Stainach-Pürgg is a municipality since 2015 in the

Liezen District Bezirk Liezen is a district of the state of Styria in Austria. It is by far the largest district in Austria, about 1.2 times the size of the next district, and is divided into two "subdistricts": Bereich Liezen, and Expositur Gröbming. On Decem ...

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

, Austria. It was created as part of the

Styria municipal structural reform The Styria municipal structural reform (German: ''Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform'') was a local government reform in the Austrian state of Styria, which was made effective January 1, 2015. This reform nearly halved the number of Styrian ...

, at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns

Stainach Stainach is a former municipality in the district of Liezen in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform The Styria municipal structural reform (German: ''Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform'') was a loc ...

and

Pürgg-Trautenfels Pürgg-Trautenfels is a former municipality in the district of Liezen in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Stainach-Pürgg. Geography Pürgg-Trautenfels lies in valley of the up ...

Geography

Stainach-Pürgg is located in Ennstal in the Austrian state of

. The municipality territory is bordered at the south by the

Enns River The Enns (, ) is a southern tributary of the river Danube, joining northward at Enns, Austria. The Enns spans , in a flat-J-shape. It flows from its source near the village Flachau, generally eastward through Radstadt, Schladming, and Liezen, then ...

, and in the north by the

Totes Gebirge The Totes Gebirge is a group of mountains in Austria, part of the Northern Limestone Alps, lying between the Salzkammergut and the Ennstaler Alpen. The name ''Totes Gebirge'' is derived from the German words ''tot'' meaning "dead", referring to ...

. The highest point of the municipality is

Grimming The Grimming (2,351 m, ) is an isolated peak in the Dachstein Mountains of Austria and one of the few ultra-prominent mountains of the Alps. Geography Location The Grimming rises between the Enns valley and Salzkammergut, east of the Da ...

(2.351 m), as the highest free-standing Bergstock of Europe, im Westen.

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following seven sections (populations as of 2015): * Niederhofen (58) * Pürgg (177) * Stainach (1899) * Trautenfels (153) * Unterburg (284) * Untergrimming (132) * Zlem (165) The municipality consists of the four

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n: Neuhaus, Pürgg,

and Zlem.

History

On the rocky back of "Purgstallhöhe" mountain stood the castle Grauscharn (also Gruscharn, slav. Grusch = ''Geröll'') from the Middle Ages. This was already in 1160 the Pfalzburg by Margrave Ottokar III, and thus dominion center for the county Ennstal. The village "Gruscharn", which had formed within sight of the castle, was finally called "Stainach" in 1659. The local community of Stainach, as an autonomous body, was established in 1850. From the area of the former castle Grau-Scharn, today only the St. Johns chapel (''Johanneskapelle'') has remained, which was built in the 12th century. The style of their paintings indicates their origin to 1160/65,Johanneskapelle Pürgg
. Website der Gemeinde Stainach-Pürgg, ''stainach-puergg.gv.at'' (accessed 3 May 2014). which the existing building confirms. Already in 1183 are on the Church and Castle Burgstall. Pürgg was returned to this parish and was originally the seat of an archdeacon (archpriest). The parish ''Sprengel'' extended once far beyond Aussee lake. In 1490 the parish was owned by the Knights of St. George, in 1599 by the Jesuits of Graz. Since 1958, the then independent Stainach site has also been the seat of its own parish. Construction of the Enns Valley Railway in 1875 opened up the present hamlets Stainach and Trautenfels with suitable rail stops. The trainstop in Trautenfels was leveled however in the year 2007. The construction of the Salzkammergut railway in 1877, also a bus stop in Pürgg and Stainach station (now called Stainach-Irdning) emerged and became the railway junction. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, today's municipal territory came to the Reichsgau of Styria. From 1945 to 1955, it was part of the British occupation zone in Austria. Since then, the municipal area belongs to Styria. The town Stainach-Pürgg, in its present form, was created only at the beginning of the year 2015. It was part of the Styrian municipality structural reform, in which the independent municipalities Stainach and Pürgg-Trautenfels were merged.

Culture and sights

Economy and infrastructure

In addition to tourism, the food industry is an important economic factor for the municipality.

Tourism

Schloss Trautenfels and the picturesque hamlet of Pürgg have attracted numerous tourists and excursionists. In addition, the area is popular for mountain climbers, who climb the Grimming, the

mountains, and in the southern ''Niedere Tauern''. In Wörschachwald is a small winter sports area and the Spechtensee lake, a popular destination. Therefore, it is not surprising that the municipality has numerous inns and hostels.

Industries

The local industrial enterprises deal with food processing: * Ennstal Milch KG, dairy (Maresi etc.) * Landena KG, food industry

Transportation

The place is home, with the Stainach-Irdning Station, to an Austrian railway junction. Here the Salzkammergutbahn runs onto the Enns Valley Railway. In addition, there is a stop of the Salzkammergutbahn in Pürgg. An important road junction is in the hamlet of Trautenfels. This is where the main connecting route from Salzburg to Graz (Ennstal Road B 320) joins the Salzkammergut Road B 145, which leads to the Salzkammergut.

Town offices

The town is the seat of the local agricultural authority.

Education

The town situates a federal gymnasium school and a federal realgymnasium.

Notable residents

Adolf Adam Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in vari ...

(1918–2004), computer scientist and statistician * Grete Dierkes (1882–1957), actress and singer *

Robert Gattinger The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(1902–1980), painter and graphic artist *

Pope Gregory V Pope Gregory V ( la, Gregorius V; c. 972 – 18 February 999), born Bruno of Carinthia, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 3 May 996 to his death. A member of the Salian dynasty, he was made pope by his cousin, Emperor Ott ...

(972–999), first pope from the area of modern Austria *

Karl von Winckler Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austria ...

(1912–1988), entrepreneur and businessman

References

External links

Website of Stainach-Pürgg
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