Wald am Schoberpass

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Forest on Schoberpaß is a municipality with 620 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013) in the north of Styria ( judicial district or district of Leoben ), approximately 40 km west of the district capital of Leoben.

  • 6.1 freeman

Geography

Geographical Location

Forest on Schoberpaß is located on Schoberpass between the Lower Tauern and the Eisenerzer Alps. The pass separates the basins of the Paltental that drains to the Enns and the Liesing whose water flows into the river Mur.

The Schoberpass is the lowest crossing of the Alps in Austria. The water- distinctive point here is so low that only let the flowing waters recognize the pass crossing.

Community structure

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

  • Liesing (20 )
  • Melling ( 2)
  • Forest on Schoberpaß (615)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Liesing, Melling and forest.

Neighboring communities

History

The place has changed its name several times over the years. For the first time has documented the names Vualde 925 and Gaizzerwald 1074. Has your currently valid official name Schoberpaß forest on the community only since 1945., 1849, the municipalities Melling, advantages and undergrowth have been united into a single community. The individual mayors are consistently detectable only from 1892. Who was the first mayor, is no longer detectable.

Coat of arms

The current coat of arms of the municipality was created in 1970. It shows the symbol hammer and chisel, which aims to reward the magnesite past years, about three fir trees symbolize the name of the place " forest ".

Culture and sights

Demographics

Source: Statistics Austria

Personalities

Freeman

  • 2012 Wolfgang Brandner, Head of Office
Leoben District Niedere Tauern Mur (river) Johnsbach Radmer Hohentauern Treglwang Kalwang Hieflau Kammern im Liesingtal Niklasdorf Proleb Sankt Peter-Freienstein Vordernberg
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