Birkfeld

market community Birkfeld
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Wheat
License plate :	WZ
Surface:	89.78 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 21 '  N , 15 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 21 '17 "  N , 15 ° 41' 42"  E
Height :	639  m above sea level A.
Residents :	4,958 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	8190, 8172, 8184, 8191
Area code :	03174
Community code :	6 17 57
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptplatz 13 A-8190 Birkfeld
Website:	www.birkfeld.at
politics
Mayor :	Oliver Felber ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (25 members)	A total of 25 seats ÖVP : 15 FPÖ : 7 SPÖ : 3
Location of Birkfeld in the Weiz district
Main square with the baroque parish church
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Birkfeld is a market town with 4958 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Styria . As part of the Styrian community structural reform , it has been merged with the neighboring communities of Gschaid bei Birkfeld , Haslau bei Birkfeld , Koglhof and Waisenegg since 2015 . The new market town continues the name "Birkfeld".

geography

Birkfeld is located in the center of the Upper Feistritz Valley in the Weiz district in the Austrian state of Styria . Since the structural reform in Styria , it has been the largest municipality in terms of area in the Weiz district.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following nine localities (residents in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Aschau (391) including Koglgraben, Koglhof, Lechen and Sankt Georgen
• Birkfeld (1631) including Edelsee and Neudörfl
• Gschaid near Birkfeld (868) including Am Riegl, Auf der Wiesen, Buckenberg, Glaser, Gremschlag, Hinterleiten, Oed, Rabenwald and Sonnleiten
• Haslau near Birkfeld (427) including Hirschberg, Obere Haslau, Schoberkogl, Untere Haslau, Weizerberg, and Zepfendorf
• Piregg (287) including Autersberg, Gasengraben and Jägerleiten
• Rabendorf (267) including Grubdörfl, Holzhöf, Krichleiten and Reith
• Rossegg (273) including Birnhof, Grub, Hohlenstein, Koglgraben, Naintschgraben and Wieden
• Sallegg (88) including Kalch, Königskogl, Schustergraben and Wolfersberg
• Waisenegg (726) including Bärenhof, Gallbrunn, Haidendörfl, Hofbauer-Wasserbauer-Siedlung, Steinbrennersiedlung, Waxhofsiedlung and Weberkogel

Birkfeld consists of nine cadastral communities (area: as of December 31, 2018):

• Aschau (478.36 ha)
• Birkfeld (425.19 ha)
• Gschaid near Birkfeld (1,505.69 ha)
• Haslau (1,404.35 ha)
• Piregg (1,174.18 ha)
• Rabendorf (1,023.80 ha)
• Rossegg (888.97 ha)
• Sallegg (637.53 ha)
• Waisenegg (1,428.98 ha)

Neighboring communities

One of the seven neighboring communities is in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld (HF) district.

Gases	Fischbach	Strallegg
Sankt Kathrein am Offenegg		Miesenbach near Birkfeld
	Anger	Pöllau (HF)

history

The place was in the princely Urbarium first mentioned in 1265 and received its first market rights in 1330. The municipality as an autonomous entity was created in 1850. In the same year, the facility was made a district court. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community became part of the Reichsgau Steiermark, from 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

Culture and sights

Birkfeld parish church

Parish church Koglhof

See also:  List of listed objects in Birkfeld

• Catholic parish church Birkfeld hll. Peter and Paul
• Koglhof Catholic parish church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary

Events

• The Intermusica , an international brass music competition for soloists and their orchestra, takes place in Birkfeld every year in the first week of October .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

• Weizer Bundesstrasse 72 runs through Birkfeld .
• The Birkfeld train station is now the terminus of the Feistritztalbahn , which led to Ratten until 1981 (on the former Birkfeld - Ratten railway line, the R8 Feistritztal cycle path is now laid out along the Feistritz).

Established businesses

In 1972 Gedore Austria (one of the world's largest manufacturers of hand tools) was founded with production in Birkfeld.

education

• BORG Birkfeld , Pedagogical Panther  2010. The BORG Birkfeld offers a total of three different branches. In addition to music and art education, the school is known for its IT branch.

tourism

Together with Fischbach, Miesenbach, Ratten, Rettenegg, Strallegg, St. Kathrein am Hauenstein, St. Jakob im Walde, Waldbach-Mönichwald, Wenigzell and Vorau, the municipality forms the Joglland - Waldheimat tourism association . Its seat is in St. Jakob im Walde.

politics

Local council elections 2005: 2010

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70

60

50

40

30th

20th

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60.93%
(+ 6.50  % p )

32.00%
(+ 3.51  % p )

n. k.
(-10.87  % p )

7.07%
(+ 0.86  % p )

ÖVP

SPÖ

GREEN

FPÖ

2005 



 - 2010 



Municipal council

After the 2010 elections, the municipal council was composed as follows until the end of 2014:

• 9 ÖVP
• 5 SPÖ
• 1 FPÖ

mayor

• 1975–1988 Hans Patz
• 1988–2000 Kurt Mayr
• 2015-2018 Franz Derler (ÖVP)
• since 2018 Oliver Felber (ÖVP)

coat of arms

Blazon :

" A natural-colored uprooted birch in a silver shield ."

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from October 1, 2009. Due to the amalgamation of the municipalities, the coat of arms lost its official validity on January 1, 2015. The re-award took place on September 1, 2015.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1977: Johann Bammer (1922–2017), Provincial Councilor
• 1983: Josef Krainer (1930–2016), governor
• 0000: Hans Patz (1927–2019), Mayor of Birkfeld 1975–1987

Sons and daughters of the church

• Karl Fischl (1871–1937), architect
• Irmgard Perfahl (* 1921), Austrian writer and librarian
• Manfred Fischer (* 1995), soccer player

Personalities associated with the community

• The Edlseer , Austrian folk music group
• Robert Almer (* 1984), soccer goalkeeper, started his career in Birkfeld
• Moritz Kaiserfeld von Blagatinschegg (1811–1885), politician
• Regina Sackl (* 1959), ski racer

literature

• 700 years of Markt Birkfeld. Self-published by the market town of Birkfeld, Graz 1965.

Web links

Commons : Birkfeld  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 61757 - Birkfeld. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• www.birkfeld.at Website of the municipality of Birkfeld
• www.birkfeld.com Business directory , local development association Birkfeld

Individual evidence

1. ↑ since November 22, 2018
2. ^ ^{A b} Styrian municipal structural reform .
3. ↑ Announcement of the Styrian state government of June 13, 2013 about the union of the market community Birkfeld and the communities Gschaid bei Birkfeld, Haslau bei Birkfeld, Koglhof and Waisenegg, all political district Weiz. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette No. 62/2013, 20th issue , ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 332.
4. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
5. ↑ CSV file from REGIONALINFORMATION.zip (1,221 kB) ; accessed on January 12, 2019
6. ^ Pedagogical Panther 2010 to the BORG Birkfeld , borg-birkfeld.at
7. ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 307. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 626.
8. ↑ State Law Gazette Styria No. 63/2015
9. ↑ Altbgm. Hans Patz passed away , birkfeld.at, accessed on February 12, 2019
10. ↑ our deceased , pfarrverband-birkfeld-koglhof.at, accessed on February 12, 2019