There is also a special knife guild there, established in 1680 and approved in 1682 by Leopold I. Nowadays the pocketknives are produced primarily for tourists, but still of a very high quality.

From May 19, 1942 to September 18, 1944, concentration camp prisoners from the KZ Mauthausen were forced to work here, building streets and the hydroelectric plant of Ternberg.

Regional political representatives are: Franz Payrhuber (ÖVP), Günther Steindler (SPÖ), Ernst Sieghartsleitner (BZÖ), Edgar Blasl (FPÖ) and Marco Vanek (Die Grünen).

Official Description in German: Unter goldenem Schildhaupt, darin ein offenes Taschenmesser mit rotem Griff und blauer Klinge, in Blau eine silberne Kaplan-Wasserturbine.

Sister city: May 1 - October 31: "Museum Village Trattenbach - In The Valley Of the Pocket Knife Makers" (2008 are a few special events - 10 Years Museum Village) A special attraction, the biggest "Pocket Knife" on earth, is also in Trattenbach.