Grödig is a

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of Salzburg-Umgebung District in the state of

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in Austria.

Geography

Grödig is located south of the

city limits in the historic ''Flachgau'' region, near the border with

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, Germany. The market town is situated on the southwestern edge of the Salzburg basin at the foot of the

Berchtesgaden Alps The Berchtesgaden Alps (, ) are a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps, named after the market town of Berchtesgaden located in the centre. It is crossed by the Austria–Germany border: the central part belongs to the Berchtesgadener Lan ...

. The peaks of the nearby

Untersberg The Untersberg is the northernmost massif of the Berchtesgaden Alps, a prominent spur straddling the border between Berchtesgaden, Germany and Salzburg, Austria. The highest peak of the Table (landform), table-top mountain is the Berchtesgadener ...

massif as well as its numerous pit caves are a

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and a popular destination for daytrippers. A cable car leads up to the Geiereck spur at an altitude of . The market town joined the European Climate Alliance in 1990. Grödig is home to the multinational access control and security company SKIDATA and the ''

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'' confection manufacturer Mirabell (part of

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). It has access to the

Tauern Autobahn The Tauern Autobahn (A 10) is an autobahn (motorway) in Austria. It starts at the Salzburg junction with the West Autobahn (A1), runs southwards, crosses the Tauern mountain range on the main chain of the Alps and leads to the Süd Autobahn ...

at the Salzburg-Süd junction. The municipal area comprises the cadastral communities Glanegg and Grödig. Subdivisions are: Eichet, Glanegg, Grödig, Fürstenbrunn, and Sankt Leonhard.

History

A church at ''Crethica'' was first mentioned in a 790 deed issued by Bishop

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. The name is possibly related to , "rock", "crevice" and may date back to the ancient times of the

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city of '' Iuvavum'', when

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was mined in the Untersberg area. Then part of the ''

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'' province, the local population was already Christianised by Saint Severinus (d. 482), when Bavarian peasants began to settle the area. The Grödig estates were administrated by the Salzburg St Peter's Abbey. The monks had an artificial watercourse (''Almkanal'') built, running from the Berchtesgadener Ache via Grödig to the Salzburg city centre, including a passage through the Mönchsberg hill. About 1350, Glanegg Castle appeared as administrative seat of the Salzburg prince-archbishops. Under the rule of Leonhard von Keutschach (1495–1519) and Mark Sittich von Hohenems (1612–1619), it was rebuilt as a tower castle and later became part of the Salzburg fortress system. Upon the

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of the prince-archbishopric in 1803, the building was purchased by Elector Ferdinand III and remained a private property up to today. During the Napoleonic

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in 1809 Joachim Haspinger, one of the leaders of the

Tyrolean Rebellion The Tyrolean Rebellion () was an 1809 rebellion in the County of Tyrol against the Bavarian and French occupation of Tyrol during the War of the Fifth Coalition. Led by Andreas Hofer, the rebellion was initially successful in freeing the Coun ...

, sparked local uprisings against the French forces which finally were suppressed in November.

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (''Gemeinderat'') as of 2014 local elections: *

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(ÖVP) and Independents: 15 *

Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria ( , SPÖ) is a social democratic political party in Austria. Founded in 1889 as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (, SDAPÖ) and later known as the Socialist Party of Austria () from 1945 unt ...

(SPÖ): 6 *

Freedom Party of Austria The Freedom Party of Austria (, FPÖ) is a political party in Austria, variously described as far-right, right-wing populist, national-conservative, and Eurosceptic. It has been led by Herbert Kickl since 2021. It is the largest of five part ...

(FPÖ): 2 * Green Alternative Citizens' List: 2

Sport

The football team SV Grödig competed in the

Austrian Football Bundesliga The Bundesliga ( , "Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Austria and the highest level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the A ...

until 2015–16.

Notable people

* Harald Krassnitzer (born 1960), actor *The Austrian actor and philanthropist Karlheinz Böhm died in Grödig in 2014.

References

External links

Municipal site
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