Grosssteinbach

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Großsteinbach (disambiguation) .

Grosssteinbach
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Hartberg-Fürstenfeld
License plate :	HF (from 1.7.2013; old: FF)
Surface:	21.25 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 9 '  N , 15 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 9 '0 "  N , 15 ° 53' 0"  E
Height :	331  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,269 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	8265, 8264
Area code :	03386
Community code :	6 22 16
Address of the municipal administration:	Großsteinbach 62 8265 Großsteinbach
Website:	gemeinde-grosssteinbach.at
politics
Mayor :	Manfred Voit ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (15 members)	A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 13 FPÖ : 1 SPÖ : 1
Location of Großsteinbach in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district
Grosssteinbach
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Großsteinbach is a municipality with 1269 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the judicial district of Fürstenfeld and the political district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria .

geography

botany

Chess flower (Fritillaria meleagris)

The chess flower occurs in the whole of Styria only in the Großsteinbach area. It blooms in spring (usually around the spring full moon) for a short time and can be viewed in a meadow west of the town center. Picking the plant is strictly forbidden. The mountain and nature watch on site Großsteinbach is responsible for the nature reserve and is available for questions at the time of flowering.

Community structure

The community is divided into three cadastral communities or towns of the same name (area: as of December 31, 2017; population as of January 1, 2020):

• Großhartmannsdorf (855.42 ha; 338 Ew.)
• Großsteinbach (711.64 ha; 550 Ew.)
• Kroisbach (556.71 ha); Kroisbach an der Feistritz (381 Ew.)

Neighboring communities

The community borders on five neighboring communities, one of which is in the western district of Weiz  (WZ).

Feistritztal		Hartl
Gersdorf an der Feistritz (WZ)		* BW
	Ilz	Großwilfersdorf

* The municipality of Bad Waltersdorf apparently bordering to the east is separated from the Großsteinbach area by an approximately eight meter wide strip of the municipality of Großwilfersdorf.

history

The first written mention of Großsteinbach is in the Reiner Stiftsurbar from 1395. The "Stainpacher parish" was first mentioned in 1400.

1968 the union of the communities Großsteinbach, Großhartmannsdorf and Kroisbach to form the large community Großsteinbach.

For the history of the founding of Großhartmannsdorf see Schloss Feistritz .

Population development

Culture and sights

Großsteinbach parish church

See also:  List of listed objects in Großsteinbach

• Catholic parish church Großsteinbach hl. Magdalena
• Großsteinbach rectory
• Local chapel St. Johannes Nepomuk in Großhartmannsdorf
• Josefsäule and Mariensäule in Großsteinbach
• Local chapel St. Florian in Kroisbach

Economy and Infrastructure

There are numerous small businesses in the municipality, as well as a large dry construction company. An industrial park is available in the cadastral community of Großhartmannsdorf. In the community there is a day nursery and a kindergarten (maintainer parish Großsteinbach) as well as an elementary school and a middle school.

The tourist center is the recreational lake with a swimming area and a natural arena which is used for various events and weddings. There is a parking space for campers connected to the recreational lake.

In the KG Großsteinabch there is a sports center with two soccer fields, three asphalt tracks for stick sports and three tennis courts. In the KGs Großhartmannsdorf and Kroisbach there are pole sports facilities.

An event hall for concerts, weddings and other events is available in Großsteinbach.

politics

The municipal council has 15 members.

• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 1 FPÖ and 1 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 1 FPÖ and 1 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Styria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Styria 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 4 ZLG – Zukunftsliste Großsteinbach, 1 FPÖ and 1 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Styria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 1 FPÖ and 1 SPÖ.

mayor

• 2003–2019 Josef Rath (ÖVP)
• since 2019 Manfred Voit (ÖVP)

coat of arms

The coat of arms was awarded to the municipality by the Styrian state government with effect from August 1, 1966. It symbolizes the past and the eternal. The blazon reads:

"In a blue shield with a silver tinned and square shield base, a hovering bellflower made of silver and red ."

The crenellated wall refers to a report in the Herbersteiner Hand-Urbar (land register) from 1605. This states that there was once a Schlössl in the municipality: “A gorged Hölzl is in the Steinbach, called Hausgraben, inside the church, because there was a castle.” The chess flower , which is strictly protected and in Styria almost exclusively in the area von Großsteinbach occurs, is supposed to represent the eternal.

Großhartmannsdorf from the southwest

Community partnerships

The community Großsteinbach has had a partnership with the Bavarian community Obersinn since June 24, 2005. The chess flower is considered a connecting element. The partnership is maintained through visits every two years. The initiators of the partnership were Josef Rath (Großsteinbach) and Richard Stengelein (Obersinn).

Personalities

• Michael Josef Maister (1629–1696), provost of Pöllau Abbey
• Hans Neuner (* 1867 in Großsteinbach; † 1931), composer
• The professional soccer player Christian Falk (born April 1, 1987), currently with Rot-Weiß Erfurt ( 3rd German Soccer League ) comes from Kroisbach.

Honorary Citizen (since the parishes were merged in 1968)

• 1972 Karl Eberl, mayor
• 1972 Hugo Stitz, pastor
• 1972 Anton Peindl, economics councilor
• 1973 Friedrich Niederl, governor
• 1973 Josef Schrammel, member of the state parliament
• 1977 Josef Krainer, Provincial Councilor
• 1979 Anton Pelzmann, regional councilor
• 1982 Anton Schweighofer
• 1984 Karl Sturm, director of the elementary school
• 1988 Hermann Schaller, Provincial Councilor
• 1988 Franz Rossmann, director
• 1994 Karl Weber, mayor
• 1996 Hildegard Mild, community secretary
• Alfred Ackerl, Mayor

literature

• Anton J. Falk among others: Großsteinbach, Großhartmannsdorf, Kroisbach. History and present. Grosssteinbach 1998

Web links

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

• 62216 - Grosssteinbach. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Website of the community Großsteinbach

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Local council election 2020 - results Großsteinbach. orf.at , accessed on August 22, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying, Regional Information, reference date December 31, 2017, accessed on January 4, 2018
3. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
4. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Großsteinbach. State of Styria, March 13, 2005, accessed on August 28, 2020 . 
5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Großsteinbach. State of Styria, March 21, 2010, accessed on August 28, 2020 . 
6. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Großsteinbach. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on August 28, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Großsteinbach. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on August 28, 2020 . 
8. ^ Community Großsteinbach: The community coat of arms - origin and description , accessed on April 17, 2015
9. ↑ https://www.markt-obersinn.de/gemeinde/partnergemeinde/index.html
10. ^ Biography of Hans Neuner