Kitzeck im Sausal
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Kitzeck im Sausal is the highest village with vineyards in Austria and is located near the town of Leibnitz in Styria. The municipality has 1221 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) and is one of the main towns in the region Sausal in the political district of Leibnitz.
Geography
Kitzeck im Sausal is between the Kor in the west, the Little Hungarian Plain in the east, the mountains of Upper Styria in the north and the ridge of Slovenia in the south. The area of the municipality is 1,629 ha
Community structure
The municipal area covers seven villages (in brackets population as at 31 October 2011):
- Brudersegg (110)
- Einoed (121 )
- Fresing (331 )
- Gauitsch (153)
- Greith (118 )
- Neurath (315)
- Steinriegel (160 )
The municipality comprises the cadastral Brudersegg, Einoed, Fresing, Gauitsch, Greith, Neurath and stone fences. On 1 July 1952, the community was renamed Steinriegel in Kitzeck im Sausal.
Neighboring communities
Economy
The vines grow on slopes that are very steep. The vineyard area is about 130 ha in Kitzeck there are numerous tavern and catering businesses.
Population
The inhabitants of Kitzeck since 1869, when the community numbered 1754 inhabitants, fallen almost continuously with few exceptions. 2001 were still living in 1198 people in the community. The population loss was due to emigration. 2011 Kitzeck had 1235 inhabitants again.
Culture and sights
- Parish Painful Maria
- Wine Museum Kitzeck
- Lady chapel
In the district Trebian east of the village Kitzeck should have taken place around 1925 unexplained events. This "Haunted by Trebian " ended after an intervention by the spiritualist Maria Silbert 1927.
Personalities
- Franz Arnfelser (1846-1898), composer, was born in the then independent district Gauitsch.