Rangersdorf

Rangers village is a municipality with 1751 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia.

• 6.1 municipal
• 6.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Geographical location

Rangers village is situated in between the Moelltal belonging to the Goldberg group Zellinkopf ( 2,597 m) and the southern Kreuzeckgruppe with the leading- here valleys ( trenches ) of Lamnitzbaches and Zleinitzbaches. Settled are mainly the flood level terraces in the mouth region of the major tributaries (localities Lamnitz and Lainach ) and Verebnungen in the northern slope of the Mölltal valley ( in ascending Altitude: Rangers village, Tresdorf, Lobersberg ).

Community structure

Rangers village is divided into three cadastral Lainach, Rangers village and Tresdorf, the municipality includes the following nine villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

• Lainach (492)
• Lamnitz (129 )
• Lobersberg (188 )
• Plappergassen (66)
• Rangers village (372)
• Tresdorf (267 )
• Wenneberg (43 )
• Witschdorf (191 )
• Zladisch (7)

History

Slavic tribes settled on the western slope of the Goldberg group early in the 7th century. The "Villa Routkerasdorf " was first mentioned in a barter agreement bishop of Freising from the years 1006-1039. The place name is derived from the situated above the village Rank castle. This was in 1292 destroyed by the Counts of Gorizia, together with the Fixed stall and then not rebuilt.

In the late Middle Ages Rangers village was a known gold, silver and Kupferbergbauort. The present municipality was managed almost six centuries, from the reign of each stall. 1850, the municipality Rangers village was established, which has since served only 1964 smaller field corrections to the stable.

Population

According to the 2001 census, the municipality Rangers village 1,805 inhabitants, of whom 97% possess the Austrian and 1% of the German citizenship.

For the Roman Catholic Church to 95.9 % of the community population profess the Protestant Church 1.4%. As a non-denominational to 1.3%, respectively.

Culture and sights

• The Sanctuary Marterle is located in 1861 meters above sea level on the southern slope of the Sadniggruppe chapel. Your name derives from a cross that has stood in their place before their construction. Its present form was the chapel by a new building in 1904, which was completed two years later with the consecration.

• The late- Gothic parish church of the village Rangers had the oldest altarpiece of Carinthia (1425, now in the Diocesan Museum Klagenfurt).

• The late-Gothic, Baroque style later filial church of Lainach has a high altar of about 1670th It is dedicated to Saint Margaret.

• In Lainach is the iron, sulfur and radon Margarethe source.

• The massive waterfall of Lamnitzbaches ( Zlapp, name of Slavic origin ) is located in a difficult to access ravine above Lamnitz.

Economy and infrastructure

In addition to the traditionally dominant agriculture today provide tourism also some small and medium-sized enterprises of mechanical engineering and plant construction, as well as the construction industry, important economic factors dar.

Through the municipal area leads the Moelltal road (B 106), the Rangers village connects with the neighboring communities Winklern and stable. A rail link to Rangers village does not exist, the closest train stations are located in Lienz or Obervellach.

Policy

Parish council

The local council of Rangers village has 15 members and is composed as follows since the municipal elections in 2009 together:

• 6 FPK
• 5 ÖVP
• 4 SPO

Directly elected mayor is Franz Zlöbl (ÖVP ).

Coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms of Rangers village is: In blue on silver Dreienberg the silver church of Marterle, beseitet top right of a golden flower of the Elder- leaved orchid.

Central is shown the west front of the Sanctuary " Marterle " in the sign of the crest the mountain location of the village is a Dreienberg expressed. As a heraldic additional motif was a native orchid, the elder orchid ( Dactylorhiza sambucina ) popularly referred to as " Adam and Eve " is selected. Coat of arms and flag were presented to the community on 23 July 1978, the flag is blue and white with integrated crest.