Kalwang
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market community Kalwang
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| Basic data | ||
| Country: | Austria | |
| State : | Styria | |
| Political District : | Leoben | |
| License plate : | LN | |
| Surface: | 67.26 km² | |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 25 ' N , 14 ° 45' E | |
| Height : | 751 m above sea level A. | |
| Residents : | 977 (January 1, 2020) | |
| Postal code : | 8775 | |
| Area code : | 03846 | |
| Community code : | 6 11 05 | |
| NUTS region | AT223 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Kirchplatz 1 8775 Kalwang |
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| Mayor : | Mario Angerer ( ÖVP ) | |
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Municipal Council : (2015) (15 members) |
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| Location of Kalwang in the Leoben district | ||
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| Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria | ||
Kalwang is an Austrian market town with 977 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the judicial district or district of Leoben , Styria .
geography
The municipality of the market town of Kalwang is located in the Liesingtal . The Teichen mountain stream, which drains the southern mountain parts of the Eisenerz Alps , flows (partly heavily regulated) through the cadastral communities of Sonnberg and Kalwang and flows into the Liesing .
Community structure
The municipal area comprises the following four localities and cadastral communities of the same name (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Kalwang (771)
- Pisching (56)
- Schattenberg (65)
- Sonnberg (85)
Neighboring communities
| Radmer | Iron ore | |
| Forest on the Schober Pass |
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Trofaiach |
| Mautern |
history
Chichelwanche is first mentioned in 1148 . The name goes back to mhd. Kiche (hut, shed for animals) and mhd. Wang (meadow slope). The settlement was soon a rich town of hammermen and mining. The Kalwang people also took part in the peasant uprising in 1525. The copper mining in the Teichen existed from the beginnings in the Middle Ages until 1867 and after a resumption between 1916 and 1928. The local community as an autonomous body was established in 1850 and in 1929 was elevated to a market town. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, Kalwang belonged to the Reichsgau Steiermark, from 1945 to 1955 the market town was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.
Kalwang Hospital has existed for over 100 years. The landowner Rudolf von Gutmann built it from 1912 to 1914 for his workers and employees. It has been known as the Kalwang accident hospital for decades .
Community partnerships
The partner municipality is the municipality of Bő in Vas County , Hungary .
coat of arms
The municipal
coat of arms was awarded on March 27, 1929. Description of coat of arms:
- “A blue shield, from the edge of which the head with the neck of a brown deer, turned to the right, grows. A high golden cross rises between the twelve-ended antlers, from the corners of which golden rays break out. Behind the deer head rises in 3 steps a mountain range wooded below, barren in the middle, rocky mountain range above. The shield is surrounded by an ornamented bronze-colored border. "
politics
The municipal council has 15 members.
- With the municipal elections in Styria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
- With the municipal elections in Styria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 ÖVP, 5 FPÖ, and 2 SPÖ.
- With the municipal elections in Styria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 7 ÖVP, 5 FPÖ, and 3 SPÖ.
- mayor
- ? -? Helmut Glabischnig
- ? -? Paul Pucher
- until 2007 Alexander Maurer (ÖVP)
- since 2007 Mario Angerer (ÖVP)
Culture and sights
- Catholic parish church of St. Oswald
Tourism association
Together with Gaishorn am See, Kammern im Liesingtal, Mautern in Styria and Wald am Schoberpass, the municipality forms the “ Palten - Liesing Erlebnistäler” tourist association . Its headquarters are in Mautern.
traffic
Kalwang station is on a section of the Rudolfsbahn , Pyhrnautobahn and Schoberpassstrasse .
Personalities
- Sons and daughters of the church
- Kurt Bauer (ornithologist) (1926-2016), ornithologist
- Ulf Mayer (1926–2018), sculptor
- Helmut Machhammer (* 1962), sculptor
- People related to the community
- Matthäus Loder (1781–1828), Austrian painter of the Biedermeier era (worked here for some time)
- Johann Krainz (1847–1907), teacher, folklorist, legend researcher, storyteller and writer (lived and worked here for some time)
- Philipp Haas von Teichen (1859–1926), Austrian entrepreneur (owned the Teichen estate)
- Max von Gutmann (1857–1930), Austrian technician and industrialist (landowner in Kalwang)
- Rudolf von Gutmann (1880–1966), Austrian-Canadian industrialist, banker and art collector (landowner in Kalwang)
- Hellmut Lederer (1900–1976), Primarius at the Kalwang Accident Hospital for over 37 years
- Karl Metz (1910–1990), Austrian geologist and university professor (created a geological map of Kalwang)
- Christian Benger (* 1962), Austrian politician, forest director and entrepreneur (worked in the forestry department in Kalwang from 1998 to 2000)
- Honorary citizen of the community
- 2009: Helmut Glabischnig, former mayor of Kalwang
- 2009: Paul Pucher, former mayor of Kalwang
Web links
- 61105 - Kalwang. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ Fritz Frhr. Lochner von Hüttenbach: On the name property of the early Middle Ages in Styria (= magazine of the Historical Association for Styria . Volume 99 ). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2008, p. 56 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).
- ^ Announcements from the Styrian State Archives 13, 1963, p. 74
- ^ Portal of the Gotthardistollen in the Teichen Kleine Zeitung, 23 October 2013
- ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 314. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 628.
- ↑ http://www.schuetzenhoefer.steiermark.at/cms/beitrag/11124420/3289428/ , accessed on October 26, 2016
- ↑ http://www.schuetzenhoefer.steiermark.at/cms/beitrag/11124420/3289428/ , accessed on October 26, 2016
