Wildalpen
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Wild Alpine is an Austrian municipality with 513 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the Styrian district court or district Lienzen.
Geography
The place itself is situated at the northern foot Wild Alps of high Schwab massif in Salzatal, right on the Salza. However, the area of the municipality covers an area of over 200 km ² ( 203.08 km ² ), which corresponds to about half the city of Vienna, on both sides of the Salza, in high Schwab as in the Lassingalpen. Wild Alpine is a famous hunting and forestry area. There are ( high ) Wild various kinds.
In wild Alps took place about 4000 BC, the largest landslide of high Schwab group instead. A huge mass of rock broke off from Ebenstein and Brandenstein and slumped to the north. In a further consequence, divided the fall mass and thundered as camber current up through the present site Wildalpen out into the Salzatal.
History
The settlement was made by the founded in the year 1072 Admont Abbey. The iron industry took the place until the withdrawal of Innerberger main trade union in 1838 prosperity. The abolition of the manorial system was carried out in 1848., The local church as an autonomous body was established in 1850. 1910, the Second Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline was put into operation. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community came to Reichsgau Styria. After the Second World War was the actor Hans Thimig, whose family a summer home in Wild Alps had, for a short time mayor of the municipality. From 1945 to 1955 Wild Alps was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria. In 2010, a sensational discovery came to light. In the Arzberghöhle in wild Alps was a blade of radiolarite, a flint -like rock found. This is estimated by radiocarbon determinations on cave bear remains of Arzberghöhle, an age 29000-36000 years. This proves that the man was traveling at high Schwab area already some 30 000 years ago.
Population Development
Economy and infrastructure
Wild Alpine is known primarily as the source of the Second Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline. That is why more than half of its territory as a source protection area under protection. This area must be beforstet consuming. There are separate municipal departments of the City of Vienna.
From here flow in a free gradient around 220,000 cubic meters of water daily to Vienna. In the First Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline water needs about 24 hours, in the Second Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline 36 hours until it has arrived in Vienna.
The city of Vienna is by the water works and the associated forest enterprises in the otherwise structurally poor area a major employer.
In addition to the City of Vienna, the Wildalp Wasserverwertungs GmbH was founded in 2002, fills the Seisensteinquelle spring water bottled and marketed. Although the source provides about 1.2 million liters of water per year, while only a maximum of 650,000 liters are bottled and marketed.
Culture and sights
- Home, parish and water pipe Museum
- Sanctuary of Sorrows Virgin Mary
- Kläfferquelle
Sport and Leisure
- Outdoor pool Hinterwildalpen
- Indoor pool with sauna
- Kayak
- Rafting
- Canyoning
- Numerous, well-marked trails
- Kneipp (starts next to the swimming pool)
- Tennis court
- Cross-country track in the hamlet of Hopfgarten
- Curling ( Winter district level )
- Ski slopes with baby and family lift
- Cycling opportunities ( Alpine Tour )
- Backcountry
- Ski tours
- Snowshoeing
- Hunting
- Sledding
- Drive carriages
Clubs
- Mountain and park rangers
- Mountain Rescue Service
- Customs group Devil's Pass ( Krampus )
- Elektrizitätsgenossenschaft Wild Alps
- Parents' Association
- Volunteer Fire Department
- Fremdenverkehrsverein farms
- Motorcycle & Classic Car Club
- Museum Association
- Band
- Nature lovers Austria local group Wild Alps
- Pensioners club
- Schützengesellschaft Wild Alps
- Wild Alpine Ski Club
- Sports club Wild Alps
- Styrian hunting club protection
- Tourist Wild Alps
- Austrian. Kameradschaftsbund Ortsverband Wild Alps
- Austrian. Red Cross