Arnstein (municipality of Voitsberg)

Arnstein ( cadastral community , Rotte ) cadastral community Arnstein (community Voitsberg)
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Voitsberg  (VO), Styria
Judicial district	Voitsberg
Pole. local community	Voitsberg
Coordinates	47 ° 1 '35 "  N , 15 ° 10' 15"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 1 '35 "  N , 15 ° 10' 15"  E
height	520  m above sea level A.
Residents of the stat. An H.	679 (2001)
Building status	265 (2001)
Area  d. KG	3.9674 km²
Post Code	8152 Voitsberg
Primaries	+ 43 / (0) 3142
Statistical identification
Cadastral parish number	63302
Counting district / district	Arnstein (61 625 032)
Municipality 1850–1967 Source: STAT : Directory of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

Arnstein ( pronunciation ^{? / I} ) is a group in the Köflach-Voitsberger basin in western Styria as well as a cadastral community of the municipality of Voitsberg in the Voitsberg district . From 1850 to January 1, 1968, it was an independent political municipality.

Place name and geography

The first part of the name Arn - could be derived from the personal or court name Narn , Narr , Nahr or Nar . The second part of the name -stein means something like stony mountain . The place name indicates a stony mountain, which is related to a person or a farm.

Arnstein is located in the southeastern part of the municipality of Voitsberg, southeast of the main town Voitsberg, on the slopes of the ridge east of the Kobererkogel between the Kainach and the Teigitsch . In the west, north-west, north and north-east, Arnstein borders on the cadastral communities of Kowald , Voitsberg Vorstadt, Lobming and Thallein, which also belong to the municipality of Voitsberg . The border to Krottendorf-Gaisfeld with the cadastral communities of Gasselberg , Gaisfeld and Krottendorf bei Ligist runs along the Kainach and Teigitsch rivers to the east and south . In the southwest, the L348 forms the border to the cadastral community Großwöllmiß of the community Sankt Martin am Wöllmißberg .

Aichegg also includes the scattered settlement Teigitschgraben as well as the individual layers Kirschner , Kopp , Ranfüchsl , Schabl , Scherlenz and Schwager .

history

The first documentary mention as the Narrenstein took place in 1414. Further mentions followed in 1498 as am Arn , 1568 as in Teykyitsch an der Arnsten and from around 1790 as Arnstein . In the High Middle Ages , Arnstein was a cleared area with individual farms and wastelands. The rule Leon Roth had next 19 Mountain Holden and a wine tenth and until 1585 a must tithe in Arnstein and until about 1700, the Hofwald was the rule Krems in Arnstein. The inhabitants of Arnstein belonged to various manors until 1848, such as Greißenegg , Leonroth, Obervoitsberg Rehregg and the Dürnberg district of the Krems domain. The residents had to pay a valid to the Voitsberg Carmelite monastery while two thirds of the Garbenzehnt went to the Greißenegg rule. Furthermore, Arnstein was an advertising district of the Greißenegg rule.

For the period around 1840, a few vineyards are still occupied for the municipality. At the same time, at the confluence of the Gößnitzbach in the Teigitsch, a charring area is occupied for the wood that was washed here from the Reiner Forest behind Hirschegg . The coal was supplied to the Schweigerhof ironworks in Krems . At the site of the charring area, a wooden loop was later set up for the Voitsberg paper factory Kranz. On the left bank of the Gößnitzbach in 1853/54, the Carl Mayr tradesmen searched for iron ore through mining tunnels. In the process, deposits were found, which, however, only had a small extent, which is why no application was made for clearance . In 1868 Arnstein belonged to the Voitsberg Sanitary Paleon and medical care was provided from Voitsberg.

In 1850, with the constitution of the free municipalities, the independent municipality of Arnstein was founded, which was merged with the municipality of Voitsberg on January 1, 1968 . In the spring of 1922, the construction of the Teigitsch power station Arnstein , which was completed in 1925, began on the Teigitsch . The construction was largely financed from Italy, and the power plant had an output of 21,000 kW upon completion. The local group Arnstein of the Styrian radio club set up the first radio station of the Voitsberg district in Arnstein in autumn 1923 . In the summer of 1924, the Arnstein fire aid station of the Styrian Farmers' Union was set up, which lasted until August 1946. In 1936 there was an Arnstein branch of the Fatherland Front - local group Voitsberg , which at that time had 106 members. In addition there were 46 people who were registered with the Patriotic Defense Formations . In 1925, 1932 and 1939 there were forest fires in which several hectares of forest burned down. In 1938 the order was made that STEWEAG's Arnstein power plant had to set up a factory air raid protection facility. Between 1398 and 1941, a 100 kV line was built from the power plants on the Drau in Schwabegg to Arnstein. On March 19, 1944, the Allies bombed Arnstein, and the Scherlenz farm was badly damaged.

During a severe storm on July 24, 1948, several wooden bridges in the Arnstein area were destroyed, and those to Großwöllmiß were up to a meter deep under water. On January 1, 1968, Arnstein was incorporated into the municipality of Voitsberg .

Population development

Economy and Infrastructure

Arnstein is dominated by agriculture, in the 19th century there were excavations for iron ore, which, however, had too few deposits to be economically mined. In the 19th century, the wood that flowed from Hirschegg over the Gößnitzbach was charred in Arnstein. At the beginning of the 20th century, today's Arnstein power plant was partially built in the Arnstein area.

The Krems stop in Styria of the rapid transit line operated by the Graz-Köflacher Eisenbahn is located in the area of ​​the Arnstein cadastral community. The building of the Voluntary Fire Brigade Krems in Voitsberg is also in the Arnstein area.

Buildings

The Arnstein power plant

One of the most remarkable structures in Arnstein is the Arnstein power plant , which was built between 1922 and 1925 . There are also several chapels and wayside shrines in the village. The chapels in the village include the Trinity Chapel, consecrated on May 30, 1926, with a plaque on the outside to commemorate those who died in the First World War. The Lindnerbauerkapelle with a plaque commemorating those who died in World War II was built by the Arnstein Catholic Youth after World War II and inaugurated on September 2, 1951. The Eisnerkreuz, erected in the 17th or 18th century, now serves as a wayside cross. The Hauseggerkreuz was erected in the 1930s as a memorial for a person killed by a lightning strike, and the Koppenkreuz on the road to Krems was erected on the site of an older wooden cross after the Second World War. At Gasthaus Pölzl there is a wayside shrine that was built in 1910 and renovated around 1980.

literature

• Walter Brunner (Ed.): History and topography of the Voitsberg district . tape 2 . Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2011, p. 13-15 .
• Ernst Lasnik : Voitsberg - portrait of a city and its surroundings . tape 1 . Municipality of Voitsberg, Voitsberg 2012, p. 175-176 .

Web links

• 61625 - Voitsberg. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Ernst Lasnik : Voitsberg - portrait of a city and its surroundings . tape  1 . Municipality of Voitsberg, Voitsberg 2012, p. 175-176 .
2. ^ ^{A b} Walter Brunner (Ed.): History and topography of the Voitsberg district . tape 2 . Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2011, p. 13 .
3. ^ ^{A b c} Walter Brunner (Ed.): History and topography of the Voitsberg district . tape 2 . Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2011, p. 15 .
4. ^ ^{A b c} Walter Brunner (Ed.): History and topography of the Voitsberg district . tape 2 . Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2011, p. 14 .