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| Basic data | ||
| Country: | Austria | |
| State : | Styria | |
| Political District : | Wheat | |
| License plate : | WZ | |
| Surface: | 33.92 km² | |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 23 ' N , 15 ° 34' E | |
| Height : | 800 m above sea level A. | |
| Residents : | 891 (January 1, 2020) | |
| Population density : | 26 inhabitants per km² | |
| Postal code : | 8616 | |
| Area code : | 03171 | |
| Community code : | 6 17 11 | |
| NUTS region | AT224 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
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| Mayor : | Erwin Gruber ( ÖVP ) | |
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Municipal Council : (2015) (9 members) |
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 View of Gasen towards Strassegg, summer 2015 |
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Gasen is a municipality with 891 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Weiz district in the Austrian state of Styria .
geography
The nature park community of Gasen is located in the Almenland Teichalm -Sommeralm region in Eastern Styria. The highest point is the Sauernkogel with an altitude of 1451 m .
Community structure
The municipality includes the following four localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Amassegg (200)
- Gases (123)
- Mitterbach (124)
- Sonnleitberg (444)
The community consists of the cadastral communities Amassegg, Gasen, Mitterbach and Sonnleitberg.
history
The earliest written evidence is from 1324 and is "Gezen". The name goes back to Slavic Yesen (ash). However, a Roman road indicates a much earlier settlement.
Culture and sights
music
Gasen is the hometown of the Stoakogler , a popular Austrian folk music group. The Stoani House of Music includes an exhibition in which the history of the Stoakogler in particular and the development of popular popular music in general are presented.
Sports and leisure activities
Hobby football tournaments take place regularly at the local sports field. Every 2 years, the Gasen music association organizes the regional football tournament for brass musicians, in which around 30 men's and 10 women's teams from all parts of Styria take part.
Numerous amateur athletes from near and far take part in the annual “Stoani Run”.
In winter the sports club organizes stick sports tournaments, as well as ski and biathlon races.
The Stoakogler Heimatwanderweg is an approx. 12 km long circular hiking trail along the farmsteads of the 3 Willingshofer brothers
Economy and Infrastructure
- Stoani House of Music (tourist office, exhibition)
- Stoanineum (music school for adults)
- Willingshofer Gesmbh (steel construction, mechanical engineering, contract manufacturing, agricultural machinery)
- Step GmbH (electrical engineering and renewable energy)
- Numerous restaurants, as well as small and sole proprietorships
Tourism association
Together with Fladnitz an der Teichalm, Breitenau am Hochlantsch, Passail, Pernegg an der Mur and St. Kathrein am Offenegg, the municipality forms the " Naturpark Almenland Teichalm-Sommeralm " tourism association . Its seat is the municipality of Fladnitz an der Teichalm.
politics
Mayor since the amalgamation of the cadastral parishes in 1952:
- Patritz Köberl ( ÖVP ) 1952–1955
- Peter Zierler ( SPÖ ) 1955–1970
- Johann Reiter ( ÖVP ) 1970–1998
- Erwin Gruber ( ÖVP ) since 1998
After the elections in 2010, the municipal council was composed as follows: 11 ÖVP , 4 SPÖ
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the municipality of Gasen was awarded on May 8, 1989. It shows three silver ash leaves on a green background above two growing mountain hoes, eye to eye, butting sideways against the edges of the shield. The integration of the ash trees is based on the Slavic place name "Jasen" (Eschenbach). The mountain picks symbolize the mining past of the place, while the green ground points to the former sovereign Styrian property in Gasen.
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- 1977: Alfred Schlacher (1907–1979), high school councilor, primary school director i. R., author of the gases books
- 1993: The Stoakogler (Reinhold, Hans and Fritz Willingshofer)
- 2008: Johann Reiter, Mayor of Gasen 1970–1998
- 2015: Hermann Schützenhöfer (* 1952), Governor of Styria
Sons and daughters of the church
- Friedrich Fenz (1892–1943), SA leader
literature
The series “In der Gasen I and II” by OSR Alfred Schlacher deals intensively and in great detail with the history of the mountain farming village, especially the great history of mining ( arsenic , silver and iron mining). With the volume “In der Gasen III”, the work was supplemented by a lot of current data in the anniversary year 2006 (600 years of gases). Furthermore, the first two volumes have been available in an anthology since 2006.
Further literature: Gases in old views (1993), Gases tells and sings (1999)
Web links
- 61711 - gases. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ Fritz Frhr. Lochner von Hüttenbach: On the name property of the early Middle Ages in Styria (= magazine of the Historical Association for Styria . Volume 99 ). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2008, p. 34 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).
- ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 313. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 628.
Albersdorf-Prebuch | Anger | Birkfeld | Fischbach | Fladnitz an der Teichalm | Floing | Gases | Gersdorf an der Feistritz | Gleisdorf | Gutenberg-Stenzengreith | Hofstätten an der Raab | Ilztal | Ludersdorf-Wilfersdorf | Hartmannsdorf market | Miesenbach near Birkfeld | Mitterdorf an der Raab | Mortantsch | Naas | Passail | Pischelsdorf am Kulm | Puch near Weiz | Rats | Rettenegg | St. Kathrein am Hauenstein | Sankt Kathrein am Offenegg | St. Margarethen an der Raab | Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab | Sinabelkirchen | Strallegg | Thannhausen | Wheat