Globasnitz

Globasnitz, Slovenian Globasnica, is located in Carinthia in the District Peoples Market bilingual municipality with 1607 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013).

  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 associations
  • 5.1 City Council and Mayor
  • 5.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Geographical location

The community Globasnitz lies between the southern edge of the Jaunfelds and the Karawanken. The main town Globasnitz is removed about 7 km as the crow of the Austrian-Slovenian border.

Community structure

Globasnitz is divided into four cadastral Globasnitz ( Globasnica ) Wackendorf ( Vecna ​​vas ), Jaunstein ( Podjuna ) and St. Stefan ( STEBEN ) divided. The municipality comprises the following ten villages (population as at 31 October 2011):

  • Globasnitz / Globasnica, 293
  • Jaunstein / Podjuna, 154
  • Small village / Mala vas 242
  • Podrain / Podroje, 96
  • St. Stefan / STEBEN, 250
  • Slovenjach / Slovenje, 12
  • Traundorf / Strpna vas, 300
  • Tschepitschach / Čepice, 81
  • Under Mountains / Podgora, 43
  • Wackendorf / Vecna ​​vas, 145

Neighboring communities

History

The Celts may have colonized the located in the municipality of Globasnitz Hemmaberg. On Hemmaberg there was a place of worship, which was dedicated to the god Jovenat.

With the Roman occupation of Noricum in 15 BC emerged from the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius and settlements in the valley. Archaeological finds point to a military camp and the importance as a relay station along the Roman road from Virunum ( near Maria Saal ) by Celeia (Celje ) over the Luschasattel. The settlement center in the area of ​​today's main town Globasnitz was called Iuenna, of which the name " Jauntal " derives. Iuenna belonged to the urban area of ​​Virunum. To the west and east of the ancient and the modern settlements are ancient grave fields. The finds are on display in a museum in the town center. Treasures such as Eastern Roman glass, porcelain Greek, Roman wines, precious textiles and trinkets or Roman floor mosaics were the inhabitants of Iuenna not foreign. Roman and Celtic gods were worshiped equally.

The function of the settlement as a military base and relay station as well as the trade route to the Eastern Roman Empire remained intact even under the Ostrogothic king Theodoric. Already in the course of the 4th century, the area was Christianized during the Arian belief. On the Hemmaberg two built almost simultaneously early Christian churches were double dug alongside an older church, some of which were richly decorated with mosaics in the Roman style.

After the invasion of the Slavs in Late Antiquity to AD 500, the trade route and the heavily -defended Talsiedlungen went disappeared. Part of the population is likely to have retreated back to the Hemmaberg. What remains the Slavic population have emerged from the in consequence, the Slovenes, although there are certainly also to certain forms of cultural continuity and inculturation - has come - as it necessarily results from the handing down vorslawischer floor or watercourses name. In the 1910 census 1264 people Slovenian German and 21 people had indicated as their language. At the beginning of the First Republic Globasnitz was home to a Slovenian parish.

The name of Globasnitz was first documented in 1143-1163 mentioned as Globasinvilla. The church was first mentioned in 1265, as a parish 1296th

The local church Globasnitz was established in 1850 and was 1865-1876 connected to the community boars village. In the municipality of structural reform in 1973, the municipal area to parts of the neighboring communities Eberndorf, Sitter village and Feistritzwerke was extended if lead castle.

Population

According to the 2001 census, the municipality has 1,645 inhabitants Globasnitz, of which 98.2 % are Austrian nationals. 54.2 % belong to the German-speaking and 42.1 % of the Slovene-speaking minority.

For the Roman Catholic Church to 96.0 % of the community population profess the Protestant Church and Islam, respectively 0.7%. Without religious beliefs 1.7 %.

The bilingual parish " Globasnitz / Globasnica " covered by the bilingual Deanery Eberndorf / Dobrla vas.

Globasnitz / Globasnica belongs to the Slovenian dialect area of ​​Jauntales ( Slow podjunsko narečje ), which is a dialect of the Carinthian Slovene dialect group .. The Slovenian language and culture until today to follow historical development throughout southern Carinthia or Jauntaler room.

Culture and sights

Structures

  • Hemmaberg with Excavations five early Christian churches
  • Pilgrimage Church St.. Hemma and Dorothea
  • Rosalie Rosalie grotto with source

Clubs

  • Slovenian Educational Association Slovensko izobraževalno društvo Globasnica. In 1903, the Slovenian Education Association Globasnitz was founded on the initiative of the local chaplain Ivan Hojnik and the first chairman Ivan Iekl. The aim of the association was the maintenance and promotion of the Slovenian language, culture and identity, as the cultural and political context in Carinthia reflects that time. Main activities were the performance of challenging plays and the guidance of a well-stocked library, which was financed from the proceeds of the performances. After an interruption of activity in the wake of the referendum in 1920 in Carinthia cultural production was resumed in 1921. In the interwar period repeatedly was the later Member of Parliament Albert Breznik chairman of the association. The association also issued a club magazine, the Škorpijon. 1927 Club Choir was founded in 1928 held the first budget of course by the famous folk poet Milka Hartman. 1942, after the wave of deportations of Carinthian Slovenes, who also met many club members, the club library was burned and theater scenes, including 11 stage sets, destroyed. The club protocols could be saved. The club began its operation in 1946 again.
  • 2012 was the first European transnational and bilingual sheltered workshop - Workshop Florian / delavnica Florijan from Caritas. Team opened lifestyle

Policy

City Council and Mayor

The council has 15 members and is composed as follows since the last municipal election in 2009 together:

  • 5 SPÖ
  • 5 tbsp
  • 3 ÖVP
  • 2 AAF

Directly elected mayors ( 62.4 %) is Wolfgang Michael Wölbl ( SPÖ).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Globasnitz shows the decorated with Tuscan columns facade of the small Roman temple of the 2nd century, of the three pillars, parts of the architrave and pediment, and other parts were found in 1961 and 1963 in Globasnitz and according to the investigations of Dr. Piccotini was dedicated to the local god Jovenat. Today, three of the columns form a on the great ancient past -oriented of Globasnitz public monument in places. The blazon of the arms is as follows: " resting in a golden red with black Roman temple portico, its profiled pediment along with the architrave with an inscription IOVENAT AVG on four Tuscan columns. "

Coat of arms and flag were presented to the community on February 14, 1973. The flag is red and yellow with integrated crest.

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