Wald im Pinzgau
Wald im Pinzgau is an Austrian municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau ), Salzburger Land with 1156 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). It is located in the region of Upper Pinzgau, about 20 kilometers from the main town of Mittersill, as well as 48 kilometers from the district capital of Zell am See and belongs to the National Park Hohe Tauern communities.
- 3.1 community
- 3.2 School
- 3.3 parish
- 4.1 Demographics
- 6.1 Municipal Council
- 6.2 Coat of Arms
- 7.1 Sports
Origin of the name
The name -giving forest occupies about one-third of the municipal area and also extends into the northern slopes of the Venedigergruppe that drop steeply into the Salzach Valley.
Geography
The center of Wald im Pinzgau lies at an elevation of 885 meters. Having now generally the Salzachgeier ( and not the Krimml Kees ) is considered as the origin of the Salzach River, the community forms the valley of the Salzach River, from above the confluence of the Obersulzbachtals up to the Salzach source at Salzachgeier. With the Pinzgauer height on the Gerlos Pass forest borders in the west on the community of Gerlos in the Schwaz district, and to the north in the Kitzbühel Alps against the valleys Langer Grund and Kutzergrund to the town of Hopfgarten and against Ventspils to the village of Westendorf in the district of Kitzbühel. The Kitzbühel Alps are one of the Slate Alps ( Grass Mountain ), and are usually flachgratige tops that show in the forest but pronounced peak shapes. To the east of Trattenbach forms the most striking border town of Neukirchen am Großvenediger. To the south are the mighty Hohe Tauern.
Until the construction of the Gerlos Alpine Road Krimml in the leading from Mittersill over forest on the Pinzgauer height Gerlosstraße was the central link road from Oberpinzgau the Tyrolean Zillertal.
In the forest, the Krimml River flows into the Salzach. For a long time, however, does not situate the origin of the Salzach at Salzachgeier, but at the Krimml Kees, causing the Krimml River was conceived as the ultimate course of the river Salzach. Only the Salzburg educator and enlightener Franz Michael Viertaler certain 1796 the origin in the North West corner of the Oberpinzgau and thus in Wald im Pinzgau.
Neighboring communities
Community structure
The municipality comprises the following six localities ( in parentheses population as of 31 October 2011):
- Hinterwaldberg (57 )
- Koenigsleiten (87 )
- Lahn (261 )
- Vorderkrimml (301 )
- Vorderwald Berg ( 89)
- Forest ( 360)
Katastralgemeinden are Hinterwaldberg with 4234.87 ha and ' forest with 2688.97 ha, so that the municipal area covers about 6.9 km ³.
The municipal boundaries of forest are described (from north clockwise):
" The Trattenbach, Scheffaubrücke [ 868 m], spirits ditch Rabenkopf [ 1958 m], Ahkogel [ 2021 m], down through the ditch Bräuer, Bräuer Bridge [ Vorderkrimml Bhf Krimml, 911 m ] Falkenstein [ Ghs. 1961 m], Nößlingerwand [ 1519 m], Heche Bachl, Pinzgauer height [ Gerlos Pass, 1507 m], Hollenzer Bachl, Königsleitenspitze [ 2315 m], Salzachgeier [ 2469 m], floating head [ 2354 m], Marchkirchl [ Salzachjoch, 1983 m], Tristkopf [ 2359 m], Kröndl [ 2444 m], Filzenscharte [ 1686 m], Trattenbach. "
The Salzachgeier, the striking mountain of the Salzach origin, so that is the highest point of the municipality, the Scheffaubrücke over the Salzach river at the bus stop forest, which is about the district of Great Meadows, the old connection to Scheffau in the district Sulzau ( town of Neukirchen ), at the output of Sulzbachtals, represents the deepest.
Capital of the municipality
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Center of the municipality is the village of Wald im Pinzgau, with about 370 inhabitants. It lies at the southern foot of the Gern Kogels the Kitzbühel Alps, above the Salzach northern shore.
The community of Forest include the wastelands Kreidl, large meadows, small meadows, and Schösser - the latter three on the south bank of the Salzach - and the forest areas of the Valley north face to White Palfen and Wieserwald, against the Rabenkopf as southern boundary, which with 1958 m above sea level. A. also the highest point in the town area is. For cadastral forest also includes the neighboring towns Lahn and Vorderwald mountain.
In the Old Forest Gerlosstraße (now B165 ) from the main road branches off, leading from Mittersill and Krimml of the recent Gerlos Alpine Road Gerlos Pass and in the Tyrolean Zillertal. The place has the stop Wald im Pinzgau the Pinzgau Local Railway Rail Terminal, the post bus line 670 Zell am See - Krimml holds in forest / Pzg town center.
Neighboring localities:
Administrative
Community
Wald im Pinzgau forms a separate community with its own council (13 councilors ) and Mayor ( Michael Ober Moser, ÖVP). As part of the Citizenship and Registry Office Association Neukirchen am GROßVENEDIGER the charge of Wald im Pinzgau citizenship evidence, as well as the registry office in Neukirchen are on GROßVENEDIGER. Wald im Pinzgau was until 2002 part of the judicial district of Mittersill and belongs since 2003 to the judicial district of Zell am See. Together with eight other municipalities Oberpinzgau forms Wald im Pinzgau the Regional Association Oberpinzgau. The community is, together with the other Oberpinzgau communities between Krimml and Hollerbach, part of the Pollution Control Association Oberpinzgau West, which is responsible for the infrastructure concerning sewerage and proper disposal of waste water from the region.
School
The community operates a forest nursery and community has a primary school.
Parish
The parish of Wald im Pinzgau heard within the Archdiocese of Salzburg to the Dean's Office Stuhlfelden, in which it forms, together with the parishes of Krimml, Neukirchen am Großvenediger and Bramberg the Pfarrverband Stuhlfelden PV2.
Population
Demographics
History
1160 Forest was first mentioned.
Policy
Municipal council
- ÖVP: 7
- SPÖ: 6
The seats parameters is outdated and obsolete!
The municipal council of Wald im Pinzgau has 13 members and is composed as follows since the local council elections in 2009 together:
- 7 ÖVP
- 6 SPÖ
Directly elected mayors is Balthasar Rainer (ÖVP ).
Coat of arms
The municipal coat of arms is described:
The spruce indicate the place name down ( talking ). The three golden balls are the attribute of the church's patron St. Nicholas of Myra.
Culture and sights
- Parish Church of St. Nicholas from 1469,
- Sixtus chapel on Sundays mountain in front Waldsberg
- Eyebright chapel (below d Sixtus chapel )
- Mineral Museum Kurt Nowak in forest
- Fluorite Schaustollen ( front Krimml fluorspar ) and lime kiln on the Schlossberg, Ortsch. Vorderkrimml
- Zeiss - Planetarium in the Alpine village Koenigsleiten top of Gerlos
- Planets trail ( trail ) ibid
Sports
- Ski village Königsleiten, part of the Zillertal Arena
- Fun Park at the sports field in Wald im Pinzgau
- Kristallbad Wald im Pinzgau