Sankt Josef
- ÖVP: 12
- SPÖ: 3
St. Joseph (Western Styria) is a municipality with 1433 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Germany Berg ( Judicial District Stainz ) in Styria, Austria. The Parish Church of St. Joseph, which was the name of the municipality, is situated on 457 m.
- 4.1 traffic
- 4.2 Established businesses
- 6.1 municipal
- 6.2 Coat of Arms
- 7.1 freeman
Geography
The community of St. Joseph is located on the Wieserbahn in Western Styrian hill country.
Cadastral and towns
Oisnitz ( 3.89 km ²) St. Joseph ( Western Styria ) ( 6.75 km ²) Tobisegg (2.68 km ²)
Oisnitz (R )
St. Joseph (Western Styria)
Tobisegg (R )
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 -
Incorporations
On 1 January 1968 Oisnitz and Tobisegg were incorporated. Oisnitz already had the former Parish of St. Joseph in Stainz formed until 1920 with St. Joseph, which was then separated into the communities Oisnitz and St. Joseph at Stainz. The southern, belonging to the parish Preding part of the cadastral Tobisegg was drawn at 1 January 1969 the municipality Preding.
From the Styrian municipality structural reform, which is to reduce by 2015 the number of municipalities in the district of Mount Germany from 40 to 15, the church will not be affected, an amalgamation with other municipalities is not planned. However, wishes were expressed in the context of this reform to close a portion of the municipality Stainztal instead of the community Stainz according to the parish belonging to the parish of St. Joseph.
Neighboring communities
History
First mention found six Huben in Oisnitz in the 12th century in a document Duke Ottokar IV
The community was until 1932 the name of St. Joseph in Stainz, this year saw the name change to St. Joseph West Styria.
Culture and sights
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
St. Joseph is located on the L 620 which opens into the valley floor in the B 76. Except on the street you can reach St. Joseph with the bus or the Graz- Köflacher train from Graz. The stop " Oisnitz " was in 1927 expanded into a Güterverladestelle and renamed in May 1932 in support and loading point " Oisnitz - Saint Joseph ."
Established businesses
In addition to some self- marketers who like homemade bread to offer, among other wines, oils, cured meats, there are still fresh and natural products as well as a wood drill factory, which is one with a production of about 2 million drills annually to the largest European manufacturers. And such a primary school and a kindergarten.
Demographics
The population in the area of ( today's ) village is situated since the 19th century at about 1300 people and took off only in the period of World War II and then some.
Policy
Parish council
The council consists of 15 members and has been working for the municipal elections in 2010 mandatary of the following parties together:
Coat of arms
From 1 July 1973, the municipality has the right to lead a coat of arms. Blazon: " In two divided shield above in blue to the left, a floating silver fish, the golden middle a blue Carpenter, down in a green lying golden corn on the cob over a golden apple. "
Personalities
Matthias maker (1793-1876), physician and medical writer, was born in Oisnitz