Sankt Andrä-Höch

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sankt Andrä-Höch
coat of arms Austria map
Coat of arms of Sankt Andrä-Höch
Sankt Andrä-Höch (Austria)
Sankt Andrä-Höch
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Styria
Political District : Leibnitz
License plate : LB
Main town : Sankt Andrä im Sausal
Surface: 20.63 km²
Coordinates : 46 ° 48 '  N , 15 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 47 '33 "  N , 15 ° 22' 46"  E
Height : 356  m above sea level A.
Residents : 1,727 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes : 8444, 8441, 8442, 8443, 8505, 8521, 8522
Area code : 03456, 03457, 03185
Community code : 6 10 30
Address of the
municipal administration:
St. Andrä iS 74
8444 St. Andrä im Sausal
Website: www.st-andrae-hoech.at
politics
Mayor : Rudolf Stiendl ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2020)
(15 members)
10
3
1
1
10 
A total of 15 seats
  • ÖVP : 10
  • Team St. Andrä-Höch : 3
  • SPÖ : 1
  • FPÖ : 1
Location of Sankt Andrä-Höch in the Leibnitz district
Allerheiligen bei Wildon Arnfels Ehrenhausen an der Weinstraße Empersdorf Gabersdorf Gamlitz Gleinstätten Gralla Großklein Heiligenkreuz am Waasen Heimschuh Hengsberg Kitzeck im Sausal Lang Lebring-Sankt Margarethen Leibnitz Leutschach an der Weinstraße Oberhaag Ragnitz Sankt Andrä-Höch Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing Sankt Johann im Saggautal Sankt Nikolai im Sausal Sankt Veit in der Südsteiermark Schwarzautal Straß in Steiermark Tillmitsch Wagna Wildon SteiermarkLocation of the municipality of Sankt Andrä-Höch in the Leibnitz district (clickable map)
About this picture
Template: Infobox municipality in Austria / maintenance / site plan image map
Parish Church of St. Andrä im Sausal
Parish Church of St. Andrä im Sausal
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria
Harrachegg Castle
Neudorf local chapel

Sankt Andrä-Höch is a wine-growing - community with 1,727 inhabitants (1 January 2020) in the southwest of Styria in the district of Leibnitz .

geography

Sankt Andrä-Höch is approx. 35 km south of Graz and approx. 15 km west of the district capital Leibnitz in the Sausal Wine Route region . The community covers an area of ​​2061 hectares from 318 m above sea level up to the 671 m high Demmerkogel .

Community structure

On January 1, 1969, the previously independent communities Brünngraben, Höch and Neudorf im Sausal were combined with Sankt Andrä im Sausal to form the new community Sankt Andrä-Höch.

Since then, the community has been made up of the following eight cadastral communities :

  • Brünngraben (area 232 ha )
  • Fantsch (206 ha)
  • Höch (332 ha)
  • Neudorf im Sausal (299 ha)
  • Reith (137 ha)
  • Rettenberg (351 ha)
  • Sausal-Kerschegg (146 ha) and
  • St. Andrä im Sausal (358 ha)

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

Neighboring communities

Wettmannstätten Sankt Nikolai im Sausal
Great Saint Florian Neighboring communities
Gleinstätten Kitzeck in Sausal

history

In 970, Emperor Otto I gave the Sausal forest (Forestum susil) to Archbishop Friedrich von Salzburg. The sweet valleys (dulces valles) were mentioned for the first time in 977, and sweet valleys is the medieval name for the western Sausal hill country, which roughly corresponds to the present-day municipality of St. Andrä-Höch.

In 1168, pastor Konrad von St. Florian acquired the landscape of the sweet valleys from Archbishop Adalbert of Salzburg.

The fact that Sausal has belonged to the West Styrian property of the Salzburg Archdiocese for more than six centuries has brought this mountainous region a fundamental change in its original landscape. This epoch ended in the 16th century. In 1595 Archbishop Wolf Dietrich gave his Leibnitz rule to Bishop Martin Brenner from Seckau. The diocese of Seckau has thus also become the landlord of the eastern part of Sausal and has remained so.

Population development

Culture and sights

  • Parish Church of St. Andrä im Sausal
  • Sausal wine and culture cellar in Harrachegg Castle
  • world's largest folding net
  • Lookout on the Demmerkogel
  • Butterfly meadow of the Austrian Nature Conservation Youth on Demmerkogel
  • Wine and game nature trail and Hubertus grotto
  • numerous designated hiking trails
  • lovingly tended chapels and wayside crosses
  • Weinhügel, Kellerstöckl and wineries
  • Fishing ponds and riding opportunities, with the Trifthansl pond in particular known far beyond the borders for its capital catfish and carp

societies

The following associations are active in the municipality:

  • Volunteer firefighter
  • Traditional costume band St. Andrä iS
  • Sausal singing circle
  • Farmers' union
  • Association of Styrian Rural Youth
  • Austrian women's movement
  • Catholic women's movement in Austria
  • Sausal wine and culture cellar, culture and leisure association (SWK)
  • Viticulture Association
  • Tourist association
  • Parish Councilor
  • Fishing Association Trifthanslteich
  • Ice rifle club
  • Sausalerland riding club
  • Moser football club
  • Senior club
  • Pensioners' Association
  • Austrian Comradeship Association
  • Austrian Association of War Victims

Economy and Infrastructure

Pfarrhof St. Andrä im Sausal

Viticulture and tourism are the main economic bases of the municipality.

tourism

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

education

  • Kindergarten in Höch
  • Elementary school in Höch - meanwhile a meeting center, the school was closed
  • Primary school in St. Andrä iS

politics

The municipal council consists of 15 members. According to the result of the 2020 municipal council elections , this is composed as follows:

  • 10 mandates ÖVP ,
  • 3 mandates for the St. Andrä-Höch team,
  • 1 SPÖ and
  • 1 FPÖ .
The last municipal council elections brought the following results:
Political party 2020 2015 2010 2005 2000
Sti. % M. Sti. % M. Sti. % M. Sti. % M. Sti. % M.
ÖVP 634 64 10 576 48 8th 681 60 10 689 62 10 614 56 9
SPÖ 100 10 1 169 14th 2 281 25th 04th 328 29 04th 387 35 5
FPÖ 74 7th 1 164 14th 2 117 10 01 097 09 01 097 09 1
Team St. Andrä-Höch 190 19th 3 285 24 3 not running not running not running
List Fauland not running not running 065 06th 00 not running not running
Eligible voters 1,501 1,522 1,503 1,476 1,407
voter turnout 68% 79% 77% 77% 79%

mayor

  • since 1999 Rudolf Stiendl (ÖVP)

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from August 1, 1994.

Description of the coat of arms : "In green a silver St. Andrew's cross bordered with red thread inside, a leafy grape growing out of the shield edges into the fields."

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • Friedrich Treschmitzer († 2019), Mayor of St. Andrä-Höch 1969–1984

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

Commons : Sankt Andrä-Höch  - 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. ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 323. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 pp. 630-631.
  3. ^ Parish of St. Andrä-Höch: [ parish council ] (accessed on June 12, 2015)
  4. ^ Announcements from the Styrian State Archives 47, 1997, p. 39 (PDF; 2.4 MB)