Steuerberg

Control is a municipality with 1646 inhabitants ( 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Feldkirchen in Carinthia.

  • 6.1 City Council and Mayor
  • 6.2 Coat of Arms
  • 6.3 Partner community

Geography

Geographical location

Steuerberg lies in the Gurktaler between the Alps and the Gurktal Wimitztal, about 10 km north of Feldkirchen.

Community structure

Steuerberg is divided into four cadastral Altsteuerberg, Neusteuerberg, Wabl and Wachsenberg. The municipality includes the following 31 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Dölnitz (23)
  • Eden ( 2)
  • Springs (28 )
  • Edling (35 )
  • Felfern (36)
  • Fuchs pits (66 )
  • Glabegg (15)
  • Goggau (23 )
  • Trench ( 39)
  • Hart ( 131)
  • Behind Wachsenberg ( 4)
  • Jeinitz (29)
  • Kerschdorf (121 )
  • Köttern (94 )
  • Krassnitz (29 )
  • Niederwinklern (30 )
  • Pölling (32 )
  • Prapra (16)
  • Rainfed (45 )
  • Rennweg ( 190)
  • Red apple (53 )
  • Sallas ( 0)
  • Saint Martin ( 4)
  • Sassl (5)
  • Sever trench ( 2)
  • Steuerberg (154 )
  • Thoerl ( 4)
  • Unterhof (58 )
  • Wabl ( 24)
  • Wachsenberg ( 389)
  • Wiggis ( 1)

Neighboring communities

History

The exact date of the first mention of the name is not possible. " Touernich " (after Kranzmayer " village on the good Bach" ), the former name of Berg's control, was mentioned in an undated note donation of the monastery Admont, whose creation was limited to the years 1130-1145. 1147 will see a donation of two Huben in Glödnitz and a guest house "ad Touernich " of the " Reginher de Touernich ", son of Swiker of Hollenburg and probably a vassal of Bernard of Spanheim to Admont. 1169 was cited in a document a " Reginherus de Steyrberch ", which is the oldest mention of today's community name.

From the 15th century the present Wimitzer country road won as a trade in importance.

After the French wars of 1809 Upper Carinthia belonged to the Illyrian provinces of France. The border between France and the Austrian Empire was until 1814 through the middle of Steuerberg. On this fact still echoes a landmark (with wrong year) at the Goggausee country road.

In the formation of political communities today's municipal area was first incorporated into the greater community of Feldkirchen. However, the cadastral Wabl, alto and Neusteuerberg argued already in 1864 for the secession of Feldkirchen. The following year, the Carinthian parliament approved the issue, so that in 1866 out of the three mentioned and the KG Wachsenberg constituted the community, " Steier mountain". Since then, the municipality has changed little: In 1923, the southernmost part of Wachsenberg to the then independent municipality Waiern and in the course of community structural reform 1972/73 Steuerberg received smaller portions of the municipalities of Himmelberg and Weitensfeld.

Culture and sights

Celtic threshold stone at the cemetery entrance

" Tavagnacco Fountain " in Steuerberg

Coat monument at the western city limits

In Wachsenberg: the Catholic parish church of St. Andrew. Former Mesnerhaus, a two-storey timber construction from the 18th century.

From Wachsenberg a footpath leads to the thrill ( 1091 m) to the Catholic branch church of St. Giles, the so-called thrill chapel. From here you have a beautiful view south to the Karavanke and Julian Alps, north-west to the Gurktaler Alps.

Population

According to the 2001 census has Steuerberg 1,693 inhabitants, of which 97.4 % and 1.7% of German Austrian citizen. 78.4 % of the population are Roman Catholic and 16.7 % for the Protestant Church, 3.2 % have no religious confession.

Economy

Traditionally, the area is strongly influenced agricultural and forestry, although tourism has become increasingly important in recent decades. But has also greatly increased the proportion of commuters to the nearby town of Feldkirchen and to distant workplaces.

Steuerberg is one of the nine founding members of the Carinthian wood road community. 2001 here Kirchtag for Wood Street was held. A be imputed before the elementary school decorated with floral decoration wooden water trough recalls the event.

Policy

City Council and Mayor

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

  • 7 ÖVP
  • 4 AAF
  • 4 SPO

Mayor since 1985 Karl Petritz (ÖVP ).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms, which was awarded the municipality on March 8, 1966 refers to the eponymous castle Steuerberg or on the first detectable label of the local Ministerialen ( Seal of Otto von Steier mountain to a deed dated 15 June 1305). The imaged thereon, connected three shields to reinforce the main plate and apparently more resistant; with rudders has nothing to do with the coat of arms.

The official blazon of the arms is: " In Green three connected by black strap with a black hump ring silver shields in the three- ball. "

The flag is green and white with integrated crest.

Partner community

  • Tavagnacco, Udine, Italy
Feldkirchen District Gurktal Alps Gurk (river) Gnesau Glanegg
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