Steinfeld, Austria
Steinfeld is a market town with 2047 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia.
Geography
Steinfeld is in average 617 meters above sea level in the Upper Drau Valley at the foot of Kreuzeckgruppe.
The municipality is divided into five cadastral Fellbach, Gerlamoos, Radlach, composting and stone field.
The municipality includes the following 13 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- Althaus (3)
- Fellbach (89 )
- Fellberg (9 )
- Flattachberg (22 )
- Gajach (93 )
- Gerlamoos (166 )
- Mitter Berg ( 32)
- Oberallach (62 )
- Radlach (188 )
- Raggnitz (4)
- Rottenstein (72 )
- Steinfeld ( 1326 )
- Zödl ( 0)
History
The parish church in Radlach as well as the name of today's main town of the municipality were 1267/68 mentioned in the ducal land register first documented. This property directory also shows the relatively low agricultural usability of today's municipal area. Also for the traffic and trade Steinfeld was relative to the adjacent interchange Greifenburg and Saxony castle at a disadvantage.
For the economic development Steinfeld was from the 15th century, the mining industry - first the reduction of placer gold and precious metals, and later the Iron Working - formative. The mining industry resulted from the late Middle Ages to settlement of trades whose buildings still the appearance of the market determine ( Singerhof, castle Neustein, Verweserhaus of Porcia family on the main street ). However, the mining activity suffered already from 1600 setbacks. The place thus lost over the centuries his märktische infrastructure and fell back towards the village. During the First World War, mining was eventually discontinued completely.
Railway construction ( Drau Valley Railway ) from the late 19th century and the associated settlement of wood processing companies brought the community another boom, the. Using the furniture factory AVE, which was from 1932 to 1986 and up to 270 people employed, which culminated During the 20th century, also the summer tourism and gastronomy developed on important sectors of the community.
Today's church was formed in 1850. Apart from the assignment of smaller area shares in Greifenburg in 1973, she has not changed since then in its expansion. Steinfeld have already been granted market privileges 1680 years, an official survey of the market town took place in 1930.
Population
According to the 2001 census, Steinfeld has 2,291 inhabitants, of which 95.6 % have Austrian and 2.6% for Turkish citizenship. 88.3 % of the population are Roman Catholic, 4.5% to 3.9% are Protestant Church and the Islamic faith. 2.4 % have no religious confession.
Culture and sights
- Gerlamoos church with frescoes by Thomas von Villach
- Parish Church of St. John the Baptist in Steinfeld
- Branch Church of St Martin in Radlach
- Gerlamooser gorge with waterfall
- Renaissance castle Neustein
- Castle ruins Rottenstein
- Castle Raggnitz
Economy and infrastructure
Through the municipal area the Drau Valley road (B 100 ) and the Drau Valley Railway run ( station " Steinfeld in the Drau Valley ").
Policy
City Council and Mayor
The local council of Steinfeld has 15 members and is composed as follows since the municipal elections in 2009 together:
- 9 SPÖ
- 4 FPK
- 4 FPÖ
- 2 ÖVP
Directly elected mayors is Ewald Tschabitscher ( SPÖ).
Coat of arms
The coat of arms shows " through an ascending red lace of gold and silver forked plate. At its peak, the mining cross emblems: a silver mallet over a silver iron with golden handles " The tincture is painted in the national colors of Carinthia, which are designed here as a shield cleavage with ascending tip. . Coat of arms and flag, the latter shows the colors white and red with integrated coat of arms, Steinfeld were awarded on the occasion of the market survey on 14 December 1931.
Personalities
- Fritz Strobl (born 1972 ), former ski racer and Olympic champion, grew up in Gerlamoos