Sankt Martin am Grimming

  • ÖVP: 7
  • SPÖ: 2

Sankt Martin am Grimming is a municipality with 770 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in Styria and is located in the Enns Valley ( district court Schladming ). From 1 January 2015 it is merged in the Styrian municipality structural reform with the community Mitterberg, the new community will be called " Mitterberg - Sankt Martin ".

  • 4.1 freeman
  • 4.2 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical Location

The town of St. Martin am Grimmig is between Stainach and Groebming at the Ennstalbundesstraße at 700 m above sea level and consists of several picturesque villages at the foot of the Grimming, immediately north of belonging to the community villages Espang, Oberstuttern, Diemlern, St. Martin, Prenten and Salza as it peaking as a protective barrier against the harsh north. South of the village, in the middle of the valley, the 800 m high and 10 km long wooded Mitterberg some localities extends ( a glacial moraine ), on the high plateau lying and invites to long walks. Due to its low height, a great view of St. Martin from south-west to the Lower Tauern far into the summer, snowy is released.

The local area of ​​St. Martin am Grimming the romantic Salza dam is located, from the newspaper writes: " Not everything that has been made ​​by human hands, is rejected by the conservationists. Example: The Salza power plant near St. Martin am Grimming. As early as 1948 it was known to combine technology and natural taste. "

The oldest message via St. Martin am Grimming dates from the year 1201, in which 28 8 Duke Leopold was in Admont and the monastery of St. Martin's Chapel in the village of " calibration " with all their rights, their property and the serfs presented. After the certificate that issued Duke Leopold in Admont, was the village Eich, such as St. Martin was formerly, in the princely possession Pürgg and was made ​​traditionally from the mother parish Groebming free.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the following six localities ( in parentheses population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Diemlern (121 )
  • Oberlengdorf (117)
  • Salza (119 )
  • Sankt Martin am Grimming (244 )
  • Tipschern (112 )
  • Unterlengdorf (44 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Diemlern, Lengdorf and St. Martin.

Neighboring communities

Culture and sights

Coat of arms

Red shield, which is divided by a silver sword, pointing to the Knights of St. coat. Martin out of his sword by the sheath splits ( Martin legend) and thus refers to the community name. The two diamonds on the top right are taken from the coat of arms pin Admont and refer to eliminate the effects of subjection ( control dependence ) of the two cadastral Diemlern and St.Martin. Gold cauldron hooks on the bottom left is reminiscent of the term of his membership of KG Lengdorf to the pin Göss. The coat of arms of the pin Göss was a black kettle hook on a gold shield. The municipal coat of arms symbolizes the rich history of the community St.Martin am Grimming, behind which an outwardly and inwardly few municipal population is.

Personalities

Freeman

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Christine Kaufmann ( born 1945 ), actress
  • Josef Letmaier (1924-2002), politician of the ÖVP, Member of Parliament 1970-1980
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