Klein Sankt Paul

Klein Sankt Paul ( officially Klein St. Paul ) is a market town with 1859 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in Carinthia.

  • 4.1 Upper Hornburg
  • 4.2 Lower Hornburg
  • 7.1 municipal
  • 7.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Geographical location

Klein Sankt Paul is in the middle Görtschitztal about 36 km north-east of Klagenfurt. The municipal area extends from Görtschitztal on the Saualpe up to the main ridge.

Community structure

The municipality is divided into twelve Katastralgemeinden (Book, Dullberg, Filfing, Green Castle, Kirchberg, Klein St. Paul, Upper St. Paul, Prailing, customs Berg, Unter St. Paul, Wietersdorf, Wieting ) and includes the following 19 places (in brackets Population As of 31 October 2011):

  • Book (11)
  • Drattrum (9)
  • Dullberg (8)
  • Filfing (77 )
  • Green Castle ( 4)
  • Katschniggraben (6)
  • Kirchberg ( 33)
  • Kitschdorf (119 )
  • Klein Sankt Paul ( 1011)
  • Maria Hilf ( 0)
  • Mösel (49 )
  • Müller trench ( 0)
  • Oberwietingberg (66 )
  • Prailing (77 )
  • Raffelsdorf (16 )
  • Sion mountain ( 81)
  • Under Wieting Berg ( 47)
  • Wietersdorf (31 )
  • Wieting (255 )

Neighboring communities

History

Through the iron production in the near Huettenberg the territory of the present municipality was inhabited at the time of the Celts. 831 was the lower Görtschitztal in the possession of the archbishopric of Salzburg. The first written mention dates from the period 1060-1088. 1507 were transferred in the Lavant Valley manorial and parish of St. Paul under Hornburg to the monastery of St. Paul.

1850 was changed simultaneously with the establishment of the church in the name of Klein Sankt Paul. In 1930 the municipality are entitled to use the term " market town ". In 1973, the municipality was to the resolved local church Wieting and the cadastral background mountain (before belonging to Lölling ) expanded.

Culture and sights

Hornburg

The ruins of the twin castle located on the summit of the Horn mountain on the western slope of the Saualpe between Eberstein and Klein Sankt Paul. Mentioned in documents in 1140, the expansion took place in 1414. Originally it was owned by the Counts of Gorizia, then the ministeriales Hornburer. In the 15th century it was an imperial fief, in 1581 it was sold to Sigmund Welzer of Eberstein; 1630-9139 it was owned by the family Christalnigg.

Upper Hornburg

Romanesque rectangular building, festival house of the first half of the 1st century, with Einsteigtor upstairs, high Gothic ring wall with battlements and round tower. At the former farmhouse NE side. In the east front of the castle stands the ruined Gothic chapel from the 14th century.

Lower Hornburg

Small residuals of a former rectangular festivals house of the 12th century, in the east parts of the former Bering and a residential building of 13-14. Century. Decline since the 17th century. 1996, there were wall safeguards.

Population

The municipality Klein Sankt Paul has 2195 inhabitants ( 2001), of which 95.9 % are Austrian nationals. 84.2 % of the population are Roman Catholic, 4.7% for the Protestant Church, 0.4% to Islam. 6.6 % have no religious confession.

Economy and infrastructure

Economic Leading Company is founded in 1893 Wietersdorfer work Wietersdorfer & Peggauer cement Werke GmbH with around 180 jobs. On the Saualpe are the ski areas Weißenberger Alm and Klippitztörl. According to the 2001 census, there are 578 employees in the community and 528 commuters. There are 128 agricultural and forestry enterprises ( of which 65 are in the main acquisition ), which together manage 6,053 ha ( 1999).

The transport connection is via the Görtschitztal Road ( B 92 ). The Görtschitztalbahn is used only for freight.

Policy

Parish council

The council consists of 19 members and is as follows since the municipal elections in 2009 together:

  • 8 SPÖ
  • 6 ÖVP
  • 5 AAF

Directly elected mayor is Hilmar Loitsch ( SPÖ).

Coat of arms

The front half of the split escutcheon is based on the coat of arms of the lords of Hornburg, who resided as a sovereign's vassals in the Hornburg; it shows the rod of a deer antler. In the posterior half by a highly stylized symbol of local cement production brought the industrial present expressed: The inside of a black, two small gears driven rotary kiln is filled with a red vortex of flame, the "Z " indicates the processing of cement to.

The official blazon of the arms is: " A split shield. Front in red a golden rod right of a ten Enders, back in gold, a black rotary kiln; therein in gold a clockwise running red fire flames swirls that is covered with a golden Z. "

Coat of arms and flag were the community on August 5, 1969 awarded ( Neuverleihung 1974). The flag is yellow-red with integrated crest.

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