Leitersdorf im Raabtal

  • SPÖ: 6
  • ÖVP: 2
  • FPÖ: 1

Head of village in Raabtal is a municipality with 658 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013) in the south- east of Styria in the district of Southeastern Styria. From 1 January 2015 it is merged in the Styrian municipality structural reform with the municipalities box Bach, Gniebing - Weissbach, Gossendorf, Auer Bach, Mühldorf in field Bach and Raabau, the new community will continue to use the name " field Bach".

  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical Location

Head of village in Raabtal located about 40 km east of Graz and about 4 km east of the district capital field creek in East Styrian Hill Country.

Community structure

Head of village (4.80 km ²)

Head of village in Raabtal (D)

The most important of the abbreviations used are:

  • M = center of the municipality
  • Stt = district
  • R = Rotte
  • W = hamlet
  • D = village
  • ZH = Scattered houses
  • Sdlg = settlement
  • E = bowery (only if they have their own town code)

The complete list that uses the Statistics Austria, can be found at Topographic settlement Labelling according to STAT

Please note that some places may have different spellings. So Katastralgemeinden write differently than the same localities.

Source: Statistics Austria -

Neighboring communities

  • In the North: Lödersdorf and Raabau
  • In the East: Pertlstein
  • In the South: Gossendorf
  • In the West: field Mühldorf at Bach

Population Development

Policy

Parish council

The council consists of nine members and is since the municipal elections 2010 mandates the following parties together:

  • 6 SPÖ - provides the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor
  • 2 ÖVP
  • 1 FPÖ

Coat of arms

The award of the municipality coat of arms was made with effect from 1 June 1997. Blazon (Coat of Arms description): " right diagonally divided by gold and red, farbverwechselt in each field mill wheel and curved from the front corner a field yellow star forward and out of the sign foot behind a dog tooth growing back. "

Culture and sights

  • Located northwest of the town center is Castle Grove field, the largest moated castle in Styria. The present building dates from the Renaissance period. Four wings surrounding a huge, equipped with arcaded courtyard. In Hainfeld Castle Joseph von Hammer- Purgstall, one of the pioneers of the Oriental lived.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Irmgard Schlögl (1921-2007), one of the first European Zen masters and the author of several books; in their home less known than in England, USA and Japan.
Feldbach, Styria Arcade (architecture) Oriental studies Auersbach Aug-Radisch Bad Gleichenberg Bad Radkersburg Bierbaum am Auersbach Breitenfeld an der Rittschein Deutsch Goritz Dietersdorf am Gnasbach Edelsbach bei Feldbach Edelstauden Eichfeld Fladnitz im Raabtal Frannach Glojach Gosdorf Grabersdorf Hof bei Straden Hohenbrugg-Weinberg Johnsdorf-Brunn Kirchbach in Steiermark Kohlberg, Styria Krusdorf Mitterlabill Mureck Murfeld Oberdorf am Hochegg Oberstorcha Perlsdorf Petersdorf, Styria Pirching am Traubenberg Poppendorf, Styria Raning Ratschendorf Riegersburg Sankt Anna am Aigen Schwarzau im Schwarzautal Studenzen Unterauersbach
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