Ubelbach

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market community Ubelbach
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Graz area
License plate :	GU
Main town :	Markt-Ubelbach
Surface:	94.63 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 14 '  N , 15 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '35 "  N , 15 ° 14' 5"  E
Height :	580  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,022 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	8124
Area code :	03125
Community code :	6 06 51
Address of the municipal administration:	Alter Markt 64 8124 Übelbach
Website:	www.uebelbach.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Markus Windisch ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2020) (15 members)	9 6th 9 6th  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 9 SPÖ : 6
Location of Übelbach in the Graz-Umgebung district
The old town hall of Übelbach
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Übelbach is a market town with 2022 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Styria, northwest of Graz .

geography

Geographical location

Übelbach is located in a side valley of the Middle Mur Valley in the Graz-Umgebung district in western Styria, approx. 20 km northwest of the provincial capital Graz.

Expansion of the municipal area

The community Übelbach and comprises 94.63 square kilometers extending from west to east over a length of about 20 km from the Gleinalpe almost to Murtalbahn along the evil stream , a right tributary of the Mur . In the west of the municipality there are some mountains with heights over 1,500 m: Ochsenkogel (1,580 m), Speikkogel (1,988 m), Lärchkogel (1,894 m) and Eiblkogel (1,831 m) as well as two crossings to the neighboring communities: Gleinalmsattel (1,586 m) and Kreuzsattel (1,583 m).

Community structure

The municipality includes the following four localities or cadastral communities (residents as of January 1, 2020, area as of 2015):

• Kleintal (137 Ew.), KG Kleinthal (2,127.19 ha) including Kleintalgraben, Kumpelgraben and Meislgraben
• Land-Übelbach (595 Ew.), KG Übelbach Land (1,412.44 ha) including Arzwaldgraben, Fahrneck, Guggenbach, Gunegg and Reicherhöhe
• Markt-Übelbach (1077 Ew.), KG Übelbach Markt (482.95 ha) together
• Neuhof (213 Ew., 5,439.34 ha) including Bockstallgraben, Kleintal, Lambach, Mitterberg and Neuhofgraben

Neighboring communities

Ubelbach is surrounded by nine neighboring communities, three of which are in the Leoben district (LE), one in the Murtal district (MT), two in the Voitsberg district (VO) and three in the Graz-Umgebung district .

Sankt Michael in Upper Styria (LE)	Leoben (LE)	Frohnleiten
Sankt Stefan ob Leoben (LE)
Sankt Margarethen near Knittelfeld (MT) Kainach near Voitsberg (VO)	Geistthal- Södingberg (VO) Gratwein street angel	Deutschfeistritz

history

Ubelbach is first mentioned in the first half of the 13th century as Ubilpach and is probably named after the stream of the same name. The market was built in the same century after silver was discovered in the valley . However, silver mining stopped around 1500.

It was not until the 18th century that Übelbach developed a certain level of prosperity through the operation of hammer mills , which found a favorable location through the use of water power and the wooded surrounding area. The ore was brought from Upper Styria . The iron was brought into the Murtal on rafts and transported there by carts .

In the meantime, a paper mill was built next to the hammer mill in the Guggenbach district . Since this operation was dependent on resources from outside the valley, the railway line to Peggau was built, which, however, led to the decline of the hammer mills. The railway has been running regularly between Peggau and Übelbach since 1919.

After the Second World War , the paper mill perished in competition with larger companies and finally ceased operations in 1972. At the same time, however, the upswing of the Gaulhofer company began, which produces doors and windows and which has taken over all employees of the paper mill.

The local community as an autonomous body was established in 1850. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community came to the Reichsgau Steiermark, 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

Population development

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Übelbach

Museums

• Stable museum in the Neuhof district. In an old stable building it shows old farm tools and utensils.

Sports

The location of the market town in the Gleinalpe area offers a variety of hiking opportunities:

• The north-south long-distance hiking trail and the European long-distance hiking trail E6 run on the ridge of the Gleinalpe on the western edge of the market town .
• The Übelbacher Silberweg circles the community in about 9 km with about 2 ½ hours of walking on the trail of silver mining.
• There is an ice hockey club and a football club ( SV Übelbach ) in the community.

Economy and Infrastructure

S-Bahn railcars of the type Stadler GTW in Übelbach station

Übelbach is part of the Übelbachtal Region Economic Association, which was founded in 2005 and which also includes the municipalities of Deutschfeistritz , Peggau and the former municipality of Großstübing .

traffic

The Pyhrn Autobahn A 9 runs through the municipality and there is a junction at Übelbach (157). The south portal of the toll Gleinalm tunnel is located in the west of the market town .

In Übelbach there is a train station and five stops on the Peggau – Übelbach local train (S11). The line offers business days hourly train connections to Peggau with connection to the Southern Railway . The trains run directly to Graz twice a day in each direction .

Neuhof and Kleintal are served by a local train bus.

Tourism association

Together with Deutschfeistritz and Peggau, the community forms the "Deutschfeistritz-Peggau-Übelbach" tourism association . Its seat is in Deutschfeistritz.

politics

mayor

Mayor of the community is Markus Windisch (ÖVP).

The community board also includes Vice Mayor Günter Kraxner (ÖVP) and community treasurer Franz Endthaler (SPÖ).

Municipal council

The council is made up by the local council election in 2015 as follows:

• 10 ÖVP
• 05 SPÖ

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2015			2010			2005			2000
	be right	%	Mandates	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.
ÖVP	869	62%	10	925	68%	11	891	62%	9	825	60%	9
SPÖ	469	33%	05	413	30%	04th	545	38%	6th	438	32%	5
FPÖ	065	5%	00	029	2%	00	not running			111	08th %	1
voter turnout	82%			81%			86%			86%

All percentages rounded to whole numbers

coat of arms

The silver mines in the Übelbachtal are reflected in the coat of arms of the market in Übelbach, which is attested as early as 1590: on a purchase letter issued in 1612, the seal over a flooded shield river ("Bach") shows a silver bar with hallmarks placed on its edge. This silver bar later became a silver cube with four eyes as a result of misunderstanding, as the market coat of arms in use today shows.

An official award took place on November 1, 2016 with the following blazon (description of the coat of arms):

"Above a silver, blue-flooded corrugated shield base in red and silver, the side of a cube-shaped silver bar with four black, circular marks, placed on a point."

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Eugen Amreich (1859–1940), abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Rein
• Ermelinde Wertl (around 1933–2004), table tennis player
• Hermann Glettler (* 1965), Catholic clergyman, artist and Bishop of Innsbruck
• Gregor Pötscher (* 1973), soccer player

Personalities associated with Übelbach

• Adolf Ruhmann (1832–1920), paper manufacturer

literature

• Konrad Zechner: The silver pieces from Übelbach . Market town of Übelbach (2006).
• Market town of Übelbach: Übelbach 1945 - 1955 - contemporary witnesses tell . Available from the market town.
• Dr. Erich Vaculik: Ubilpach - microcosm in the course of time .

Web links

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

• 60651 - Ubelbach. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• The story of Übelbach on the community's website
• History and further information on a private homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ cadastral communities Styria. 2015 (Excel file, 128 kB); Retrieved July 29, 2015
3. ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 300. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 624.
4. ↑ community Übelbach: Parish Council , accessed on November 4, 2016
5. ↑ The coat of arms of the municipality of Übelbach on the municipality's website.
6. ↑ 127. Announcement of the Styrian state government of October 20, 2016 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the market town of Übelbach (political district of Graz-Umgebung) , accessed on November 4, 2016