Steinberg am Rofan, Austria

 

 

Steinberg am Rofan is a small holiday resort northeast of Lake Achensee in Tyrol. Anyone looking for peace and quiet away from mass tourism is right here. There are numerous hiking opportunities.

The mountain village Steinberg am Rofan is located in the valley floor of the Mühlbach, is an independent community and a scattered settlement: the center of the village is the church with only a few farms, the other farms are spread over the entire valley floor.

The surrounding mountains are in the south the steep north flank of the Rofan, in the north the single mountain Guffert and in the north-east the Unnütz separates the valley of the Mühlbach from the Achensee. Both individual mountains are still counted as rofan.

Until the road from the Tyrolean Achental to Steinbach was built in the middle of the last century, the mountain village could only be reached on foot, but the region has probably been inhabited since the end of the 8th century. In the Middle Ages the region belonged to the Seeon Monastery, after secularization and the abolition of the monastery, Steinberg became part of the Archdiocese of Salzburg and thus to Austria.

 

Attractions

The parish church of St. Lambert has its origins in a small church that was documented in 1188. The current church building was built from 1419, at the beginning of the 18th century it was redesigned in Baroque style and found its current exterior design.
Worth seeing inside are the high altar, high altar picture (all around 1740) and the statues on the statues on the high altar (1680 and 1750).

 

Activities

In summer
Walks in the wide valley
Mountain hikes z. B. on the Guffert or in the Rofan. A nice destination in the Rofan is z. B. the Zireiner See at 1800 m altitude.

In the winter
Directly in Steinberg am Rofan there is a small ski area Rofanlifte Steinberg with two tow lifts (1,050 m - 1,250 m).
The Christlum is the next larger ski area and is located at Achenkirch about 8 km away.

 

Getting there

The next train station is Jenbach im Inntal. There is a bus connection via Maurach and Achenkirch to Steinberg (lines 4080 and 7801, see also Verkehrsverbund Tirol)

By street
At Achenkirch, the 10 km long road to Steinberg branches off the main road in the Achental. The Achenseestraße is part of the connection Lenggries or Tegernsee - Achensee - Inntal.

 

Geography

Steinberg is a small, remote, scattered settlement on the Rofan Mountains. The village can be reached via a ten-kilometer road from Achenkirch (located in the Achental). The lowest point in the community, where the Steinberger Ache flows towards Pinegg in the east, is just under 850 meters above sea level. The mountains in the south, west and north are over 2000 meters high. Eighty percent of the municipal area of almost 70 square kilometers is forested, four percent are alpine pastures and only three percent are used for agriculture.

 

Geography

Steinberg is a small, remote, scattered settlement on the Rofan Mountains. The village can be reached via a ten-kilometer road from Achenkirch (located in the Achental). The lowest point in the community, where the Steinberger Ache flows towards Pinegg in the east, is just under 850 meters above sea level. The mountains in the south, west and north are over 2000 meters high. Eighty percent of the municipal area of almost 70 square kilometers is forested, four percent are alpine pastures and only three percent are used for agriculture.

 

History

Steinberg was probably settled in the 8th century, either by Bavarian refugees or by Irish-Celtic missionaries from the Breitenbach area.

Around the year 1000, the Counts of Aribo donated large parts of the country with Steinberg to the Benedictine Abbey of Seeon. This remained the owner of Steinberg until the monastery was dissolved in 1803. According to a note from the 15th century, the first church in Steinberg was consecrated in 1188. As the church patron, St. Lambert was chosen because he was the patron saint of the counts of Aribo. A description of the Deanery Aibling shows that in 1305 Steinberg was one of three subsidiary churches of Breitenbach.

A new construction of the church was started in 1419 and completed in 1434 with the consecration, a conversion to today's appearance took place from 1715 to 1719.

Steinberg has belonged to the Archdiocese of Salzburg since 1818, and Steinberg has been an independent parish since 1891.

Since 2021, the community has been part of the international Alpine Club initiative Mountaineering Villages.

 

Economy and Infrastructure

jobs, workers
In 2011 there were 56 jobs in Steinberg, sixteen in agriculture, twelve in manufacturing and half in services. Two-thirds of the approximately 130 workers who live in the community commute.

Traffic
After local public transport (Postbus) was discontinued in the 1990s, bus services (route 7801) have been running between Steinberg and Achenkirch several times a day since 2003.

 

Politics

council
The municipal council has a total of 11 members.

With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Tyrol in 1998, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 We Steinberger - home list.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Tyrol in 2004, the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 for Steinberg - mayoral list and 3 independent list Steinberg.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Tyrol in 2010, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 For Steinberg – list of mayors.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Tyrol in 2016, the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 for Steinberg - mayor list and 4 list future Steinberg.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Tyrol in 2022, the municipal council has the following distribution: 8 for Steinberg - mayoral list and 3 list future Steinberg.

mayor
since 1992 Helmut Margreiter (For Steinberg – list of mayors)

coat of arms
The community was awarded the following coat of arms in 1966: three mountain peaks in silver in the colors blue, black and blue.

The colors of the community flag are black and white.