Ternberg
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| Ternberg | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Austria |
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| State | Upper Austria |
| District | Steyr-Land |
| Mayor | Alois Buchberger (ÖVP) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 62 km² (23.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 341 m (1119 ft) |
| Population | 3,307 (31/12/2005) |
| - Density | 53 /km² (138 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | SE |
| Postal code | 4452 |
| Area code | 07256 |
| Website | www.ternberg.at |
Ternberg is a municipality in the district of Steyr-Land in Upper Austria, Austria.
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[edit] Geographics
Ternberg is part of the upper Austrian region Traunviertel. Its area from North to South is 9,5 km, from West to East 11,7 km. 51,4 % of the municipality is forest, 39,6% is used by agriculture.
The town Ternberg lies at the northern edge of the alps. The next near city is Steyr, the distance is 13 km. The towns Trattenbach and Dürnbach are associated and have therefore no mayors.
[edit] History
Originally placed in the eastern part of Bavaria, this town belongs to Austria since the 12th Century.
Because of the powerful rivers and the relatively near Erzberg("Ore mountain"), a mountain with large iron deposits in Styria, and the useful waterpower in this area, Ternberg has a long history in making pocketknifes. Since the 16th Century the Trattenbacher Zaukerl where produced in a Trattenbach, forged with waterpower. There is also a special knive guild there, established 1680 and approved 1682 by Leopold I. Nowadays the pocketknives where produced for tourists, but still in a very high quality.
The church of Ternberg was mentioned the first time in a document around 1100. It was a property of the Monastery Garsten until Emperor Joseph I abolished the monastery in 1789. Since this date Ternberg is an independent parish.
Reformation, Bauernkrieg, and Turkish incursions are also part of the history of Ternberg.
The town became part of Upper Austria in 1918.
After the Anschluss at the 13. 1938, Austria became part of the "Gau Oberdonau". From the 19. May of 1942 to the 18. September 1944 concentration camp prisoners from the KZ Mauthausen where forced to work here, building Streets and the hydroelectric plant of Ternberg. After 1945 Upper Austria was re-established.
[edit] Demography
- 1991 3.242 inhabitants
- 2001 3.346 inhabitants
- 2005 3.307 inhabitants
[edit] Politics
The Mayor is Alois Buchberger from the ÖVP. Regional political representatives are: Andreas Ahrer (ÖVP), Günther Steindler (SPÖ), Josef Großteßner-Hain (BPT) and Edgar Blasl (FPÖ).
[edit] Coat of Arms
Official Description in German: Unter goldenem Schildhaupt, darin ein offenes Taschenmesser mit rotem Griff und blauer Klinge, in Blau eine silberne Kaplan-Wasserturbine. This could be translated to: Under golden head shield, therein a pocketknive with red handle and blue blade, in blue a silver Kaplan turbine. The Colors of the municipality are red, yellow and blue.
[edit] Sister-city Arrangement
Prószków, Poland
[edit] Culture and Sights
[edit] Museum
1. May - 31. October "Museum Village Trattenbach - In The Vally Of the Pocket Knive Makers" (2008 are a few special events - 10 Years Museum Village) A special attraction, the biggest "Pocket Knive" on earth is also in Trattenbach.
[edit] Fire Brigades
- FF Reitnerberg
- FF Schattleiten [1]
- FF Schweinsegg-Zehetner
- FF Trattenbach
- FF Ternberg
[edit] Music
- Feuerwehrmusik Trattenbach
[edit] Sport Clubs
- FC Siro Ternberg - football club
- TC Ternberg - tennis club
- ÖTB Turnverein Ternberg - gymnastics club
- Wintersportverein Trattenbach - winter sport club
- Cumulus Paragleiter Eisenwurzen - paraglider club
- Stockschützenverein - ice stock sport club
[edit] Village Fairs
- Village Fair of Ternberg (annually at the first full weekend of July, Saturday and Sunday) 05.- 06. Juli 2008
- Football championship (annually at the Pentecost weekend) 09.- 11. Mai 2008
[edit] Economics and Infrastructure
[edit] Media
KTV Ternberg, a regional cable TV program
[edit] Education
- Elementary School Ternberg, Elementary School Trattenbach
- Middle School Ternberg
[edit] External links
- Map of Ternberg[2]
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