Aflenz

Aflenz is a market town founded on January 1st, 2015 with 2,440 inhabitants (as of January 1st, 2020) in the district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag in Styria .

The municipality emerged as part of the municipal structural reform in Styria from the previously independent municipalities Aflenz Kurort and Aflenz Land, which were dissolved on December 31, 2014 .

geography

Community structure

The municipality includes the following six localities or cadastral municipalities of the same name (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020, area 2015):

Aflenz health resort (1050 Ew., 1,609.45 ha)
Döllach (104 Ew., 387.06 ha)
Dörflach (201 Ew., 1,705.68 ha)
Graßnitz (470 Ew.) KG Grassnitz (895.99 ha)
Jauring (482 Ew., 777.38 ha)
Tutschach (133 Ew., 129.87 ha)

Neighboring communities


Thörl		Turnau

Aflenz is completely enclosed by its two neighboring communities.

climate

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Aflenz

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C )	1.0	3.6	7.5	12.3	17.6	20.5	22.7	22.2	17.9	13.0	5.9	1.0	O	12.1
Min. Temperature (° C)	-6.3	-5.2	-1.9	1.7	6.5	9.6	11.4	11.2	7.9	3.9	-1.0	-5.0	O	2.8
Temperature (° C)	-3.2	-1.7	1.9	6.1	11.3	14.4	16.3	15.7	11.8	7.3	1.7	-2.5	O	6.6

Precipitation ( mm )	51	43	63	50	87	112	125	119	90	65	60	51	Σ	916

Humidity ( % )	72.8	61.3	56.7	52.2	54.1	55.2	54.2	55.3	57.9	62.9	72.9	78.2	O	61.2

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1.0

-6.3

3.6

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-1.9

12.3

1.7

17.6

6.5

20.5

9.6

22.7

11.4

22.2

11.2

17.9

7.9

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3.9

5.9

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Source: ZAMG average climate values 1981 - 2010

coat of arms

Aflenz health resort

Aflenz land

Due to the amalgamation of the municipalities, the coats of arms of Aflenz Kurort and Aflenz Land lost their official validity on January 1st, 2015.

The new award to the community of Aflenz took effect on June 15, 2016.
The changed blazon reads:

"Between green shield flanks, the front one covered with a silver bishop's staff including a flying velum, the rear one with a silver key with an upturned beard, a blue, silver-bordered pole, up to the upper quarter of which a silver three-pointed mountain with a raised central point protrudes topped with a green, rooted and leafy apple tree. "

history

The earliest written document is from 1025 and reads "in loco Auelniz". The name goes back to the Slavic * Abolъnica (stream near apple trees).

Economy and Infrastructure

The community is the location of the Aflenz earth station .

Tourism association

Together with Thörl, Aflenz forms the “ Hochschwab ” tourism association . Its seat is the municipality of Aflenz.

Culture and sights

1909 Art Nouveau house

Aflenz parish church

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Gunsmith Rosl (Rosina Maria Friedrich; 1858–1933), famous grimace tailor
Thomas Tatzl (* 1980), Austrian opera singer ( baritone )

Personalities associated with Aflenz

Kurt Vorhofer (1929–1995), journalist
Paul Kassecker (1903–1992), sculptor and painter

Web links

Commons : Aflenz - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the market town of Aflenz
62138 - Aflenz. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Municipal data, state statistics.Steiermark.at
Entry on Aflenz in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

^ Styrian municipal structural reform
↑ Section 3, Paragraph 1, Item 1 of the law of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 2.
↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
↑ cadastral communities Styria. 2015 (Excel file, 128 kB); Retrieved July 29, 2015
↑ 65. Announcement of the Styrian state government of June 2, 2016 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the market town of Aflenz (political district Bruck-Mürzzuschlag) , accessed on June 17, 2016
↑ Fritz Frhr. Lochner von Hüttenbach: On the name property of the early Middle Ages in Styria (= magazine of the Historical Association for Styria . Volume 99 ). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2008, p. 33 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).
^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 306. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 626.
↑ "A double home game"

[1] Styrian municipal structural reform

[2] Section 3, Paragraph 1, Item 1 of the law of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 2.

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-3] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[4] stral communities Styria. 2015 (Excel file, 128 kB); Retrieved July 29, 2015

[5] 65. Announcement of the Styrian state government of June 2, 2016 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the market town of Aflenz (political district Bruck-Mürzzuschlag) , accessed on June 17, 2016

[6] Fritz Frhr. Lochner von Hüttenbach: On the name property of the early Middle Ages in Styria (= magazine of the Historical Association for Styria . Volume 99 ). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2008, p. 33 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).

[7] Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 306. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 626.

[8] "A double home game"