Seiersberg-Pirka
Seiersberg-Pirka
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Styria | |
Political District : | Graz area | |
License plate : | GU | |
Main town : | Seiersberg | |
Surface: | 17.36 km² | |
Coordinates : | 47 ° 1 ' N , 15 ° 24' E | |
Height : | 350 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 11,408 (January 1, 2020) | |
Postcodes : | 8054, 8055, 8073, 8144 | |
Area code : | 0316 | |
Community code : | 6 06 69 | |
NUTS region | AT221 | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Feldkirchner Strasse 21 8054 Seiersberg-Pirka |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Werner Baumann ( SPÖ ) | |
Municipal Council : (Election year: 2020) (31 members) |
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Location of Seiersberg-Pirka in the Graz-Umgebung district | ||
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Seiersberg-Pirka is a municipality with 11,408 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) and after Gratwein-Straßengel the second largest municipality in the Graz-Umgebung district in Styria . It was created in the course of the Styrian municipal structural reform on January 1, 2015 by merging the formerly independent municipalities of Seiersberg and Pirka .
geography
Geographical location
The community is located southwest of the provincial capital Graz and has grown together with it. The community is largely located in the flat Graz Basin , at the northern end of the Kaiserwald , in western Styria . The most important rivers are the Gepringbach and the Doblbach on the western edge of the municipality.
Community structure
The municipality includes the following six localities (residents as of January 1, 2020):
- Bischofegg (93)
- Neupirka (194)
- Neuwindorf (324)
- Pirka (2290)
- Seiersberg (7865) with Neuseiersberg and Gedersberg
- Windorf (642)
The municipal area consists of two cadastral communities (area 2016):
- Pirka-Eggenberg (942.49 ha)
- Seiersberg (789.80 ha)
Neighboring communities
Heat village | Graz | Graz |
Heat village |
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Feldkirchen near Graz |
Haselsdorf-Tobelbad | Premstätten | Premstätten |
Culture and sights
- Schloßberg-Schattenturm: The Schattenturm is in a roundabout at the motorway junction. The tower previously stood on the Graz Schloßberg behind the clock tower during the cultural capital 2003 and was acquired by the municipality.
- Windorf pond : The protected part of the landscape lies in an abandoned clay pit on the edge of the Kaiserwald and serves as a local recreation area.
Population development
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/timeline/f2aa428ab79333e38b1f642c36d145c4.png)
Economy and Infrastructure
Due to its proximity to Graz, Seiersberg-Pirka is one of the richest communities in Austria. Shopping City Seiersberg , the second largest shopping center in Austria, and a large number of commercial zones are located in the municipality .
traffic
- Road: The community is connected to the Pyhrn Autobahn A 9 via the Seiersberg junction.
- Bus: In addition, the community is connected to the Graz-Köflacher Bahn and bus company and the Graz Holding (GVB).
- Train: There is only one train station right next door in Graz's 16th district of Straßgang . The construction of our own stop is a long time coming, but the topic will be dealt with in the local council .
Public facilities
In Seiersberg-Pirka, the district police command Graz-Umgebung is positioned with the associated police inspection and district control center. The police station is locally responsible for the municipality of Seiersberg-Pirka as well as for the cadastral municipality of Mantscha of the municipality of Hitzendorf .
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council has a total of 31 members.
- With the municipal council elections in Styria 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution:
- 20 SPÖ
- 4 FPÖ
- 3 ÖVP
- 3 Independent citizen list South Seiersberg-Pirka
- 1 GREEN
mayor
- since 2015 Werner Baumann (SPÖ)
coat of arms
Both previous municipalities had a municipality coat of arms. Due to the amalgamation of municipalities, these lost their official validity on January 1st, 2015. The new award of the municipal coat of arms for the merged municipality took effect on September 23, 2016
The blazon reads:
- "In a squared shield hanging from a black vine in silver at the top right, a blue, green-leafed bunch of grapes, at the top left in green the silver crook of a bishop's staff growing obliquely from the dividing line, at the bottom right in red growing out of the gap a silver twelve-spoke wagon wheel, at the bottom left in." Silver a black ox yoke. "
Personalities
- In the district of Windorf lived the Renner boys , part of a family of artists and airship drivers.
Web links
- 60669 - Seiersberg-Pirka. Community data, Statistics Austria .
- www.gemeindekurier.at , website of the municipality
Individual evidence
- ^ Announcement of the Styrian regional government of November 28, 2013 about the union of the communities Pirka and Seiersberg, both political district Graz-Umgebung. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of December 12, 2013. No. 160, 36th issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . Pp. 690-691.
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying, Regional Information, reference date December 31, 2016, accessed February 19, 2017
- ^ Holding Graz - Municipal Services GmbH Line overview. In: www.holding-graz.at. Retrieved July 30, 2016 .
- ^ Website of the municipality , accessed on July 10, 2016
- ↑ 112. Announcement of the Styrian regional government of September 15, 2016 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the municipality of Seiersberg-Pirka (political district of Graz-Umgebung)