Frutten-Gießelsdorf

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Frutten-Gießelsdorf (former municipality)
Historical coat of arms of Frutten-Gießelsdorf
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Frutten-Gießelsdorf (Austria)
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Basic data
Pole. District , state Südoststeiermark  (SO), Styria
Judicial district Feldbach
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Coordinates 46 ° 49 ′ 16 ″  N , 15 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 46 ° 49 ′ 16 ″  N , 15 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  Ef1
height 335  m above sea level A.
Residents of the stat. An H. 616 (January 1, 2020)
Building status 268 (2001 f1)
surface 1,089.18 ha (2018)dep1
Post Code 8354 Sankt Anna am Aigen
prefix + 43/3158 (Sankt Anna am Aigen)
Statistical identification
Community code 62387
Counting district / district Frutten-Gießelsdorf (62387 003)
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Location of the former municipality in the district of Southeast Styria
Independent municipality until the end of 2014;

KG: 62005 Frutten, 62006 Gießelsdorf, 62011 Hochstraden; OS: 14667 Frutten, 14668 Gießelsdorf, 14669 Hochstraden
Source: STAT : Gazetteer ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

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View of Frutten-Gießelsdorf

Frutten-Gießelsdorf is a former municipality in south-east Styria in the district of Southeast Styria . Since 2015 it has been merged with the municipality of Sankt Anna am Aigen as part of the municipal structural reform in Styria , the new municipality continues the name "Sankt Anna am Aigen".

geography

Geographical location

Frutten-Gießelsdorf is located about 47 km south-east of Graz and about 15 km south of the district capital Feldbach in the eastern Styrian hill country .

Former parish structure

The municipal area comprised the following three cadastral communities (area: as of December 31, 2017) and towns of the same name (population in brackets, as of January 1, 2020):

  • Frutten (406.93 ha; 212)
  • Gießelsdorf (359.00 ha; 264)
  • Hochstraden (323.24 ha; 140)

Population development

View of Hochstraden from Sankt Anna am Aigen

Culture and sights

Frutten-Gießelsdorf local chapel
View from the observation tower on Gießelsdorfberg
  • The 40 m high observation tower Frutten-Gießelsdorf is about one kilometer west-northwest of the village. It was built in 1987/88 and restored in 2000. Because of the conspicuous red staircase, which leads with 180 steps to the 36 m high viewing platform, it is nicknamed the fire tower .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council consisted of nine members and, since the municipal council election in 2010, has consisted of mandates from the following parties:

  • 7 ÖVP - appointed mayor and deputy mayor
  • 2 SPÖ

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from September 1, 1996.
Blazon (coat of arms description):

"In red gold above a cup from the Copper Age, decorated in a furrow by three triangles under grooves on the edge, a nine-leaf, four-grape-bearing vine in the shape of a tree of life."

Web links

Commons : Frutten-Gießelsdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Statistics Austria: Population on 1.1.2020 by locality (area status 1.1.2020) , ( CSV )
  2. Announcement of the Styrian regional government of October 24, 2013 on the unification of the market community Sankt Anna am Aigen and the community Frutten-Gießelsdorf, both political district of Southeast Styria. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of November 15, 2013. No. 127, 32nd issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . P. 633.
  3. Regionalinformation.zip (Excel file, 1,210 kB); accessed on January 4, 2018
  4. Information page of the St. Anna am Aigen and Frutten-Gießelsdorf tourist board
  5. ^ Announcements from the Styrian State Archives 47, 1997, p. 51