Osterwitz

ÖVP: 6
SPÖ: 3

Osterwitz until the end of 2014 a municipality with 153 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Germany in Styria. As part of the Styrian community structure reform, it is merged in 2015 with the communities of Germany, Bad Gams, open land in Germany Mountain, Monastery and Tranhütten. This is based on the Styrian community structure reform law - StGsrG.

2.1 Simon Leo Reinisch

3.1 Demographics
3.2 Population structure

4.1 parish
4.2 Natural Monuments

7.1 municipal
7.2 Micro-region

Geography

Location

The community Osterwitz lies in western Styria on the border of Carinthia and consists of a single homonymous cadastral.

The southern part of the municipality lies in the catchment of Bet ( h) conduct brook. This stream was also called Osterwitz Bach, Bach or hand Alps (1835, see map) Lassnitz. It ends at the open in the ( Low ) Laßnitz.

The waters of the north - western part flow into the Laßnitz ( with Brendlbach and Hofbauerbach ), or ( from the municipality Osterwitz angle) in the Save river and its tributary, the material stream.

The highest point in the municipality is the Handalm ( 1,853 m).

Osterwitz ( 45.36 km ²)

Osterwitz (D)

The most important of the abbreviations used are:

M = center of the municipality
Stt = district
R = Rotte
W = hamlet
D = village
ZH = Scattered houses
Sdlg = settlement
E = bowery (only if they have their own town code)

The complete list that uses the Statistics Austria, can be found at Topographic settlement Labelling according to STAT

Please note that some places may have different spellings. So Katastralgemeinden write differently than the same localities.

Source: Statistics Austria -

Geology

The community is fully crystalline of the Kor. The ridge on which the community center is located, consists of gneiss mica slate, which - except in the West - is surrounded by plate gneiss. Some pegmatites lie with quartz veins in it. West of the center are two strips of the very hard rock Eklogitamphibolit, consisting of rock, the two peaks called large and small Pöschlkogel between Laßnitz and Rettenbachferner. The valley of the Save river valley and the peak area of the stock Kogels on the western boundary of the municipality consist of gneiss quartzite. This area is south of the fabric hut a mining site on mica recorded (according to map a tunnel, die, in the nature not recognizable). South of the fabric Kogels is an area of Hirschegger gneiss; this rock also forms a strip of land on the northern slope direction Laßnitztal.

In the base of a 80 m high rock furnace in the west of the church ( east of the farm Weber Bauer) extraordinary petrographic relationships are described: A total of around two to four meters of this rock block consist of centimeter - to dezimeterdicken layers of amphibolite, garnet rock, quartz - zoisite and Muskovitschiefer, also Boudinagen of quartz - garnet rock occur. Only above these layers consists of the stove from the area generally existing eclogite - amphibolite.

The Koralm in whose territory Osterwitz is located, is rich in minerals. For the municipality of Osterwitz a number of minerals sites is documented. There are evidence of apatite, epidote, mica, hornblende, muscovite, quartz, rutile, tourmaline, Glasopal, Uranopal, feldspar and black tourmaline.

Neighboring communities

History

The territory of Osterwitz later was initially settled by the Celts, the Slavs. The community name Osterwitz comes from the Slavic language, it is derived easter from the word ( sharp, pointed ), meaning Spitzberg ( from * Ostrovica ) Scharfenberg, sharp corner or edge., A name variant in old maps actually is to " Ostrowitz ". In another source, the name is translated as a settlement beside a towering mountain. In the south of Osterwitz a mountain is a remarkably steep, otherwise not present in the area peaks form ( Kumpf Kogel ). The name is also derived from an old mule track, which undertook a sharp change in direction. In the southeast of the town Osterwitz is the area Spitzegg: it is thus a Slavic- German double name before which the population of Slavic and German origin occupied.

First records of the municipality name is in a document from 1322, when the area was owned by the Diocese of Salzburg was. The church was first documented in 1370.

For the 15th century, an indication of a small castle in the territory of Easter joke is published: 1429 fiefs were awarded over Huben and tithe "on the Purgstall at Easter joke". This formulation is interpreted as an indication that the fortification was already expired then and only its location (the castle site) was known. A point at which this plant could have found, is located south of the town Osterwitz on a small hill.

From 1445 was Osterwitz seat of an independent parish in 1480 the Turks destroyed the church building. In the 15th and 16th centuries Osterwitz was after the district classification of Styria in 1462 in the " district between Mur and Traa " ( Drava ), the predecessor of the Marburg circle.

In 1513 it comes to the purchase of the first bell for the church. The sovereign's visitation in 1529, which was held for the parish on 19 and 20 June 1529 Stainz, called as pastor Mr. Primus Marhär and has no complaints: " Is cain khlag still beschwardt under indoor, believe as of alldter etc. " As number of visitors Communion is the high number for the small community of 1200 specified what results from its function as a place of pilgrimage. In 1532 the church was again destroyed by the Turks.

In 1534 it was re-erected: On October 22, 1534 Philipp Renner consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop Lavanter Leonhard Peurl a bell. The next day he renewed the consecration of the church, which was dedicated to the " Immaculate Virgin Mary in the Easter joke" ( " intemerate virginis Marie in the Easter joke" ) and held a Confirmation. The seal used in this case is in a niche of the St. Andrew with the St. Andrew's cross, before him kneels the figure of the bishop. From the inscription the characters RENNER DEI GRACIA are still preserved. The Visitation 1544/45 dealt not with the parish.

The territory belonged in the 16th and 17th centuries to the " Landgericht Germany Mountain". This was true, but only outside of the roof Traufes Within its full lower courts was in the 16th century with the respective landlords.

1611 can be the earliest record of a parish school to prove. From 1770, in the first person and houses collection in Austria, houses and people from Osterwitz are recorded independently. This acquisition was part of the army reforms carried out under Maria Theresa and Joseph II and led to the introduction of the " Numerierungsabschnitte " ( Konskriptionsgemeinden ). Osterwitz was such a section. Together with the other Numerierungsabschnitten in Tranhütten and Warnblick belonged Osterwitz to Werbbezirk Landsberg. From the Numerierungsabschnitt was in the years after the homonymous municipality and cadastral tax Osterwitz.

The parish included until 1780 next Osterwitz also Tranhütten, warning glance and also Laufenegg in Germany mountain. The use of Bethleitenbaches between Osterwitz and Tranhütten for timber rafting is still occupied in 1890.

Simon Leo Reinisch

An important son of the parish was the still internationally renowned Egyptologist and Africanist Mexikanist Simon Leo Reinisch (1832 - 1919).

Population

Demographics

For Osterwitz 1770 460 inhabitants ( " souls " ) are mentioned in the year. After that substantial parts of the male population, the population is 454 (1782), 82 families (1810 ), 321 (1812 ), 385 (1846 ), where the counts did not use a single capture basics and, for example, during the Napoleonic wars are not at place of residence were detected. Thereafter, the population of the municipality Osterwitz continued to fall almost continuously. Only in the 20s of the 20th century, the population could clearly recover. Today he lives in comparison to 1869, only about a third of the previous population in the community. Areas in which until the 20th century were still several farms, as in the valley of the Save river valley, are deserted today.

Population structure

The municipality had 2001 167 inhabitants according to the census. 97.6 % of the population possess Austrian citizenship. For the Roman Catholic Church to 95.8 % of the population profess, 3.0 % have no religious confession. As of October 31, 2008, the municipality had 155 inhabitants ( counting after the main residences of the Central Register ).

Culture and sights

Parish Church

On the ridge that extends from the Handalm east in the direction of Graz Basin, located in the center of the municipality of the Sanctuary under the patronage of Our Lady of Sorrows. This church is mentioned in a document in 1382, it is a late Gothic building with baroque aisles. The Gothic west tower with its onion dome is visible in the area. On August 15 of each year ( Feast of the Assumption, " great Women's Day" ) is the target of several church pilgrimages from the West Styrian area.

The high altar dates from the years 1780-1800, the miraculous statue ( Pietà ) of the Church from the time around 1500. A new organ with 866 pipes and 13 registers was inaugurated on 15 July 2012. They took the place of the damaged organ used since 1937.

Natural Monuments

A pine forest southwest of the village Osterwitz is under protection. Managed is an area of 1030 m² around the tree. Basis of protection as a natural monument in 2010, is a district administration team Germany mountain.

A second natural monument is a small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata) in the center of Osterwitz on an area of 230 m² in their area.

Economy and infrastructure

In the Census of 2001, there were in the church 8 workplaces with 15 employees in total, of which 7 are salaried employees and 49 commuters and 2 commuters. The settlement area of the municipality ( permanent settlement ) comprises only 7.4% of the municipal area, the rest are forests and alpine pastures.

The transport infrastructure is via side streets of the Koralm area: connections are on the Laßnitztal to the monastery and church to church the field and over the valley of the municipality Betleitenbaches Tranhütten. The community never had a connection to public transport. The next bus stations were located to the setting also this bus 2013 in the village monastery ( last only school transport ), the bus line over Tranhütten after glassworks was established in 1991 not more after their operation had to be in front of a lack of demand increasingly restricted over the years.

The paths connecting to the west over the Posch -Alm on the Wildbacher saddle for wine level was passable until the 1940s with all-terrain vehicles. It is then forfeited and only seen in leftovers. Likewise, only more residues are available from the extensive feeder lines to the Forest Railway Germany mountain. To the west of the lake level to Carinthia was a road, the forest was followed by the parallel railway line and was expanded in the 1970s to a forest road. This connection is closed to public traffic, but may be availed as a hiking trail.

In the building of the former elementary school is the community center. The elementary school of Osterwitz (school code 603 191 ), which had existed 399 years, was closed after the end of the school year 2009/10 due to low number of students. In the town only five children had lived in the primary school age.

Wind Turbine

The Handalm to the west of Easter joke is one of those areas where according to the rules on spatial planning wind turbines could be built. It is reported as a " priority zone " in which the wind supply would make great achievements possible.

Policy

Parish council

In the elections on 21 March 2010, the mandate level ( 6-3 ) did not change, the voices shifted to 2.69% for the ÖVP. The result was expressed in 64.55 % ÖVP, SPÖ 35.45 %. In the previous local elections in 2005 the People's Party had been able to maintain their supremacy in Osterwitz and peaked at a gain of 0.32% 61.86 %. The SPÖ rose by 15.06 % to 38.14 %, which meant winning a mandate.

Small region

The community is one of the six members of the Association of Municipalities " core area Bad Gams - Germany Berg - Frauental " (with monastery and field ). In this community association the duties of road maintenance, shopping and the children and young persons are to be done together. The Association was constituted on 9 December 2010. He has legal personality and is based on a voluntary agreement. Its seat is Frauental, its legal basis § 38a of the Municipal Code.

In the spring of 2012, the municipality Osterwitz had decided to seek a merger with the community Tranhütten and reject the further merger plans with Germany Mountain in the Styrian municipality structural reform. Since being signed authorities failed to take action should a complaint be introduced to the Administrative Court.

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