Gamlitz
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- SPÖ: 6
Gamlitz (Slovenian Gomilica ) is an Austrian market town with 3173 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the south of the political or judicial district of the district Leibnitz in Styria. The village lies in the valley of Gamlitzbachs in the south of the West Styrian hill country. On 1 January 2015, the community is joined on the wine route in the Styrian municipality structural reform with the community of Val di Sole, the new community will continue the name Gamlitz.
- 3.1 Demographics
- 3.2 religions
- 4.1 townscape design
- 5.1 Viticulture
- 5.2 traffic
- 6.1 freeman
- 6.2 Sons and daughters of the town
Geography
Community structure
The municipal area covers seven villages (in brackets population as at 31 October 2011):
- Eckberg (243)
- Gamlitz ( 1513)
- Grubtal (391)
- Cranach (328 )
- Labitschberg (138 )
- Sernau (222)
- Steinbach (277 )
The municipality comprises the cadastral Eckberg, Gamlitz, Grub Thal, Kranachberg, Labitschberg, Sernau and Steinbach.
Neighboring communities
At Gamlitz borders clockwise ::
- In the north Seggauberg
- In the northeast Retznei
- In the east Ehrenhausen and ratchet on the Wine Route
- In the southeast Sulztal on the Wine Route
- In the south gloss on the Wine Route
- In the southwest Eichberg- Trautenburg
- In the West Large Small
- In the Northwest Home Shoe
History
The area of Gamlitz was already inhabited in the Stone Age. In the municipality there are Celtic burial mounds. At the church grave stones of the Romans are attached, who settled here in the first century.
The place name Gamlitz goes back to the Slavic name gomilnitz derived from the Slavic gom ( 'hill' ). The name probably refers to the hills or to the Celtic burial mounds.
Gamlitz suffered in 1479 and 1532 invasions of the Ottomans. In the 16th and 17th century, the plague raged in place.
Population
Demographics
The population of the community has changed relatively little since regular censuses. Starting from a number of 2,725 in 1869, the peak was reached in 1934 with 3,332. This was followed by a slight decrease; Since 1961, the population moved with fluctuations of a few dozen just under 3,100.
Religions
At the 2001 census, 94.2 % 1.5% known to the Roman Catholic Church, the Evangelical churches and 0.3 % to Islam. Without religious beliefs were 3.2%.
Culture and sights
- The Roman Catholic parish church of Gamlitz was first documented in 1170. The Romanesque church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul and was from the 14th to the 18th century, the ecclesiastical center of the surrounding places.
- Built in the 12th century castle Gamlitz since the 19th century belonged to the Melcher family. Here is a hotel and a wine museum are housed.
- In the center there is a 1914 -built monument to the Battle of Fallen Hradec Kralove.
Townscape design
Gamlitz received in 1995 and 2012 in the competition Entente Florale Europe the award for " most beautiful flower village in Europe " with gold medal in the village.
Economy and infrastructure
Viniculture
With 400 hectares of vineyard area Gamlitz is the largest municipality weinbaubetreibende Styria. Thus, it holds about 10 % of the total Styrian wine industry. Well-known wine producers in the market town are the Winery Walter Skoff and the winery Sattlerhof. In 1990, the Styrian Provincial Exhibition was held in Gamlitz which was devoted to wine culture.
Traffic
Gamlitz is located at the South Styrian border road B 69, the municipality in the west with Eibiswald, and connects the Soboth and Lavamünd in the east with about five kilometers away Ehrenhausen; there is an affiliation with the Phyrn motorway A 9 (Exit Vogau - road ) and thus to a high-level connection to Graz. A local road link leads to ratchet on the wine road and the Styrian Wine Road.
The nearest railway station is also in honor of squatting at the Southern Railway and is served by the line S 5 of the Graz tram.
Personalities
Freeman
Sons and daughters of the town
- Karl Lieschnegg (1871-1950), politician of CS, member of the Constituent National Assembly 1919-1920, Member of Parliament 1920-1927
- Philipp Renner ( † 1555), Bishop of Lavant and Administrator of the Diocese Seckau