Mauterndorf

Mauterndorf
Mauterndorf
Country	Austria
State	Salzburg
District	Tamsweg
Mayor	Wolfgang Eder (ÖVP)
Area	32.71 km2 (13 sq mi)
Elevation	1,123 m  (3685 ft)
Population	1,740 (1 January 2011)[1]
- Density	53 /km² (138 /sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	TA
Postal code	5570
Area code	06472
Website	www.mauterndorf.salzburg.at Coordinates: 47°07′57″N 13°41′49″E / 47.1325°N 13.69694°E / 47.1325; 13.69694

Mauterndorf is a market town in the Tamsweg district in the Austrian state of Salzburg. The municipality also comprises the Katastralgemeinden Faningberg, Neuseß and Steindorf.

History

Mauterndorf Castle

The settlement in the historic Lungau region arose from a Roman Castra at the mountain road from Teurnia to the Radstädter Tauern Pass and Iuvavum (Salzburg). The castle was acquired by the Salzburg archbishops in 1023, who set up a toll (Maut) station. In the early 16th century, the fortress was significantly enlarged as a stronghold at the behest of Archbishop Leonhard von Keutschach.

In 1894 Mauterndorf Castle was purchased by the German staff surgeon Hermann von Epenstein, godfather of Hermann Göring. Göring spent several times in his childhood at the castle and in 1939 inherited it from Epenstein's widow. At the end of World War II he intended to flee to Mauterndorf, the "castle of his youth". But due to the rapid change of frontlines he could not get there and surrendered to the US Army at Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße.

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2009 elections:

• 11 Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)
• 3 Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)
• 3 Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)

Notable people

• Herbert Dreilich (1942-2004), musician

Twin town

• Cadolzburg, Germany

See also

• Taurachbahn

References

1. ^ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2011-01-01.

External links

Media related to Mauterndorf at Wikimedia Commons

Gallery

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  Mauterndorf, church

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  Mauterndorf, town hall in the street