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Coat of arms of the former municipality of Garanas

Garanas is an area in western Styria. Until the end of 2014, Garanas was a municipality with 270 inhabitants (as of 2014) in the Deutschlandsberg district in the Austrian state of Styria at the foot of the Koralpe . As part of the Styrian municipal structural reform , Garanas was merged with the municipalities of Schwanberg , Hollenegg and Gressenberg in 2015 ; the new municipality continues the name Schwanberg. The basis for this is the Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG.

geography

structure

The area of ​​Garanas consists of the two cadastral communities Garanas and Oberfresen (population in brackets as of October 31, 2011):

  • Garanas (194)
  • Router (73)

politics

The municipal council of Garanas last consisted of nine members, all of whom have belonged to the ÖVP since the municipal council election in 2000 .

coat of arms

In the Middle Ages , during times of war, the path over the Koralpe was blocked off with wood and thorn bushes, which is why bushes are shown in the center of the coat of arms. The place name "Garanas" comes from Old Slavonic and originally meant "hedge-enclosed, thorn-reinforced place".

Location of the former municipality of Garanas in the Deutschlandsberg district with the municipality boundaries until the end of 2014

When the land was settled, the farmers had to uproot the birches , these bushes are shown in the upper and lower part of the coat of arms.

Because the name Garanas is unique in Austria , three flowers have been added to the top of the thicket. The red and white colors of the coat of arms symbolize the medieval landowners: the bishops of Salzburg and Brixen .

Culture and sights

See also: List of listed objects in Schwanberg

Natural monuments

Others

The Garanas raised bog is known for being the highest raised bog in Austria , which has healing powers, especially for back problems. Balneologists estimate that this is 1,300  m above sea level. A. located high moor was formed 60,000 years ago.

In the nearby Schwanberg , mud baths with Garana peat are offered.

Buddhist meditation center "Kalachakra Kalapa Center" The former Garanas youth hostel was converted in 2002 into the international summer meditation center "Kalachakra Kalapa Center". Buddhist meditation courses and retreats are offered here every year in the summer months. A Buddhist stupa was built on a hill behind the house in 2002.

Garanaser Trilogy The writer Matthias Mander uses the place Garanas as a setting and living space for his heroes in the Garanaser trilogy.

  • Garanas or The Litany. Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2002.
  • The bridge fall or the turning heart. Roman, Czernin, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7076-0060-2 .
  • The Holschuld or Garanaser filaments. Narrative literature, Czernin, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-7076-0429-0 .

Population development


Historical maps

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
  2. ↑ Section 3, Paragraph 2, Item 4 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization 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. 2.
  3. ↑ Statistics Austria, register census from October 31, 2011