Bürmoos
Encyclopedia
Bürmoos is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg
in Austria
.
in the state, by combining the outskirts of the neighbouring villages Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg
and Lamprechtshausen
.
At that time, the place had been inhabited for only one hundred years. Until the early 19th century the area had been a bog
without any settlements. During the industrialization in the second half of that century, notably by Ignaz Glaser
, glass and brick industries were established using the vast reserves of peat
as their fuel.
The collapse of these industries after the First World War made the area one of the poorest in the province and, in the wake of the Second World War, a place for the displaced from German speaking areas in Eastern Europe.
Making it an independent municipality of its own in 1967, was accompanied by massive protests by its inhabitants. The impression was given of putting aside a social and political ghetto, in order to save the social and political equilibrium of the conservative villages of origin, Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg and Lamprechtshausen. In consequence the first local elections in Bürmoos brought a landslide victory for the Socialists
of more than 85% of the vote.
By the beginning of the 21st century, Bürmoos had become a popular dormitory town
for the city of Salzburg
with its own basic infra-structure and good public transport.
Salzburg (state)
Salzburg is a state or Land of Austria with an area of 7,156 km2, located adjacent to the German border. It is also known as Salzburgerland, to distinguish it from its capital city, also named Salzburg...
in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
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Overview
Bürmoos was founded in 1967, making it the most recently created municipalityMunicipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the state, by combining the outskirts of the neighbouring villages Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg
Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg
Sankt Georgen is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.-Overview:On July 19, 1997 the artist Gunter Demnig installed two Stolpersteine for Johann Nobis and his brother Matthias Nobis in front of their birth house in Holzhausen at the invitation of ...
and Lamprechtshausen
Lamprechtshausen
Lamprechtshausen is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria....
.
At that time, the place had been inhabited for only one hundred years. Until the early 19th century the area had been a bog
Bog
A bog, quagmire or mire is a wetland that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses or, in Arctic climates, lichens....
without any settlements. During the industrialization in the second half of that century, notably by Ignaz Glaser
Ignaz Glaser
Ignaz Glaser was an Austrian businessman from Prague and the founder of one of the biggest sheet glass factories in the k.u.k. monarchy.-Biography:...
, glass and brick industries were established using the vast reserves of peat
Peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter or histosol. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests. Peat is harvested as an important source of fuel in certain parts of the world...
as their fuel.
The collapse of these industries after the First World War made the area one of the poorest in the province and, in the wake of the Second World War, a place for the displaced from German speaking areas in Eastern Europe.
Making it an independent municipality of its own in 1967, was accompanied by massive protests by its inhabitants. The impression was given of putting aside a social and political ghetto, in order to save the social and political equilibrium of the conservative villages of origin, Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg and Lamprechtshausen. In consequence the first local elections in Bürmoos brought a landslide victory for the Socialists
Social Democratic Party of Austria
The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved...
of more than 85% of the vote.
By the beginning of the 21st century, Bürmoos had become a popular dormitory town
Commuter town
A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commutes out to earn their livelihood. Many commuter towns act as suburbs of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily, and many suburbs are commuter towns...
for the city of Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
with its own basic infra-structure and good public transport.