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Coordinates: 46 ° 55 '  N , 15 ° 13'  E

Coat of arms of the former municipality of Greisdorf

Greisdorf is an area in western Styria . Until the end of 2014, Greisdorf was also a municipality with 966 inhabitants (as of 2014) in the Deutschlandsberg district ( Deutschlandsberg judicial district ) in Styria . On January 1, 2015, it was merged with the communities of St. Stefan ob Stainz and Gundersdorf as part of the Styrian community structural reform , the new community continues the name of St. Stefan ob Stainz.

geography

location

Greisdorf is located in the western Styrian hill country ( Stainz - Reinischkogel region ) and consists of the four villages of Greisdorf, Steinreib, Sommereben and Wald in western Styria. The most famous river in the community is the Stainzbach .

Community structure

Greisdorf consists of the cadastral communities Greisdorf and Steinreib. The districts of Steinreib, Niedergrail, Hochgrail and Greisbach only came to the municipality of Greisdorf on January 1st, 1968 as part of the consolidation of the municipalities (as parts of the former municipality of Wald in West Styria). The original name of this community, Wald, was changed to Wald in Weststeiermark on June 1, 1951 .

Greisdorf comprises the following four localities (population in brackets as of October 31, 2011):

  • Greisdorf (462)
  • Summer vines (210)
  • Stone grater (313)
  • Forest in West Styria (34)

Neighboring places

Ligist
Precious scrap Neighboring communities Gundersdorf
Marhof St. Stefan

history

The name Greisdorf is derived (like Grail, Gralla, Crailsheim) from an old high German nickname C (h) rowil or from ahd.chrouwil 'tool for scratching', 'fork with bent prongs'.

In Sommereben, on the Glaserwiese at the Klugbauer inn, an almost 400-year-old glass manufacturing company was uncovered by the Archeo Norico Deutschlandsberg Castle Museum. The company, whose factory hall was about 240 m², belonged to the Stainz Abbey ; it was closed around 1658. Two melting crucibles, furnace ventilation, ash fall, mixing bunk and cooling furnace have been preserved, and part of the original larch wood floor can also be seen. One of the crucibles is approximately 35 × 35 cm. The plant is described as the best preserved glass furnace in Central Europe. In the 17th century there are several glass manufacturing companies in the Greisdorf area, for example the farmer Leski acquired a glassworks in 1693, for which he paid interest until 1732. Plots called Gloserwiese are at the Klugbauer farm, where remains of the facility were exposed in 2011/12, and at the farm vlg. Klughiasl (Konradwiese, Klughansl) documents where the outlines of glass furnaces and company buildings are visible.

The Mass Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Sommereben was built in 1811. On the dried up stream bed below it, a place is known as a "sunken chapel". It is believed that there was a pre-Christian water sanctuary there . The church building was renovated in 2019 and inaugurated on July 7, 2019. The Kohlweg is a reminder of the charcoal production in the area, whose coal was used for the hammer mills in Ligist. On Kohlweg there is a grave site from the 3rd century AD. A path to the property vlg. Klugbauer is designed as a brush path: this type of path has a surface made of small, vertical stone slabs. The construction ensures that water (e.g. during heavy thunderstorms) can run off quickly without destroying the surface of the path. Layers of vertically placed stone slabs (stone brushes) were used as a substructure for streets in Central Europe until the 20th century.

The Hahnhofhütte is the successor to the Hahnhof from 1820, which burned down in 1945. It was named after the capercaillie living in the area .

Location of the former municipality of Greisdorf in the Deutschlandsberg district with the municipality boundaries until the end of 2014

About a dozen people from Greisdorf were also involved in the National Socialist July coup in 1934. They had gathered at the chapel in Sommereben on July 25th and then, led by two teachers from the Sommerebnerschule, marched to St. Stefan and from there to Stainz. Some of them took part late in the evening in the second attempt initiated by Stainz to storm the gendarmerie post in Gams . When this failed too, the NS-Stosstrupp, to which the Sommerebner belonged, disarmed a three-man road safety device of the Heimwehr on July 26 at around 0.15 a.m. on their way to Frauental near the porcelain factory and took the men hostage. To help their comrades, a home guard station stationed in the china factory rushed up and was shot at by the National Socialists, and their commander was killed. After this tragic incident, the National Socialists drove back to Stainz, taking their prisoners with them.

Greisdorf belongs to the parish of St. Stefan ob Stainz.

population

Population structure

According to the 2001 census, the Greisdorf area had 1,055 inhabitants. 99.2% of the population had Austrian citizenship. 90.6% of the population committed themselves to the Roman Catholic Church , 3.5% were Protestants , 4.5% without religious beliefs.

Population development

Greisdorf has seen its population decline since the end of the 19th century. With the exception of brief growth or stabilization phases, the population fell continuously from 1310 (1869) to 1027 (2011).

Population distribution 2001
Greisdorf 472
Stone rub 321
Summer vines 236
Forest in western Styria 026th


Culture and sights

See also: List of listed objects in Sankt Stefan ob Stainz

Wayside shrine at the Dornermühle

In Greisdorf there are a number of hiking trails that connect cultural sights, such as the remains of the glassworks at the Klugbauer and at the Dornermühle in the Klughanslwald. At the Dornermühle, at 1045 m above sea level, there is a wayside shrine in a rarely occurring pentagonal shape. This wayside shrine is made entirely of wood, it is about 110 cm high and 100 cm wide. 79 crosses, wayside shrines and smaller chapels are documented for the community.

Greisdorf is part of the “Schilcherland Stainz-Reinischkogel” tourism association, which covers the communities of Stainz , Greisdorf, Marhof , Sankt Stefan ob Stainz , Gundersdorf , Georgsberg , St. Josef , Rassach and Stainztal . Particular attention is paid to the cultivation of Schilcher grapes.

Economy and Infrastructure

According to the 2001 census of workplaces, there are 28 workplaces with 99 employees in Greisdorf as well as 334 out-commuters and 43 in-commuters. The most important employer in Greisdorf is the hotel and restaurant sector. There are 114 agricultural and forestry holdings (34 of which are the main occupation), which together manage 1,660 hectares (1999).

The elementary school in Sommereben was closed in summer 2013 after 202 years. It was founded in 1811 with six children, and lessons were initially held in the Greger farmers' club. A first school building was built in 1846, and in 1872 the school was granted public rights. At peak times it had 120 students, in 1999/2000 there were 43, in the last school year only nine (five of them in the fourth and final grade and four in the second grade). The longest-serving school directors were Gert Langusch 1965–1980 and Othmar Haiden 1981–2010.

politics

Municipal council

In the municipality of Greisdof the ÖVP had a comfortable absolute majority with 76.50% in the elections to the municipal council. Compared to the 2005 elections, it was able to gain 11.69% and two seats. The rest was due to the SPÖ.

coat of arms

The municipality of Greisdorf was given the right to use a municipal coat of arms on November 4, 1985. It shows a golden press spindle on a blue background.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

literature

  • Andreas Bernhard: Find report. In: Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Find reports from Austria. (FÖ) Volume 50, year 2011. Vienna 2012. ISSN  0429-8926 , ZDB -ID 213982-0 . Pages 382-385. (Excavation report with drawing of the glass furnace at the Klugbauer glassworks)
  • Konrad Moser: Greisdorf. Self-published by the municipality of Greisdorf in 1994, no ISBN.
  • Monika Müller: The peasantry in the judicial district of Stainz in the historical-economic change of the 19th and 20th centuries. Diploma thesis at the University of Graz 1988, no ISBN. Pages 133-143.
  • Karl Dudek: Glass ovens from Stainz Monastery. (Cover title) The high penal glass ovens from the Augustinian canons of Stainz. (Inside title). Self-published by Stainz 2011. No ISBN. (Brochure with CD-ROM, cadastral and map representations of the glassworks ruins and their surroundings.)

Web links

Commons : Greisdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Historical maps

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Announcement of the Styrian state government of September 26, 2013 on the union of the communities of Greisdorf, Gundersdorf and Sankt Stefan ob Stainz, all political district of Deutschlandsberg. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of October 14, 2013. No. 98, 28th issue. Pp. 554-555.
  2. ↑ Law of December 18, 1967 on territorial changes of municipalities , Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of December 29, 1967, Part 26, No. 138. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 188.
  3. ↑ Announcement of May 16, 1951 , State Law Gazette for Styria of December 28, 1959, Issue 13, No. 37, p. 114.
  4. ↑ Statistics Austria, register census from October 31, 2011
  5. ↑ Fritz Lochner von Hüttenbach: The names Grail, Gralla, Greisdorf and related things. In: Blätter für Heimatkunde. Published by the Historical Association for Styria. 68th year. Issue 3 Graz 1994. ISSN  0006-4459 , ZDB -ID 502237-x . Pages 96-97.
  6. ↑ Spectacular find on the Reinischkogel: Well-preserved glass furnace from 1635. In: Weekly newspaper Weststeirische Rundschau . August 26, 2011, 84th year No. 34. ZDB -ID 2303595-X . Page 14.
  7. ^ Andreas Bernhard: Find report, pages 382–385.
  8. ↑ Unique in Central Europe: Almost 400 years old glass furnace in Sommereben. In: Weekly newspaper Weststeirische Rundschau . October 7, 2011, Volume 84, No. 40. Page 10.
  9. ^ Daily newspaper Kleine Zeitung . September 16, 2011. Part of southern and western Styria. Pages 28–29. (.pdf; 1.6 MB) ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2014 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. Remnants of the wall led to Waldglashütte (website) . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schilcherland.com
  10. ↑ a b c Six hours of walking for 3500 years of history. In: Weekly newspaper Weststeirische Rundschau . May 4, 2012, Volume 85, No. 18. Page 14 (report on a tour with the regional researcher Karl Dudek).
  11. ^ Dudek: Glass furnaces. P. 2.
  12. ↑ Moser, Greisdorf, pages 99 and 152.
  13. ^ Renovated summer vine chapel blessed again at the Festival of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary. In: Weekly newspaper Weststeirische Rundschau . July 19, 2019, Volume 92, No. 29, page 12.
  14. ↑ Gerald Fuchs, Ingo Mirsch: The forerunners of the S 35 Brucker Schnellstraße . Traffic routes between Graz and Bruck an der Mur in Styria. Find reports from Austria, material booklets. Series A (FÖMat A), special issue 14th published by the Federal Monuments Office , Department of Ground Monuments . ISSN as stated in the book 1993-1271 (wrong, correct ISSN  1993-1255 ), ZDB -ID 273065-0 . Vienna 2011. p. 65.
  15. ↑ See: Gerald M. Wolf: "Now we are the gentlemen ..." The NSDAP in the Deutschlandsberg district and the July Putsch 1934 (= Grazer Zeitgeschichtliche Studien, Volume 3) StudienVerlag, Innsbruck-Vienna-Bozen 2008. ISBN 978-3 -7065-4006-3 , ZDB -ID 2261424-2 . Page 156 f. and 183 (death list).
  16. ↑ Winfried Bräunlich, Dieter Weiss: Signs on the way. Small religious monuments in the communities of Greisdorf, Marhof and Stainz. Stainz 2010. Simadruck, ISBN 978-3-9501165-6-4 . P. 17.
  17. ↑ Brownish, white: characters. Pp. 15-63.
  18. ↑ Weststeirische Rundschau No. 27 and 28, year 2013 (July 5 and 12, 2013). 86th year. ZDB -ID 2303595-X . Page 13 or 16.