Sankt Georgen im Lavanttal
Sankt Georgen in the Lavant Valley ( officially St. Georgen in the Lavant Valley ) is a municipality with 2021 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Wolfsberg in Carinthia, Austria.
- 5.1 municipal
- 5.2 Coat of Arms
Geography
Geographical location
The municipality is located in the Lower Lavant Valley and extends from Lavantfluss on the slopes of the Kor. The main town of St. Georgen located 17 kilometers south of the district capital of Wolfsberg.
Community structure
The municipality is divided into seven Katastralgemeinden ( Andersdorf, Gundisch, Krakaberg, Herzogenberg, Raggane, St. Georgen- Hartneidstein, Steinberg ). The municipality includes the following 21 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- Allersdorf (107 )
- Andersdorf (130 )
- Fransdorf (57 )
- Götzdorf (16 )
- Gundisch Center (30 )
- Gundisch -Nord ( 32)
- Gundisch -South ( 19)
- Herzogenberg (61 )
- Hofwiesen (177 )
- Krakaberg (11)
- Matschenbloch (96 )
- Niederhofstraße (65 )
- Oberrainz (55)
- Pfaff village (82 )
- Pontnig (81)
- Raggane (42)
- Sankt Georgen in the Lavant Valley ( 681 )
- Steinberg Hart ( 64)
- Steinberg House of Lords (50 )
- Unterpichling (52)
- Unterrainz (109)
History
The ancient quarry of the spy furnace marble at the top Steinberg points to Roman colonization, he was part of a Roman estate at today's Town Allersdorf.
The stone castle east of the present St. Georgen, first mentioned in 1214, was probably built by Salzburg followers and formed the administrative center of today's municipal area. She had in the 13th century, when it was owned by the Lords of Ptuj, a donjon (low Judicial District ). The already mentioned for the first time in 1184 and St for the place and the church today eponymous Georg Church under stone or the stone mountain was probably first a proprietary church of the lords, but was in 1245 the nearby monastery of St. Paul is connected and since 1246 the parish church.
1864 St. Georgen founded from the communities Steinberg, Herzogenberg and Paierdorf the community in the Lavant Valley. In the Carinthian village of structural reform on 1 January 1973, the annexation to St. Paul in the Lavant Valley. An Association Community St. Georgen was founded in order to remain culturally independent. 1990, it came through a popular referendum on the restoration of independence, the new mayor was Karl Markut.
Culture and sights
- Parish Church of St. Georgen in the Lavant Valley
- Branch Church Holy Cross in Andersdorf
- Stone castle in stone Village House of Lords
- Roman quarry spy oven
- See also: List of the listed objects in Sankt Georgen in the Lavant Valley
Population
According to Census 2001, Sankt Georgen 2,187 inhabitants, of which 98.4 % are Austrian citizens. 96.9 % of the population are Roman Catholic and 0.9 % for the Protestant Church, 1.3 % have no religious confession.
Policy
Parish council
The council has 19 members and is composed as follows since the last municipal election in 2009 together:
- 9 SPÖ
- 7 FPK
- 3 ÖVP
Directly elected mayor is Karl Markut ( SPÖ).
Coat of arms
In the coat of arms of Sankt Georgen shared in the battlements cut bottom half is in silver for the stone castle as a historical local center of power, pierced by a lance dragon is the attribute of the parish and community patron St. George. The sign in the upper half of growing outward branches with an apple and a pear stand for the importance of fruit growing and cider production in the municipality.
The official blazon of the arms is as follows: An increase of red and silver in the battlements section divided shield, post example subject to a abgeledigten, farbverwechselten lance, from the shank at the intersection silver away two arc-shaped, leafy branches, the front one with an apple, the rear with bulb grow in the upper panel, and the pierced a green dragon with red flames and red tongue weapons in the lower field.
Coat of arms and flag were presented to the congregation on July 6, 1993. The flag is red-green color with integrated crest.