Judendorf street angel

Judendorf-Straßengel (former municipality) Cadastral community Judendorf-Straßengel
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Graz-Umgebung  (GU), Styria
Judicial district	Graz-West
Coordinates	47 ° 7 '0 "  N , 15 ° 20' 43"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 7 '0 "  N , 15 ° 20' 43"  E
height	380  m above sea level A.
Residents of the stat. An H.	5843 (October 31, 2013)
Building status	1696 (2011 )
Area  d. KG	10.61 km²
Post Code	8111
prefix	+ 43/3124
Statistical identification
Community code	60664
Cadastral parish number	63238
Location of the former municipality in the Graz-Umgebung district
Independent municipality until the end of 2014 Source: STAT : Local directory ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

Judendorf-Straßengel is a cadastral municipality and former market municipality with 5843 inhabitants (as of October 31, 2013) in Styria, northwest of Graz in the Graz-Umgebung district . As part of the Styrian municipal structural reform , it has been merged with the municipalities of Gratwein , Eisbach and Gschnaidt since 2015 , the new municipality is called Marktgemeinde Gratwein-Straßengel . The basis for this is the Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG.

geography

Geographical location

Place view

Judendorf-Straßengel is located in western Styria , about five kilometers northwest of the provincial capital Graz. The market town was bordered in the east by the Mur , in the south by Generalkogel and Straßengelberg and in the west by the Kugelberg. In the north it had grown together with the neighboring community of Gratwein .

Community structure

The municipality comprised the following five localities, each qualified as a village (number of inhabitants in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Hundsdorf (513)
• Judendorf (1599)
• Kugelberg (305)
• Rotz (760)
• Street angel (2775)

The market community consisted of the only cadastral community Judendorf-Straßengel.

Neighboring communities by the end of 2014

Gratwein	Burr grain	Burr grain
Eisbach		Graz
Eisbach	Sankt Oswald near Plankenwarth	Thal

history

Pilgrimage Church of Maria Straßengel

Original steel engraving by Conrad Kreuzer

Around 860, one of the oldest documents in Austria mentions the Kirchberg as "ad Strazinolun". The name is probably derived from the Slavic “straza”, which could refer to a watchtower that is conveniently located here.

On June 11, 1147, Margrave Otakar III dedicated . the monastery Rein several towns Rotz, Straßengel and Jews village. These areas were cultivated by Reiner monks.

Settlements with the name Judendorf are mostly located on old trade routes that cross the Alps. Later on, cities and markets were usually founded in their vicinity. It is assumed that these Jewish villages are settlements of Jewish merchants who were intensively involved in the trade in goods in the early Middle Ages.

After the abolition of the manors, Judendorf, Straßengel, Rötz, Hundsdorf and Kugelberg belonged to the market town of Gratwein, which was constituted in 1849.

With the opening of the Mürzzuschlag - Graz section of the kk privileged southern railway on October 21, 1844, the Gratweiner / Gratkorner Basin also found its way into the "industrial revolution". As a result, economic companies settled in Judendorf, including a cement factory.

However, the people from Judendorf and street smackers owed their economic boom to the fact that the Graz upper class had seized this area as early as 1850. In particular, the Materleitner dynasty in Judendorf, which achieved incredible wealth due to its economic activities, then pursued separatist efforts, which resulted in the establishment of a hotel (1889), a cold water sanatorium (1894) and the “Styrian Park Sanatorium Dr. Feiler ”(1901) were strengthened. Judendorf-Straßengel, at that time one of the best-known health resorts of the monarchy, was finally separated from Gratwein and constituted in 1909 as an independent local community.

The upswing came to an abrupt end with the collapse of the monarchy and the associated loss of the economic hinterland. The community would almost have sunk into insignificance again, if not the health insurance of the Austrian. Bundesbahnen would have acquired the former park sanatorium Feiler.

After the Second World War, Judendorf-Straßengel developed more and more into a residential community and in 1981, 86% of the employees commuted from the community, which caused quite a few problems for the community as a communal "supply company". Above all, the lack of footpaths and cycle paths in town or a connection to the Mur cycle path to Graz is criticized by many parts of the population. After the insurance company of the Austrian. Railways shut down part of their special hospital in 1989, and in 1999 it was finally over. Intensive efforts made it possible to continue the tradition of Judendorf-Straßengel as a health resort or as a place of rest and relaxation. In the first closed part of the special hospital, the "Park Residence", a senior citizens' home, was built, and a modern rehabilitation center with a focus on neurology, orthopedics, oncology and children's rehabilitation was built on the area of ​​the last part that was closed.

In 2009, the main square around the community center was completely redesigned and officially opened on the occasion of the 100th anniversary.

politics

The result of the 2010 municipal council election resulted in the following distribution of mandates in the municipal council:

• 15 SPÖ
• 3 ÖVP
• 2 The Greens
• 1 FPÖ

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Gratwein-Straßengel

Pilgrimage church seen from the south

• The pilgrimage church Maria Straßengel was built in the middle of the 14th century and is one of the most important sacred buildings of the High Gothic in Austria. The filigree tower construction, which is reminiscent of that of the Freiburg Minster, is particularly remarkable .
• The former cement kiln is an industrial monument.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Despite its proximity to Graz, Judendorf-Straßengel is poorly connected to long-distance traffic, as the main roads are on the opposite side of the Mur . However, Graz itself can be reached directly via a state road . The closest motorway connection to the Pyhrn motorway A 9 is the Gratkorn junction (173), which is about eight kilometers away due to the missing Mur bridge in the municipality. The Grazer Straße B 67 is reached in about four kilometers.

In Judendorf-Straßengel there is a stop of the Südbahn with - at peak times  - half-hourly S-Bahn connections of the S1 line to Graz and Bruck an der Mur .

In 1893, the construction of a steam tramway leading from the Graz Südbahnhof via the left bank of the Mur, Unter-Andritz, Sankt Gotthard (t), Weinzödl and Sankt Stefan to Strassengel and Judendorf was considered by private individuals.

The Graz Airport is 30 km away.

The kinks in the route of the state road from Graz-Nord to Judendorf-Straßengel and further north to Gratwein allow this (right, western) side of the Mur to attract less traffic than the A 9 and the B 67 to the left of the Mur and so calm Judendorf-Straßengel. From the southern outskirts of the village, the cycle route “via Raach” leads to Graz-Gösting. As a cycle path, soon to be HR1 (main cycle route G / GU of the State of Styria) a little higher on the old railway line, via Graz- Raach (as a traffic-calmed sack road), ascending via the Plabutsch tunnel portal in the forest slope position again as a bike - Sidewalk (also open to mopeds), and a residential street to Gösting Castle Square .

At the same level as the village there is also on the right bank of the Mur and the works canal a piece of car-free bike-and-foot route (HR1 from Gratwein), a footbridge over the canal and the old bridge at the northwest corner of the paper mill, which is only open to cyclists and Is open to pedestrians. A planned continuation of this right bank route all the way to Kalvarienberg in Graz requires agreements with private owners.

Sporting events

• The Strassengler Run has been held in April since 2007. This 1.2 km and 4.7 km circuit has individual and relay competitions for runners and Nordic walkers with distances of 1.2 km, 2.4 km, 4.7 km and 9.4 km. For small children there is also a distance of 300 meters.
• In 2009 and 2015, Judendorf-Straßengel was the stage destination of the Tour of Austria .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1975: Norbert Monetti , Vice Mayor of Judendorf-Straßengel

Sons and daughters of the church

• Margaretha Obenaus (* 1931), SPÖ politician

Personalities associated with the community

• Adolf Fizia (1873–1932), Mayor of Graz 1917–1919
• Rudolf Hoernes (1850–1912), geologist and paleontologist
• Ernst Kortschak (1879–1957), Dept.

literature

• Ingo Mirsch: Market community Judendorf-Straßengel - The story , published by the market community, available from the local authority
• Ingo Mirsch: Judendorf in old views , publisher: European Library , ISBN 90-288-1346-2
• Marianne Gerstenberger: Maria Straßengel , publisher: Pfarramt

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State of Styria: Final population status on October 31, 2013 ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Excel file, 85 kB; accessed on May 2, 2015) 
2. ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
3. ↑ Section 3, Paragraph 3, Item 3 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 3.
4. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
5. ↑ http://www.klinik-judendorf.at/
6. ↑ http://www.styriagate.net/jnew/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=104%3Ahauptplatzeroeffnung-in-judendorf-strassengel&catid=1%3Aaktuelle-nachrichten&Itemid=50&lang=de
7. ↑ ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG: Kursbuch aktuell timetable picture 501 (accessed on May 19, 2009)
8. ↑ Communications. (...) Steam tram line Südbahnhof Graz-Judendorf. In:  Der Bautechniker , year 1893, No. 9, March 3, 1893 (XIII. Year), p. 140, center right, and p. 837 . (Online at ANNO ).
9. ↑ http://www.radland.steiermark.at/cms/beitrag/10864905/24321473/ Land Steiermark: main cycle routes including map (HR1 = red, wrongly unmarked) (accessed on December 19, 2010)
10. ↑ http://www.laufkalender24.at/veranstaltung/179155-10.-Strassengler-Lauf-30.04.2017-Judendorf-Strassengel.html
11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170409073348/http://www.weitra.gv.at/fileadmin/Ankuendigungen/Ankuendigungen_2015/OTour2015_Etappenpraesentation.pdf
12. ↑ Südost-Tagespost (August 10, 1975), p. 6.

Web links

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