Eichfeld (Mureck municipality)
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Eichfeld ( village ) locality  Cadastral municipality Eichfeld |
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| Basic data | |||
| Pole. District , state | Südoststeiermark (SO), Styria | ||
| Judicial district | Feldbach | ||
| Pole. local community | Mureck | ||
| Coordinates | 46 ° 43 '34 " N , 15 ° 46' 9" E | ||
| height | 238 m above sea level A. | ||
| Residents of the village | 333 (January 1, 2020) | ||
| Area d. KG | 5.81 km² | ||
| Post Code | 8480 Mureck | ||
| Statistical identification | |||
| Locality code | 16067 | ||
| Cadastral parish number | 66237 | ||
| Counting district / district | Eichfeld (62383 001) | ||
| Independent municipality until the end of 2014 Source: STAT : Local directory ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk |
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Eichfeld (until 1964 Unterrakitsch ) is a former municipality with 863 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in Styria . The area in the judicial district of Feldbach or the district of Southeast Styria . Since 2015 it has been merged with the municipalities of Mureck and Gosdorf as part of the municipal structural reform in Styria , the new municipality continues to carry the name Mureck.
geography
Eichfeld is located north of Mureck on state road 208 in the lower Mur valley in the district of Southeast Styria in the Austrian state of Styria .
Former parish structure
The municipality comprised the following three localities (number of inhabitants in brackets, as of January 1, 2020):
- Eichfeld (333)
- Hainsdorf-Brunnsee (189)
- Oberrakitsch (293)
The community consisted of the cadastral communities Eichfeld, Hainsdorf and Oberrakitsch.
Incorporations
On January 1, 1972, the communities of Hainsdorf-Brunnsee, Eichfeld and Oberrakitsch were merged to form the community of Eichfeld.
Former neighboring communities
| Sankt Peter am Ottersbach | ||
| Weinburg am Saßbach |
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Gosdorf |
| Murfeld | Mureck |
history
The abolition of the manorial rule of the Counts of Stürgkh took place in 1848. The local parishes of Unter- and Oberrakitsch and Hainsdorf-Brunnsee emerged in 1850 as autonomous bodies. After the end of the First World War, there were disputes with the Ljubljana “National Government for Slovenia and Istria” about the area's territory. 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.
In 1968, Eichfeld (formerly Unterrakitsch), Oberrakitsch and Hainsdorf-Brunnsee were merged to form the large municipality of Eichfeld.
Brunnsee Castle , built towards the end of the 15th century by the Lords of Pettau, was rebuilt towards the end of the 16th century according to plans by the Italian architect Bartolomeo Montiano; it was acquired in 1834 by Maria Karolina of Naples and Sicily (1798–1870) and is now owned by her great-grandson, Count Ferrante Lucchesi Palli .
politics
The last mayor was Johann Pock. After the elections from 2010 until its dissolution, the municipal council was composed as follows:
- 7 ÖVP (parliamentary group leader Johann Pock)
- 2 SPÖ (parliamentary group leader Josef Kaufmann)
coat of arms
The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from January 1, 1965.
Blazon : "In a shield divided by silver and green obliquely to the left, a green oak leaf with two natural acorns in the upper field, a golden single-edged ploughshare in the lower field."
Population development
Regular events
- Wake-up call: The wake-up call for May 1st of the Mureck borderland costume band , which has been maintained in Mureck since 1954 , has also been held in Gosdorf since 2012. Every year on the Sunday before May 1st, the Mureck borderland costume band delights the people of Eichfeld with marching music in the early hours of the morning.
- Autocross Oberrakitsch. Every year on the first weekend in August there is an autocross state championship run in Oberrakitsch. This has been organized as a Night Race since 2014.
Culture and sights
- Brunnsee Castle
- Angerdorf Oberrakitsch
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Population on January 1, 2017 by location (Excel file, 835 KB); accessed on June 15, 2017
- ^ Announcement of the Styrian regional government of September 12, 2013 on the unification of the municipality of Mureck and the municipalities of Eichfeld and Gosdorf, all of the political district of Southeast Styria. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of October 14, 2013. No. 99, 28th issue. P. 555.
- ↑ 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
- ^ Announcements from the Styrian State Archives 16, 1966, p. 53
- ↑ Chronicle of the Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Entry about Schloss Brunnsee on Burgen-Austria
