Almenland

Almenland​

Austria

Almenland (green; dark: small region, lighter: other association communities; community areas west of the Mur and east of the Feistritz further brightened)

The Almenland is a region in the Grazer Bergland and the Fischbacher Alps in the vicinity of the Teichalm or Sommeralm , as an amalgamation of six Styrian communities and three districts (as of 2015) to form a community that primarily serves tourist purposes, as well as a leader region of the country Styria represents.

geography

, Teichalm from the top of Hochlantsch seen

The two pastures Teichalm and Sommeralm consist of 125 individual pastures with a size of 3,663  hectares . The alpine pastures are among the largest contiguous alpine pastures in Europe and lie at an altitude of between 1,200 and 1,500 meters.

Neighboring regions

( Bez.Bruck-Mürzzuschlag ) Bruck an der Mur (KR)	Mariazellerland – Mürz Valley (LAG) Lower Mürz Valley Innovation Area (KR)	Energy donation villages Joglland (LAG) Fischbacher Alps (KR) Birkfeld (KR)
GU North (KR) ( District Graz-Umg. )		Joglland NP Pöllauer Tal (AG21) ( Bez. Hartb.-FF. ) Anger (KR) East Styria. Heartland (LAG)
Kumberg (KR) Hügelland – Schöcklland (LAG) ∗		Weiz (KR) Weiz – Gleisdorf energy region (LAG)

^(LAG) LEADER region ; Almenland and Weiz – Gleisdorf merged into one LAG in 2014

^(KR) Regionext small region

^(A21) AGENDA 21 region

^∗includes the regions of Schöcklland and Hügelland east of Graz

Municipalities (as of 2018)

The members in Almenland are (NP ... nature park community):

Municipal coat of arms or district	local community	District (2015)	Small region	NP	Area in km² (2015)	Residents
	Breitenau am Hochlantsch	Bruck-Mürzzuschlag	Bruck an der Mur	*	62.4	1,646
	Fladnitz at the Teichalm	Wheat	Almenland Nature Park	*	66.5	1,790
	Gases	Wheat	Almenland Nature Park	*	33.9	891
	Passail	Wheat	Almenland Nature Park	*	84.9	4,414
	Pernegg on the Mur	Bruck-Mürzzuschlag	Bruck an der Mur	*	∗ 86.1	2,364
	Sankt Kathrein am Offenegg	Wheat	Almenland Nature Park	*	40.4	1,073
Haslau near Birkfeld	Part of the municipality of Birkfeld	Wheat	Birkfeld	*	14.0	427
Koglhof	Part of the municipality of Birkfeld	Wheat	Birkfeld	*	∗ 30.3	1019
Heilbrunn fire holes	Part of the municipality of Anger	Wheat	Anger	*	27.6	?

Population status: municipalities January 1st, 2020, districts January 1st, 2020

^∗Parts of Pernegg (west of the Mur) and Koglhof (east of Feistritz: Joglland ) do not belong to the Almenland in the geographical sense. The south of Neudorf belongs to the Schöcklland . Area in this narrower sense about 400 km²

History and organization

Almenland
legal form	Community association
purpose	Regional interest group
Seat	8163 Fladnitz an der Teichalm 100 (Almenland office)
founding	1995 (LEADER), 2006 (TV)
Board	Christine Pollhammer
Members	6 municipalities and 3 districts (as of 2015)
Organization type	Former LEADER region , nature park , tourism and winter sports region , pleasure region , alpine farming association
Website	www.almenland.at

Almenland Nature Park
legal form	Community association
purpose	Regional interest group
Seat	Passail
founding	2005 (AG21), 2007/2011 (KR)
Members	9 municipalities (as of 2014)
Organization type	AGENDA-21 region , Regionext small region
Website	www.almenland.at

The Almenland was founded in 1995 by originally twelve municipalities as a region of the LEADER initiative with the aim of jointly implementing projects to strengthen the economy, tourism and agriculture in the region. A Leader Local Action Group (LAG) was set up to lead the coordination and implementation of the projects. In the first funding period of the EU project LEADER II, 40 projects were implemented, including a. Almenland farmer specialties and alpine farmers. In the next LEADER + funding period (2001–2006), the Almo lead project was initiated, the targeted breeding of cattle for meat production. These were also declared a pleasure region in 2006 and are now a protected trademark (Almenland Almochse) .

In October 2005, nine of the municipalities established an AGENDA 21 small region to implement the UN sustainability initiative Local Agenda 21 . This has been implemented so far (as of 2014) in eight communities (Koglhof, Gasen, Tyrnau, Tulwitz, Hohenau, Fladnitz, Naintsch / Heilbrunn, St. Kathrein / Offenegg).

The municipality of Pernegg joined the region in 2006.

On August 12, 2006, the Almenland nature park , to which all 13 member communities (as of 2014) of the LEADER region belong, was raised by the Styrian state government to a nature park in accordance with Section 8 of the Styrian Nature Conservation Act.

On October 19, 2007, a small region of the Almenland Nature Park was established as part of the Styrian Regionext program for administrative structural reform. The association was finally constituted on June 6, 2011.

Two municipalities (Breitenau, Pernegg, both districts of Bruck) joined Bruck, two (Haslau, Koglhof) Birkfeld and one (Naintsch) Anger. That is why Neudorf, which is not part of the tourism association, came to the small region. This community is also involved in the neighboring region of Schöcklland .

In 2014 the region merged with the LEADER region Energieregion Weiz-Gleisdorf to form A&EG.

As part of the Styrian municipal structural reform , the number of member municipalities changed to six municipalities and three districts from 2015, these are:

• Communities
  • Fladnitz at the Teichalm
  • Passail
  • St. Kathrein am Offenegg
  • Breitenau am Hochlantsch
  • Gases
  • Pernegg on the Mur
• Districts
  • Heilbrunn fire holes
  • Koglhof
  • Haslau near Birkfeld

Agriculture

Agriculture also works closely together within the region. A special beef program was launched, which is sold through specialist companies under the Almochsenfleisch or ALMO brand . Suppliers under the brand are around 320 farmers. One of the largest buyers is the Schirnhofer company in Kaindorf near Hartberg.

Web links

• www.almenland.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ ^{a b} Small region Almenland founds community association . In: the passailer. 79/2009, p. 5. ( pdf  ( 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 note. , Istsuper.com).  
3. ↑ Almenland alpine ox . Entry in the register of traditional foods of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Regions and Tourism .
4. ↑ The Almenland is Austria's culinary region . In: Naturparkgemeinde Gasen: Community information IV / 2007 (Info 4-2007), p. 1 ( pdf , gasen.at).
5. ^ Regional Agenda Almenland ( Memento from November 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Land development Styria | AGENDA 21 small regions .
6. ↑ Establishing small regions . In: Naturparkgemeinde Gasen: Community information IV / 2007 (Info 4-2007), p. 3 (pdf, as above).
7. ↑ Constituent meeting of the Almenland Nature Park Small Region ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Spatial planning Styria | News .
8. ↑ Members , accessed June 17, 2015
9. ↑ Schirnhofer bankruptcy: Battle stop at Almo on ORF-Steiermark from December 2, 2015, accessed on December 2, 2015