Liebenfels

Liebenfels is a market town with 3302 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Sankt Veit, the historic Central Region of Carinthia.

  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 Natural Monuments
  • 4.3 Regular events
  • 6.1 municipal
  • 6.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Geographical location

Liebenfels located 6 km west of the district capital of Sankt Veit an der Glan, just north of the state capital Klagenfurt. The municipal area comprises mainly the hills and low mountains of Wimitzer mountains. The highest point of the municipality is located on 1,338 m ( Schneebauer mountain ), the lowest - an der Glan in Liebenfels - to 477 m above sea level. A..

Community structure

Liebenfels is divided into eleven Katastralgemeinden: Freundsam, Glantschach, Gradenegg, Hardegg, Liebenfels, Liemberg, Pflausach, Rosenbichl, Rottschaft Feistritzwerke, Sörg, Sörgerberg Mountain.

The municipality includes the following 48 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Bärndorf ( 0)
  • Biting village ( 7)
  • Eggen I ( 27)
  • Eggen II (5 )
  • Freundsam (44 )
  • Gasmai (1)
  • Glantschach ( 368)
  • Gößeberg ( 8)
  • Trench ( 3)
  • Gradenegg (108 )
  • Grassendorf (15 )
  • Reason ( 4)
  • Hardegg (6 )
  • Hart ( 30)
  • High - Liebenfels (35 )
  • Hohenstein ( 37)
  • Kraindorf (29)
  • Kulm ( 7)
  • Ladein (12)
  • Lebmach (72 )
  • Liebenfels (723)
  • Liemberg (71 )
  • Lorberhof (42)
  • Mail Berg ( 4)
  • Metschach ( 8)
  • Forger Ling (73 )
  • Moos ( 9)
  • Pflausach (51)
  • Pflugern (32 )
  • Pulses (397)
  • Puppitsch (7)
  • Radel village (135 )
  • Rasting ( 1)
  • Reidenau (52)
  • Rohnsdorf (86)
  • Rosenbichl (26 )
  • Sankt Leonhard (38 )
  • Sörg (80 )
  • Sörgerberg Mountain (49 )
  • Adam Czech (20 )
  • Waggendorf (202 )
  • Wasai (55)
  • Weitensfeld (71 )
  • Woitsch (18 )
  • Zmuln (19)
  • Zojach (48 )
  • Zwattendorf ( 0)
  • Two churches (155 )

Neighboring communities

History

The earliest finds from the present-day municipality date from the Neolithic Age (Neolithic ): a Lochbeil in sub -Kulm, a serpentine stone ax from Reidenau and in particular ceramics in St. Leonhard, Feistritzwerke, Biting village and Glantschach.

On the castle hill of Hohenstein was in ancient times a sanctuary of Noreia.

The Church in Glantschach was 958/991 First mentioned in the castle Liebenfels 1333. In the early modern period was characterized by the area scythe and hammer mills.

On January 1, 1958, the community Liebenfels was born from the merger of the municipalities Hardegg, Liemberg and Pulst. In 1973, the municipality Sörg was incorporated.

Population

Liebenfels has according to the census 2001 3.274 inhabitants, of which 96.3 % and 1.4% German Austrian citizen. 88.0 % of the population profess the Roman Catholic Church, the Evangelical Church 4.5% and Islam 1.2%. 4.3 % have no religious confession.

Culture and sights

In Liebenfels one of the last Perchtenmaskenschnitzer Martin White vulgo " Mote " works. Only native pine wood is processed by the Albeck for the masks. Up to 30 hours of work have gone into a single mask, most of which are made ​​for groups. By maintaining the arts and crafts tradition of the alpine Perchtenlaufs is kept alive.

Structures

Located close to the historic town of St. Veit there on the mountains several notable buildings:

  • Castle ruins and chateau Karlberg
  • Castle ruins Liebenfels
  • Castle ruins Hardegg
  • Castle ruins Liemberg
  • Castle ruins Gradenegg
  • Castle Rosenbichl
  • Schloss Hohenstein
  • Castle Liemberg
  • Parish Gradenegg
  • Parish Liemberg
  • Church plant two churches

Natural Monuments

The municipality's territory, the landscape protection areas Haidensee - Hardegg are (also Glanegg community together 240 ha, Provincial Law Gazette 82/1970 and 60/ 1983) and Zmulner lake (40 ha Law Gazette 81/1970 ).

Regular events

  • Vierbergelauf: Every year on the so-called Dreinageltag, the second Friday after Easter, will be held this corridor round about the four sacred mountains in central Carinthia. Just over half the distance of the Four Mountains run is to love Felser municipality, namely, between the towns two churches and Reidenau. It take 's Cross, prayer leaders and foot soldiers participated in this unique pilgrimage. So also Veit mountain is at noon as the highest of the four mountains, the Gößeberg, called crested. About Gradenegg and Sörg the procession leads to Reidenau from where the municipality is left in the direction Fachau and Lorenziberg.
  • On a midsummer weekend in a castle festival at the castle ruins Liebenfels is held every year.

Economy and infrastructure

In Liebenfels there are 641 jobs, of which 189 are in construction, as well as 963 commuters ( 2001 census ). There are 175 farms (1999), of which 66 commercial farms. The municipality has three elementary schools, two kindergartens and three volunteer fire departments.

Liebenfels is accessed through the Ossiacher Road ( B 94) and the National Roads L68 and L93a. The Liebenfels railway station is on the railway line Villach - Feldkirchen - St. Veit.

Policy

Parish council

The council consists of 23 members and is as follows since the municipal elections in 2009 together:

Directly elected mayor is Klaus Köchl ( SPÖ).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Liebenfels shows the eponymous castle with its two characteristic, reinforced by loopholes mountain peace. Coat of arms and flag were the community on December 30, 1966 awarded ( Neuverleihung 1973). The flag is blue -yellow-green with integrated crest.

The blazon of the arms is: " In blue on green, black setted mountain a golden castle with two reinforced through loopholes mountain peace, a crenellated wall connects (shape of the castle Liebenfels ). "

Personalities

  • Simerl Krapfenbäck (actually Simon Kramer ) (1785 - 1809), predators, social rebel
  • Hermann Göschler, (1915 - 1939), conscientious objectors and victims of the Nazi regime
  • Walter Suppan, (* 1927), politician
  • Jennifer Kresitschnig (born 1976 ), author ( " unclear ", " In search of the mysterious dragon. Lilly and Nikolas in Carinthia ", " Anne of Rien. The big tournament" ), a research fellow of OSD
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