Gößnitz (municipality of Maria Lankowitz)

Gößnitz ( former municipality ) Cadastral municipality of Gößnitz
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Voitsberg  (VO), Styria
Judicial district	Voitsberg
Pole. local community	Maria Lankowitz
Coordinates	47 ° 2 '57 "  N , 15 ° 1' 24"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 2 '57 "  N , 15 ° 1' 24"  E
height	795  m above sea level A.
Residents of the stat. An H.	425 (January 1, 2020)
Building status	224 (April 1, 2020 )
Area  d. KG	3,099.99 ha (Dec. 31, 2019)
Post Code	8591 Maria Lankowitz
prefix	+ 43/3144 (Köflach)
Statistical identification
Cadastral parish number	63311
Counting district / district	Goessnitz (61632 003)
Location of the former community of Gößnitz in the Voitsberg district (as of 2014)
Independent municipality until the end of 2014; Locations: 16151 Hochgößnitz, 16152 Niedergößnitz Source: STAT : Directory of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

Gößnitz is a village and a cadastral community of the market town of Maria Lankowitz in the Voitsberg district , Styria . The place was an independent municipality from 1850 to 2014. On January 1, 2015, it was merged with the communities of Maria Lankowitz and Salla as part of the structural reform of the community in Styria , the new community continues to carry the name "Maria Lankowitz". The former community last had 441 inhabitants.

Place name and geography

Location of the former community of Gößnitz in the Voitsberg district

The place name was originally a Slavic area name and is derived either from the Slavic koznica , which means something like goat stream , or from the Slavic * gvozdŭ , which means something like forest, forest or mountain forest . The -z much about it early away and the -zd- evolved over time to the voiced -s .

Gößnitz is located in the southern and southwestern part of the market town of Maria Lankowitz, southwest of the main town Maria Lankowitz, on the elevations between the valleys of the Gößnitzbach in the north and the Frei-Gößnitzbach in the south. Towards the west, the area of ​​the cadastral community rises to the Hohenzug of the Stubalpe , where the 1706 meter high Wölkerkogel is the highest point in the community area of ​​Maria Lankowitz. In the northwest, Gößnitz borders on the cadastral community of Salla for a short distance and in the north is the cadastral community of Kemetberg with the two scattered settlements of Oberberg and Pechgraben , with the Gößnitzbach forming the majority of the border. In the northeast and east, along the Gößnitzbach, the borders with the Lankowitz cadastral community and the Puchbach cadastral community, which belongs to the Köflach municipality, run . Along the Winkel-Schleiferbach and the Frei-Gößnitzbach runs in the south and south-east the border to the cadastral municipality of Kreuzberg and thus also to the market town of Edelschrott . In the southwest, the cadastral includes Hirschegg-Piber the municipality Hirschegg pack to where the border here over the 1460 meters high Sprenger Kogel runs. At the ridge of the Stubalpe in the west, Gößnitz borders on the cadastral municipality of Reisstrasse in the market town of Weißkirchen in Styria .

In addition to the village of Gößnitz, the two localities Niedergößnitz , which used to be the main town of the former municipality, and Hochgößnitz as well as the scattered settlements of Gößnitzwinkel , Kuhschweif and Strantzgraben and several alpine pastures belonged to the cadastral community of Gößnitz . The former community of Gößnitz only consisted of a cadastral community of the same name.

Structure of the former community of Gößnitz

The municipality consisted of the only cadastral municipality Gößnitz and comprised the following two localities (number of inhabitants in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Hochgößnitz (167)
• Niedergößnitz (258)

history

The area of ​​Gößnitz west of Köflach, recording sheet of the state survey around 1878

The former municipal office of Gößnitz

One of the oldest traces of settlement in Gößnitz is a Neolithic round-neck ax, the exact location of which is unknown. A Bronze Age metal depot was found near the slatted floor and the Höllimühle , which consisted of bronze axes. There was a farm in Gößnitzberg during the Roman Empire .

Gößnitz emerged in the early High Middle Ages when the Slavic forest area was cleared in the 11th and 12th centuries and settled with individual farms with wastelands . It was first mentioned in a document in 1201 as inter rivum nomine Gosnize minorum , i.e. as Klein-Gößnitz between the brook . Further mentions were made between 1220 and 1230 as Gosnytz , 1300 as Goeznicz , as 1383 a Seyfrid an der Gössnizz , and finally around 1640 Gößnitz . The Babenberger Urbar from the period from 1220 to 1230 names 17 subjects in Gößnitz, all of whom were subordinate to the sovereign. In the oldest Habsburg Urbar from 1282 to 1296, in addition to twelve German-speaking subjects in Gößnitz, four Slavic personal names are mentioned, which suggests a mixture of ethnic groups and a large proportion of people of Slavic origin in the total population. The Montforter Urbar from 1420 also lists a Slavic name with a Rebernik . Since the subjects in Gößnitz belonged to St. Lambrecht Abbey , they were exempt from the March feed and were therefore not mentioned in the Marchutterurbar of 1265.

In 1278 Herrand II von Wildon owned the Primaresburg near Maria Lankowitz as well as possessions in Gößnitz. The Hanau residents had several possessions in the area in 1343 and in 1400 Hans Gradner was enfeoffed with several goods in the Gößnitz by the abbot of the St. Lambrecht monastery . Around 1420, the Counts of Montfort owned eleven Huben in Gößnitz, which they received from the estate of the Lords of Wildon . Some of the Huben, which the Holleneggers owned before 1444, went to the Piber Church and the Hollenegers acquired several properties from the Stadecker and their successors, the Stubenberger , before 1468 . The inhabitants of Gößnitz belonged to various manors until 1848, for example to the dominions Krems , Lankowitz and Paradeis as well as to the office Weyern of the dominion Greißenegg , the office of Piberstein of the dominion of Kleinkainach , the office of Gößnitz of the dominion of Obervoitsberg , the office of Gößnitz of the dominion of Piber and the office of Gößnitz of the rule Rehregg . The tithe was to be paid to the rule Obervoitsberg and March lining was the Perneckerstift the Twelve Apostles Altar of the future with the Foundation letter from Hedwig of Pernck from November 28, 1441 Graz Domes delivered.

From the 16th century there was a Hube in Gößnitz that served as a toll station, which is documented by the Cuenrad at the toll, mentioned in 1578 and 1609 . Johann Graf Balthasar von Wagensperg leased the toll at the Alten Almhaus to Jacob Schmidt in 1686 , who had to maintain the building and the toll station for this. An extensive trade of oxen by Gößnitz farmers is documented at least for the year 1685, whereby they also traded the animals via the Pack and the toll office from Preitenegg to other countries. Up to 1753 there was with the 28.5 liters comprehensive Gösnitzer Gorizia own measure of capacity for grain.

Around 1840 charcoal was produced at Schweighofer's hammer mill and around 1880 there were ten toll and eight house mills as well as three saws and three stamps in Gößnitz. In 1850 was the constitution of the independent community Gallmannsegg established free communities. A merger with the community of Maria Lankowitz was rejected in 1919. In 1920, the Niedergößnitz light and power plant of the Nieder-Gößnitz light and power cooperative was built on an unnamed stream, which initially only supplied six farms with electricity. The Hoch-Gößnitz light and power cooperative founded in 1923 expanded the Timmerer mill near the Krammer sawmill to generate electricity. From the beginning of the 1930s, winter sports and tourism began to find their way into Gößnitz, when the community meadow known as Gmoa began to be used for skiing and the Gmoahütte for overnight stays. After the creation of a local network, most of Gößnitz was supplied with electricity from the Köflach electrical works from the beginning of the 1950s . On May 29, 1960 the new Almhaus of the Gößnitz pasture cooperative was inaugurated.

The community's new primary school in Niedergößnitz was opened on May 13, 1965. On May 3, 1999, Gößnitz was given its own municipal coat of arms, effective June 1, 1999. On January 1, 2015, Gößnitz was merged with the two communities Maria Lankowitz and Salla to form the newly created community Maria Lankowitz as part of the community structural reform .

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Maria Lankowitz

The Sacred Heart School Church in Gößnitz

In Gößnitz there are a total of two listed buildings. The Sacred Heart School Church was built between 1945 and 1949 as a wooden structure on the grounds of the Lorderbauer. It has a six meter wide and twelve meter long floor plan with a four meter deep choir and a two meter wide and three meter long porch. The church was inaugurated on August 14, 1949 by Auxiliary Bishop Leo Pietsch . The church tower has two bells consecrated on September 17, 1950. The altar was made from cherry wood by Josef Hafner and the candlesticks made from maple wood come from Zirri-Hans. The pictures of the Stations of the Cross, inaugurated on February 26, 1950, were donated by Johann Regner, the former owner of the Styria bookstore in Graz . The Sacred Heart statue was a gift from the parish of Maria Lankowitz and was formerly owned by Höllerhansl .

The guest room theater Gößnitz , known for its unconventional plays, is located here.

Economy and Infrastructure

Gößnitz is characterized by agriculture, with alpine farming also playing a certain role. In the past, the buoyancy of oxen on the alpine pastures was particularly important.

education

The children of Gößnitz attend elementary school in Niedergößnitz.

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2010

Turnout: 86.47% (2005: 86.05%)

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The municipal council consisted of nine members until the end of 2014 and, since the municipal council election in 2010, has consisted of mandataries from the following parties:

• 6 ÖVP
• 3 SPÖ

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms designed by Heinrich Purkarthofer was awarded on May 3, 1999 with effect from June 1, 1999.
The blazon (description of the coat of arms) reads as follows: “Growing in gold, four blue halberds adorned with red roses and red ribbons and turned out in pairs. “The depiction of the coat of arms refers to the local tradition that in solemn processions, such as Corpus Christi, four local boys wear halberds decorated with flowers and ribbons . This custom probably goes back to the reintroduction of the Corpus Christi processions under Archduke Charles II at the end of the 16th century. The halberds are probably to be understood as a symbol of protection against the Protestants.

literature

• Walter Brunner (Ed.): History and topography of the Voitsberg district . tape 2 . Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2011, p. 63-65 .

Web links

Commons : Gößnitz (Gemeinde Maria Lankowitz)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Announcement of the Styrian state government of December 12, 2013 about the unification of the market community Maria Lankowitz and the communities Gößnitz and Salla, all political district Voitsberg. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of December 20, 2013, No. 172, 37th issue , ZDB -ID 705127-x , p. 713.
2. ^ ^{A b c d e f} Walter Brunner (Ed.): History and topography of the Voitsberg district . tape 2 . Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2011, p. 63 .
3. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
4. ^ ^{A b c} Walter Brunner (Ed.): History and topography of the Voitsberg district . tape 2 . Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2011, p. 64 .
5. ^ Walter Brunner (ed.): History and topography of the Voitsberg district . tape 2 . Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2011, p. 65 .
6. ↑ Federal Monuments Office : Styria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: www.bda.gv.at. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018 ; accessed on August 5, 2019 . 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.  
7. ^ Walter Brunner (ed.): History and topography of the Voitsberg district . tape 2 . Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2011, p. 224 .
8. ^ Elections for the State of Styria. In: www.egov.stmk.gv.at. Retrieved August 5, 2019 .  
9. ↑ Gernot Peter Obersteiner: The Styrian municipal coats of arms awarded in 1999 and 2000. (PDF) In: Messages from the Styrian State Archives. Retrieved August 5, 2019 .