Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee

St. Ulrich am Pillersee ( locally too: Nuarach ) is a municipality with 1617 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria. The municipality is located in the judicial district of Kitzbühel.

• 4.1 Demographics

Geography

St. Ulrich am Pillersee located 847 meters above sea level on the eponymous Pillersee Pillersetal in the Westabschattung the Lofer Steinberg mountains.

Breakdown ( as of 2000)

The municipal area covers 52.0 km ², of which 7.6 km ² populated. 23.9 % ( 1243 ha) of the municipal area are agriculture, principally used for livestock. 49.2 % of the municipality, which corresponds to 2560 ha are covered with forest, which is primarily used for forestry. 1.3% (69 ha) are cultivated, the inhabited area is 7.6 km ², equivalent to 14.6 % of the municipality. The highest point of the municipality lies at 2506 meters above sea level at the summit of the Grand dorsal horn ( Mitterhorn ).

Neighboring communities

• Fieberbrunn
• St. Jakob in Haus
• Hochfilzen
• Waidring
• St. Johann in Tirol
• Kirchdorf in Tirol
• Lofer
• Sankt Martin bei Lofer

History

The first archaeologically detectable by row graves, settlement took place by Baiuvarii tribes probably in the 10th century. The Hofmark Pillersee was inhabited by Benedictine monks of the monastery Rott am Inn in the 12th century. Ortisei here was the original parish of the entire valley. Was first mentioned in writing in the area in 1151 ( " TOTUM BILLERSEE CUM ECCLESIA EIUSDEM LOCI, DECIMIS ET APPENDICIS SUIS " ) in a document of Pope Eugene II. The town's name derives from the sacred Ulrich of Augsburg, after the parish was named. In 1377 the inn was mentioned in writing on the road than it was then the only inn Pillersetal. In the year 1401, the late gothic pilgrimage church was mentioned in a document. 1506 came the Hofmark Pillersee by a country's reform to the country court Kitzbühel and became part of Tyrol, owner of Hofmark however remained the monastery Rott am Inn. 1803, the monastery was dissolved Rott am Inn and St. Ulrich fell by the Tyrolean sovereigns. Between 1911 and 1931, a road was built through the Pillerseetal (1961 asphalted), which increased the accessibility of the valley and led to an economic connection. 1969, a ski area on the mountain Buchsteinwand was opened.

Population

Demographics

Local government

Mayor is Brigitte Lackner. Your predecessor, Kaspar Mettler of the party for St Ulrich, farmers - workers - economy was until his death May 13, 2009 Mayor.

Municipal Council: 13 members: 7 For Ortisei, farmers - workers - economic, 4 We Nuaracher - We Tyrolean, 2 Nuarach Active - The Green Alternative

Economic and socio-economics

Due to the peripheral location there in Ortisei no greater colonization by industry. There are 76 commercial company. The majority of the population lives from agriculture (49 farms) and tourism (1700 Gästebetten/240.449 nights). Main importance here is the winter sports. St. Ulrich has its own small ski area, which is connected to the ski Pillerseetal. About 83 % of the guests spend the night in private accommodation such as boarding houses or apartments. The unemployment rate is 5 % (as of 2001), the average income is 16,912 euros / year. 21.1 % of the working population is employed in manufacturing, 33.9 % work in the transport and storage and communications and 19.7 % in the hotel and catering industry. It should be noted that a significant proportion of the workforce are commuters who work in the near or the environs. The number of local jobs for example, was in 2001, with the exception of agriculturally or forestry workers just 89 at 608 employees.

Traffic

By Ortisei, the Pillerseestraße (L 2), which connects the B 178 and the B 164 with each other. A regional bus runs every summer for several hours between the towns of the PillerseeTal, in winter a free shuttle bus at a higher frequency. The nearest railway station is located in Fieberbrunn (Salzburg - Tyrol Railway ).

Education

Ortisei has a kindergarten and a four elementary school.

Culture and sights

• Baroque parish church of St. Ulrich with the rectory, she once belonged to the monastery Rott am Inn. First mention in 1151, with a Romanesque tower core of the building, consecrated in 1506 as a Gothic Church, Baroque style in the 17th and 18th centuries, 1865/66 Neo-Gothic redesigned 1960/61, rebarockisiert.
• Church of St. Adolari: the small church located in the hamlet Adolari at the north end of the lake Piller. 1957 frescoes uncovered and restored during renovation work in the choir of the 14th century.
• St. Ulrich also has the world's oldest pine oil distillery.