Kloch

market community Kloch
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Southeast Styria
License plate :	SO (from 1.7.2013; old: RA)
Surface:	16.41 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 46 '  N , 15 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 45 '53 "  N , 15 ° 57' 58"  E
Height :	290  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,168 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	8493
Area code :	03475
Community code :	6 23 35
Address of the municipal administration:	Klöch 110 8493 Klöch
Website:	kloech.com/politik-verwaltung
politics
Mayor :	Josef Doupona ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2020) (15 members)	13 1 1 13 1 1  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 13 SPÖ : 1 FPÖ : 1
Location of Klöch in the district of Southeast Styria
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Kloch

Klöch ( Slovenian Klek ), the "pearl of the south-east Styrian wine country", is a market town with 1,168 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the judicial district of Feldbach or the district of south-east Styria , about nine kilometers north of Bad Radkersburg .

geography

Community structure

The municipal area comprises five cadastral communities and is divided into five towns of the same name (in brackets: area as of December 31, 2019 or population as of January 1, 2020):

• Deutsch Haseldorf (387.46 ha; 186 Ew.) Including Buchberg, Kratzer and Rosenberg
• Gruisla (241.19 ha; 141 Ew.) Including Hochwarth, Klinzl and Rosenberg
• Klöch (411.78 ha; 392 Ew.) Including Hochwarth, Klinzl, Ölberg, Pichlerwaldsiedlung, Pirchweingarten and Röhrl
• Klöchberg (340.50 ha; 330 Ew.) Including Hürtherberg, Röhrl, Seindl, Süßegg and Zaraberg
• Pölten (258.80 hectares; 119 Ew.) Including Pirchweingarten

Neighboring communities

Tieschen	Sankt Anna am Aigen	Rogašovci ( Slovenia )
		Cankova ( Slovenia )
Halfway		Bad Radkersburg

Incorporations

On January 1, 1965, the following former municipalities were incorporated into the municipality of Klöch:

• German Haseldorf
• Gruisla
• Klochberg
• Pölten

history

Population development

Klöch with the castle ruins of Klöch

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Klöch

• Parish church hl. George
• The Klöcher Winzerzug takes place every five years (most recently September 2018) in Klöch der Winzerzug. Numerous lavishly decorated floats with old customs invite you to celebrate. Usually, the grape harvest is also celebrated and then the Klöcher Press Festival is held.

Culinary specialties

The wine-growing town of Klöch became particularly well-known through its wine-growing activities , which made it the name of the Klöcher Wine Route. In particular, Klöcher Traminer , the "wine with the scent of rose", has achieved a level of awareness throughout Europe .

Economy and Infrastructure

Basalt mining Klöch

The place is also known for the Klöcher basalt , which is mainly used in the substructure of railway tracks and road construction.

politics

mayor

Mayor is Josef Doupona (ÖVP).

The community board also includes:

• Vice Mayor Daniel Tegel (ÖVP) and
• Community treasurer Marlies Kosi-Schalk (ÖVP).

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 15 members.

According to the results of the 2020 municipal council election , this is composed as follows:

• 13 ÖVP
• 01 SPÖ
• 01 FPÖ

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2020			2015			2010			2005			2000
	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.
ÖVP			13	626	75	12	647	72	11	660	72	11	686	78	12
SPÖ			1	88	10	1	174	19th	3	187	20th	3	not running
FPÖ			1	126	15th	2	80	9	1	70	8th	1	62	7th	1
The green				not running			not running			not running			137	15th	2
Eligible voters				1,048			1,046			1,096			1,076
voter turnout				82%			87%			86%			85%

coat of arms

The municipality of Klöch has had a municipal coat of arms since 1959. The blazon reads:

"In a shield split by silver and red, a five-petalled rose in alternating colors."

This coat of arms was already used by the Wolfsauer as lords of Klöch .

View of the town of Klöch from the southwest

German Haseldorf from the south

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Josef Gangl († 2018), Mayor of Klöch 1977–1987

Literary processing

In the novel The Bone Man by Wolf Haas , Klöch is the main location of the plot.

Web links

Commons : Klöch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 62335 - Kloch. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• kloech.com/politik-verwaltung Website of the market town of Klöch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Regionalinformation , bev.gv.at (1,094 kB); accessed on January 10, 2020.
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ↑ Statistics Austria: dissolutions or associations of municipalities from 1945
4. ^ Municipality of Klöch: | Municipality board , accessed on August 20, 2020.
5. ↑ Municipality of Klöch: | The coat of arms of the market town of Klöch , accessed on August 20, 2020.