Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing

market community

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Styria

Political District :

Leibnitz

License plate :

LB

Surface:

18.72 km²

Coordinates :

46 ° 52 ' N , 15 ° 35' E Coordinates: 46 ° 52 '12 " N , 15 ° 34' 48" E

Height :

319 m above sea level A.

Residents :

1,551 (January 1, 2020)

Postal code :

8413

Area code :

03183

Community code :

6 10 55

NUTS region

AT225

UN / LOCODE

AT SGT

Address of the
municipal administration:

Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing 64
8413 Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing

Website:

www.st-georgen-stiefing.steiermark.at

politics

Mayor :

Wolfgang Neubauer ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : (2015)
(15 members)

11

2

11 2 2

A total of 15 seats

ÖVP : 11
SPÖ : 2
FPÖ : 2

Location of Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing in the Leibnitz district

Castle and parish church of St. Georgen an der Stiefing

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

The rectory built in 1778

Neudorf Castle with Marienkapelle in Hart

Allamühle on the Stiefing

Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing is a market town with 1551 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Leibnitz district in the Austrian state of Styria . Since January 2015, as part of the municipal structural reform, it has been expanded to include the cadastral municipality of Hart and some other properties from the previously existing municipality of Stocking .

geography

Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing is located east of the Mur on the northeast edge of the Leibnitzer Feld in Styria.

Community structure

The municipal area comprises eleven localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Alla (27)
Baldau (154)
Gerbersdorf (45)
Hart near Wildon (131)
Kurzragnitz (118)
Lappach (106)
Neudorf (246)
Prentern (24)
Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing (580)
Stepping (73)
Stiefingberg (47)

The community consists of three cadastral communities Hart, Lappach and St. Georgen an der Stiefing.

structure

Cadastral communities	Locations in the municipality
Hart (4.85 km²) Lappach (2.07 km²) St. Georgen an der Stiefing (11.80 km²)	Alla (D) Baldau (R) Baldauberg (ZH) Steinfeld (R) Gerbersdorf (ZH) Hart bei Wildon (D) Kurzragnitz (ZH) Farm field (R) Lappach (R) Neudorf (R) Aframberg (R) Long field (R) Prentern (ZH) Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing (M) Stiefing (D) Stiefingberg (R)
Legend

Legend for the breakdown table

In the cadastral municipalities column , all cadastral municipalities of a municipality are listed. In the brackets the respective area is given in km².

All settlements recorded by Statistics Austria, which also have their own local area code, are listed in the Localities column . In the hierarchy level of the same column, indented to the right, only settlements that consist of at least several houses are shown.

The most important of the abbreviations used are:

M = capital of the municipality
Stt = district
R = Rotte
W = hamlet
D = village
ZH = scattered houses
Sdlg = settlement
Hgr = group of houses
E = single farmstead (only if you have your own local area code)

The complete list of Statistics Austria is in: Topographical settlement identification according to STAT

It should be noted that some places can have different spellings. Thus, cadastral communities can spell themselves differently than localities or communities of the same name.

Source: Statistics Austria -

Neighboring communities

Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing has four neighboring communities, all of which are in the Leibnitz district.

	All Saints' Day at Wildon
Wildon		Schwarzautal
	Ragnitz

history

The parish church was mentioned in a document as early as 1147. Together with the castle, it forms a structural ensemble.

The local community as an autonomous body was established in 1850. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community came to the Reichsgau Steiermark, 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

Culture and sights

politics

mayor

Wolfgang Neubauer (ÖVP), who had already acted as mayor until December 31, 2014 and from January 1, 2015, led the business of the merged community as government commissioner , was re-elected mayor at the constituent meeting of the local council on April 17, 2015.

The community board also includes the deputy mayor Franz Egger (ÖVP) and the community treasurer Elfriede Obendrauf (ÖVP).

The head of office is Monika Pletzl.

Municipal council

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

11 mandates ÖVP ,
2 mandates SPÖ and
2 mandates FPÖ .

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:
Political party	2015			2010			2005			2000
Political party	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.
ÖVP	648	67	11	598	80	12	356	52	8th	463	70	11
SPÖ	164	17th	02	146	20th	03	332	48	7th	109	16	02
FPÖ	154	16	02	not running			not running			090	14th	02
Eligible voters	1,260			931			943			861
voter turnout	77%			81%			75%			78%

coat of arms

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

Description of the coat of arms: "In blue, silver, St. George on horseback with a lance killing a dragon lying on his back."

Personalities

Honorary citizen

1966: Franz Wegart (1918–2009), Provincial Councilor
1982: Josef Krainer (1930–2016), governor
2017: Bruno Neubauer, Commander of the St. Georgen Volunteer Fire Brigade

Sons and daughters of the church

Amalie Materna (1844–1918), opera singer
Eugen Baron Binder von Krieglstein (1873–1914), war correspondent and travel writer

Individual evidence

↑ Section 5, Paragraph 3, Item 1 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 5.
↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
↑ ^a ^b ^c St. Georgen an der Stiefing parish : parish councils (accessed on June 13, 2015)