Marhof
- SPÖ: 10
- ÖVP: 5
Marhof until the end of 2014 a municipality with 1051 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Germany Berg ( judicial district of Vienna) in Styria. As part of the Styrian community structure reform, it is merged in 2015 with the communities Stainz, stable yard, Stainztal, Rassach and Georg Berg, the new community will continue the name Stainz. This is based on the Styrian community structure reform law - StGsrG.
- 3.1 Population structure
- 3.2 Demographics
- 5.1 municipal
- 5.2 Coat of Arms
Geography
Location
The municipality is located Marhof in Western Styria and consists of four cadastral. Most important rivers in the municipality are the Theussenbach, the Sierlingbach and the Rain Bach, all of the Stainzbach open into the largest stream of the community. Important surveys of Rosenkogel ( 1,362 m), Mothiltor ( 1,240 m) and the Reinischkogel lying on the border with monastery and precious scrap ( 1,463 m). The rocks on which the municipality is located, are scientifically examined in detail.
Community structure
Sierling ( 11.28 km ²) Teufenbach (1.24 km ²) Trough ( 14.76 km ²) Forest ( 3.52 km ²)
Angenofen (D) Rain Bach ( R)
Sierling (R ) Teufenbach (R )
Trough (ZH)
Forest in western Styria (R )
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
History
First, individual finds in the municipal area are obtained from the Roman period, as here, the Noric, a Celtic tribe settled. On Sporiroa oven finds from the late Lasinja culture and the period around 1100 AD have been found in archaeological excavations. Perhaps the healing source of today's Bad Sauerbrunn was already used by the Romans.
In the 13th century, was built northwest of Marhof above the Sauerbrunn and Theußenbachgrabens the castle Whose stone. Mentioned in a document for the first time 1245th The castle protected the way here from Stainz on Herzogenberg ( Aiblwirt ) or between Rose and Reinischkogel ( Absetzwirt ) to the pack or the Hebalm and Carinthia. The first mention of Marhof dates from the year 1411, as " in S.Stephans pharr whether Stencz Maierhoif " which has been reported.
The name " Absetzwirt " between Rosenkogel and Reinischkogel in the west of Marhof on the border to the municipality Gams is the " settling " ( unloading) of (structural ) loads. The Absetzwirt was a place where the load transports appealed for a break or were transhipped at the expense of a means of transport to another. This is because was not all teamsters allowed to leave the area of their manorial system and therefore had to be handed over to borders to other transporters transports.
From 1870 to 1935 lived in Rachling, in present-day municipality (then community Sierling ), the well-known miracle healer John Reinbacher vulgo Höllerhansl.
In 1968 the church today Marhof was newly formed. It was created on 1 January 1968 by the merger of the previously independent municipalities Sierling and trough and part of the former municipality of forest in Western Styria ( forest districts, Price Mountain, Green Baumgarten and Schönegg ). The name of this church, Forest, had been changed on June 1, 1951 in Forest in western Styria.
See also: List of the listed objects in Marhof.
Population
Population structure
The municipality had 2001 1.063 inhabitants according to the census. 99.0 % of the population possess Austrian citizenship. For the Roman Catholic Church to 91.6 % of the population profess, 4.5 % have no religious confession.
Demographics
The population of Marhof long remained relatively constant. Since 1971, the population of the municipality but continuously moved down slightly.
Economy and infrastructure
According to Census of 2001, there are 31 workplaces with 140 employees in the community as well as 377 commuters and 74 commuters. There are 115 agricultural and forestry holdings ( including 21 in the main acquisition ), which together manage 1,577 ha ( 1999).
The transport infrastructure is via the road L 684, which connects the community about Stainz to the Radlpasstraße (B 76).
Policy
Parish council
In the local elections of 2005, the SPÖ the ÖVP could wrest the supremacy in Marhof, being greatly benefited from the losses of the ÖVP and the voices of the FPÖ, which no longer took. An increase of 20.62 % total 63.90 % and the mean gain of three seats. The ÖVP, however, declined by 12.50 % to 36.10 %, which meant a loss of two mandates.
Coat of arms
The right to bear the coat of arms of the municipality municipality Marhof was awarded on 16 June 2002. The design is by Gernot Obersteiner from the Styrian Provincial Archives. It shows coat of arms in the lower area of a blue, silver flooded sign foot, which symbolizes the spa of Bad Sauerbrunn. Above is crenellated, green and silver bordierte rafters that (see story ) stand for the former castle Whose stone. From the upper rafter board grow on a red background two silver roses, symbolizing the Rosenkogel. The six rose leaves of the branches stand for the six villages in the municipality: Angenofen, Rain Bach, Sierling, Teufenbach, trough and forest.