Edelsbach near Feldbach

Edelsbach near Feldbach
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Southeast Styria
License plate :	SO (from 1.7.2013; old: FB)
Surface:	16.13 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 59 ′  N , 15 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 59 ′ 21 ″  N , 15 ° 50 ′ 10 ″  E
Height :	328  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,350 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	84 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	8332, 8311, 8330
Area code :	+43 3152
Community code :	6 23 11
Address of the municipal administration:	Edelsbach 150 8332 Edelsbach near Feldbach
Website:	www.edelsbach.at
politics
Mayor :	Alfred Buchgraber ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (15 members)	10 5 10 5  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 10 SPÖ : 5
Location of Edelsbach near Feldbach in the district of Southeast Styria
Edelsbach near Feldbach from the west
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Edelsbach parish church

Archduke Johann House in Rohr an der Raab

Edelsbach bei Feldbach is a municipality with 1350 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the south-east of Styria in the district of Southeast Styria .

geography

Geographical location

Edelsbach bei Feldbach is located approx. 32 km east of Graz and approx. 5 km northwest of the district capital Feldbach in the eastern Styrian hill country .

Community structure

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

• Edelsbach near Feldbach (692)
• Kaag (208)
• Rohr an der Raab (450)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Edelsbach, Kaag and Rohr.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1968, the municipality of Rohr an der Raab was merged with Edelsbach near Feldbach.

Neighboring communities

Eichkögl	Hartmannsdorf market district Weiz
Kirchberg an der Raab		Feldbach
	Paldau

history

Until 2006, there was a private light rail system in the community , which Valdo Longo first built in Mooskirchen and then brought to Edelsbach. It was sold to Stainz in 2006 after his death.

Population development

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Edelsbach near Feldbach

• Parish church Edelsbach hl. James the Elder
• Franz Gsellmann's world machine

Regular events

• Tulip Festival in April

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 15 members.

• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 10 ÖVP and 05 SPÖ .

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2015			2010			2005			2000
	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.
ÖVP	599	67	10	638	70	11	553	64	10	538	63	10
SPÖ	290	33	05	270	28	04th	316	36	05	244	29	04th
Independent list Edelsbach-Rohr / R.	not running			not running			not running			071	08th	01
Eligible voters	1,117			1,094			1,092			1,031
voter turnout	82%			85%			81%			85%

mayor

• 1957–? Karl Lafer (ÖVP)
• since ? Alfred Buchgraber (ÖVP)

coat of arms

The municipal
coat of arms was awarded with effect from May 1, 1988. Description of the coat of arms: In red a golden river, at the top two fertilized golden alder branches crossed at an angle, two leafy golden cattails at the bottom.

Personalities

Honorary citizen of the community

• 1977: Friedrich Niederl (1920–2012), governor
• 1983: Josef Krainer (1930–2016), governor

Sons and daughters of the church

• Kaspar Hosch (1859–1936), politician ( CSP )
• Thomas Frühwirth (* 1981), athlete (paratriathlon and handbike)

People related to the community

• Karl Lafer (1922–2001), politician ( ÖVP )

Web links

Commons : Edelsbach bei Feldbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 62311 - Edelsbach near Feldbach. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: dissolutions or associations of municipalities from 1945
3. ↑ Manfred Hohn: 43. The field railway of Dr. Valdo Longo in Edelsbach. In: Feldbahnen in Austria. Leykam, Graz 2011. ISBN 978-3-7011-7766-0 . Pp. 285-287.
4. ↑ Tulip Festival Edelsbach near Feldbach
5. ↑ Community Edelsbach bei Feldbach: Municipal Council ( Memento from October 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on May 20, 2015)
6. ^ Notices from the Styrian State Archives 39, 1989, p. 29