Sankt Stefan im Gailtal

Sankt Stefan in the Gail Valley ( officially St. Stefan in the Gail Valley ) ( Slow: Štefan na Zilji ) is a municipality with 1573 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Hermagor in Carinthia.

  • 5.1 municipal
  • 5.2 Coat of Arms
  • 5.3 partnerships

Geography

Geographical location

St. Stefan is located on both sides of the Lower Gail Gail valley between the main chain of the Carnic Alps with the Oisternig ( 2052 m) in the south and the Gail Valley Alps in the north.

Community structure

The municipality is divided into the six cadastral Hader village, Köstendorf, Matschiedl, St. Paul, St. Stefan and Vorderberg. The municipality includes the following 20 places (in brackets the Slovenian town name and the number of inhabitants as of 31 October 2011):

  • Bach ( Potok ) ( 58)
  • Bichelhof ( Zvenica ) (17)
  • Bodenhof ( Poden, Na Podnu ) (7)
  • Dragantschach ( Draganče ) (61)
  • Edling ( Kazaze ) (85)
  • Hadersdorf ( Hadre ) ( 71)
  • Karnitzen ( Krnica ) ( 56)
  • Köstendorf ( Gostinja vas ) ( 196 )
  • Latschach ( Loče ) (18)
  • Matschiedl ( Močidle ) ( 82)
  • Nieselach ( Nizale ) (15)
  • Pölland ( Polana ) (11)
  • Pörtschach ( Poreče ) (37)
  • St. Paul at the Gail ( Šenpavel na Zilji ) ( 104)
  • St. Stefan an der Gail ( Štefan na Zilji ) ( 143)
  • Schinzengraben ( Senčni ditch ) (14)
  • Schmölzing ( Smolčiče ) (42)
  • Sussawitsch ( Žužače ) ( 119)
  • Drafts ( Pešišče ) ( 76)
  • Vorderberg ( Blace ) ( 357)

Neighboring communities

History

The first settlers in the mid Gail Valley were probably around 600 Slavic immigrants; later, when Carinthia was incorporated in the 8th century by the Frankish Empire, it had the settlement of Bavaria and the Christianization of the area result. The parish church of St. Stefan in the Gail Valley, St.. Consecrated Stephen, was founded in the 9th century, a church is first mentioned in 1252.

The median Gail Valley has long been one of the possessions of the diocese of Bamberg, until it came in the 13th century to disputes with the Counts of Gorizia, which led to the destruction of the castle Vorderberg result. After the reconstruction it was 1460 again destroyed and never rebuilt. In 1500, the Gail came partly in the possession of the Hapsburgs.

The history of the community is accompanied by numerous fires, which also Aichelburg 1691 finally fell victim to the floods and Gail.

From 1850 to today's local churches were founded in Carinthia. The current municipal area largely coincides with the existing until 1848 Landgericht Aichelburg 1850 but initially two local churches, St. Stefan an der Gail were ( 1,983 inhabitants) and Vorderberg ( 681 inhabitants ) founded. They were merged with the municipality of structural reform of 1973, the common population, however, was now dropped to 1,900. Vorderberg sought in the wake of the renewed independence, but was in a referendum on December 9, 1990, only 42.1% of the electorate to win it. In 1993, the community name in St. Stefan was changed in the Gail Valley.

Even in 1924 were the parishes of St. Stefan / Štefan na Zilji, Front Mount / Blace and St. Paul / Šentpavel na Zilji Slovene parishes, only the branch church in Castle Bodenhof was led German.

Population

According to Census 2001, St. Stefan 1,777 inhabitants, of which 97.0 % and 1.7% of German Austrian citizen. 91.7 % are Roman Catholic, 4.5% and 0.8% for the evangelical church to Islam. 2.6% of the population are without religious confession.

Culture and sights

  • The parish church of St. Stephen, first mentioned in 1275 and its name to the village and the church was originally a noble own church.

Policy

Parish council

The local council of St. Stefan has 15 members and is composed as follows since the municipal elections in 2009 together:

  • 9 SPÖ
  • 3 ÖVP
  • 3 FPK

Directly elected mayor Johann Ferlitsch ( SPÖ).

Coat of arms

In the municipal coat of arms symbolizes the silver sign foot Gail, the silver horse stands for the traditional run horse breeding and the resultant as a sideline mule trains and the Kufenstechen, and the three silver boulders are the attribute of Erzmärtyrers Stephen, to 36/40 before Jerusalem was executed by stoning.

Coat of arms and flag were presented to the community on 1 March 1993, the official blazon reads: "On Silver Wellenschildfuß divided diagonally left; front in red growing a silver horse, back in Green 3 (1:2) silver boulders " Correctly, it should read: top in red growing a silver horse, down in green 3 (1:2) silver boulders there." front " and "rear" not in shield divisions but only with shield divisions apply. The flag is red-green color with integrated crest.

Partnerships

Personalities

  • Urban Jarnik, born 1784 in Bach, priest, poet, philologist, died 1844 in Moosburg
  • Rudolf Blüml, 1898-1966, dean and clergy, staff of Chancellor Seipel, Member of the Krnt. Parliament, founder of the slow. Caritas in Carinthia, founder of the Retreat House Tainach (now Education Sodalitas House ), was born in Karnitzen at St.Paul
  • Hans Ferlitsch, Minister 1934-37 and 1945-60
  • Cornelius Kolig, artist, was born in Vorderberg
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