Limberg bei Wies

  • ÖVP: 7
  • SPÖ: 2

Limberg bei Wies is the end of 2014 a municipality with 942 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Germany in Styria. As part of the Styrian community structure reform, it is merged in 2015 with the communities Wies, Wernersdorf and Wielfresen, the new community will continue the name Wies. This is based on the Styrian community structure reform law - StGsrG.

  • 3.1 Population structure
  • 3.2 Demographics
  • 6.1 municipal
  • 6.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Location

The community Limberg bei Wies is in Western Styria and consists of two cadastral Limberg in the west and Mitterlimberg in the east. The most important of the municipality is flowing water of Schwarzenbach, highest elevation of the partl with 686 meters.

Limberg ( 4.08 km ²) Mitterlimberg ( 3.59 km ²)

Limberg ( ZH)

Mitterlimberg

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 locality 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

History

The name " Limberg ," probably a dialectal slurring of " Lindenberg " is first mentioned in 1244, when the church of St. Peter was called in " Lindenberch ". Originally, however, the name referred only to the hill at the foot of the castle. The area of Limberg, Kreuzberg and Eichegg was already centuries ago as populated as today and housed up to the castle Limberg only farms.

Steyeregg and Kalkgrub however, were decisively influenced by " carbon age". Until 1800, the Steyer Egger valley was completely uninhabited, then made ​​the discovery of coal mining and the following for a complete change in Kalkgrub and in Steyeregg. From the Swan mountain station of the Wieserbahn led in the 20th century, a narrow gauge industrial railway (without passengers ) to the coal mining facilities in Kalkgrub. On this track standard gauge freight cars were transported in Austria (mainly open wagons for transporting coal ) on trolleys for the first time.

Due to the decline of coal mining started in the second half of the 20th century, a sharp decline in the population.

The name of the municipality Limberg was changed on June 1, 1951 in Limberg bei Wies. On January 1, 1960, a part of the then divided community Altenmarkt was combined with Limberg bei Wies.

Population

Population structure

The municipality had 2001 946 inhabitants according to the census. 96.1 % of the population possess Austrian citizenship. For the Roman Catholic Church to 92.1 % of the population profess, 4.8 % have no religious confession.

Demographics

The population of the community reached its peak in the 20s of the 20th century. Thereafter, the population declined, especially 1951-1981, strongly by about a third from. For 20 years, the population stabilized at a low level.

Culture and sights

The best-known attraction of the village is its Castle Limberg, whose foundation may date back to the 9th century.

Economy and infrastructure

According to Census of 2001, there are 21 workplaces with 86 employees in the community as well as 369 commuters and 42 commuters. Most important industries are in the building as well as the hotel and catering sector. There are 57 agricultural and forestry holdings (including 10 in the main acquisition ), which together manage 539 ha ( 1999).

The transport infrastructure is via the Radlpass road ( B76 ) that crosses the municipality.

Policy

Parish council

In the local elections of 2005, the SPÖ was able to keep in Limberg their supremacy. Despite a loss of 4% reached the SPÖ 70.41 % and maintained its seven seats. The ÖVP could, however, benefit greatly from the FPÖ, which no longer took in 2005. They rose by about 9 % and reached 29.59 % and three seats.

Coat of arms

Limberg was awarded the right to bear a coat of arms municipality on 1 August 1977. It shows the Barbara chapel on a green background, framed by two white vertical stripes, each with five green linden leaves.

Historical Maps

  • Limberg and the surrounding area of approximately 1789 to 1878

Limberg south of Swan Mountain in Franziszeischer land survey, 1835

The mines of Steieregg and its rail connection to Wiesbaden in the receiving sheet 1:25.000 1878

The North of Limberg

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