Winklern
Winklern is a market town with 1194 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in Carinthia, Austria.
- 6.1 municipal
- 6.2 Coat of Arms
Geography
Geographical location
It lies at the foot of the Grossglockner massif between Schober, Goldberg and Kreuzeckgruppe in the upper Moelltal. The villages lie Winklerns 900-1650 meters above sea level. Winklern is called " the Hohe Tauern National Park Gate" due to its geographical location also.
Community structure
The municipality is divided into the two cadastral Winklern and Reintal and covers seven villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- Langang (117 )
- Namlach (172)
- Penzelberg (83 )
- Reintal (92 )
- Stone (13 )
- Winklern (704 )
- Between Mountains (42 )
History
Winklern was first documented in 1041-1060. Today's municipal area was at that time in the territory of Salzburg and Brixen bishops. Together with its neighboring Reintal that was already there was a market, Winklern came to 1213 rule of the Counts of Gorizia - Tyrol, who established a customs station here. Its location on the Iselsberg made Winklern an important place as a lifting point for customs duties and tolls. The current emblem of the municipality, in the center of Winklern standing " toll tower ," as it is known today, was first mentioned in 1325. This built in early Gothic style building filled throughout its history various tasks, mainly as a granary and residential tower. Maybe its construction was originally already initiated by the Romans, who may have used him this in both north-south and west-east direction strategically important point as a watchtower to protect their roads.
After the extinction of the Counts of Gorizia, the property passed to the Habsburgs, and changed in the following centuries, owners several times.
In 1850 the church was constituted Winklern, were among the first nor the cadastral Mörtschach and Stranach, in 1898 became independent to independent local church Mörtschach; they belonged 1973-1991 temporarily re- Winklern. 1930 Winklern was raised to the market town. She was until 1979 the District Court seat.
Culture and sights
- Toll tower Winklern
- Parish Winklern
Population
According to 2001 census Winklern has 1,134 inhabitants, of which 96.2 % have Austrian and 1.2% of German citizenship. 91.9 % are Roman Catholic, and 3.6 % for the Protestant Church. 3.5 % of the population are without religious confession.
Economy and infrastructure
Through the municipal area leads coming from Lienz and extending to the north Grossglockner road (B 107), before branching off in the village of Winklern the Moelltal road (B 106) and runs eastwards through the Moelltal.
Policy
Parish council
The local council of Winklern has 15 members and is composed as follows since the municipal elections in 2009 together:
- 9 FPK
- 5 SPÖ
- 1 ÖVP
Directly elected mayor Hermann Seebacher ( FPK ).
Coat of arms
The blazon of the coat of arms of Winklern reads: " In red over green sign foot [ recte: Mountain] a golden tower with black framed windows [ and black open -circular portal ]. " 's Coat of arms Winklern shows the toll tower in the state before 1865 on a green mountain. Coat of arms and flag were presented to the community on May 2, 1962, the flag is red -yellow-green with integrated crest.