Graden (municipality of Köflach)
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Graden ( scattered settlement , former municipality) locality  |
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| Pole. District , state | Voitsberg (VO), Styria | ||
| Judicial district | Voitsberg | ||
| Pole. local community | Köflach ( KG Graden-Piber ) | ||
| Coordinates | 47 ° 7 '52 " N , 15 ° 2' 5" E | ||
| height | 697 m above sea level A. | ||
| Residents of the village | 468 (January 1, 2020) | ||
| Building status | 199 (2001 ) | ||
| surface | 22.88 km² | ||
| Post Code | 8593 Koeflach | ||
| Primaries | + 43 / (0) 3144 (Köflach) | ||
| Statistical identification | |||
| Locality code | 16153 | ||
| Counting district / district | Degrees (61 631 013) | ||
| Independent municipality until the end of 2014 Source: STAT : Local directory ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk |
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Graden is a scattered settlement and a town in the municipality of Köflach in the Voitsberg district , Styria . The place was an independent municipality from 1850 to 2014, which was still called Graden-Piber when it was founded. On January 1, 2015, it was merged with the municipality of Köflach as part of the municipal structural reform in Styria, the new municipality continues to carry the name "Köflach".
Place name and geography
The place name was originally a Slavic area name and is derived from the Slavic * gradŭ , which means something like castle or enclosed settlement . This derivation indicates a fortified complex in this area, which could have been a small castle, possibly the ancestral seat of the later Gradner dynasty.
Graden is located in the northwestern part of the municipality of Köflach, northwest of the main town of Köflach, in the northern part of the cadastral municipality of Graden-Piber , on both sides of the Gradnerbach, which flows through the town in a north-south direction. The scattered settlement of Mitteregg is northwest of Graden and the scattered settlement of Sonnleiten is to the southeast . The 961 meter high Hirtlkogel rises east of Graden . The state road L341, the Kainacherstraße, runs through the village between Krenhof and Kainach near Voitsberg
Structure of the former municipality of Graden
The community consisted of the village of Graden and several scattered settlements and individual farms and comprised the following two cadastral communities:
- Graden-Piber (7.12 km²)
- Gradenberg-Piber (15.76 km²)
history
Graden emerged in the late early Middle Ages as a small church settlement with surrounding individual courtyards and deserted corridors when subjects and servants of the Eppensteiner probably first settled in the area. The first documentary mention was made in 1202 as fluvius Graden and rivus Graden , i.e. as river or brook Graden . Around 1220 there was another mention than in the degree .
According to the Saalbuch 1220, the St. Lambrecht monastery had eleven lifts and a quarter lift in degrees. In 1224 a Wulfing was named Romord von Graden. In the Babenberg land register from the period between 1220 and 1230, eight subjects are named in degrees. The sovereign land register from the period between 1280 and 1296 names twelve subjects, some of whom still had Slavic roots. The Hanau family owned estates in the area around Graden at least in 1309. In 1482, the Gradner Zechpröpste acquired several Neugereute in the parish for the church . Until 1485 or later there was a sovereign office of Graden, which at that time was subordinate to the administrator Christof Mösel. The Lambrecht office in Graden was pledged to Georg Sigmund von Herberstein in 1543 , before it was redeemed from the monastery in 1571. Around 1750 the office was finally divided and there were 51 subordinates who were under the rule of Piber . Around 1750, the rule of Kainach had two subjects in the place, which they had probably received in 1478 from the property of the Counts of Montfort . The rule of Lankowitz also had its own office grades. The inhabitants of Graden belonged to various manors until 1848, for example in the Middle Ages to the sovereign property in the Voitsberg office and in the 16th century and at least for the year 1542 to the office of Graden under the rule of Kapfenstein . Other subjects belonged to the dominions Greißenegg , Kainach, Rehregg and the Amt Graden of the dominion Obervoitsberg . The valid churches went to the two parishes of Graden and Köflach and another valid was to be paid to the Voitsberg Carmelite monastery . The tithe , consisting of grain, millet, cheese, lambs and wine, was to be paid to the Piber rule at least around 1540. Graden belonged to the advertising district of the Piber rule.
In 1850 was the constitution of the independent community-degrees Piber established free communities. On May 9, 1914, the first test of an electrical lighting system took place at Franz Meßner's house. The electricity was supplied by a power station built on Gradnerbach. At the beginning of September 1918, a branch of the Federal Gendarmerie was set up in Graden due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease , but this only existed until October 12 of the same year. In 1918 and 1919, the Spanish flu attacked the place and claimed a total of 24 lives. On October 20, 1935, the merchant Schmiedt's power station was officially opened, through which the entire town could be supplied with electricity. In 1940 the Volunteer Fire Brigade of Graden was founded. During the Second World War, from the beginning of 1944 onwards, numerous people fled the bombings from Graz to Graden. In February 1945, the construction of stone and wood anti- tank barriers began at the saddle farm's weir . In April and May of the same year, many people, including numerous members of the Wehrmacht from Eastern Styria, fled to Graden. On the day of Ascension Day in 1945, a single Russian soldier arrived in Graden and it was not clear whether the Russians or the English would occupy Graden. When a Russian patrol finally arrived on May 17th, an English officer negotiated with them, after which they withdrew. The very next day, the English occupation troops set up a post in the rectory in Graden, and strong Russian detachments were located at the Eckwirt and the Schober im Licht farm. The demarcation line then ran in degrees along the individual layers washer-Eckwirt-Schober in light Hochbauer-Schmidlbauer-Katz Bachgraben and then over the mountains to Judenburg .
On September 17, 1950, the community inaugurated a newly built armory for the volunteer fire department. From 1953, Graden's power supply came from the power station in Köflach , as the Schmidt plant was no longer able to supply the entire town. In 1962 the local sewage system was completed and the entire local area was paved. From 1974 the connecting road to Krenhof was expanded. On July 12, 1976, the new municipal office was completed and the municipal coat of arms was officially awarded. The newly built armory was inaugurated on September 28th. In 1999 and 2000 the town square was redesigned. From the year 2000 the construction of a village sewage treatment plant began. On January 1, 2015, Graden was merged with the municipality of Köflach to form the newly created municipality of Köflach as part of the municipal structural reform .
Culture and sights
There are a total of five listed buildings in Graden. The parish church of Graden , which was first mentioned in 1445 and was consecrated to St. Oswald , is surrounded by a cemetery and a churchyard wall. It is said to go back to a chapel , the remains of which are said to have been preserved in the choir of the church , as indicated by a walled-up window from the time before 1400 that was found in the masonry. The neo-Gothic main altar is by Jakob Gschiel . In the cemetery there is a war memorial chapel from 1952 with frescoes painted by Franz Weiss in 1983 and renovated by Franz Dampfhofer in 2006. The Platzwirt Chapel, also known as the Platzwirt Cross, is a pillar shrine that was inaugurated on August 5, 1885 as the Evangelist Cross. It was originally located between the Leitner inn and the Schmidt department store and was moved to its current location due to an extension to the parsonage. The back wall of the niche was decorated by the painter Hužar with a Pietà in blue, gold and black . The house of the farm vulgo Lenhart or Lenhard, also called Gradner Ritter House is a farmhouse with ribbed vault , whose frescoes date back to the year 1619th On the outside wall of the house you can find the renovation date 1816. The frescoes form a window frame and indicated corner blocks as well as a representation of a city with imperial soldiers and Turks, which could be a siege of Voitsberg .
In addition to the church and the Platzwirt chapel, there are other sacred buildings in the area of the former municipality of Graden. During renovation work in 1982/83, images of the Saints Aloisius , Florian , Leonhard and a protective cloak Madonna , probably that of Maria Lankowitz , were uncovered on the gable of the Veitbauer chapel . The Lenzbauer chapel, dedicated to Maria von Lourdes , at the Lenzbauer farm was built in 1902 and the Gunegg chapel belonging to the Hubenschuster farm was re-consecrated in 1954 after renovation work. The Gunegg Cross was consecrated at Pentecost in 1857 and the Brandstätter Cross dates from 1891. The Hirtl Cross, a tabernacle shrine with a picture of the Sacred Heart , consecrated in 1852, serves as a meeting point for pilgrims to Kainach on Georgi Day (April 23) . The Koch-im-Stein-wayside shrine at the Koch im Stein farm was built in the 17th century and has since served as a bed for the weather blessing and as a station for pilgrims coming from Rachau to Graden. It was renovated in 1985 and redesigned by Franz Weiss. The Leonhard or Lenhard cross at the Leonhard farm also dates from the 17th century and is an evangelist cross with a wooden figure of Thomas Becket from a Judenburg workshop , or perhaps of Petrus Matyr in its niche. The Kohlgruberkreuz, an arbor shrine , was erected in 1950 by Lorenz and Elisabeth Lenz as a memorial to the fallen Josef Lenz and has a plaster figure of Joseph of Nazareth in the niche . The Hieblerkreuz was inaugurated on July 25, 1955 as a weather cross . The Oswaldi picture stock below the Weßkogel was renewed in 1937 after it was destroyed by a boulder and has been on the retaining wall of the southern entrance to the town since the road was built in the 1970s. It originally housed a statue of St. Oswald , which was stolen on August 16 or 17, 1968 and replaced by a glass mosaic depicting the saint. The Rainschneiderkeuz was built in 1900 as a memorial to a farmhand who died in a barn fire. Its pediment shows the Holy Trinity and a burning house, while in its niche you can find a wooden crucifix and oil imprints of Jesus and Mary.
In the Schmiedbauern Forest there is a memorial stone, consecrated on September 22, 1963, which commemorates Johann Wipfler, commonly known as Pichlersohn, who died here. A memorial stone on the Terenbachalpe also commemorates Jakob Edler, who was shot while hunting here on October 28, 1936. At the Gratzer homestead, about 1 kilometer west of the Eckwirt, on an old alpine path, there may originally have been a fortification.
Economy and Infrastructure
Graden is characterized by agriculture and forestry, with cattle breeding in particular, but also alpine farming in the area of the Terenbachalpe playing an important role. From 1948 onwards, parts of the population emigrated and became active in mining and industry. The company Hans Brusa KG has been mining white and blue marble in Katzbachgraben since 1965 . The Gradner Görz used to have its own capacity for retailers, with a volume of 28.5 liters.
In order to supply the village with water, the first aqueduct was built in Graden in 1955 by an interest group. In 1966 a pressure water pipe was built, which was fed from the spring below the Kochkeusche.
politics
Municipal council
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:
- In the municipal elections in Styria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 SPÖ and 3 ÖVP.
Former community leaders and mayors
- 1857–1860 Johann Winterleitner
- 1861, 1862 Vinzenz Schlatzer
- 1868–1874 at the latest Michael Scherz
- 1874–1882 Thomas Schober
- 1883–1885 Franz Tipler
- 1886-1891 Thomas Schober
- 1892–1902 Thomas Weß
- 1902–1906 Franz Eisner
- 1906–1911 Thomas Weß
- 1912–1918 Franz Messner
- 1918–1919 Thomas Weß
- 1919–1932 Karl Friedl
- 1932–1937 Andreas Steirer
- 1938 Franz Messner
- 1938–1939 Ferdinand Eisner
- 1939 N. Guggi, administrator
- 1939–1945 Johann Guggi
- 1945–1950 Andreas Steirer
- 1951–1953 Karl Friedl
- 1953-1970 Lorenz Ofner
- 1970–1983 Rochus Ortner
- 1983–1985 Johann Schlatzer
- 1985-2003 Franz Puffing (SPÖ)
- 2003-2010 Berdt Jandl (SPÖ)
- 2010–2012 Franz Puffing (SPÖ)
- 2013–2014 Stefan Pischler (SPÖ)
coat of arms
The municipal coat of arms designed by Reiner Puschnig was awarded on July 12, 1976 with effect from October 1, 1976. The blazon (description of the coat of arms) reads as follows: “In a shield split from gold to red, a black oblique left bar in front, golden herringbones in the back” The depiction of the coat of arms comes from a coat of arms that is attached to a winged altar donated by the Gradner knight family in the parish church of Kainach near Voitsberg . The herringbones refer to the bones in the Gradner family coat of arms.
Personalities
- Karl Lukesch (1917–1991), missionary and South America researcher
literature
- Ernst Lasnik (Ed.): Graden. A journey through time through the community . Degrees 2006.
- Walter Brunner (Ed.): History and topography of the Voitsberg district . tape 2 . Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2011, p. 67-74 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Announcement of the Styrian regional government of April 2, 2014 on the unification of the municipality of Köflach and the municipality of Graden, all political district Voitsberg. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of April 2, 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 4.
- ^ A b Walter Brunner (Ed.): History and topography of the Voitsberg district . tape 2 . Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2011, p. 67 .
- ↑ a b GIS-Styria : address & map. In: www.gis.stmk.gv.at. Retrieved August 17, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Walter Brunner (Ed.): History and topography of the Voitsberg district . tape 2 . Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2011, p. 68 .
- ^ A b c Walter Brunner (Ed.): History and topography of the Voitsberg district . tape 2 . Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2011, p. 69 .
- ^ A b c d e Walter Brunner (Ed.): History and topography of the Voitsberg district . tape 2 . Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2011, p. 73 .
- ↑ 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 19, 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.
- ↑ Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) . 2nd Edition. Berger, Horn / Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85028-439-5 , p. 141-142 .
- ^ A b Walter Brunner (Ed.): History and topography of the Voitsberg district . tape 2 . Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2011, p. 72 .
- ^ Walter Brunner (ed.): History and topography of the Voitsberg district . tape 2 . Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2011, p. 70 .
- ^ Elections for the State of Styria. In: www.egov.stmk.gv.at. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
- ^ Community merger : Groteske in Graden ORF Styria, December 20, 2012
- ^ Supreme Court overturns judgment against ex-mayor of Graden Kleine Zeitung , June 13, 2017
Cadastral communities : Graden-Piber | Gradenberg | Gradenberg-Piber | Köflach | Piber | Pichling near Köflach | Puchbach
Localities : Graden | Gradenberg | Köflach | Piber | Pichling near Köflach | Puchbach
Districts: Gradenberg | Köflach | Pichling near Köflach • Village: Piber • Rotten: Knobelberg | Krengraben · | Puchbach • Settlements: Hans Giegerl-Siedlung | Hartwald settlement | Krenhof | Packer settlement | Weggersiedlung • Group of houses: Mitsch • Scattered houses: Berg | Degrees | Mitteregg | Piber-Scattered Houses | Salla Trench | Sonnleiten
Counting districts and districts: City center : Köflach-Zentrum • Residential-mining-industrial area: Köflach-Innenstadt-NW | Pichling-West • Inner residential areas : Köflach-Innenstadt-Nord | Barbarasiedlung | Train station | Köflach city center SW • Pichling settlement area : Pichling Center | Pichling-East | Pichling-South | Pichling-Südwest • Rural area: Gradenberg - Piber | Puchbach | Degrees