Frojach-Katsch
- SPÖ: 7
- ÖVP: 5
- FPO: 3
Frojach - Katschberg is a municipality with 1140 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the judicial district or district Murau in Styria. On 1 January 1968, it was formed by the merger of the municipalities Frojach and Katsch.
- 2.1 Names History
- 3.1 Population structure
- 3.2 Demographics
- 6.1 Attractions 6.1.1 castle ruins Katsch
- 6.1.2 Roman road Katsch an der Mur
- 6.1.3 Puxerloch
- 6.1.4 Narrow Gauge Railway Museum of Club 760
- 7.1 freeman
Geography
Location
Frojach - Katsch is centrally located in Murau, and is 10 km from the district capital. It is with an area of 38.89 km ², the fourteenth largest municipality in the district. It includes the foothills of the Styrian Katschtals and part of the upper Mur Valley. The place Katschberg is situated in the Schladming Tauern ( Low Tauern ) and Frojach in the Gurktaler Alps. These two sub-groups of the Eastern Alps are separated by the river Mur.
Community structure
The community Frojach - Katsch consists of two cadastral Frojach and Katsch.
Neighboring communities
The neighboring community to the west along the B96 ( Murauer road - direction Murau ) is Triebendorf, in the northwest is Sankt Peter am Kammerberg, in the northeast - on the other side of the Pleschaitz - the boroughs Oberwölz environment and Niederwölz, in the east along the B96 ( direction Scheifling ) is Teufenbach, in the south bordered Frojach - Katsch in Santa bubbles.
Mountains
Frojach - Katschberg is situated in a large group of the Central Alps in the Eastern Alps. The municipality is crossed by the river Mur, which is the boundary between the Lower Tauern and the Gurktaler Alps. Thus, the village of Katschberg ( and Pux ) lies in the Schladming Tauern and Frojach ( and Saurau ) in the Gurktaler Alps. The Pleschaitz is 1797 meters the highest mountain in the municipality, and is located on the border between Katsch and Oberwölz environment. The Puxberg is another important mountain in the municipality, in its southern slope lies the Puxerloch. In the south of the municipality from Reuter Unterbichl ( 1343 meters - south of Saurau ) and the Blasenkogl (1602 meters - in Frojach ) of Santa isolated bubbles.
Rivers and Lakes
The most important river in the municipality of Frojach - Katsch is the Mur, which enters the township area in the west and exits to the east. It is partly the geographical border between Frojach and Katsch. Another waters is the Katschbach, which is a feeder of the river Mur, and ends at the boundary between Frojach and Katsch in the Mur.
History
Name history
The name Katsch is first mentioned in 982, at that time, however, as Chaczi or chats. As the town became an important trading center from the middle of the 11th century, he is later mentioned several times in the form Chatissa. Frojach was mid-12th century for the first time mentioned in a document in the form Froiach. The handwritten document was written in the Abbey of St. Lambrecht, and is deposited in the University Library of Graz.
Population
Population structure
In the community Frojach - Katsch in November 2004, 1264 people lived. According to the 2001 census 98.4 % of the population were in the possession of the Austrian citizenship. For the Roman Catholic Church to 95.9 % of the population known, 1.8 % had no religious persuasion. The age structure of Frojach - Katsch was 2001 compared to the average of Styria significantly younger. Thus in 2001 20.6 % of the population Frojach - Katschs were younger than 15 years ( total Styria: 16.2%) and 60.4 % from 15 to 59 years old (total Styria: 61.5 %). The percentage of residents with more than 59 years was 19 % below the national average of 22.3 %.
Demographics
Until the 14th century the population of the community grew, there was a good infrastructure and productive farming. However, in 1450 then began a decline in settlement and a farmers dying, which was triggered by a prolonged agrarian crisis, due to an unfavorable climate change and epidemics like the plague. This decline is noticeable to the 15th century. In the second half of the 19th century, there was again a decrease in population since the farmers their lands always enlarged and thus repressed other farmers in the area. Since about 1900, the population is stable again.
Policy
The Parish Council, the supreme body of the municipality comprises 15 seats and is elected every five years Styria further municipal elections in the course. At the constituent meeting after the election of the town council (Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Municipality Treasurer ) shall be elected by the new local councils. Acting Mayor since 2010 Gottfried Sperl from the FPÖ.
The most powerful force in the community policy since the 2005 election for the first time, the SPÖ. From the merger of the municipalities in the year 1968 to 2005 was always the most seats, the ÖVP party which asked the mayor.
Coat of arms
The Styrian government awarded on 22 May 1978 with effect on August 1, 1978 the local church Frojach - Katsch a municipal coat of arms, which can be described as follows: In the red shield a gold lined black bar that is occupied in the middle part with a golden Norian belt fitting. A bronze belt fitting Norican of provincial Roman period, found in the municipality, engages in gold on black on the colors of the Holy Roman Empire, with red recalls the coat of arms to the dazzling color Norican women's costumes.
Culture and sights
Attractions
Castle ruins Katsch
Already in the 9th, 10th and 11th century, the castle is mentioned in a document, which suggests that it was already built by the Carolingians. On May 6, 1007, King Henry II gave the bishopric of Freising an extensive royal estate in the then Carantanian Styria, which included the Wölzertal to Lind and the whole area between Katschbach, Mur, Rantental and the line - Schoder Rinegg.
The rule Katsch with castle and estates were, however, later alienated from the Freising Good. Other parts of Freising good in Katschtal them were lost.
In several historical works can be read that the castle Katsch had been destroyed by a strong earthquake on May 4, 1201. According to new scientific studies, however, revealed that the castle was not destroyed.
The castle forfeited since the mid-18th century. steadily, but the club was founded in 2001 to rescue the ruin Katsch aims to counteract this process and get the current state of ruin.
Romerweg Katsch an der Mur
The Roman road is still quite good to see in the municipality of Frojach - Katschberg, led over Katschhof Oberndorf, Althofen, St. Peter / Kammerberg and Feistritzwerke always on the west side of the valley on the Sölkpass, where he was in the Enns Valley Roman with the united road, which connects the two roads between Tauern Stiriate ( Liezen ) and anise ( Old Market ) combined.
In Katsch was found in a quarry wall remains and vessels. In these excavations in the years 1928 and 1929 at an early Roman burial ground with 30 cremations and burials seven skeleton was exposed.
Another witness of a Roman past the " Murboden " is the Roman stone, which is mounted on the side wall inside the Church of Frojach and according to legend of Nero 's tutor, so Seneca represents. Seneca is in Triebendorf, about 5 km west of Frojach, have lived in exile
Puxerloch
See also: Puxerloch The designated popularly known as Puxerloch two cave castles Luegg and Schallaun are the only two surviving cave castle ruins in Austria. 100 feet above the ground rises to the almost vertical south face of the mountain or the Pleschaitz him upstream Puxberges. In this are the remains of two castles cave Luegg and Schallaun. In the larger cave the castle was Luegg, which is still available today. The cave is complete with a masonry wall, were inside before the living rooms.
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum of Club 760
Built in 1978, the club 760 "Friends of Murtalbahn " on a land leased from the Diocese of Graz- Seckau plot a narrow gauge railway museum with a rail connection to the station Frojach Murtalbahn. Covering an area of 360 m² located in a device equipped with three tracks Hall among others a locomotive of the Salzkammergut Local Railway, vehicles of the Styrian Provincial Railways and some locomotives built by the Habsburg monarchy in Bosnia - Herzegovina narrow gauge railways of the same gauge.
Voluntary Sector
In Frojach - Katsch 15 clubs (2007) are currently reported. The oldest club is the volunteer fire department Frojach - Katschberg, which was founded in 1840.
- Musikverein
- Glee club
- Women's Choir
- Theatre Association
- Kameradschaftsbund
- Rural Youth
- Sports club
- FC - Fairplay
- Eisschützenverein
- Wood Street Musicians
- Association for the Preservation of the ruins Katsch
- Club 760 Narrow Gauge Museum
- Beekeepers Association
- Parents' Association