Teufenbach

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Teufenbach (former municipality)
village
Historical coat of arms of Teufenbach
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Cadastral municipality Teufenbach
Teufenbach (Austria)
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Basic data
Pole. District , state Murau  (MU), Styria
Judicial district Murau
Coordinates 47 ° 7 '42 "  N , 14 ° 21' 37"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 7 '42 "  N , 14 ° 21' 37"  Ef1
height 760  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village 781 (January 1, 2020)
Building status 201 (2001 f1)
Area  d. KG 343.07 ha (2018)dep1
Post Code 8833 Teufenbach
prefix + 43/3582 (Scheifling)
Statistical identification
Community code 61446
Locality code 16051
Cadastral parish number 65321
Counting district / district Teufenbach (61 446 000)
Independent municipality until the end of 2014
Source: STAT : Local directory ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk
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Neu-Teuffenbach Castle, former property of the von Teuffenbach (noble family) near Teufenbach in the municipality of Teufenbach-Katsch (Austria)

Teufenbach (also Teuffenbach) has been a former municipality in the judicial district or district of Murau , in Styria ( Austria ) since the end of 2014 , which together with the former municipality of Frojach-Katsch forms the new merged municipality of Teufenbach-Katsch .

geography

The former municipality is located in the upper Mur Valley at an altitude of 760  m above sea level. A. and borders on Sankt Lorenzen bei Scheifling , Niederwölz , Frojach-Katsch , Mariahof and Sankt Blasen .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 982 as "Tiufinbach". It is named after the deep ( ahd. Tiuf ) cut watercourses. The Lords of Teuffenbach had belonged to the Styrian knighthood since the 13th century. The branch of the family that remained in Teufenbach died out in the male line in the 17th century. Their Teuffenbach castle was bought by Prince Schwarzenberg in 1689 . The Neu-Teuffenbach Castle, built by Balthasar von Teuffenbach from 1549, which was divorced from the Alt-Teuffenbach complex by the heirs after the jointly managed Teuffenbach family property was divided.

Neu-Teuffenbach Castle is now used as a senior citizens' home. The political community Teufenbach was established in 1849/50. As part of the municipal structural reform in Styria , it has been merged with the municipality of Frojach-Katsch since 2015 , the new municipality is called Teufenbach-Katsch . The basis for this is the Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG. A challenge to the merger, which the municipality of Teufenbach had brought before the Constitutional Court , was unsuccessful.

Municipal coat of arms

Blazon : "In a silver shield with two black bars a dragon in confused colors."

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from May 1, 1985. It is part of the municipal coat of arms of Teufenbach-Katsch .

politics

The parish council had 9 members.

mayor
  • until 2014 Johann Gruber (ÖVP)

Economy and Infrastructure

Teufenbach is, among other things, a business location for:

  • the company IBS (machine builder for paper production)
  • the brick manufacturer Pexider
  • the vehicle manufacturer Gsodam
  • the Petautschnig joinery
  • the electrical trade Ofner
  • Raiffeisenbank Teufenbach-Oberwölz-St. Peter am Kammersberg (headquarters)
  • the Galler carpentry
  • the ventilation company Wilfried Pachlinger
  • Department store catering Karl Krenn
  • Accountant Mag. Ursula Holzer-Krenn
  • Lercher sawmill
  • the locksmith Mohr Patrick
  • the Seifter schnapps distillery
  • and the forest company Brunner

Medical care is subject to Dr. Horst Geigl, he also looks after the renovated and expanded old people's home .

Culture and sights

societies

  • Teufenbach volunteer fire brigade (founded 1894)
  • Traditional costume club
  • Sports club (founded 1974)
The tennis section, headed by Markus Kaplans, has 80 members and is one of the most active tennis clubs in the Murau district. Youth leader Mag. Stefan Zechner is currently training with more than 40 children and young people. The last big success of the Teufenbach tennis club was the promotion to the 1st group of the Murtalliga in summer 2006, as well as the win in the winter indoor cup 2006/07.
  • Music Society; founded in 1964 under Michael Leitner, currently has 36 active members.
  • Singer round

gastronomy

  • Gasthaus Dorfwirt, Fam. Nemeth
  • Schlosscafé Teufenbach , owner Johanna Langmaier Kirchgasse 4, 8833 Teufenbach-Katsch

literature

  • Anton Mell: Regesten on the history of the Teufenbach families in Styria . In: Publications of the Historical Commission for Styria 20th Vol. 1, Hist. Landes-Komm., Graz 1905, pp. 1074–1547 (online: digitized ).
  • Walter Brunner : Teufenbach. A place presents its story . Teufenbach 1996.

Web links

Commons : Teufenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 57 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).
  2. ↑ General State Law and Government Gazette for the Crown Land of Styria, Issue 21, October 7, 1850, No. 378.
  3. ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
  4. ↑ Section 3, Paragraph 7, Item 1 of the Act 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. 3.
  5. ↑ knowledge G 61/2014 of the Constitutional Court of 24 November 2014 available on the Legal Information System of the Republic of Austria (RIS).
  6. ↑ Communications from the Styrian State Archives 35/36, 1985/86, p. 69.
  7. ↑ Schlosscafé Teufenbach. Retrieved March 6, 2019 .