Sankt Lorenzen bei Scheifling

  • ÖVP: 4
  • SPÖ: 4
  • FPÖ: 1

St. Lorenzen bei Scheifling is a municipality with 633 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district Murau in Styria. From 1 January 2015 it has joined forces framework of the Styrian municipality structural reform with the community Scheifling, the new community will be called " Scheifling - Sankt Lorenzen ".

  • 5.1 Election Results
  • 5.2 Coat of Arms
  • 6.1 freeman
  • 6.2 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 6.3 people with links with the community

Geography

St. Lorenzen bei Scheifling lies about 18 km east of Murau.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the three villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Feßnach (132)
  • Puchfeld (182)
  • Sankt Lorenzen bei Scheifling (307 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Feßnach, Puchfeld and St. Lorenzen.

Neighboring communities of the North, clockwise:

  • Scheifling ( Murau )
  • Unzmarkt woman Castle (district Mur )
  • Sankt Georgen ob Judenburg (district Mur )
  • Sankt Peter ob Judenburg (district Mur )
  • Oberweg (district Mur )
  • Sankt Marein bei Neumarkt (district Murau )
  • Perchau the saddle ( Murau )
  • Mariahof ( Murau )
  • Teufenbach ( Murau )
  • Niederwölz ( Murau )

History

The municipality of St. Lorenzen bei Scheifling was built in 1849 /50. The cadastral Feßnach was a separate municipality until 1875.

Culture and sights

  • Castle ruins Schrattenberg: On the territory of the municipality there is the castle ruins Schrattenberg, originated their predecessors in the 12th century. The magnificent baroque garden in 1915 was destroyed by a fire. Not affected by the fire side buildings have been restored and are now used for cultural purposes.

Economy and infrastructure

According to Census of 2001, there are 18 workplaces with 145 employees in the community as well as 229 and 147 commuter commuters. There are 60 agricultural and forestry holdings (including 30 in the main acquisition ), which together manage 1,923 ha (as of 1999).

Policy

  • City Council: The council consists of nine members and is since the municipal elections 2010 mandatary of the following parties together:
  • 4 ÖVP
  • 4 SPO
  • 1 FPÖ

Election results

City Council Election 2010:

  • ÖVP 201 votes / 43.98 %
  • SPO 199 votes / 43.54 %
  • FPÖ 52 votes / 11.38%
  • AAF 5 votes / 1.09%

Coat of arms

The award of the municipality coat of arms came into effect on 1 July 1988. Coat Description: In red over a golden pinnacles counter bar a the top half of the shield filling golden rust.

Personalities

Freeman

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Josef Krainer senior (1903-1971), Austrian politician (ÖVP ) Governor of Styria 1948-1971
  • Alfred Pritz ( * 1952 ), Austrian psychoanalyst, writer and the editor, founding rector of the Sigmund Freud University of Vienna and President of the World Council for Psychotherapy

People with links with the community

  • Shia LaBeouf (* 1982 ), Austrian actor, voice actor, musician and singer, grew up in Puchfeld at Scheifling
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