Gratwein

Gratwein (former municipality) locality Cadastral community of Gratwein
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Graz-Umgebung  (GU), Styria
Judicial district	Graz-West
Coordinates	47 ° 7 '46 "  N , 15 ° 19' 4"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 7 '46 "  N , 15 ° 19' 4"  E
height	392  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	3641 (January 1, 2020)
Building status	967 (2011 )
Area  d. KG	4.57 km²
Post Code	8112 Gratwein
prefix	+ 43/3124 (Gratkorn)
Statistical identification
Community code	60664
Locality code	14939
Cadastral parish number	63223
Counting district / district	Gratwein-Nord Gratwein-Süd (60664 000/001)
Independent municipality until the end of 2014 Source: STAT : Local directory ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

Gratwein is a village and former market town with 3641 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Styria northwest of Graz in the Graz-Umgebung district and the Graz-West judicial district . As part of the Styrian community structural reform , it was merged with the communities of Judendorf-Straßengel , Eisbach and Gschnaidt in 2015 , the new community bears the name Gratwein-Straßengel . The basis for this is the Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG.

geography

Geographical location

Location of the former municipality in the Graz-Umgebung district

Gratwein is located on the western (right) bank of the Mur across from Gratkorn about ten kilometers northwest of the provincial capital Graz. Gratwein has grown together with Judendorf . The Schirningbach flows through the town center .

geology

Gratwein is located in the Gratkorner Basin , which opens to the West Styrian Riedelland and forms a widening of the Murtal.

Former neighboring communities

Eisbach		Burr grain
	Judendorf street angel

history

Population development

year	Pop.	year	Pop.
1869	721	1880	793
1890	1,182	1900	1,299
1910	1,499	1923	1,497
1934	1,665	1939	1,754
1951	2,083	1961	2,515
1971	2,758	1981	3,108
1991	3,272	2001	3,525

Gratwein around 1830, Lith. Institution JF Kaiser, Graz

The local communities as autonomous corporations came into being after the abolition of the manorial lords in 1850. The cadastral communities of Judendorf, Straßengel, Rötz, Hundsdorf and Kugelberg were also part of the market community of Gratwein.

From 1860 Judendorf-Straßengel developed into one of the most famous health resorts of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, eventually separated from Gratwein and became an independent local community in 1909.

politics

Municipal office in Gratwein

Municipal council

The municipal council consisted of 21 members and, since the municipal council election in 2010, has consisted of mandates from the following parties:

• 14 SPÖ - introduced the mayor
• 3 ÖVP - presented the deputy mayor
• 3 FPÖ
• 1 my Gratwein

mayor

Mayor was Gerald Murlasits (SPÖ) from 2009 to the end of 2014.

Culture and sights

Parish church of Gratwein

See also:  List of listed objects in Gratwein-Straßengel

• Parish Church of St. Rupert

Sports

• EC Ruffnecks Gratwein ( ice hockey ), the club founded in 2003, plays in the Styrian national league
• GSV RB Gratwein ( soccer )

traffic

Due to its proximity to Graz, Gratwein is very well connected in terms of transport. The area is not directly on one of the main roads, but on the main road from Gratkorn to Eisbach . Via this connection, Grazer Straße B 67 can be reached in around two kilometers. The closest junctions to the Pyhrn Autobahn A 9 are Deutschfeistritz (165) around eight kilometers away in the north and Gratkorn (173) around six kilometers away in the south.

The Gratwein-Gratkorn train station is located in the former municipality and provides access to the Austrian Southern Railway with hourly S-Bahn connections (S1) to Graz and Bruck an der Mur .

The Graz Airport is about 28 km away.

Sons and daughters of the former parish

• Anton Wolfradt (1582–1639), President of the Court Chamber, Cistercian, Abbot of Kremsmünster and Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Vienna, was pastor of Gratwein from 1609 to 1612
• Gottfried Prabitz (1926–2015), Austrian sculptor
• Othmar Krenn (1952–1998), Austrian artist, creator of the “Art Train”, born in Gratwein
• Gundis Zámbó (* 1966), German actress and television presenter, born in Gratwein
• Clemens Maria Schreiner (* 1989), Austrian cabaret artist, lives in Gratwein
• Christian Scherübl (* 1994), Austrian swimmer, European junior champion, born in Gratwein

Web links

Commons : Gratwein  - 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. ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
3. ↑ Section 3, Paragraph 3, Item 3 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 3.