Sankt Martin bei Lofer

ÖVP: 6
WPS Template: Election chart / Maintenance / Symbol: 4
SPÖ: 3

Lofer is a municipality with 1111 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the province of Salzburg in Zell am See district in Austria.

3.1 Municipal Council
3.2 Coat of Arms

4.1 Natural Monuments

Geography

The municipality is located in Lofer in the country Pinzgauer Saalachtal in Salzburg. By the end of May 1923, the village belonged to the district court Lofer, since June 1, 1923 she is part of the judicial district of Saalfelden.

Neighboring municipalities are: Lofer, Weissbach, St. Ulrich am Pillersee and Hochfilzen ( Tyrol) and Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden ( Bavaria )

Community structure

The municipality comprises the following five villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

Gumping (63 )
Kirchental (9 )
Obsthurn (101)
Sankt Martin bei Lofer ( 772 )
Wildental (165 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Obsthurn, St. Martin and Wildenthal.

History

The original Bavarian Lofer land belonged to the Archbishopric of Salzburg from 1228 and came in 1816 to Austria. 1850 he produced the parish of St. Martin. 1939 Lofer and St. Martin were merged to form the large village Lofer. In 1946, she was again divided into three separate municipalities: Lofer, St. Martin bei Lofer and Weissbach bei Lofer.

Policy

Municipal council

The local council of St. Martin bei Lofer has 13 members and is composed as follows since the local council elections in 2009 together:

6 ÖVP
3 SPÖ
4 WPS ( Wählergemeinschaft per St. Martin)

Directly elected mayor is Joseph Leitinger (ÖVP ).

Coat of arms

Blazon: "In blue to red diagonally left divided blade, the dividing line is with a lowered goldbegrifften sword, accompanied by a golden Infel right. "

Culture and sights

Pilgrimage Church of Maria Kirchental in a high valley above Saint Martin (built after plans of the architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach in the years 1694-1701 )
Parish Church of St. Martin bei Lofer
Castle ruins Saalegg

St. Martin also served as the location for the successful TV series of the Alps clinic.

Natural Monuments

Strohwollner gorge
Vorderkaserklamm
Prax Ice Cave

Personalities

Sons and daughters

Anton Faistauer (1887-1930), painter
Helmut jewelry ( born 1963 ), world champion and multiple national champion in mountain running
Franz Martin Wimmer ( born 1942 ), philosopher
Bernhard Leitinger (* 1990), biathlete
Roland Leitinger (* 1991), skier