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This article deals with the municipality in Styria. The Rostock district is called Groß Klein .

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coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Leibnitz
License plate :	LB
Surface:	27.72 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 44 '  N , 15 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 44 '11 "  N , 15 ° 26' 34"  E
Height :	319  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,256 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	8452, 8441, 8443, 8451, 8453, 8462
Area code :	03456
Community code :	6 10 13
Address of the municipal administration:	Big Small 120 8452 Big Small
Website:	www.grossklein.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Johann Hammer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (15 members)	9 3 2 1 9 3 2 1  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 9 ULG : 3 SPÖ : 2 FPÖ : 1
Location of Großklein in the Leibnitz district
View of Großklein from the Burgstall
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

This opened in 2012, the municipal office was Grossklein plans of the architect Ivo Pelnöcker built

Tschoneggerkogel tumulus in Großklein

Parish church hl. Georg in big small

Local chapel in Kleinklein

Bronze mask from Kleinklein, Hallstatt period

Großklein is a market town in the Leibnitz district , Styria , Austria with 2,256 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

For tourism , it is described as an idyllic community. It is located on the South Styrian Wine Route and thus at the entrance to the so-called Styrian Tuscany . The highest point in the municipality is 633  m above sea level. A. high Kreuzberg .

Community structure

On September 1, 1968, the small community was renamed Großklein.

The community consists of the cadastral communities (area 2001):

• Burgstall 122.94 ha,
• Gold 447.33 ha,
• Big Small 425.69 ha
• Mantrach 268.62 hectares,
• Mattelsberg 192.61 ha,
• Nestelbach 195.89 ha,
• Nestelberg near Großklein 499.34 ha and
• Oberfahrenbach 619.57 ha.

Localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020) in the municipality are:

• Burgstall (140)
• Gold (182)
• Big & Small (654)
• Mantra (365)
• Mattelsberg (214)
• Nestelbach (167)
• Nestelberg (338)
• Oberfahrenbach (196)

Other districts are Kleinklein and Wippelsach.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are: Leutschach an der Weinstrasse , Gamlitz , Gleinstätten , Heimschuh , Kitzeck im Sausal and Sankt Johann im Saggautal .

history

Place name

Until 1968 the community was called Klein , Großklein was one of the localities. To avoid confusion, the name Großklein has since been used for the entire community. In the 15th century, Großklein was known as Michel Klawn , while Kleinklein was known as Little Klawn . The place name Klein goes back to Slovenian roots and can be traced back to glina (clay) or kljun (beak, shaped like a hallway).

Population development

politics

mayor

Mayor of Großklein is the postal worker Johann Hammer (ÖVP).

The community board also includes the deputy mayor Josef Kolar (ÖVP) and the community treasurer Franz Knieli (ÖVP).

Head of office is Renate Tscheppe.

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 15 members. According to the result of the 2015 municipal council elections , this is composed as follows:

• 9 mandates ÖVP ,
• 2 mandates SPÖ ,
• 3 mandates independent list large and small
• 1 mandate FPÖ .

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2015			2010			2005			2000
	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.
ÖVP	844	56	9	836	59	9	895	63	10	1067	73	12
SPÖ	266	18th	2	482	34	5	445	31	05	0222	15th	02
FPÖ	125	08th	1	088	06th	1	083	06th	00	0104	07th	01
Independent list large small	279	18th	3	not running			not running			not running
The green	not running			not running			not running			0063	04th	0
Eligible voters	1.919			1,889			1,881			1,778
voter turnout	80%			75%			77%			83%

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded in 1969.
Description: "Black hill covered with a silver antique cinder
urn on the silver shield, two red roses floating above it" Legend: The urn stands for the Hallstatt-era Gau principality on the Burgstallkogel (an ancestor of the state capital). The roses for the Trautmannsdorfer, they owned Ottersbach Castle in Mantrach for a while. Meaning of the coat of arms: love overcomes death.

Tourism association

Together with Gleinstätten, Heimschuh, Kitzeck im Sausal, St. Andrä-Höch, St. Johann im Saggautal, St. Nikolai im Sausal and Tillmisch, the municipality forms the "Sulmtal Sausal - Südsteirisches Weinland" tourism association. Its seat is Kitzeck in Sausal.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Großklein

• Parish church hl. George and cemetery

Biomass heating plant in Großklein

Significant grave finds from the Hallstatt period were discovered in Kleinklein . During walks in the forests around Goldes one often comes across small to medium-sized hilltops, which under their layer of soil overgrown Hallstatt-era graves ( tumulus ) accommodate. The Hallstatt Museum presents finds and findings from the region from around five and a half millennia. They span a period from the Neolithic to the late Middle Ages.

The Burgstallkogel is seen as one of the most important sites of the older Iron Age. A hillside settlement was discovered on it, which is connected to a burial ground in the Sulmtal (Sulmtal necropolis ). There are around 700 grave sites (burial mounds) in it. Four rich princely graves were discovered on a river terrace near Kleinklein. They are included in the eastern Hallstatt district. The results of an excavation have been examined by an interdisciplinary research group.

traffic

Großklein is located south of Sulmtal Straße . The next train station is in Leibnitz . There are regular bus connections to Leibnitz and Leutschach , among others .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1978: Friedrich Niederl (1920–2012), Governor of Styria 1971–1980
• 1985: Josef Krainer (1930–2016), Governor of Styria 1980–1996

literature

• Markus Egg and Diether Kramer : Warriors - festivities - dead sacrifices. The last Prince of Hallstatt von Kleinklein in Styria (mosaic stones Volume 1) , Verlag des Römisch Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz, Mainz 2005, ISBN 978-3-7954-2142-7
• Leif Hansen: The tank grave in the Tschoneggerfranzl tumulus 2 near Kleinklein (Gem. Großklein, District Leibnitz) in western Styria . In: Yearbook of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum Mainz 54, 2007 (2010), pp. 173–215.

Web links

Commons : Großklein, Styria  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official community homepage
• Hallstatt period museum Großklein , community website

• 61013 - large small. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Chronicle of the market town Großklein
3. ↑ ^{a b} community Großklein: Parish Council (accessed on June 9, 2015)
4. ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 323. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 pp. 630-631.
5. ↑ Markus Egg, Diether Kramer: The Hallstatt-era princely graves of Kleinklein in Styria: the Kröllkogel . Monographs of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum Mainz RGZM, Volume 110. Schnell & Steiner Mainz 2013. ISBN 978-3-7954-2722-1 .
6. ^ Grenzlandbote (February 1978), p. 2.
7. ↑ Südost-Tagespost (September 17, 1985), p. 6.