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Glanz an der Weinstrasse (former municipality)
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Leibnitz  (LB), Styria
Judicial district	Leibnitz
Pole. local community	Leutschach on the Wine Route
Coordinates	46 ° 39 '52 "  N , 15 ° 32' 0"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 39 '52 "  N , 15 ° 32' 0"  E
height	440  m above sea level A.
Residents of the stat. An H.	1396 (October 31, 2013)
Building status	512 (2011 )
surface	24.06 km²
Post Code	8463 Leutschach
prefix	+ 43/3454 (Leutschach)
Statistical identification
Counting district / district	Gloss (61 054 002)
Location of the former municipality in the Leibnitz district (as of 2014)
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

Glanz an der Weinstrasse is a former municipality with 1,396 inhabitants (as of October 31, 2013) in the judicial district or district of Leibnitz in the Austrian state of Styria . Since 2015 it has been merged with the municipalities of Eichberg-Trautenburg , Leutschach and Schloßberg as part of the structural reform of the municipality in Styria , the new municipality is called " Leutschach an der Weinstrasse ".

geography

Shine on the Wine Route - Landscape

Glanz an der Weinstrasse is located in the southern Styrian wine country.

The community of Glanz, together with the communities of Schloßberg , Eichberg-Trautenburg and the market community of Leutschach, formed the small region "Rebenland", which merged on January 1, 2015 to form the new large community of Leutschach an der Weinstrasse .

structure

The municipality comprised four localities (population in brackets as of October 31, 2011):

• Foetschach (642)
• Gloss (178)
• Langegg (89)
• Poessnitz (496)

The community consisted of four cadastral communities :

• Foetschach
• shine
• Langegg
• Poessnitz

history

In 1123, Glanz bei Leutschach was first mentioned. Since that time, the place name has appeared repeatedly in various documents, such as "Glanzberg an dem Glancz", "In dem Hlancz", "Im Lancz ob Gambitz" and the names of the later cadastral communities: "Peznitza", "Pezzentz", "Veltschach", "Vetschach" or "Langeckh".

Today's local parishes as autonomous corporations were established in 1850. Until 1882, the cadastral communities of Fötschach, Glanz and Pößnitz were part of the market community of Leutschach . In 1883, gloss became an independent municipality.

The municipality was the target of numerous partisan attacks in both world wars. From 1945 to 1955, Glanz was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

The municipal office of Glanz was outside the municipality in the neighboring municipality of Leutschach.

politics

The ÖVP dominates politically .

Parish council

The last community board until the end of 2014 was composed as follows:

• Mayor: Reinhold Elsnig ( ÖVP )
• Vice Mayor: Herbert Germuth (ÖVP)
• Community treasurer: Rudolf Stibler (ÖVP)

Population development

Source: Statistics Austria

coat of arms

The coat of arms from 1955 shows "a silver bunch of grapes surrounded by a green, golden shield".

Town twinning

The vineyard communities Leutschach an der Weinstrasse has a partnership with the community Feucht in Middle Franconia (D).

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Leutschach an der Weinstrasse

Largest grape in the world

The "largest representation of a grape" in the world is a work of art created by the glass artist Wilhelm Trojan on the Eorykogel (483 m). It is made of stainless steel and colored glass that represents grape pearls. It is five meters high, four meters wide and almost two meters deep. The work relates to the winemaker's working year, it has 365 glass beads for the days of a year (and one for the leap year), 52 parts make up the weeks (50 leaves, stem and grape). 31 leaves denote the days of the month, twelve larger leaves the months, seven large leaves the days of the week.

Economy and Infrastructure

Viticulture

Glanz was the second largest Styrian wine-growing community. Along with tourism, viticulture is the main source of income for the population of Glanzer.

The Glanzer winegrowers put a focus on the architectural expansion of their farms and wine-growing businesses. On the one hand, old structures are being renovated and preserved for posterity; on the other hand, modern architecture is being implemented.

The area of ​​Glanz around the year 1879 (recording sheet of the 3rd regional survey )

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• ÖKR Justina Narat, former Vice Mayor
• Waltraud Klasnic , retired governor D.
• Johann Masser, former mayor
• Consistorial Councilor Blasius Klug, former pastor of Leutschach (1976-2009)
• HR Dr Heinz Schille
• LAbg. Peter Tschernko , Mayor of Eichberg-Trautenburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Province of Styria: Final population status on October 31, 2013 ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Excel file, 85 kB; accessed on May 2, 2015) 
2. ^ Announcement of the Styrian state government of November 21, 2013 on the unification of the market community Leutschach and the communities Eichberg-Trautenburg, Glanz an der Weinstrasse and Schloßberg, all political district Leibnitz. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of December 6, 2013. No. 154, 35th issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . P. 683.
3. ↑ Statistics Austria, register census from October 31, 2011
4. ↑ Announcement of the k. k. Governor in Styria dated September 23, 1882 on the separation of the local community Leutschach in the judicial district of Arnfels to the state parliament decision of June 22, 1882, State Law and Ordinance Gazette for the Duchy of Styria dated October 7, 1882, XX. Piece, No. 39, p. 90.
5. ↑ A look at the community of Glanz on the Weinstrasse
6. ^ Notices from the Styrian State Archives 12, 1962, p. 27
7. ↑ The largest grape in the world on the Eory-Kogel. ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: glanz-weinstrasse.gv.at .  

Web links

Commons : Glanz an der Weinstrasse  - Collection of images, videos and audio files