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| Hieflau | ||
| federal state | Styria | |
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| Residents | 730 (2014) | |
| height | 503 m | |
| Tourist info | 43 3634 505 http://www.hieflau.at | |
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Hieflau is a village on the Enns and is located on the eastern edge of the Gesäuse National Park in the Upper Styria (Austria). The place has united with the place Landl, the place Gams bei Hieflau and Palfau to the municipality Landl.
background
The mountains around Hieflau are the Gesäuse, der Hochschwab and the Eisenerzer Alps. The valley of the Enns near Hieflau is the eastern "Gesäuse exit" of the Enns, in the not too wide valley floor near Hieflau the Erzbach flows into the Enns. In addition to the two bodies of water and the two railway lines, there are also two federal highways in the valley floor: the village itself is on the eastern slope of the valley above the valley floor.
In the Middle Ages, Hieflau was important because of the ore mining on the Styrian Erzberg: in 1380 the Eisenstrasse was built and runs through the town. In the 16th century, the hydraulic engineer Hans Gasteiger installed a wooden collecting rake in the course of the Enns river and used it to catch the driftwood that had been felled in the upper Enns valley from the Enns.
The wooden one 1 Hieflauer rakeRake in the Enns was at that time 252 meters long and 11 meters wide. The name Hieflau is derived from the word Hief for rake. From then on, charcoal was intensively produced in Hieflau for the iron industry. For the wedding, Hieflau had 22 piles of 500 to 600 cubic meters of wood each. With the modern blast coke ovens from the end of the 19th century, charcoal lost its importance, and the Triftrechen in the Enns was dismantled in 1908.
Today Hieflau is a vacation spot and starting point for activities in the surrounding mountains.
getting there
| Distances | |
| Iron ore | 15 km |
|---|---|
| Admont | 24 km |
| Leoben | 46 km |
| Graz | 98 km |
| Salzburg | 200 km |
| Vienna | 210 km |
| Munich | 321 km |
By plane
The nearest international airports are Vienna-Schwechat (215 km distance, around two and a half hours driving time) and the Salzburg Airport (183 km, around one and a half hours driving time).
By train
Hieflau is a railway junction:
- The Rudolfsbahn leads from St. Valentin, Steyr to the 1 railway station Hieflau and on through the Gesäuse over Admont until after Selzthal.
- The Erzbergbahn is a museum railway that consists of Leoben over the Präbichl and Iron ore to Hieflau.
In the street
Hieflau is on "Eisen-Bundesstrasse" 115 from Leoben to Enns (City), Gesäuse Straße (B 146) also ends in Hieflau Liezen and Admont along the Enns (river) through the Gesäuse.
Arrival from the west (Munich - Salzburg area), Toll on the Austrian motorways:
- On the Tauernautobahn (A10) via Salzburg in the direction of Graz / Villach to the Ennstal junction (Altenmarkt), further about 74 kilometers on the federal road (B146) and via Schladming, Liezen, Admont and through the Gesäuse to Hieflau.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- St. John the Baptist, in Hieflau. Parish church, built around 1747 in Baroque style, the high altar was built around 1720.
- 2 Koehler Center Hieflau (Mining Museum), Hauptstrasse 15, 8920 Hieflau (in the valley floor). Tel.: 43 3634 505 0. To see, there is, among other things, a walk-in charcoal pile in original size.Open: from May 1st to October 26th daily from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
activities
- 1 Hieflau outdoor pool, Kirchbichl 47, 8920 Hieflau, Germany. Tel.: 43 3634 505.
shop
kitchen
- 1 Gasthof International, Hauptstrasse 23, 8920 Hieflau. Tel.: 43 3634 675.
nightlife
accommodation
health
| Brief information | |
| surface | 46.98 km² |
|---|---|
| Phone code | 43 (0)3634 |
| Post Code | 8920 |
| Mark | LN |
| Time zone | UTC 1 |
| Emergency calls | |
| police | 133 |
| fire Department | 122 |
| rescue | 144 |
| Mountain rescue | 140 |
| Emergency doctor service | 141 |
- The nearest pharmacies are in Iron ore.
- The closest general medical care clinic is this Rottenmann Regional Hospital around 13 km away.
Practical advice
- 1 Municipal office and tourism association Hieflau, Hauptstrasse 15, A-8920 Hieflau. Tel.: 43 3634 505.
- post, Hauptstrasse 23, 8920 Hieflau.
trips
- That close Iron ore is the center of ore mining in the region.
- Admont is the eastern entrance gate of the Enns into the Gesäuse, the Benedictine monastery houses the largest monastery library in the world;
literature
Web links
- TVB - Alpine region Gesaeuse National Park;
