Gratwein
Gratwein is a market town with 3696 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the north-west of Styria Graz in the district Graz-Umgebung and judicial district of Graz -West. As part of the municipality of structural reform in Styria it is merged in 2015 with the communities of Jews Village Straßengel, Rein and Gschnaidt, the new community will be called market town Gratwein - Straßengel. This is based on the Styrian community structure reform law - StGsrG.
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Mayor
Geography
Geographical Location
Gratwein situated on the western banks of the Mur against Gratkorn about ten kilometers northwest of the provincial capital of Graz. The community has grown together with the neighboring community of Jews village.
Geology
Gratwein located in Gratkorn basin, which opens up to the West Styrian Riedland and forms a widening of the Murtal.
Neighboring communities
History
The local churches as autonomous bodies created after the abolition of the manors in 1850. Katastralgemeinden The Jewish village, Straßengel, Rotz, dog village and Kugelberg belonged to the municipality Gratwein.
Jews Village Straßengel developed from 1860 becoming one of the most famous spas of kuk Monarchy and finally reached the secession of Gratwein and became in 1909 an independent local church.
2015 Gratwein be merged in the course of the Styrian government reform with Jewish village Straßengel and Rein.
Policy
- SPÖ: 14
- ÖVP: 3
- FPO: 3
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Parish council
The council consists of 21 members and has been committed to the local council election 2010 mandates the following parties together:
Mayor
Mayor since 2009, Gerald Murlasits ( SPÖ).
Sports
- EC Ruffnecks Gratwein ( ice hockey), the association founded in 2003, plays in the Styrian league.
- GSV RB Gratwein ( football)
Culture and sights
- Parish Church of St. Rupert
Traffic
The proximity to Graz Gratwein is a very good transport connected. The municipality is not located directly on one of the main roads, but on the regional road Gratkorn according to Rein. Through this connection is the Grazerstraße B can be reached in about two km 67. The nearest connection points of Phyrn motorway A 9 are German Feistritzwerke (165 ) in about eight kilometers to the north direction and Gratkorn (173 ) in about six kilometers to the south direction.
Within the area of the railway station Gratwein - Gratkorn, access to the Austrian Southern Railway with hourly train connections (S1 ) to Graz, Bruck an der Mur is offering.
Graz Airport is about 28 km away.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Anton Wolfradt (1582-1639), Hofkammerpräsident, Cistercian, Abbot of Kremsmuenster and Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Vienna, was from 1609 - 1612 Pastor of Gratwein
- Gundis Zámbó (* 1966), German actress and television presenter, born in Gratwein
- Clemens Maria Schreiner (* 1989), Austrian cabaret artist, lives in Gratwein
- Othmar Krenn (1952-1998), Austrian artist, creator of the "art strip", born in Gratwein
- Christian Scherübl (* 1994), Austrian swimmer, Junior European Champion, born in Gratwein