Oberhaag

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Oberhaag is a municipality with 2224 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in Leibnitz district in the Austrian state of Styria. The name derives from Haag, an enclosed area, from.

  • 3.1 personalities
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Oberhaag located in Saggautal between Eibiswald and Arnfels in Styria. Five kilometers of the municipal boundary is also the state border with Slovenia.

To the west of Oberhaag

Community structure

The municipal area covers seven villages (in brackets population as at 31 October 2011):

  • Altenbach (221 ​​)
  • Hardegg (166 )
  • Kitzelsdorf (240 )
  • Vigor (220 )
  • Lizzie (369)
  • Oberg Reith (314 )
  • Oberhaag ( 736 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Altenbach, Hardegg, Kitzelsdorf, vigor, Lizzie, Oberg Reith and Oberhaag.

History

For the first time, the area around Oberhaag was mentioned in a document in which the high free Reinbertus of Muorekke ( Mureck ) goods " in superiori hage " ( Oberhaag ) the monastery of St. Paul in the Lavant Valley is dedicated. The numerous castle stables "in the hague " had become free farms and residences of so-called " A - Shield Knights ", which at that time represented the political administration of the country.

Among the brothers of Kohlberg 1170 (now a district of Oberhaag ) mentioned in a Leibnitzer parish certificate, in cases where the parishes of St. John called in Saggautal and Eibiswald, that belonged to the mother parish of Leibnitz. After the establishment of the parish in 1788 Oberhaag belonged to the parish Arnfels. 1795 finally the first the village chapel was built.

The local church as autonomous bodies was 1850. 1878 only Oberhaag was solved by Arnfels and raised to an independent municipality. Today it is one of the largest communities in terms of area of the district Leibnitz. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community came to Reichsgau Styria, 1945-1955, she was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

Policy

The mayor is the farmer Ernst Haring. Deputy Mayor is Martina warrior.

Personalities

  • Karl Frodl (1919-2007), politician and mayor
  • Werner Strohmaier (* 1942), politician

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows " on a blue shield with silver edge a fairly erect silver horse, accompanied on the top left and bottom right of a silver six-pointed star. "

Culture and sights

  • The Atenbachklamm is a hiking and excursion in the nature park " Styrian Wine Country "
Allerheiligen bei Wildon Berghausen, Styria Breitenfeld am Tannenriegel Ehrenhausen Eichberg-Trautenburg Empersdorf Gabersdorf Gamlitz Gralla (municipality) Hainsdorf im Schwarzautal Heiligenkreuz am Waasen Heimschuh Kaindorf an der Sulm Lang, Styria Leutschach Obervogau Pistorf Retznei Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing Sankt Nikolai im Sausal Sankt Ulrich am Waasen Sankt Veit am Vogau Seggauberg Stocking, Styria Tillmitsch Vogau Weitendorf, Styria Wildon Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal
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