Griffen, Austria

Handles ( Slow Grebinj ), formerly Windisch- handles is a market town with 3506 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of peoples market in Carinthia, Austria.

  • 4.1 Natural Monuments
  • 4.2 Culture
  • 4.3 Nature
  • 5.1 City Council and Mayor
  • 5.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Geographical location

The municipality is located in Jaun Valley between the Klagenfurt basin and the Lavant valley.

Community structure

Handles in nine Katastralgemeinden divided (in brackets the Slovenian counterparts after Zdovc ): Griffnerthal, Großenegg ( Tolsti Vrh ), Haberberg ( Gabrje ) Kaunz ( Homec ), Small Dörfl ( Mala vas ), Pustritz ( Pustrica ), St. Kollmann ( Šentkolman ), Wölfnitz ( Golovica ) Wriesen ( Brezje ).

The municipality includes 35 villages (in brackets the Slovenian counterparts after Zdovc, ​​and the population (as of 31 October 2011) ):

  • Altenmarkt ( Stara vas ) ( 205)
  • Enzelsdorf ( Encelna vas ) ( 204)
  • Erlach ( Olše ) ( 122)
  • Gariusch ( Gorjuše ) (40)
  • Gletschach ( Klece ) ( 52)
  • Handles ( Grebinj ) ( 819)
  • Griffnergemeinde ( Grebinjska Gmajna ) ( 141)
  • Großenegg ( Tolsti Vrh ) (63)
  • Grutschen ( Gruca ) (35)
  • Haberberg ( Gabrje ) ( 78)
  • Kaunz ( Homec ) (97 )
  • Small Dörfl ( Mala vas ) (33)
  • Mountain monastery ( Kloštrske Gore ) (3)
  • Langegg ( Dolga Brda ) (54)
  • Light Forest ( 16)
  • Limberg ( Limberk ) (22)
  • Lind ( Lipa, Šmatija ) ( 104)
  • Upper municipality ( Zgornja Gmajna ) (0)
  • Popp village ( Popendorf ) ( 163)
  • Pustritz ( Pustrica ) ( 228)
  • Rakounig ( Rakovnik ) ( 197)
  • Noise ( RAVEZ ) ( 81)
  • Salzberg ( Žavška Gora, Na Žalcu ) (2)
  • Sankt Kollmann ( Šentkolman ) ( 81)
  • Sankt Leonhard on the Saualpe ( Šentlenart ) (14)
  • Schlossberg (degrees) (136 )
  • Pin handles ( Grebinjski Monastery ) (7)
  • Tschrietes ( 24)
  • Under Grafenbach ( Spodnja Kneža ) (14)
  • Untergreutschach ( Spodnje Krčanje ) (123 )
  • Under Rain ( Breg ) ( 59)
  • Wallersberg ( Vašinje ) ( 192)
  • Waller village (35 )
  • Wölfnitz ( Golovica ) (34)
  • Wriesen ( Brezje ) (44)

History

Since the settlement of the area by Slavs from the end of the 6th century and the establishment of Carantanian statehood in the 7th century, the area around handles is closely connected with the Slovenian cultural history. The language spoken in the area Slovene historical dialect is attributed to the Jauntaler dialect ( Slow podjunščina ).

The oldest known written mention of the village dates from the year 822 you grew up around the now ruined castle handles, which was built by Bishops of Bamberg in 1100 and has since been repeatedly extended. She secured the important transition from the Klagenfurt basin over the Griffnerberg the Lavant Valley. Griffen was in 1237 for the first time explicitly mentioned as a market and belonged from 1007 to 1759 to the Bishopric of Bamberg.

As a municipality handles was founded in 1850 and 1858 expanded by Haberberg and Kaunz, 1869-1876 also included the neighboring parish of Ruden to the municipality. The local government reform in 1973, finally, the cadastral Wölfnitz and Pustritz were incorporated.

The interwar period was like throughout Southern Carinthia - in addition to the general social tensions and social disintegration - especially characterized by the ethnic intolerance exclusivist territorial claims history. When, after the Nazi occupation 1941 60.000 Slovenians had been deported from the occupied Slovenian / Yugoslavian Lower Styria already, also scheduled Slovenes were deported, among others the Griffener space from Carinthia in April 1942, which led in particular to the Saualpe in the sequel to the organized armed resistance, which contributed to the military exemption from the reign of terror as well as a significant contribution to the rebirth of Austria. The writer Peter Handke, who himself comes from Altenmarkt / Stara vas at handles and is the son of a Slovenian mother and a Wehrmacht soldier, in his work are often witness to the existential questions that arise from this intellectual environment.

In Castle Hill, a limestone cave ( Accessed stalactite cave ) was discovered towards the end of the Second World War, which was founded in 1956 opened to the public. In addition to fossil animal bones also find Stone Age tools have been found that can prove that the Neanderthals in the cave already before 20,000 - 100,000 years has sought shelter.

Away from the resort is located, which was founded in 1236 and 1786 abandoned Premonstratensian handles.

Population

According to the 2001 census, the municipality has 3,677 inhabitants handles, which are 96.4 % and 1.6% Austrian Bosnian citizen. 95.0 % of the population report as colloquial German, 1.3% Slovene.

For the Roman Catholic Church to 94.9 % of the community population profess the Protestant Church and Islam, respectively 1.0%, 1.7 % no religious persuasion.

Be performed Bilingual German - Slovenian in handles, which comes under the Office of the Dean peoples market, following Catholic parishes and affiliated churches: in pin handles the Old Parish Church / Stara farna cerkev along with the affiliated churches Dürrenmoos / Suha Blato, Gletschach / Klece, St. Michael Unterberg / Šmihel v Podgori and Wallersberg / Vašinje.

Attractions

Cadastral Griffnerthal:

  • Castle ruins handles: The handles castle was sold in 1759 to Max Thaddeus Grafenegger, then came down to the barons of Helldorff and finally in 1937 in the possession of the family in Leitgeb Kühndorf (Carinthia ). After the Second World War, the family Leitgeb secure the greater part of the walls understanding and bats leave the forest in the castle area. Since that time, the remains of this order of size with Strasbourg and Landskron comparable castle tower in the fantastic scenery. At the beginning of 2000, the ruined castle was the property of the municipality handles including the stalactite cave in the interior of the castle hill. The ruins on the Schlossberg were no longer visible from the valley. Under strict conditions, the Federal Monuments Office and the nature conservation authority were made in the years 2000 and 2001 EXPLORATION, hedging and wall renovation work. Up to 2004 rendered by Griffner citizens, associations and companies over 4,500 volunteer hours. 2002 and 2004, a new footpath has been created, the host local " castle Bergschänke " opened in West Tower, installed the lighting of the castle hill, built a auditorium and built an exhibition space.
  • Catholic parish church of Sts. Peter and Paul
  • Stift Griffen, former Premonstratensian
  • Catholic branch church hl. Thomas: in the cadastral Großenegg
  • Catholic branch church hl. Nicholas on Windische Vineyard: in the cadastral Haberberg
  • Catholic Parish Church of St.. Martin with military cemetery and ossuary and parsonage: in the cadastral Kaunz
  • Catholic Parish Church of the Assumption and cemetery and parsonage: in the in the cadastral Pustritz

Cadastral St. Kollmann:

  • Catholic branch church hl. Matthew
  • Catholic branch church hl. Koloman
  • Castle Ehr (s) negg with garden

Cadastral Wölfnitz:

  • Catholic Parish Church of St.. Michael in Wölfnitz at the Saualpe
  • Branch Church of St. Leonhard on the Saualpe
  • Catholic branch church hl. Margaretha and Cemetery

Natural Monuments

  • Stalactite cave handles: The Griffner limestone cave in the Castle Hill applies since its tourist development in 1956 because of their colors as " colorful " show cave in Austria. In the cave, scientists discovered during excavations bones of Ice Age animals and the oldest, Stone Age tracks ( about 40,000 BC) human habitation in Carinthia. The entire castle hill and the ruins of walls are still very well preserved were surrounded with trees, shrubs and bushes. Access to the castle hill was totally overgrown and impassable.

Culture

  • In the 1990s, plans excited the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser stir to redesign the main square in its style, which were then not implemented for reasons of cost.
  • Trachtenkapelle market handles
  • Mixed chorus handles
  • Diverse communities and volunteer fire Greutschach - Kaunz, handles, Pustritz, Langegg and Enzelsdorf
  • Asylum Home to the Saualm: The village is home to the medial Wölfnitz known and controversial asylum home on the Saualm.

Nature

  • Granitztaler cider trail: From St. Martin in Granitztal ( market town of St. Paul in the Lavant Valley ) starting performs one of three variants of this pathway on the Grutschen. Every year on May 1, we organized the Granitztaler flowers hike.
  • Women angle on the Grutschen: The Griffener Grutschen district is located on a southern branch of the Saualpe, between the Granitztal the east and the Wöfnitzbach in the West. Further to the south of it rises the White Mountain Egger. The following legend is told in this glade: " Many years ago, went on the night of Shrove Tuesday on Ash Wednesday two girls from the dance home. A rejoiced and sang, the other was thoughtful and prayed. When the paths of the two parted, already a formidable fellow lay in wait for the girls singing. The highwaymen fell upon the unsuspecting creature, and after a brief resistance, it had to lose his life that night. Subsequently it was learned that the attack was carried out because of a spurned love. Long one still saw traces of this event. But other raids took place here. For example, the farmer J. Baumgartner vulgo Themel was approximately 1900 fall here. His dog saved his life. "Today there is a forest chapel, which was built in 2001 by a farmer and mason Gerhard Karisch.

Policy

City Council and Mayor

The council consists of 23 members and is since the municipal elections of 2009 mandates the following parties together:

Directly elected mayor Josef Müller ( ÖVP).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of handles shows " In gold, a black, bloody cut grasping claw. " Running a label market in Griffen has survived since 1592 without the need for yet a ceremony or confirmation is detectable. Due to the similarity with the coat of Villach a guess to the emergence of the subject asks that the Bamberg bishops strove a city founded after the establishment of the pin handles in the 13th century; the existing from 1236 Premonstratensian led a gryphon coat of arms. The gripping claw can also be interpreted as an allusion to the place name ( gripping means in Middle High German Grife ), even if the actual origin of the name has other roots, and goes back to a pre-Slavic term for a river mouth.

The coat of arms of the municipality was confirmed on 20 November 1969, simultaneously awarded a banner that shows the colors black -yellow-red with integrated crest.

Personalities

  • Peter Handke ( born 1942 ), writer, born in Altenmarkt
Burgruine Griffen Volunteer fire department Diex Eberndorf Globasnitz Sittersdorf
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