Eggersdorf near Graz

Eggersdorf bei Graz is an Austrian market town with 6808 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Styria . As part of the Styrian community structural reform , the formerly independent communities Brodingberg , Hart-Purgstall and Höf-Präbach were incorporated on January 1, 2015 .

geography

Geographical location

Eggersdorf bei Graz is located about ten kilometers northeast of the provincial capital Graz in the Graz-Umgebung district in the Austrian state of Styria . The Rabnitzbach , a tributary of the Raab, flows through the municipality .

Community structure

The municipality includes the following nine localities and cadastral communities (residents as of January 1, 2020):

Locality	Pop.	different name of the KG	surface
Brodersdorf including Am Waldhang	513		195.54 ha
Brodingberg including Bachberg, Ehrenberg, Ödt, Sparblgraben, Weiterstauden and Wetterkreuz	405	Monkey Mountain	463.53 ha
Edelsbach near Graz including Oberhöfling and Unterhöfling	474	Edelsbach	442.77 hectares
Eggersdorf near Graz including Stuhlsdorf	1836	Eggersdorf	548.72 ha
Hart bei Eggersdorf including Aigen, Albersdorf, Albersdorferegg, Ebelhof, Königgraben, Kotzersdorf and Tragberg	632		840.76 ha
Haselbach including Buchegg, Freiingeregg, Hummelegg, Tragberg and Urscha	404		633.13 ha
Höf including Höf-Lembach, Lembachtal and Maning	1070		595.50 ha
Präbach including Friedlhof, Giging and Hütteregg	391		470.90 hectares
Purgstall near Eggersdorf including Greith, Gumpers, Hoffeldsiedlung, Mitteregg, Mitterprellerberg, Oberprellerberg, Prellerberg, Unterprellerberg and Volkersdorf	1083	Purgstall	744.45 hectares

Incorporations

On January 1, 1963 Edelsbach near Graz was merged with Eggersdorf near Graz.

Neighboring communities

Kumberg , Weinitzen	Kumberg	Mitterdorf on the Raab
Kainbach near Graz		Mitterdorf an der Raab , Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab
Laßnitzhöhe	Nestelbach near Graz	Ludersdorf-Wilfersdorf

history

Eggersdorf goes back to a Roman settlement, the Roman burial mounds in Pircha and the Roman stones in Eggersdorf prove this. The Roman road, which is still named today, was the main connection between the Raab Valley and the Mur Valley. After some time the village was settled by the Slavs , the place or vineyard names Stuhlsdorf (formerly Stojansdorf - village of Stojan, the constant), klanec , Glantschenbach - klanec, the ravine and the “steep uphill path” attest to this.

The village was named Eggersdorf by German settlers, the name comes from the founder "Ekkehart" (village of Ekkerhard).

The local congregation as an autonomous body was established in 1850. The congregation was granted market rights by resolution of the Styrian Parliament on July 4, 1928, through constant development into a central market in the area east of Graz .

After Austria was annexed in 1938, the community became part of the Reichsgau Steiermark . 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

In the course of time, the place has developed from an artisanal and agricultural community to a community with a central character. Today there are some farmers as well as handicraft and service companies to be found in the community. Eggersdorf bei Graz is an important school location with a registry office. There is also a police station and a parish church.

Religions

The community is in the Roman Catholic. Parish Eggersdorf.

Population development

Population development of Eggersdorf near Graz
year	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1923	1934	1939
Residents	3,764	3.814	3,935	3,900	4,086	3,957	4,260	4,095
year	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2015
Residents	3,946	3,997	4,429	4,828	5,599	6,192	6,392	6,466

Culture and sights

Eggersdorf parish church

Dornhofen Castle

Catholic parish church hll. Florian and Bartholomew
Church "Maria Himmelfahrt" of the station chaplain Hönigtal
Dornhofen Castle

Private collection

Toni Zierler has a private collection of cameras and photographs on his farm, going back to daguerreotypes . This cabinet is - yet - not open to the public.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Gleisdorfer Straße B65 crosses the municipality of Eggersdorf for a length of almost seven kilometers, while the Weizer Straße B72 , which runs through the neighboring municipality of Kumberg , only forms the border to the municipality of Eggersdorf for a short section. No higher-ranking road runs directly through the market town, except for the state road L364 , which connects the B65 with the B72.

The south motorway A2 can be reached in about eight kilometers via the Gleisdorf- West junction (161).

Some RegioBus lines run by the Styrian Transport Association run through the municipality. Buses to Gleisdorf, Graz, Hartberg, Fürstenfeld, Ilz, Feldbach and Bad Gleichenberg drive to their destinations via Gleisdorfer Straße B65. At peak times there is a 10 to 15-minute cycle to Graz via the Ries. There are courses from Graz to Eggersdorf via Edelsbach and Brodersdorf-Kühlhauser. Line numbers: 300, 331, 360, 361, 400, 460, 470. Operated by ÖBB-Postbus and VB Gruber.

From Eggersdorf center there is also the possibility to take the line 240 (ÖBB-Postbus) via Faßlberg, Niederschöckl to Graz Andritz.

In the north-west of the community on Weizer Straße B72 there are RegioBus lines to Graz, Weiz, St. Radegund and Kumberg. The clock on this route was greatly improved in July 2019 and the lines were adjusted. Line numbers: 200, 201, 250. Operated by ÖBB-Postbus.

In the community there is the possibility to request the call collective taxi GUSTmobil. There are places throughout the community that are marked with signs. The trip is not part of the Verbund line tariff system. Ideal for community residents who do not live close enough to the main bus routes.

The nearest train station is in Gleisdorf, nine kilometers away, from where there is access to the Styrian Eastern Railway and the Gleisdorf-Weiz local railway . However, Graz main train station is only about 15 km away.

The Graz Airport is around 30 km away.

Education and Social

Schools: In the market town of Eggersdorf there is a primary school, a new middle school , a polytechnic school and a music school.
Pharmacy: There is a pharmacy in the center of Eggersdorf.
Doctors: General practitioners and specialists are available to provide health care for the population.
Nursing home: Caritas Styria operates a nursing home in Eggersdorf.

politics

mayor

Johann Zaunschirm (ÖVP) was the mayor until December 31, 2014. The new mayor is the former mayor of Hart-Purgstall, Reinhard Pichler (ÖVP).

Municipal council

After the municipal elections in Styria in 2015, the municipal council is composed as follows:

11 ÖVP
8 Team divers Common Eggersdorf
3 FPÖ
2 SPÖ
1 GREEN

coat of arms

The blazon (description of the coat of arms) of the municipal coat of arms awarded in 1979 reads:

"A silver shield with a green shield head, in it two silver canopy next to each other, in the lower field two black harrow banks, one with four, the other with three fallen teeth."

Due to the amalgamation of municipalities, the coat of arms temporarily lost its official validity on January 1st, 2015. The new award took place on January 30, 2016.

Honorary citizen

Rupert Haas (1936–2016), Mayor of Eggersdorf 1984–2005

Web links

Commons : Eggersdorf bei Graz - collection of images, videos and audio files

60661 - Eggersdorf near Graz. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Homepage of the municipality of Eggersdorf near Graz

Individual evidence

^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
↑ Section 3, Paragraph 3, Item 1 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 2.
↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
↑ Statistics Austria: dissolutions or associations of municipalities from 1945
^ Community Eggersdorf bei Graz: Dates and history of the district Eggersdorf bei Graz. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
↑ Marktgemeinde Eggersdorf, Life, Education & Youth, Schools. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
↑ Marktgemeinde Eggersdorf, Life, Social Affairs & Health, Marienapotheke. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
↑ Marktgemeinde Eggersdorf, Lebven, Social & Health, Doctors. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
↑ Caritas Styria, Our Offers, Nursing Homes. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
↑ 3. Announcement of the Styrian provincial government of January 14, 2016 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the market town of Eggersdorf bei Graz (political district Graz-Umgebung) , accessed on January 30, 2016