Arnoldstein

Arnold Stone (Slovenian: Podklošter, Under the monastery) is a market town with 6976 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the Gail Valley in Carinthia, Austria. The community, accessible via the A2 or the Southern Railway, is located close to the borders between Italy, Slovenia and Austria.

  • 3.1 Demographics
  • 4.1 municipal
  • 4.2 Coat of Arms
  • 5.1 events

Geography

Geographical location

The market town of Arnold Stein borders the Karawanken and the Carnic Alps and thus forms on the top of the oven a triangle between Italy, Slovenia and Austria. This is the only point of intersection of three major European cultures, the Germanic, the Romance and Slavic.

Community structure

Arnold Stone is in the six cadastral Arnold Stein ( Podklošter ), Hart ( Ločilo ) Thoerl - Maglern ( Vrata Megvarje ) Pöckau ( Pece ), Rieger village ( Rikarja vas ) and Seltschach ( Sovče ) divided. The municipality includes the following 21 places (in brackets the Slovenian village name as well as the population as at 31 October 2011):

  • Agoritschach ( Zagorice ) ( 64)
  • Arnold Stein ( Podklošter ) ( 1,964 )
  • Alder village ( Oljše ) ( 420)
  • Gailitz ( Ziljica ) ( 1040 )
  • Greuth ( tail ) (11)
  • Hart ( Ločilo ) ( 230)
  • Krainberg ( Strmec ) (3)
  • Krainegg ( Podkrajnik ) (0)
  • Lind ( Lipa ) ( 109)
  • Maglern ( Megvarje ) ( 302)
  • Neuhaus an der Gail ( Poturje ) ( 275 )
  • Oberthörl ( Zgornja Vrata ) ( 60)
  • Pessendellach ( Dole ) ( 60)
  • Pöckau ( Pece ) ( 690 )
  • Radensdorf ( wheel hub vas ) ( 196 )
  • Rieger village ( Rikarja vas ) ( 493 )
  • St. Leonhard bei Untersiebenbrunn ( Šentlenart pri Sedmih studencih ) ( 255)
  • Seltschach ( Sovče ) ( 400)
  • Thoerl - Maglern - Greuth (Rute pri Vratih ) (9)
  • Chow ( CAVA ) (97 )
  • Unterthörl ( Spodnja Vrata ) ( 201)

Neighboring communities

History

The area of Arnold Stein was already inhabited in antiquity, which still proclaims the Roman road on the left bank of the Gailitz. This military road ran from Aquileia to Virunum.

The name is based on the presumed founder of the monastery castle, Arnold, but not documented is tangible. This built on a cliff above the Gailitz in the 11th century, the castle, which was under the Patriarchate of Aquileia, and from 1014 to the Bishopric of Bamberg. Otto of Bamberg taught here 1106/ 07 the Benedictine one, which existed until 1783 (see also pin Arnold Stein). The monastery castle is now developed as a walk ruin. In the Park Museum of the City of Klagenfurt is now home to an ancient grave, which Knight Arnold shows with his wife Mathilde.

Below the monastery was built on the Road to Italy ( " oblique passage " ) is a village which was first mentioned in 1376, and already referred to the year 1500 as a market, but did not have self-government with more privileged social class. During the 16th century it fell again to the village.

In the 15th century, the Fugger built a lead smelter ( Fuggerau ). 1797 originated in neighboring Gailitz a smoothness factory which later anti-rust paint and 1814-1975 buckshot produced, of which today still bears witness to a shot tower. Arnold Stein was from 1882 to the industrial site, as here was a lead smelter Bleiberger mine Union.

The municipality Arnold Stone was founded in 1850 and received in 1930 the right to use the designation " market town ".

Population

According to the 2001 census, Arnold Stein has 6,832 inhabitants, of which 91.9 % have Austrian citizenship, 2.9% coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 1.5% from Germany.

76.3 % of the population are Roman Catholic, 9.8% to 3.5% are Protestant Church and the Islamic faith. 7.6 % of the population is without religious confession.

Demographics

Policy

Parish council

The local council of Arnold Stein has 27 members and is composed as follows since the municipal elections in 2009 together:

Directly elected mayor since 2003 Erich Kessler ( SPÖ).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Arnold Stone, which was awarded to the market town on April 30, 1956 shows the motif of the oldest preserved seal of the monastery, which is available at records from 1280 to 1509, even if this representation is not the - actually eintürmigen - corresponds church facade. The battlements are reminiscent of the castle as a predecessor of the monastery. In the tincture they retrenched the colors of the diocese of Bamberg, the monastery was under his rule until 1759.

The blazon of the arms is:

The flag is yellow and black with integrated crest.

Culture and sights

  • Monastery ruins Arnold Stone
  • Shot tower on the Fuggerau
  • Cross Chapel with frescoes
  • Museum of Local History
  • Parish Church of Saint Andrew in Thoerl - Maglern with frescoes by Master Thomas
  • Filialkirche Pöckau with frescoes by Master Thomas
  • Pilgrimage Church of Maria Untersiebenbrunn in Radensdorf
  • Pöckauer waterfall
  • Bunker Museum Wurzenpass
  • Evangelical Church Agoritschach

Branch church in Seltschach

Sanctuary of Mary of Brno in Radensdorf

Schrotturm

Events

In the places Arnold Stone, Gailitz, Pöckau, Seltschach and Thoerl takes place the traditional Kufenstechen each of the individual church days.

Every second Sunday of September takes place the star trek Tour 3 on the triangle.

Landmark triangle

Villach-Land District Karawanks Bad Bleiberg Hohenthurn Tarvisio Municipality of Kranjska Gora Classical antiquity Slizza Feistritz an der Gail Arriach Feld am See Fresach Rosegg Stockenboi
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