Seiersberg
Seiersberg (former municipality) locality ( capital of the municipality ) Seiersberg cadastral community |
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Basic data | ||
Pole. District , state | Graz-Umgebung (GU), Styria | |
Judicial district | Graz-East | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 0 '36 " N , 15 ° 23' 56" E | |
height | 350 m above sea level A. | |
Residents of the village | 7865 (January 1, 2020) | |
Building status | 2152 (2011 | )|
Area d. KG | 7.89 km² | |
Postcodes | 8054, 8055, 8073 | |
prefix | + 43/316 (Graz) | |
Statistical identification | ||
Community code | 60669 | |
Locality code | 15034 | |
Cadastral parish number | 63281 | |
Counting district / district |
Seiersberg-Gedersberg Neuseiersberg-West Neuseiersberg-East (60669 000 - 002) |
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Location of the former municipality in the Graz-Umgebung district |
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Independent municipality until the end of 2014 Source: STAT : Local directory ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk |
Seiersberg was a municipality with 7865 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) southwest of Graz in the Graz-Umgebung district in Styria . Since 2015 it has been merged with the municipality of Pirka as part of the Styrian municipal structural reform . The resulting new community bears the name Seiersberg-Pirka .
geography
Geographical location
Seiersberg is located southwest of the provincial capital Graz and has grown together structurally. The area is located in the Graz Basin in western Styria .
structure
The community of Seiersberg consisted of the districts Seiersberg, Neuseiersberg, Gedersberg and Mantscha. Seiersberg and Neuseiersberg are only separated by the Pyhrnautobahn A 9.
Neighboring communities by the end of 2014
Attendorf | Graz | Graz |
Attendorf | Feldkirchen near Graz | |
Haselsdorf-Tobelbad | Pirka | Pirka |
history
The small village of Seiersberg has become a modern place in the last decades of the 20th century , which mainly serves as a residential area for the neighboring Graz, but can also have commercial and commercial operations.
Population development
Culture and sights
Buildings
- The Greithjosel Chapel is over 160 years old and is privately owned. At the place where the chapel was built, there was once a fatal argument. In 1996 the chapel was renovated by the Seiersberg Beautification Association.
- The Weimoar Cross was erected in 1840 and inaugurated in 1909. The reason for its construction is unknown.
- The Gedersberg Chapel is privately owned and was built in the post-war period after the cross that previously stood on this site was destroyed in 1944. It should be emphasized that Maria Rauch has prayed the rosary on Saturdays since 1936.
- Multipurpose hall in Seiersberg
Sports
From 2003 to 2006 the ATP -TennisMasters from Graz took place in the Shopping City Seiersberg . In summer 2007 the event took place for the first time on the Reininghaus grounds in Graz.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Due to its proximity to Graz, Seiersberg is very conveniently located.
Street
The Pyhrn Autobahn A 9 runs directly through Seiersberg and is accessible via the Seiersberg junction (188). This takes you quickly to the Graz-Webling junction and further to the city center of Graz and - in the opposite direction - to the south A 2 motorway .
Packer Straße B 70 runs through the area from Graz to Klagenfurt . The Grazer Straße B 67 from Graz to Leibnitz is about three kilometers away.
Public transportation
Two railway lines run through the area. The Südbahn can be accessed via the Feldkirchen -Seiersberg stop, which was opened on December 11, 2005 , and offers hourly S-Bahn connections to Graz and Spielfeld-Straß . The Graz-Köflacher railway line (GKB) does not have a train station in the municipality, but the Straßgang train station is in the immediate vicinity. There are hourly S-Bahn connections to Graz, Köflach and Wies - Eibiswald .
Bus routes 32 operated by Graz AG Verkehrsbetriebe and bus route 78, which was financed by the municipality of Seiersberg, go to and through Seiersberg and thus enable a connection to the nearby provincial capital of Graz. Line 78 connects the Gedersberg district with the Puntigam local transport hub.
Airport
The Graz Airport is about eight kilometers away and the Pyhrnautobahn reach.
Established businesses
The second largest shopping center in Austria, the Shopping City Seiersberg, is located in Seiersberg .
Public facilities
There is also an old people's home at the community center with elementary school and community office. The district police station for the Graz area and a police station are also established at this location . There are also:
- Day center
- Assisted living
- Medical center
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council consisted of 25 members and, since the municipal council election in 2010, has consisted of mandates from the following parties:
- 14 SPÖ - provided the mayor and the 1st vice mayor
- 5 UBS - provided the 2nd Vice Mayor
- 4 ÖVP
- 1 FPÖ
- 1 green
mayor
From 1995 to 2012 Werner Breithuber (SPÖ) was mayor, 1st Vice Mayor since 1995 Franz Ragger (SPÖ), 2nd Vice Mayor since 2000 Günter Grain (UBS). After Werner Breithuber resigned in 2012, Werner Baumann was unanimously elected as mayor by the local council.
Town twinning
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- 1976 Johann Bammer (1922–2017), Provincial Councilor
- 1996 Willibald Tamm
- 2015 Werner Breithuber
sons and daughters of the town
- Werner Breithuber (* 1951), Austrian politician (SPÖ), 3rd state parliament president a. D.
- Barbara Eibinger (* 1980), Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the Federal Council 2006–2010, member of the Styrian state parliament since 2010. State councilor for economy, tourism, Europe, science and research.
- Berta Liebmann, Austrian homeland poet
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ^ Announcement of the Styrian regional government of November 28, 2013 about the union of the communities Pirka and Seiersberg, both political district Graz-Umgebung. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of December 12, 2013. No. 160, 36th issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . Pp. 690-691.
- ^ ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG: Kursbuch aktuell, timetable picture 501
- ↑ City council resolution ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Heinrich Purkarthofer , Elisabeth Schöggl-Ernst: Seiersberg - pictures of life. Festschrift for the 850th anniversary of the first documentary mention of Seiersberg. Seiersberg 1998.