Kapfenstein

Kapfenstein
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Southeast Styria
License plate :	SO (from 1.7.2013; old: FB)
Surface:	28.59 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 53 '  N , 15 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 53 '7 "  N , 15 ° 58' 31"  E
Height :	300  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,558 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	54 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	8353, 8344, 8350
Area code :	+43 3157
Community code :	6 23 32
Address of the municipal administration:	Kapfenstein 123 8353 Kapfenstein
Website:	www.kapfenstein.at
politics
Mayor :	Ferdinand Groß ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (15 members)	11 4th 11 4th  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 11 SPÖ : 4
Location of Kapfenstein in the district of Southeast Styria
Kapfenstein with castle, church and vineyard
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Kapfenstein Castle from the south

View of Kapfenstein from the east

Gutendorf

Kapfenstein is a municipality with 1558 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the south-east of Styria in the district of Southeast Styria .

Wilma Kellner-Weg (2019)

geography

Geographical location

Kapfenstein is about 45 km as the crow flies, but at least 66 km south-east of Graz and about 10 km south-east of the district capital Feldbach in the eastern Styrian hill country .

Community structure

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

• Gutendorf (166)
• Haselbach (171)
• Kapfenstein (443)
• Koelldorf (258)
• Mahrensdorf (162)
• Neustift (228)
• Pichla (130)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Gutendorf, Haselbach, Kapfenstein, Kölldorf, Mahrensdorf, Neustift bei Kapfenstein and Pichla.

Together with Bad Gleichenberg, the community forms the “Region Bad Gleichenberg” tourism association. Its seat is the municipality of Bad Gleichenberg.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1951, the communities of Kölldorf and Neustift were merged with Kapfenstein, and on January 1, 1969, Mahrensdorf and Kapfenstein.

Neighboring communities

Feldbach	Fehring	Mühlgraben district Jennersdorf ( Burgenland )
Bad Gleichenberg	Sankt Anna am Aigen	Neuhaus am Klausenbach District Jennersdorf ( Burgenland )

history

The Kink family came from the Mahrensdorf district and were on board the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912 . While Anton Kink, his German wife Luise Kink-Heilmann and daughter Luise Gretchen survived in lifeboat number 2, Kink's siblings Vinzenz and Maria died in the sinking of the Titanic.

Population development

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Kapfenstein

• Kapfenstein Castle : The castle stands in the middle of the village on an extinct volcanic cone and was first mentioned in a document in 1065. For many centuries, the fortress was one of those fortified castles in eastern Styria that protected Styria and the neighboring Austrian crown lands from the onslaught of the Magyars , Turks and Kuruc . At first Kapfenstein was owned by the Caphensteiners, then it belonged to the Walseern, Weisseneggern, Lengheim and the Piebetz family. In 1898 the estate finally came into the possession of the Winkler-Hermaden family, who are still the owners today.
• Catholic parish church Kapfenstein hl. Nicholas stands on a hillside south below the castle.
• On Christmas Eve 1937, the then seven-year-old Kapfensteiner Wilhelmine Kellner reportedly saw the Christ Child in a forest belonging to the community . Her grandson, journalist and author Ewald Wurzinger , published the story in 2017 in the children's book Wilma und das Christkind by Paramon Verlag. In 2019, a path was named after Kellner in the community.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 15 members.

• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2005, the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ, and 5 Kapfenstein active.
• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, and 5 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, and 4 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Styria 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.

mayor

• until 2010 Franz Nell (ÖVP)
• since 2011 Ferdinand Groß (ÖVP)

coat of arms

The municipal
coat of arms was awarded with effect from October 1, 1990. Description of the coat of arms: A golden rafter in black, each leg triple green.

Personalities

Honorary citizen of the community

• 2011: Franz Nell, former mayor of Kapfenstein
• Josef Greiner (1931–2018), pastor of Kapfenstein 1999–2002

Web links

Commons : Kapfenstein  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 62332 - Kapfenstein. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• http://www.kapfenstein.at

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. 315. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 628.
3. ↑ Statistics Austria: dissolutions or associations of municipalities from 1945
4. ↑ The monarchy goes to , website www.profil.at, accessed on July 26, 2019
5. ↑ Diary discovered: Grazer survived downfall , website www.heute.at, accessed on July 26, 2019
6. ^ Encyclopedia Titanica: Mr Anton Kink , website www.encyclopedia-titanica.org, accessed on July 26, 2019
7. ^ Encyclopedia Titanica: Mrs Luise Kink-Heilmann , website www.encyclopedia-titanica.org, accessed on July 26, 2019
8. ^ Encyclopedia Titanica: Miss Luise Gretchen Kink-Heilmann , website www.encyclopedia-titanica.org, accessed on July 26, 2019
9. ^ Encyclopedia Titanica: Mr Vincenz Kink , website www.encyclopedia-titanica.org, accessed on July 26, 2019
10. ^ Encyclopedia Titanica: Miss Maria Kink , website www.encyclopedia-titanica.org, accessed on July 26, 2019
11. ↑ https://www.kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/5335617/Sichtung-in-Kapfenstein_Warum-das-Christkind-aus-der-Steiermark-kommen
12. ↑ Municipality of Kapfenstein: Municipal Council (accessed on May 15, 2015)
13. ↑ My week of March 11, 2015: Ferdinand Groß, ÖVP (accessed May 15, 2015)
14. ↑ Communications from the Styrian State Archives 41, 1991, p. 33