Krumegg (municipality of Sankt Marein)

Krumegg (former municipality) village of Kohldorf; Krumegg Cadastral community Krumegg
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Graz-Umgebung  (GU), Styria
Judicial district	Graz-East
Coordinates	47 ° 1 '16 "  N , 15 ° 38' 4"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 1 '16 "  N , 15 ° 38' 4"  E
height	463  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	1450 (January 1, 2014)
Building status	461 (2001 )
Area  d. KG	16.26 km²
Postcodes	8323, 8302
Primaries	+ 43/3133, +43 3119
Statistical identification
Community code	60668
Locality code	14977, 14978
Cadastral parish number	63244
Counting district / district	Krumegg (60668 001)
Town view from the north
Independent municipality until the end of 2014 Source: STAT : Local directory ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

Until the end of 2014, Krumegg was a municipality with 1,450 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2014) in Styria in the east of the Graz-Umgebung district . As part of the Styrian community structural reform , it has been merged with the community of Sankt Marein bei Graz and the community of Petersdorf II (located in the district of Southeast Styria ) since 2015 , the new community continues to bear the name Sankt Marein bei Graz. The basis for this is the Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG.

The boundaries of the districts of Southeast Styria and Graz-Umgebung were changed so that the new municipality lies entirely in the Graz-Umgebung district.

geography

Geographical location

Krumegg is located approx. 15 km east of the provincial capital Graz in the Eastern Styrian hill country .

structure

The municipality comprised the following two localities (residents as of January 1, 2020):

• Kohldorf (266)
• Krumegg (1149)

The municipality consisted of the only cadastral municipality Krumegg with 1,625.91 hectares.

Former neighboring communities

Edelsgrub	Nestelbach near Graz	Langegg near Graz
Edelsgrub		Sankt Marein near Graz
Empersdorf	Pirching am Traubenberg , precious bushes	Petersdorf II

history

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.

Erkoschlösschen

The Erko family, after whom the small castle ⊙ is named, commissioned the building in the 19th century on a hill in Brunn-Schaufel in the area of ​​the municipality of Krumegg. It was built near a medieval fortification that no longer exists today, which was provided with a sovereign fiefdom and a truce . Around 1870 it was owned by the Barons von Lederer-Trattner.

The German writer Nina d'Aubigny von Engelbrunner (1770–1847) moved to the Erkoschlösschen after the death of her nephews Eduard and Georg Horstig in 1828. She died in 1847 and was buried in the Nestelbach parish cemetery near Graz . Until a few years ago, the small castle was also known as the “Bethanien Monastery”. The Erkoschlösschen was inhabited by the Dominican Sisters of Bethanien from 1960 until it passed into private ownership a few years ago.

Population development

politics

The last mayor was Franz Knauhs (ÖVP). After the 2010 elections, the municipal council was composed as follows:

• 8 ÖVP - appointed mayor and deputy mayor
• 3 Krumegg community list
• 3 SPÖ
• 1 FPÖ

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from May 1, 1982.
Blazon (coat of arms description):

"Two silver stakes in red covered with a silver bar, in which an adjoining bar in shadow color, tinned on both sides."

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Krumegg is located off the main roads. The south autobahn A2 can be reached in about five kilometers via the junction Laßnitzhöhe (169). The Kirchbacher Straße B 73 to Kirchbach in Styria is about six kilometers away, the Feldbacher Straße B 68 to Gleisdorf and Feldbach about eleven kilometers away.

There is no train station in Krumegg. The nearest train station is about seven kilometers away in Laßnitzhöhe and offers access to the Styrian Eastern Railway with hourly regional train connections to Graz and Gleisdorf.

The Graz Airport is about 25 km away.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Sankt Marein bei Graz

literature

• Herwig Ebner: Castles and palaces Graz, Leibnitz and West Styria . Birken, Vienna 1967, ISBN 3-85030-028-5 , p. 33 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
2. ↑ Section 4 (1) of the law of December 17, 2013 on the restructuring 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. 4.
3. ↑ Ordinance of the Styrian Provincial Government of 10 July 2014, with which the Styrian District Authority Ordinance is changed. Provincial Law Gazette for Styria dated September 10, 2014. No. 99 Volume 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x .
4. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
5. ↑ Ebner: Castles and Palaces. P. 33.
6. ↑ Population census 2001 (PDF; 10 kB) from Statistics Austria .
7. ↑ Communications from the Styrian State Archives 33, 1983, p. 37