Thalgau

The market town of Thalgau located in Austria in Salzburg Flachgau, corresponding to the political district of Salzburg, on the border with Upper Austria and has 5627 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013).

• 3.1 Municipal Council
• 3.2 Coat of Arms
• 3.3 twinning

Geography

Thalgau is located in the province of Salzburg, 18 km east of the provincial capital, and is also referred to as the "gateway to the Salzkammergut ". The community is a central location in the eastern Flachgau and seat of the judicial district Thalgau. The municipality has a size of 48.2 square kilometers.

Community structure

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

• Egg ( 402)
• Enzersberg (607 )
• Leithen ( 389)
• Oberndorf (252 )
• Thalgau ( 2234 )
• Thalgauberg (475)
• Under village ( 896 )
• Vetterbach (243 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Egg, Enzersberg, Thalgau and Thalgauberg.

History

The discovery of the remains of a Roman villa under construction in 1953 is facing a settlement in the 2nd century. First documentary mention of the place and the church can be traced to the early 8th century. The name seems Talgov 788 for the first time on the Arno niche goods directory. At the time, gave the Duke Baiuvarii Theudebert the Bishopric of Salzburg, the village. The parish church of St. Martin, a central focus of the entire valley, is mentioned as early as 700 with the founding of the town. The present parish church dates from the year 1755.

From 1547 to 1552 the Salzburg canon Eberhard von Hirnheim officiated here as pastor. 1552, he was Prince Bishop of Eichstätt; 2012 was organized in his honor Thalgau a memorial concert.

Thalgau was at the old Ischlerbahn and has since 1943 a motorway connection (Western Highway ).

Policy

The municipality is part of the Salzburg Regional Association Osterhorngruppe for Tourism Salzkammergut Holiday Lake Fuschl region and is a member of the Euregio Salzburg for years - Berchtesgaden - Traunstein.

Municipal council

The municipal council of Thalgau has 25 members and is composed as follows for the local council elections in 2009 together:

Directly elected mayors is currently Martin Greisberger (ÖVP ).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality Thalgau shows in the golden field two of the shields sides against the middle of the shield is down lowering green mountains which together form a valley. In hovers the coat of arms of the lords of rock Wait, namely: The inclined plate shows the blue field on green ground a standing natural colored Capricorn. In a pot helmet with blue and gold bead is attached, which is adorned with five fan- made ​​and at the upper end of four peacock feathers besteckten natural colored wooden poles. Between the wooden poles of three peacock feathers are inserted. For this ceremony, the fact is decisive that the place Thalgau seemly as the main places of the same centuries-old parish court a heraldic symbol. The first elected crest contains a reference to the name of the municipality ( Talking Crest) and also has ( as a breastplate ) the coat of arms of the former lords of the court lords of rock to wait, as it appears, according to previous research.

Twinning

Since the years 1973/1974 consists of the city of Neu -Anspach from the Federal Republic of Germany a partnership.

Economy and infrastructure

Not least because of the regional importance - in Thalgau are numerous on local public facilities such as district court, school center, Reinhalteverband and nursing home housed - the church was declared by the government of Salzburg a market town in 1976. The community is strongly influenced by agriculture. In recent years, could be resettled in addition to the numerous long-established retail and commercial establishments some larger commercial and industrial enterprises, thereby increasing the employment situation for the population improved. Its proximity to the state capital on the one hand and the Salzkammergut lakes on the other hand Thalgau is also a popular tourist. Because of the extensive hiking network, with interesting destinations and the sports and leisure facilities Thalgau is becoming increasingly popular as a leisure area.

Fire department

The volunteer fire department Thalgau lies almost directly at the center of Thalgau. The jurisdiction extends over the entire community Thalgau ( with its suburbs), and the Nearby motorway A1 btw Thalgau and Eugen village, and two private Thalgau and Mondsee. Special attention is also paid to the industrial area with many factories. The vehicles of the FF Thalgau consist of: Command vehicle ( KDO -F), KDOF Thalgau ( version of 16 February 2013 Web Archive Archive.is ) Tanklöschfahrzeug ( TLF - A 3000 /200), TLF -A 3000/200 (Version of 16 February. Archive.is 2013 in the web archive ) Fire Truck (LF -A), LF -A ( version of 16 February 2013 Web Archive Archive.is ) heavy Rescue Vehicle (SRF -A) and SRF -A (Version of February 16, 2013 in the web archive Archive.is ) team transport vehicle ( MTF) MTF ( version of 16 February 2013 Web Archive Archive.is ). In addition, there is a branch in the district of the village.

Culture and sights

• Parish Church of St Martin
• Dog market Mill Museum
• Wartenfels ruins
• Dechanthof ( Thalgau )
• Open-air museum Thalgauegg

Sports

Since 2010 Thalgau is the only Austrian venue for the World Cup in parachute jumping target. Around 10,000 visitors flock each year to the community, to marvel at the world's best skydivers.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Karl von Moll (1760-1838), scientist and President of the Government of the Duchy of Salzburg
• Franz Pichler (* 1936), systems theorist and mathematician
• Friedrich Wiedermann (* 1951), Freedom Party politicians