 1972.

With the creation of local churches in 1850, also international market was set up as such. In 1973 the municipalities of Saint Peter were united on Wallersberg, Waisenberg, Tainach and Haimburg with the city in a large village whose population doubled by now nearly 80 villages around.

Population

According to Census 2001, international market 11,373 inhabitants, of which 93.9 % Austrian, Bosnian 1.5% and 1.0% Croatian citizens and 3.6 % other nationalities.

Demographics

Language and religion

In the referendum of 1920, voted the South East of Carinthia also thanks to the Slovenes, who voted for Austria, majority to remain with Austria (District Peoples Market: 8306 German for Austria, 2444 for the SHS - State). Today, 292 people ( 2.6%, 2001) Slovene.

For the Roman Catholic church 89 % of the community population 1.5% profess the Protestant Church 3% and to Islam. As a non-denominational call itself 5%.

Be performed Bilingual German - Slovenian deanery peoples market following Catholic parishes and affiliated churches: in Diex the Branch Church of St. Michael in the ditch / Šmihel, the parish church Gorentschach / GORENCE and the filial church of St. Radegund / Št. Radegunda, the parish church Greutschach / Krčanje, the parish church Haimburg / Vovbre, the parish church Ruden / Ruda including affiliated churches Lind / Lipa and Lippitzbach-Schlosskapelle/Lipica-grajska kapela in Töllerberg the affiliated churches St. Franzisci / Želinje and St. Catherine at Kulm / Sv. Katarina na Homu, the parish church of St. Peter am Wallersberg / Št. Peter na Vašinjah along with the affiliated churches Lisnaberg / Lisna gora, St. Lorenzen / Šentovrenc and St. Martin / Šmartno, the parish church of St. Ruprecht at Peoples Market / Št. Rupert pri Velikovcu along with the affiliated churches St. Agnes / Sv. Neža and Ortisei / St. Urh, in pin handles the Old Parish Church / Stara farna cerkev along with the affiliated churches Dürrenmoos / Suha Blato, Gletschach / Klece, St. Michael Unterberg / Šmihel v Podgori and Wallersberg / Vašinje and the dean's office Tainach / Tinje the parish church Tainach / Tinje together with the Branch churches Wabelsdorf / Vabnja vas and eggs village / Virna vas.

Culture and sights

The " District Local History and Museum City " gives an insight into the history, culture and customs of the district as well as in international market the events of the Carinthian defensive struggle and the popular vote in the years 1918 to 1920.

Two galleries, the theater and Heunburg regular events round out the cultural scene from the city center. In addition to the citizens like Park Place and concerts is still a large weekly market to be mentioned. The area offers remarkable churches, castles and other cultural monuments, such as the ruins Haimburg.

Economy and infrastructure

Market being

The trade has traditionally been the most important economic factor for the city. The " Urban Development offensive " and the Chamber of Commerce has, from 2005, a fresh produce market on Friday and an "EU nations market " was established next to the Wednesday market and special markets at Easter, for the Alps -Adriatic topics and a fish market takes place.

Currently, the following markets in the city are held regularly:

  • Weekly market - the traditional weekly market takes place every Wednesday.
  • Nikolomarkt - the traditional Nikolomarkt takes place every year on the first Monday before Nicholas in December.
  • Flea market - established under the Urban Development offensive market for used products. It takes place every last Saturday of the month from 30 April 2005.
  • Christmas Market - Christmas market takes place on the lower main square in December.
  • International market - a fresh produce market, first presented on 30 September 2005.

Tourism

Tourism is an important pillar of Völkermarkter economy. The city annually hosts over 20,000 guests. Importance are this are the ( no longer lying on the municipality ) Lakes St.Kanzian and Turnersee southwest of international market.

The range of sport and leisure activities for guests include inter alia fishing at Völkermarkter artificial lake, swimming in the leisure pool peoples market and other types of water sports, cycling ( the 366 km long Drauradweg leads on the outskirts ago) and hiking. Further afield from international market is also a ski resort located on the Peca ( 2126 m).

Traffic

On the northern edge of the city Jaunfeldes international market is located on two intersecting roads that exist in the Middle Ages:

  • The Drava River, which is now dammed at international market for Völkermarkter reservoir
  • The from the south ( the lying in the Karawanken Seebergsattel with 1220 m) to the north ( the Noric Region) running Thoroughfare, which earlier because of the mining industry (iron, lead) was widely used.

Today, peoples market is located on the South motorway with junctions international market of Western and Eastern peoples market. By 2013, a new connection to international market center created at the junction with the Seebergstraße B 82. A busy road is the packers road B 70 In April 2010, the bypass international market was completed and opened to traffic.

The Drau Valley Railway (formerly Fortezza / Fortezza (South Tyrol ) - Lienz - Spittal - Villach - Klagenfurt - Lead Castle - Maribor / Marburg) in contrast runs five kilometers south of the international market in the town of boars village. The train station is indeed international market Kühndorf, but can not be regarded as a direct railway connection of these. International market thus is the only district town in Austria, which has never had a railway connection. Originally it was very well thought of in the planning of the railway in the 1860s, opening up to international market directly, but struggled at that time a strong Fuhrwerkerhaus lobby against the construction.

The importance of the railway line Maribor -Klagenfurt, although still the main railway line, dropped sharply by the cessions of territory to Yugoslavia in 1918; 1964 was completed as a substitute the Jauntalbahn. In the next few years is to take place with the help of Koralmbahn further economic regeneration of the region.

Policy

City Council and Mayor

The City Council ( city council ) of peoples market has seven members. Directly elected mayors is Valentin Blaschitz ( SPÖ). The two vice- mayors are Paul Wernig ( SPÖ) and Gerald Grebenjak (Freedom ). The other members: Edeltraud Gomernik (SPÖ ), Markus Lakounigg (SPÖ ), Hans Steinacher (Freedom ) and Karl herbs ( ÖVP).

Parish council

The council has 31 members and is composed as follows since the last municipal election in 2009 together:

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the peoples market has the following blazon: " growing In red behind a five-fold green waves crest three silver bezinnte towers with cone-shaped roofs. " The flag is red, white and green with integrated crest.

The oldest city seal has a diameter of 60 mm and is received in a deed dated July 1, 1267. Both sign foot, whose waves crest rather than the bank of the river indicates the hilly surroundings, as well as the three towers that represent the city's two towers in the West and East, between probably the baronial castle, shown in the following large deviations. In the coat of arms certificate in 1974 but it fell back on the oldest representation of 1267.

Personalities

  • Markus Hansiz (* April 25, 1683; † September 5, 1766 ), Jesuit and historian
  • Maximilian Joseph Gritzner (* October 13, 1794; † August 27, 1872 ), industrialist and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
  • Hermann L' Estocq ( born June 20, 1887 † June 16, 1940 ), district captain of peoples market and Nazi victims
  • Julius Ringel ( * November 16, 1889, † February 11, 1967 ), General of the mountain troops of the Wehrmacht
  • Victor Sokolowski ( born February 13, 1911 † 6 September 1982), harpsichordist, pianist, organist and music teacher
  • Franz Yang Močnik ( born June 1, 1951), visual artist
  • Brigitte Karner ( born December 12, 1957), actress
  • Julia Cencig ( born September 18, 1972), actress
  • Stephanie Graf (born 26 April 1973), track and field athlete
  • Elmar light Egger ( born May 25, 1974), Athlete
  • Herbert Ratz (born 16 September 1981), ice hockey player
  • Tanja Raunig (born 3 May 1989), actress
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