Community Mitterberg-Sankt Martin

The Mitterberg, so to speak, is the namesake of the town was formed, presumably from 20.000-30.000 years after the end of the second ice age. As the ice retreated further and further over time, there remained huge masses of rock and formed those "dirt pile", which constitutes a part of the mountain Mitter.

The other part of Mitterberg is an offshoot of Kulms like this from the easily weathered and therefore fertile green shale.

About the beginning of colonization is not exactly known, but it was probably along the ancient mule track from the along the Salza Aussee Gröbmingbach, led by the center stone and over the hill to the Sölkpass Murtal. Probably easier to get oriented to the farms were already then given names according to their location.

The first official evidence of human habitation dates from the 11th Century, more precisely, from the founding year of the Benedictine monastery in 1074 Admont At that time it was equipped not only with wild land, but also goods with farmers from this part of the Enns.

Arisen since the passage of time at various places hamlets and isolated farms, it was only in 1786 with the division in the development of the cadastral municipality Mitterberg, the south and north borders of the Enns to the national route. Here, however, was already existing local groups such as Lengdorf, and Tipschern Krottendorf were cut.

The appointment to the cadastral forms since the only common reference point for the community Mitterberg belonging villages Mitterberg Kaindorf, Zirting, Gersdorf, village, Ratting, bridge, Matzling, Gstatter, Strimitzer, Niedergstatt, Krottendorf, Kranzbach, Unterlengdorf, Tipschern and mountain. Since the municipality has no real community center, namely, individual districts tend to several neighboring communities.

Community data:
Liezen
Population: 1.953
Altitude: 800 m