Wörth an der Lafnitz
Wörth an der Lafnitz with 373 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) is a municipality in the district court Fürstenfeld and in the political district of Hartberg - Fürstenfeld in Styria ( Austria ). From 1 January 2015 it has joined forces framework of the Styrian municipality structural reform with the community pipe bei Hartberg, the new community will continue to use the name "Pipe at Hart Mountain."
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Mayor
- 3.3 Coat of Arms
Geography
Geographical Location
Woerth is situated in the spa region of Styria and Burgenland. East of the village, the river Lafnitz draws the line to the neighboring province of Burgenland.
Community structure
Wörth ( 10.92 km ²)
Wörth an der Lafnitz (D)
The most important of the abbreviations used are:
- M = center of the municipality
- Stt = district
- R = Rotte
- W = hamlet
- D = village
- ZH = Scattered houses
- Sdlg = settlement
- E = bowery (only if they have their own locality code)
The complete list that uses the Statistics Austria, can be found at Topographic settlement Labelling according to STAT
Please note that some places may have different spellings. So Katastralgemeinden write differently than the same localities.
Source: Statistics Austria -
Neighboring communities
Community structure
The only Cadastral is Wörth, only locality Wörth an der Lafnitz.
History
The place Wörth likely to be very old, even if his age is not detectable in documents. Since around excavations with Celtic and Roman ditches and grayling changes were found, this would be evidence that the Celts and then the Romans lived here.
The village of Worth, an elongated, two-line linear village, with irregular field, was probably simultaneously with or soon after the construction of the Castle Wörth probably Gottschalk III. founded by Neuberg ( 1218-66 ) and was the first and largest village of the reign at the Lafnitz with about 60 yards. The village is first mentioned in records in 1330. The next mention comes from 1418, because in the spring the parish was ravaged by the Hungarians. Until 1529 the village is then documented no longer mentioned. As this year the Turks destroyed Wörth, when citing the damage all Wörth were first mentioned in a document.
The worst afflictions suffered the border village of Worth in the Kuruzenzeit. On July 25, 1704, the village was burned down completely. The Woerth had soon built their Hofstätten again, though not entirely, but they were threatened almost weekly by invasions and robberies. Beginning in January 1707, the village was damaged by the quartered 's clumsy ( foot soldiers ) and severely. Upon incidence of Kuruzenführers Bezerédy August 28, the whole village was recently burned to the ground with the rebuilt houses. It was only in 1712 returned slowly order. The houses were partially constructed and the reasons were farmed again.
Policy
Parish council
The last municipal elections brought the following results:
Mayor
Mayor Karl Taschner (ÖVP ), Vice Mayor Martin Resch (ÖVP ).
Coat of arms
The award of the municipality coat of arms came into effect on 1 July 1992. Blazon: The coat of arms has the shortest description of all existing in Styria: " In red with a silver wolf dragon ". As a crest silver and red was chosen because these are also the colors of St. George. Even at the earliest representations of this saint dragon his horse is rendered in white. The flag on the spear is also white, it appears a red cross. In the coat of arms color white is represented as silver.
Culture and sights
Economy and infrastructure
Mainly small businesses have settled in Wörth.