Empersdorf

Empersdorf
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Leibnitz
License plate :	LB
Surface:	14.23 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 59 ′  N , 15 ° 36 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 58 ′ 48 ″  N , 15 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	360  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,407 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	8081, 8302
Area code :	03134
Community code :	6 10 07
Address of the municipal administration:	Empersdorf 1 A-8081 Empersdorf
Website:	empersdorf.gv.at
politics
Only if different from the mayor , e.g. B. Mayoress	Volker Vehovec ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (15 members)	10 5 10 5  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 10 SPÖ : 5
Location of Empersdorf in the Leibnitz district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Empersdorf is a municipality with 1,407 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the judicial district or district of Leibnitz in Styria .

geography

Geographical location

Empersdorf is the northernmost municipality in the Leibnitz district and is located on the upper reaches of the Stiefing .

Community structure

The municipality includes the only cadastral municipality Empersdorf or two localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Empersdorf (524)
• Liebensdorf (883)

Neighboring communities

The municipality of Empersdorf is surrounded by six municipalities, four of which are in the Graz-Umgebung district (GU) and one in the district of Südoststeiermark (SO).

Vasoldsberg (GU)	Nestelbach near Graz (GU)	Sankt Marein near Graz (GU)
Hausmannstätten (GU)		Pirching am Traubenberg (SO)
	Heiligenkreuz am Waasen

history

The current name Empersdorf was first mentioned around 1286. The local community as an autonomous body was established in 1850. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community came to the Reichsgau Steiermark, 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

Population development

Culture and sights

Village chapel in Rauden

See also:  List of listed objects in Empersdorf

politics

mayor

Mayor has been Volker Vehovec (ÖVP) since October 2017.

The community board also includes the deputy mayor Christian Stermschegg (ÖVP) and the community treasurer Florian Theissl (SPÖ).

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 15 members. According to the result of the 2015 municipal council election , it is composed as follows:

• 10 mandates ÖVP
• 05 mandates SPÖ

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2015			2010			2005			2000
	be right	%	Mandates	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.
ÖVP	513	66	10	543	64	10	468	58	9	388	49	8th
SPÖ	260	34	05	309	36	05	343	42	6th	237	30th	4th
Citizen list We for Empersdorf	not running									169	21st	3
Eligible voters	1,115			1,113			1,079			991
voter turnout	73%			78%			79%			82%

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from February 1, 1986.
Blazon (coat of arms description):

"In blue, a silver patriarchal cross ending in wall anchors, each with a slanted silver horseshoe at the bottom."

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1987: Josef Krainer (1930–2016), Governor of Styria 1980–1996

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Municipality of Empersdorf: Change of mayor in Empersdorf , accessed on December 16, 2017
3. ↑ ORF Steiermark: Result Empersdorf , accessed on May 30, 2015
4. ↑ Communications from the Styrian State Archives 37, 1987, p. 35
5. ↑ Kleine Zeitung (October 14, 1987), p. 16.

Web links

Commons : Empersdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 61007 - Empersdorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• empersdorf.gv.at , homepage of the community