Kalsdorf near Graz

market community Kalsdorf near Graz
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Graz area
License plate :	GU
Surface:	15.16 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 58 '  N , 15 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 57 '58 "  N , 15 ° 28' 54"  E
Height :	324  m above sea level A.
Residents :	7,572 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	8401
Area code :	03135
Community code :	6 06 24
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptplatz 1 8401 Kalsdorf near Graz
Website:	kalsdorf-graz.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Manfred Komericky ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (2020) (25 members)	A total of 25 seats SPÖ : 14 ÖVP : 9 GREEN : 1 FPÖ : 1
Location of Kalsdorf bei Graz in the Graz-Umgebung district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Kalsdorf bei Graz is a market town with 7572 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) south of Graz in Styria in the Graz-Umgebung district . It is one of the fastest growing and economically strongest municipalities in Styria.

geography

Geographical location

Kalsdorf is about 13 km south of the provincial capital Graz an der Mur between the Kalsdorfer Au and the Grazer Feld . The community belongs to western Styria .

Community structure

The municipality is divided into five localities (number of inhabitants in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Forest (376) including Schachenwald
• Grosssulz (1283)
• Kalsdorf near Graz (5621) including the Lasa settlement
• Small brine (52)
• Thalerhof (240)

The community consists of three cadastral communities (area as of December 31, 2019):

• Großsulz (401.14 ha)
• Kalsdorf (821.55 ha)
• Thalerhof (286.24 ha)

Neighboring communities

Premstätten	Feldkirchen near Graz	Gössendorf
Premstätten		Fernitz-Mellach
Wound shoe	Werndorf	Fernitz-Mellach

geology

Kalsdorf, together with its neighboring community of Wundschuh and the former community of Weitendorf, is located in the catchment area of ​​former volcanoes that were active in the Miocene around ten million years ago. They are not recognizable on the surface of the earth, but the volcanic rock andesite , which is attributed to the "volcano of Kalsdorf", was found at a depth of 33 to 35 meters .

history

Archaeological evidence of settlement goes back to the Urnfield Age (late Bronze Age, around 1300–800 BC). The grave field north of the center of Kalsdorf is one of the few known sites in lowland settlements, it contains finds from the late Urnfield culture and the Hallstatt period . 42 grave sites have already been explored through emergency excavations, without any specific detailed investigations.

A Roman settlement ( vicus ), after which the Roman road is named, has been found in the north-west of the municipality . The Roman settlement of Kalsdorf extended over an area of ​​around 40  hectares , with almost 25% of the ancient living space already being built over.

There are also stories about the Hun king Attila, who died in 453, in Kalsdorf. Attila is said to be buried between Kalsdorf and Fernitz under the old bed of the Mur , which was diverted at that time. He rests in a golden coffin, that lies in a silver one, and that in an iron one. Immeasurable treasures await the finder in the grave.

• Historical maps of the Kalsdorf area
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  Josephine land survey , approx. 1790.

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  Kalsdorf around 1879

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  Franzisco-Josephinische Landaufnahme , ca.1910

In the course of the 6th century AD, the Eastern Alps had lost their contact with the area of ​​the Roman Empire and lay unprotected against the storms of history. Since the second half of the 6th century, the Slavs who came with the Avars from the east migrated to the Eastern Alps a.

When the Slavs immigrated to the Eastern Alps, a confrontation with the Bavarians who settled next to them could not fail to occur. At first they were able to repel the Slavs, but suffered a heavy defeat against the Slavs and Avars in 595. A third clash took place around 610 near Aguntum . After a checkered history, the last Avar advance across the Enns took place in 711/712 . However, when the Avars tried to rule over the Karantan Slavs in 741 , they asked the Bavarians for help. The story of the conversion of the Carantans and Slavs (Conversio) reports that the Bavarians then defeated the Avars together with the Carantan Slavs , but at the same time the Alpine Slavs came under the rule of the Bavarians.

After three Slavic uprisings, Duke Tassilo III finally succeeded . in 772 the final victory over the Carantans. From now on the carantan dukes were replaced by the Bavarians. After the fall of Duke Tassilo (788), Carantania and Bavaria came to the Frankish empire of Charlemagne , who expanded the Frankish empire deep into Pannonia . In 822, the internal self-government of Carantania came to an end.

middle Ages

After the end of the internal self-government of Carantania, Frankish officials, counts and prefects took the position of the Slavic princes. The area of ​​today's Styria was subordinated to the Frankish county administration. 859 the first German landlord of the country is named Count Witawogo ; 860 Nezilinpah ( Nestelbach ) appears as the first German village name in the country.

Hungarian invasions at the beginning of the 10th century set limits to further planned settlement, but the area west of the Mur is likely to have been less affected. The mark on the middle Mur (also called the Karantanenmark ) can be grasped for the first time in 970, and may have been created around 955 after the victory over the Hungarians .

In the 10th to 12th centuries, perhaps as early as the 9th, German settlement activities followed the presumably Slavic settlement of the Kalsdorf area. For Kalsdorf, too, these beginnings can only be explored using place-name studies, but so far not based on archaeological finds.

“There is […] no name of Slovene origin on the level of the Grazer Feld that, measured by its phonetic characteristics, had not been Germanized at least around 1100; According to certain signs, the Grazer Feld was German as early as the turn of the millennium. "

Kalsdorf was first mentioned in a document in 1179. This year, Margrave Ottokar IV notarized the transfer of the village of Kalsdorf (villam Chuolesdorf) by Count Heinrich and Sieghard von Schalla to the Rein monastery, then still a monastery .

For a period of 669 years (1179 to 1848) the village of Kalsdorf belonged to the Rein monastery, the Kalsdorfers were subject to the Rein monastery.

At the time it was donated to Rein, Kalsdorf was not an insignificant village. The deed of donation suggests that the annual tax income from Gut Kalsdorf was already around ten marks back then. Most of the goods were managed by so-called Grangien . The management of Kalsdorf, as well as of Werndorf, was carried out from such Grangien.

Until 1208, the Grangienwirtschaft was the only allowed economic form for the Rein monastery , the dissolution of the Grangien and the leasing of more distant property took place from 1208. In 1214 Pope Innocent III confirmed . the rights and goods of pure. In this document, the monastery is shown as the owner of nine Grangien, including Kalsdorf. There are no reports of the dissolution of Grangie Kalsdorf.

The Turks in Kalsdorf

After the Turks had invaded Styria several times in the 15th and early 16th centuries, Kalsdorf experienced a devastating advance of the Turks in 1532. The battle of the Turks on the Fernitzer Feld may be based on an error by the historian Hieronymus Megiser , but the devastation in the Kalsdorf and Feldkirchen area is historically documented.

When Sultan Suleyman was stopped in Güns on his second campaign against Vienna in 1532 and had to break off his campaign, the main Turkish army moved south through Eastern and Central Styria past Graz . The Turks are said to have invaded Styria on September 2, 1532, and the first vanguard reached Graz on September 10 . On the morning of September 11th they found a ford in the Mur and crossed it. This vanguard is said to have raised the so-called Türkenschanze on the right bank of the Mur, between Feldkirchen and Kalsdorf, in order to be armed against any imperial troops coming from the north.

Population development

The strong population growth is primarily the result of the constant influx of young families from Graz.

Culture and sights

Buildings

See also:  List of listed objects in Kalsdorf bei Graz

Parish church Kalsdorf

Parish church

The church is dedicated to St. Paul . The sacred building was built from 1963 to 1965 according to plans by the architect Hermann Worschitz. It is a concrete structure with a free-standing bell tower. The glass paintings are by the artist Helga Zoltner, the high altar cross by Alexander Silveri and the statue of the Virgin Mary by Josef Papst.

music

The oldest cultural institution in the community is the " Roto Frank music band and the market town of Kalsdorf". Under the musical direction of the conductor Walter "Shorty" Kemmer and the long-time chairman Ernst Bressnig, many awards have already been won. In early 2007 he handed over his office to Hannes Karpjuk. Thanks to the cooperation with the Kalsdorf Music School and the market town of Kalsdorf, we have succeeded in getting young people enthusiastic about active music making. Numerous ensembles emerged from this.

In October 2007, June 2008 and April 2009, for the first time in the club's history, a first place with distinction in level A was achieved at valuation games of the Styrian brass band. After three awards in marching music evaluations and concert evaluations, the band was also awarded the "Robert Stolz Prize".

Sports

Club logo of SC Kalsdorf

The Kalsdorf sports center on Fritz Matzner Weg, which opened in 2007, offers facilities for playing football, tennis, swimming, basketball, running and skating. The SC Kalsdorf plays its home games from here.

Economy and Infrastructure

New Kalsdorf train station (2008)

traffic

Kalsdorf is very conveniently located due to its proximity to Graz. This makes the community particularly attractive for logistics companies.

The Pyhrn autobahn  A 9 can be reached via the junction Kalsdorf (exit 194) in approx. 3 km, the south autobahn  A 2 via the junction Graz Flughafen / Feldkirchen (exit 183) in approx. 6 km. The Grazer Straße  B 67 runs through the municipality from Graz to Slovenia .

In Kalsdorf there is a train station of the Südbahn with hourly S-Bahn connections of the line S5 in the direction of Graz or Spielfeld-Strass, at rush hour the trains even run every half hour. The night buses of the N5 line run by Graz AG Verkehrsbetriebe go to Kalsdorf.

The Graz-Thalerhof airport is located in the municipal area, which is popular with cyclists and cyclists from Graz Murradweg  (R2) also performs.

Established businesses

The very good transport connections were also the reason for the settlement of the then Lapp-Finze metal goods company , which was founded by Ing.Adolf Finze , at the end of the 19th century, with which Kalsdorf was industrialized. The population rose sharply after the establishment of the company, the north of Kalsdorf still has an "industrial" character with its workers' settlements. The son of Adolf Finze , Dr. Julius Finze was even mayor until 1911, but had to resign as a result of the dispute over the "independence" of Werndorf . During the Second World War, Lapp-Finze produced armaments and employed slave labor. Today the company belongs to the German Roto Frank  AG and produces window and door fittings.

The Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania has a location in Kalsdorf.

Also based in Kalsdorf is the company HGV Kräutergarten GmbH / Hanfgarten , which is dedicated to the production and marketing of hemp products based on cannabidiol .

Public facilities

Kalsdorf Volunteer Fire Brigade (2008)

There is a local office of the Austrian Red Cross in Kalsdorf . The local office is mainly used in the surrounding communities of Kalsdorf, Werndorf, Dobl-Zwaring , Feldkirchen , Fernitz-Mellach , Gössendorf , Grambach , Hausmannstätten and Vasoldsberg .

At Graz-Thalerhof Airport was the Nittner Air Base , a barracks of the Austrian Armed Forces , which was closed in 2009 following a decision by the Federal Ministry for National Defense in June 2005.

education

• Elementary school, pedagogical panther  2004

politics

mayor

Politically, Kalsdorf is a domain of the SPÖ , which provided the mayor throughout the Second Republic .

Manfred Komericky (SPÖ) has been mayor since February 2019. Before that, Ursula Rauch (SPÖ) was mayor for ten years.

The first vice mayor since February 2019 is Karin Boandl-Haunold (SPÖ), second vice mayor Christian Konrad (ÖVP) and municipal treasurer Patrick Trummer (SPÖ).

Municipal council

Municipal office Kalsdorf

The municipal council consists of 25 members and has been composed of mandates from the following parties since the 2015 municipal council election :

• 12 SPÖ
• 7 ÖVP
• 3 FPÖ
• 2 employees, design for Kalsdorf
• 1 green

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2015			2010			2005			2000
	be right	%	Mandates	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.
SPÖ	1199	45	12	1408	54	14th	1253	49	11	1243	50	11
ÖVP	0719	27	07th	0858	33	09	0683	27	06th	0675	27	06th
FPÖ	0375	14th	03	0180	07th	01	0087	03	03	0283	11	02
The green	0129	05	01	0138	05	01	not running			not running
Collaborate, design for Kalsdorf	0258	10	02	not running			not running			not running
List for Kalsdorf / Greens	not running			not running			0163	06th	01	0277	11	02
Kalsdorf Alliance	not running			not running			0329	13	03	not running
voter turnout	54%			57%			65%			70%

The news caused a sensation in Styria that immediately after the municipal council elections in 2005, almost the entire municipal council started a trip to Marbella . However, this trip was decided long before the election by all municipal councils and was largely financed with the attendance fees.

coat of arms

Description of coat of arms :

"In a split shield in front three (2, 1) blue nails in gold , behind in blue a silver eagle's wing ."

The nails are a reference to the very important iron goods factory that has existed since 1868, the eagle's wing is a symbol for the Graz-Thalerhof airport , which is located within the municipality. The announcement of the Styrian state government of December 23, 1965 on the elevation of the municipality of Kalsdorf bei Graz to the market is described by the coat of arms.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1975: Johann Bammer (1922–2017), Provincial Councilor
• 2014: Helmuth Adam (* 1939), former mayor of Kalsdorf near Graz

Personalities associated with Kalsdorf

• Adolf Finze (1833–1905), entrepreneur

Web links

Commons : Kalsdorf bei Graz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 60624 - Kalsdorf near Graz. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Community website
• Parish website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Regionalinformation , bev.gv.at (1,094 kB); accessed on January 10, 2020.
3. ↑ H (aymo) Heritsch, H (elmut) Höller, K (urt) Kollmann: "Styrian Tertiary and Volcanic Area." In: "Excursion III / 7, Grazer Bergland, Eastern Styrian Tertiary and Volcanic Area." Communications from the Geological Society in Vienna, Volume 57, 1964, Issue 1, p. 367.
4. ↑ Peter Slapansky, Reinhard Belocky, Heinz Fröschl, Peter Hradecky, Peter Spindler: "Petrography, geochemistry and geotectonic classification of Miocene volcanism in the Styrian Basin (Austria)." In: "Geology without borders." Festschrift 150 years of the Federal Geological Institute. (Treatises of the Federal Geological Institute, Volume 56, Issue 1, p. 421, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85316-004-2 .)
5. ↑ Georg Tiefengraber: “Prehistoric and early historical finds from Kalsdorf near Graz. Settlement topographical studies in the central Graz Basin. ”Dissertation at the University of Vienna, Faculty of History and Culture, Institute for Prehistory and Early History. Vienna 2005. University publication , DNB 954218175 , p. 7.
6. ↑ Ute Lohner-Urban, Angelika Adam: “Investigations in the Roman vicus of Kalsdorf near Graz. The results of the excavations on plot 421/1. Construction findings and selected small finds ”(publications by the Institute for Archeology at the Karl-Franzens University Graz, Volume 9 / Research on the historical regional studies of Styria, Volume 50), Phoibos-Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85161-018 -5 .
7. ^ Ingo Mirsch: "The history of the market town of Kalsdorf".
8. ↑ Chr. K., 1944, p. 132.
9. ↑ H. Wolfram, 1987, p. 249 ff
10. ↑ E. Kranzmayer, 1970, p. 28.
11. ↑ L. Grill, 1970, p. 166 ff.
12. ↑ StUB, II, No. 127
13. ↑ "Forced labor in the Styrian armaments industry: the Lapp-Finze AG 1939–1945." ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on the Consequences of War, Vienna / Graz / Klagenfurt, 2002, accessed on May 23, 2012. 
14. ^ Company website
15. ↑ Educational Panther 2004 elternbrief.at,
16. ^ Kalsdorfer Wirtschaftstag: The last official act of the mayor. Kleine Zeitung, February 1, 2019, accessed on February 23, 2019.
17. ^ Community of Kalsdorf bei Graz: The local council , accessed on July 23, 2015.
18. ^ Announcement of the Styrian regional government of December 23, 1965 on the elevation of the community Kalsdorf bei Graz (pol. District Graz environment ) to the market.
19. ^ Neue Zeit, March 18, 1975, p. 7.
20. ↑ https://www.mein Bezirk.at/graz- Umgebung / c- eople / hohe-auszeichnung-fuer-kalsdorfs-buergermeister- ad_a860244 , accessed on June 1, 2020