Wernberg

Wernberg (Slovenian Vernberk ) is a municipality with 5448 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Villach-Land in Carinthia.

  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 Sport
  • 5.1 municipal
  • 5.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Geographical location

Wernberg is Ossiacher Tauern mountains, east of Villach and between Ossiach ( in the north), Wörthersee (in the east ) and Faak (in the south of its territory).

Community structure

Wernberg is divided into five cadastral Neudorf ( Nova vas ), sand ( pesce ), Trabenig ( Trabenče ) Umberg ( Umbar ) and Wernberg ( Vernberk ) divided. The municipality includes the following 24 places (in brackets the Slovenian town name and the number of inhabitants as of 31 October 2011):

  • Damtschach ( Domačale ) ( 260)
  • Dragnitz ( Dragniče ) ( 73)
  • Duel ( Dolje ) ( 197)
  • Föderlach I ( Podravlje ) ( 1034)
  • Föderlach II ( 74)
  • Goritschach ( Goriče ) ( 417)
  • Gottestal ( Skočidol ) ( 161)
  • Kaltschach ( Hovče ) ( 491 )
  • Kantnig ( Konatice ) ( 68)
  • Kletschach ( Klece ) (45)
  • Krottendorf ( Kročja vas ) ( 148)
  • Lichtpold ( Lihpolje ) ( 249)
  • Neudorf ( Nova vas ) ( 266)
  • Ragain ( Draganje ) ( 134)
  • Sand ( Pesce ) ( 113)
  • Schleben ( Šleben ) (30)
  • Stallhofen ( Štavf ) ( 192)
  • Sternberg ( Strmec ) (84 )
  • Terlach ( Trnovlje ) ( 155)
  • Trabenig ( Trabenče ) ( 291)
  • Umberg ( Umbar ) ( 283 )
  • Wernberg ( Vernberk ) ( 595 )
  • Wudmath ( Vudmat ) (65)
  • Zettin ( Cetinje ) (25)

Neighboring communities

History

The municipal area was probably inhabited in ancient times, what relics of Roman reliefs and constructions indicate that were found in the parish church of Sternberg and in Föderlach and Gottestal.

The previously oldest documented mention of a town in the municipality is found in a charter of the monastery of St. Paul on the Burg Sternberg (as Sternberc ) from the period around 1170 / 1180th Wern Berg is mentioned in a document dated November 17, 1227 for the first time that determines the demolition of a Draubrücke at Wern Hill and the surrender of the castle Wernberg to the bishopric of Bamberg.

The municipality was formed in 1850 from four of the cadastral tax district Landskron, 1865 was added in the cadastral Umberg. 1922 made ​​further corrections field, thereby lost Wernberg parts of its municipal area in Villach, but also got assigned shares of Velden and Rosegg.

Population

According to 2001 census Wernberg has 4837 inhabitants, of which 94.8 % are Austrian citizens, among the other nationalities are Germany (1.7%), Bosnia - Herzegovina (1.0% ) and Croatia ( 0.9%) the most represented.

77.3 % of the population are Roman Catholic, 11.7% Protestant, and 0.4 % for the Orthodox Church, 0.8 % are Muslim faith, 8.2% without religious confession.

The community Wernberg lies on the northwestern edge of the mixed-language area in Carinthia. The Slovenian coinage of the community is reflected, among other things, that they had from 1908 to 1916 with Matija Vospernik a representative of the Slovenian party for mayor. Even in the census in 1951 was a fifth of the population Slovenian as colloquial, meanwhile, the share of the Carinthian Slovenes in the total population has decreased to less than one per cent (48 out of 4837 inhabitants in the 2001 census ).

Bilingual, German - Slovenian, be within the deanery Rosegg / Rožek on the territory of the municipality Wernberg the parish church Damtschach / Domačale and their affiliated churches Umberg / Umbar and Ragain / Draganje, the parish church Gottestal / Skočidol and their branch church Föderlach / Podravlje and the parish church Sternberg / Strmec out.

Culture and sights

Structures

Secular buildings

  • Castle Wernberg
  • Ruined castle Sternberg
  • Castle Damtschach
  • Castle ruins Eichelbergstrasse, Umberg

Religious buildings

  • Parish Church of St. Margareta, Gottestal
  • Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Damtschach
  • Branch Church St.. Stefan, Föderlach
  • Parish Church of St. George Sternberg
  • Branch Church Sts. Peter and Paul, Kantnig
  • Branch Church St.. Bartlmä, Ragain
  • Branch Church St.. Matthew, Umberg
  • Castle Church Wernberg
  • Chapel, Stallhofen
  • Niche chapel, cemetery in Damtschach

Others

  • Celtic place of worship Viereckschanze north of Terlach
  • Abwehrkämpferbund Monument: On a hill east of the village Wern mountain with panoramic views of the Mittagskoge, the Dobratsch and Villach is a marble block of the KAB Wernberg in 2002 in memory for the defense fighter of Wernberg. The inscription reads: " If the home could talk, they would thank you the defensive fighters of the community Wernberg "

Sports

In Föderlach there are two tennis courts, an outdoor pool and a football pitch. The football team of Wernberg called SV Wernberg. The SV Wernberg has over 100 members.

Policy

Parish council

The local council of Wernberg has 23 members and is composed as follows since the municipal elections in 2009 together:

Directly elected mayor is Franz Zwölbar ( SPÖ).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Wernberg takes on local history reference rule. The fourfold crenellated shield stands for the four castles Aichelburg Damtschach, Sternberg and Wernberg. All were owned by the Khevenhüller, was so taken out of their ordinary arms of the golden oak branch. The three eventually star are derived from the coat of arms of the Counts Sternberger.

Coat of arms and flag were presented to the community on April 5, 1995. The flag is blue and yellow with integrated crest.

Personalities

  • Helmut Haas ( born 1950 ), politician, former councilor in Wernberg, Vzbgm. in Hermagor, Member of the Carinthian parliament
  • Maria Pacis Irene Birds (1931-2010), a nun in Wernberg and missionary in Kenya
  • Reginald Vospernik ( born 1937 ), teacher
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