Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße

  • SPÖ: 9
  • ÖVP: 8
  • FPÖ: 2
  • GREEN: 2

Bruck an der Grossglockner Road is a municipality in the province of Salzburg, Zell am See in Austria with 4491 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013).

  • 2.1 Population development

Geography

The municipality is located in the Pinzgau in Salzburg to the north entrance to the Grossglockner High Alpine Road and is part of the judicial district of Zell am See. The districts of St. Georgen and riding were prior to their annexation on 1 January 1939 part of the judicial district tax stream.

Adjacent communities are Zell am See, Rauris, Fusch, Kaprun and Maria Alm

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 14 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Brandenau (11)
  • Bruck an der Grossglockner Road ( 670 )
  • Fischhorn (345 )
  • Gries (254 )
  • Hauserdorfstraße (154 )
  • Dog village (332 )
  • Krössenbach ( 685 )
  • Niederhofstraße (87 )
  • Pichl ( 1147 )
  • Riding (210 )
  • Sankt Georgen (220 )
  • Steinbach (57 )
  • Vorfusch (228)
  • Winkl (43 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Bruck, dog village, Reith and St. Georgen.

Population

Demographics

History

Archaeological Sites in several places in the municipality point to a long history of settlement. Thus was discovered during construction work in the district Fischhorn on the remains of a Roman estate from the first century BC. On the church hill in St. Georgen colonization was detected in the Early Bronze Age and also on the Weberpalfen in Gries im Pinzgau finds evidence of Bronze Age copper recovery of prehistoric settlement.

The Illyrians and Celts settled in the area of Bruck just like the Romans. Subsequently, the Bavarians did settle down and mingled with the local population. The first mention of Prugg in Pinzgrey took place in 1227th Since the completion of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road in 1935 the place is called Bruck an der Grossglockner road. In 1938, the independent village of St. Georgen was incorporated.

Coat of arms

After the Second World War, the efforts to create a own coat of arms municipality were intensified again in Bruck, there was a new design, which was included in the official seal of the municipality. This former unofficial coat of arms had provided the Eismadonna as a coat of arms. Considering the fact that several communities in the region Pinzgau also led the Madonna as the heraldic symbol of a long time ago, it has discouraged this type of coat of arms design.

As offered in subsequent years but again the connection with the name bridge over the river, along with about a crosier, versinnbildlichend the close affiliation with the Lord at Schloss Fischhorn, the Bishop of Chiemsee, at. This type of representation was met with heraldists but with little enthusiasm.

After much deliberation it was decided then but a so-called speaking crest, which was created by Prof. Mag Gerd Nowotny and was also awarded by the Government of Salzburg on September 17, 1976, the Municipality: This crest shows the silver shield a green tricuspid mountain, in front of a silver zweijochige bridge over a blue river.

It is thus expressed in the coat of arms by the bridge over the Salzach river, the name of the place and the connection with St. Georgen is brought " Three Brothers " expressed through the mountain symbolized the group.

Policy

The municipal council of Bruck an der Grossglockner road has 21 members and is composed as follows for the local council elections in 2014 together:

  • 9 SPÖ
  • 8 ÖVP
  • 2 FPÖ
  • 2 Green

Directly elected mayor is Herbert Reisinger ( SPÖ).

Culture and sights

  • Catholic Parish Church of St.. Maria Bruck
  • Franciscan Church of St.. Anthony of Padua in Dog Village
  • Catholic Parish Church of St.. George in St. George
  • Castle Fischhorn
  • Castle Heuberg
  • Walchergut

Traffic

The Grossglockner High Alpine Road connects as a high-altitude mountain road, the two Austrian provinces of Salzburg and Carinthia. The leading from Bruck to Heiligenblut road is 47.8 km long.

Personalities

  • Georg Griessner ( b. 1948 ), President of the Salzburg state parliament and mayor of Bruck
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