Stainztal

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  • SPÖ: 5

Stainztal until the end of 2014 a municipality with 1441 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in Western Styria ( judicial district of Vienna). As part of the Styrian community structure reform, it is merged in 2015 with the communities Stainz, stable yard, Rassach, Marhof and Georg Berg, the new community will continue the name Stainz. This is based on the Styrian community structure reform law - StGsrG.

The community Stainztal is about 30 km from Graz.

  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 Cultural Life and Events
  • 4.2 Attractions
  • 4.3 Sport
  • 6.1 traffic
  • 6.2 Education
  • 8.1 freeman

Geography

Community structure

The municipality consists of the five cadastral (area 2001): Count Village 324.10 ha, 194.42 ha Graggerer, Mettersdorf 357.54 ha, 290.91 ha Neudorf, Wetzel Village 815.40 ha Villages (population 2001): Count bei Stainz (201) Graggerer (182) Mettersdorf (286 ), Neudorf bei Stainz ( 193) Wetzel village in Western Styria (282) Wetzel mountain village (289 ). Districts in the municipality are further: Alling, Kleinmettersdorf, Neudorfegg, Unterfuggaberg and Zabernegg.

Graf village ( 3.24 km ²) Graggerer (1.94 km ²) Mettersdorf ( 3.58 km ²) Neudorf (2.91 km ²) Wetzel village ( 8.15 km ²)

Count bei Stainz (D) Graggerer (D)

Mettersdorf (D)

Neudorf bei Stainz (D)

Wetzel village in Western Styria (D)

Wetzel Dorfberg (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 -

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are (alphabetically ): Georg Berg, Groß Sankt Florian, Preding, Rassach, St. Joseph (Western Styria) and Wettmannstätten.

History

In 1969, the municipality Stainztal through the merger of five independent municipalities Count bei Stainz, Graggerer, Neudorf bei Stainz, Mettersdorf and Wetzel village in western Styria. The original name of the community Wetzel village was changed on June 1, 1951 in Wetzel village in West Styria and was amended by the municipality merger, now as a place name, with effect from 1 February 1975 in Wetzel village in western Styria. The name of the village community Graf changed on June 1, 1951 in Count bei Stainz and the community name Neudorf March 1, 1949 in Neudorf bei Stainz.

Because of its origins, the community Stainztal has no community center and is not a separate parish. Their territory is located in the parishes of St. Joseph, Preding, Groß St. Florian and Stainz. Also the areas of postal delivery and local clubs are categorized according to these parish boundaries. As early as the founding of the church there have been proposals to place a separate municipality divide the area of Stainztal by the parish boundaries to the neighboring communities. These proposals have been raised again in the context of discussions about the community structure reform of 2012.

As " Stainztal " also the valley of Stainzbaches at Luttenberg ( Ljutomer ) in the Pomurska in Slovenia is referred to in older literature. This valley has nothing to do with the church described here. The Stainzbach this relationship is the Ščavnica.

Policy

Parish council

The council consists of 15 members and has been working for the local council election in 2010 of members of the following parties together:

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays: " In one of blue and red with a gold fossil snail shells with showing to the bottom left beak right diagonally divided shield on the top left three, right down two golden lilies ". On 7 March 2005 the coat of arms of the municipality Stainztal was awarded ( with effect from 1 April 2005).

Culture and sights

Cultural life and events

The largest classic car meeting in Austria takes place every year on the first Sunday in August in Graggerer in the community Stainztal.

Other events that are of particular interest to the local population:

  • Firemen festivals of the five local volunteer fire departments
  • Scraps markets, particularly those of Neudorf with specialties in the evening barbecue (annually ) and that of Wetzel village (every 2 years to Pentecost) are known far and wide
  • Firemen's Ball volunteer firefighters Neudorf in January
  • Maypole end of April
  • Sonnwendfeier in June
  • Woarzbraten in August
  • Hiking days in autumn
  • Concerts of Singkreis
  • Skiing days in winter
  • Seniors Christmas party in early December
  • Lichterbaumentzünden end of November
  • Peace Light Running

Attractions

The Stainzer Flascherlzug runs between Stainz and Preding through the territory of the municipality.

48 chapels, Wayside shrines and crosses are documented for the municipality.

Sports

Several bike paths, including the Archduke Johann from Graz to Stainz bike path run through the municipality. Several sports fields can be availed by the citizens.

Demographics

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

In Alling is a stop of the railway line Graz Hbf - Lieboch - Wies- Eibiswald Graz-Köflacher -Bahn ( GKB, Wieserbahn ). Furthermore, the narrow-gauge railway Stainzer Flascherlzug through the community.

The main mode of transport, the L 617 Mettersdorfer country road serves. On her upside the composite line 747 of Stainz to Preding - Wieselsdorf station.

Education

  • Kindergarten in the village of Earl
  • Elementary school Stainztal

Associations, cooperatives

  • Eisschützenverein Stainztal
  • Volunteer Fire Graf village
  • Volunteer Fire Graggerer
  • Volunteer Fire Mettersdorf
  • Volunteer Fire Wetzel village
  • Hunting Party Graf village
  • Hunting party Graggerer
  • Hunting party Mettersdorf
  • Hunting party Neudorf
  • Hunting party Wetzel village
  • Machinery cooperative Wetzel village
  • Singkreis Stainztal
  • Sports club Stainztal
  • Styrian Farmers' Union local branch Stainztal
  • Styrian women's movement Ortsgruppe Stainztal
  • Folk Dance Group Stainztal
  • USFC Stainz
  • Wassergenossenschaft Neudorf
  • Wassergenossenschaft GGM (Graf village, Graggerer, Mettersdorf )
  • Wassergenossenschaft Wetzel village

Personalities

Freeman

  • 2013 Johann Tomberger, mayor of Stainztal 1980-2013
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