Grades (Sankt Veit an der Glan district)

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Grades ( village )
locality
Grades (Sankt Veit an der Glan District) (Austria)
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Basic data
Pole. District , state Sankt Veit an der Glan  (SV), Carinthia
Judicial district Sankt Veit an der Glan
Pole. local community Metnitz   ( KG  grades )
Coordinates 46 ° 58 '45 "  N , 14 ° 15' 17"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 58 '45 "  N , 14 ° 15' 17"  Ef1
height 870  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village 305 (January 1, 2020)
Building status 121 (January 1, 2014)
Statistical identification
Locality code 01322
Counting district / district Degree (20518 001)
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Pilgrimage and fortified church of Saint Wolfgang Ober Grades
Castle of Grades

Grades is a village at 864 m in the market town of Metnitz in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan , Carinthia . The village, which was once the main town of the tax district Grades and later the market town of Grades , which existed until 1973 , is located in the cadastral municipality of Grades . The village has 305 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

location

The village is located on the right in the upper Metnitztal: The Grades Castle is located on rocks above a narrow part of the Metnitztal, behind it on a terrace is the core of the village, a planned market settlement. The Niedermarkt settlement is located on the valley floor below the town center.

Population development

  • 1869: 55 houses, 325 inhabitants (also, at that time it was run as a separate village: Grades Castle 3 houses, 30 inhabitants)
  • 1880: 58 houses, 333 inhabitants
  • 1890: 58 houses, 370 inhabitants
  • 1900: 57 houses, 363 inhabitants (of which Dorf Grades 50 houses, 321 inhabitants; castle 3 houses, 22 inhabitants; Niedermarkt 4 houses, 20 inhabitants)
  • 1910: 61 houses, 396 inhabitants (of which Dorf Grades 55 houses, 337 inhabitants; castle 3 houses, 44 inhabitants; Niedermarkt 3 houses, 15 inhabitants)
  • 1961: 76 houses, 428 inhabitants (of which Dorf Grades 66 houses, 379 inhabitants; Niedermarkt 10 houses, 49 inhabitants)
  • 1991: 362 inhabitants
  • 2001: 115 buildings, 373 inhabitants
  • 2014: 121 buildings, 329 inhabitants

Parts of the village

In addition to the actual main town, the village also includes the Rotte Niedermarkt , Grades Castle (which was temporarily named as a separate village around 1870) and above the town center the church of St. Wolfgang . At times, the population figures were shown separately for the parts of the town of Schloss and Niedermarkt.

history

The name "Grades" is derived from the Slovenian "gradišče" (= castle stable ). It is named after Grades Castle , which was probably built by Bishop Heinrich I von Gurk around 1173. To the east below the castle was the old settlement of Niedermarkt in the valley floor . To the south of the castle, a market settlement was planned in the 13th century, which forms the core of today's village of Grades and was granted market rights in 1346 . The place was fortified in the 13th century, but the fortification has come off again. Only in the core of the house at Hauptplatz No. 6 is the remainder of a former defense tower preserved. From the beginning of the 14th century there was a district court in Grades. At the end of the 15th century, the pilgrimage church of St. Wolfgang ob Grades was built and provided with a mighty fortification. In 1570 the market was given a coat of arms. When tax communities (later: cadastral communities) were formed in Carinthia at the end of the 18th century and assigned to tax districts, Grades became the capital of the Grades tax district . In the course of the reforms after the revolution of 1848/49, the tax districts were dissolved and the possibility was created for several cadastral communities to merge into one local community. Degree was capital of the incurred as from the merger of cadastral level and Feistritz community level . In the course of the structural reforms in the early 1970s, the municipality of Grades merged into the municipality of Metnitz, to which the village of Grades has belonged ever since.

Arts and Culture

One of the sights of Grades is the late Gothic pilgrimage church of St. Wolfgang ob Grades . It was built between 1453 and 1474 and is enclosed by a defensive wall up to 9 m high. With a large winged altar (around 1520), the church is one of the most impressive late Gothic buildings in Carinthia.

At the east end of the market square is the parish church of Grades , consecrated to St. Andrew .

On the facade of Grades Markt 55, Brunnwirt, there is a cycle of frescoes by Switbert Lobisser .

  • Grades Markt 55, Brunnwirt, with frescoes by Switbert Lobisser

  • Lobisser fresco at Markt 55

Sports

  • SV Oberes Metnitztal (soccer)

Since it was founded in 1966, SV Oberes Metnitztal has played its home games in degrees. The SVOM is currently playing in 1st class C. The team experienced its high point so far when it made it through as champions of 1st class C (after the 2000/01 season) through the Lower League East into the Carinthian League and there up to and including 2006/07 played. However, it went back to 1st class just as quickly, relegation already took place in the 2007/08 season.

  • ASKÖ Grades / Metnitz (ice hockey)

Up until the 2010/11 season, ASKÖ Grades / Metnitz played its home games as part of the Carinthian ice hockey championship in Grades. At the beginning of the 2011/12 season, however, they switched to a new ice arena in Metnitz. The game is currently played in the Lower League East.

  • Tennis club grade

Founded in 1982, the Grades tennis club plays in the 3rd class KL3 E of the Carinthian tennis championship as part of a cooperation with the Metnitz tennis club.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  2. ^ Central Statistical Commission: Local Repertory of the Duchy of Carinthia. Based on the census of December 31, 1869. Carl Gerold's Sohn, Vienna 1872. p. 39.
  3. ^ KK Statistische Central-Commission (Ed.): Complete list of localities of the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrathe according to the results of the census of December 31, 1880. Alfred Hölder, Vienna 1882. P. 119.
  4. ↑ KK Statistische Central-Commission (Hrsg.): Local repertories of the kingdoms and countries represented in the Austrian Reichsrathe. Revised based on the results of the census of December 31, 1890. V. Carinthia. Alfred Hölder, Vienna 1894. p. 52.
  5. ↑ KK Central Statistical Commission (ed.): Community encyclopedia of the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrat. Revised based on the results of the census of December 31, 1900. V. Carinthia. KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1905. P. 68f.
  6. ^ Central Statistical Commission (ed.): Special locations repertory of the Austrian countries. Edited on the basis of the results of the census of December 31, 1910. V. Carinthia. Verlag der Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1918. p. 34.
  7. ^ Austrian Central Statistical Office: Directory of Austria. Edited on the basis of the results of the census of March 21, 1961. Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, 1965. p. 254.
  8. ↑ Austrian Central Statistical Office: Ortverzeichnis 1991, Volume 2. Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, 1993. S. 161.
  9. ^ Statistics Austria (Ed.): Local directory 2001 Carinthia. Vienna 2004. p. 115.
  10. ^ Office of the Carinthian Provincial Government, Provincial Statistical Office: Carinthian Local Directory. Territorial status January 1, 2014. Klagenfurt, 2014.
  11. ^ A b Carinthian regional archive: Grades, Markt.
  12. ^ Hermann Wiessner, Gerhard Seebach: Castles and palaces around Friesach, St. Veit, Wolfsberg. Birken-Verlag, Vienna, 2nd ext. Ed., 1977. p. 42.