Abtenau

  • SPÖ: 9
  • ÖVP: 14
  • FPÖ: 1
  • NEOS: 1

Abtenau is a market town ( elevation 1507) with 5733 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the state of Salzburg in the district of Hallein in Austria.

  • 7.1 In the summer
  • 7.2 In Winter
  • 7.3 All year

Geography

The municipality is located in the Lammer Valley, in the Tennengau of Salzburg about 45 km south of Salzburg.

By the end of 2002, the village belonged to the district court Abtenau, since 2003 she has been part of the judicial district of Hallein.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 23 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Abtenau ( 1074 )
  • Au ( 555 )
  • Döllerhof (425 )
  • Erlfeld (177 )
  • Fischbach ( 416)
  • Gseng (29 )
  • Hall Pages (54 )
  • Kehlhof (457)
  • Forward House ( 142)
  • Lindenthal ( 427 )
  • Möselberg (104 )
  • Pichl (452 )
  • Rigaus (217 )
  • Salfelden (66 )
  • Schorn (299 )
  • Schratten (125 )
  • Seetratten (103)
  • Seydegg (30 )
  • Stocker ( 160)
  • Unterberg (50 )
  • Wagner ( 114)
  • Waldhof (173 )
  • Wegscheid (54 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral village Abtenau, Abtenau market, Fischbach, conducting house, Rigaus, Schorn, Seetratten, Seidegg and Unterberg.

History

1507 Abtenau was raised by the sovereign Archbishop Leonhard von Keutschach to the market. 1816 the place with Salzburg Austria. The emancipation of the serfs in 1848 was followed by the formation of the local church in 1850. Explosive growth to a two seasonal holiday began after the Second World War.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality is: " In the blue field, standing on pflasterartigem ground, the figure of St. Blaise. Goldnimbierter one, with red -clad pluvial bishop, a crosier in his right hand holding a burning candle and in the left"

Policy

The municipal council consists of 25 members, only the mayor and has been working for the municipal elections of 2009 mandates the following parties together: 12 SPÖ, ÖVP 12, 1 FPÖ. Mayor Johann Quehenberger ( SPÖ).

Twinning

  • Germany Münster ( at Dieburg ) in Germany, since 1971
  • United States Big Bear Lake in California, USA, since 1985

Culture and sights

  • The parish church of St. Blaise of Abtenau comes from the Gothic, but shows through conversions and extensions also baroque features. Worth the high altar and the side altars from the 17th century and the nave in 1939 are exposed vault frescoes of the 16th century.
  • The local museum is located in an ancient farmhouse, the Arlerhof.
  • Furthermore, there is a cinema and a theater in the town.

Sport and Leisure

In the summer

  • Sledding on the summer toboggan run and mountain Cart on the winter toboggan run
  • Hiking Abtenau and on the Postalm
  • Terraces swimming pool Abtenau
  • Paragliding ( paragliding ) on Karkogel
  • Miniature golf

In the winter

  • Skiing and sledding in the Abtenauer lifts on Karkogel, and cross-
  • Skiing and hiking pleasure at the Postalm

All year round

  • Cinema, theater Abtenau

Education

  • Elementary school market
  • Elementary school Radochsberg
  • Elementary school Voglau
  • Secondary school Abtenau
  • Polytechnic School
  • Special Education Centre Abtenau

Sons and daughters

  • Thomas Greinwald (1821-1875), sculptor
  • Franz Bachler (1915-2003), abbot of St. Peter in Salzburg
  • Matthias Lanzinger (* 1980), skier
  • Helmut Lindenthaler (* 1962), politician ( ÖVP), Member of the Salzburg Parliament
  • Alexandra Meissnitzer (* 1973 ), double World Champion and overall World Cup champion Alpine Skiing
  • Edmund cars Hofer ( * 1944 ), Abbot President of Slavonic Benedictine Congregation
  • David Zwilling ( born 1949 ), former alpine skier, world champion in downhill in 1974
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