Rohrbach an der Lafnitz

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Rohrbach an der Lafnitz
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Rohrbach an der Lafnitz coat of arms
Rohrbach an der Lafnitz (Austria)
Rohrbach an der Lafnitz
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Styria
Political District : Hartberg-Fürstenfeld
License plate : HF (from 1.7.2013; old: HB)
Surface: 26.57 km²
Coordinates : 47 ° 23 '  N , 16 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 23 '26 "  N , 15 ° 59' 44"  E
Height : 455  m above sea level A.
Residents : 2,639 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes : 8234, 8250
Area code : 03338
Community code : 6 22 77
NUTS region AT224
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Obere Hauptstrasse 17
8234 Rohrbach an der Lafnitz
Website: www.rohrbach-lafnitz.
steiermark.at
politics
Mayor : Günter Putz ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (2020)
(15 members)
9
5
1
9 5 1 
A total of 15 seats
Location of Rohrbach an der Lafnitz in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district
Bad Blumau Bad Loipersdorf Bad Waltersdorf Buch-St. Magdalena Burgau Dechantskirchen Ebersdorf Feistritztal Friedberg Fürstenfeld Grafendorf bei Hartberg Greinbach Großsteinbach Großwilfersdorf Hartberg Hartberg Umgebung Hartl Ilz Kaindorf Lafnitz Neudau Ottendorf an der Rittschein Pinggau Pöllau Pöllauberg Rohr bei Hartberg Rohrbach an der Lafnitz Sankt Jakob im Walde Sankt Johann in der Haide Sankt Lorenzen am Wechsel Schäffern Söchau Stubenberg Vorau Waldbach-Mönichwald Wenigzell SteiermarkLocation of the municipality Rohrbach an der Lafnitz in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district (clickable map)
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The landmark of Rohrbach: The Zeilbrücke
The landmark of Rohrbach: The Zeilbrücke
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria
Parish church hl. Joseph the worker in Rohrbach an der Lafnitz
Parish church hl. John the Baptist in Eichberg
Rohrbach-Vorau train station

Rohrbach an der Lafnitz with 2639 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) is a municipality in the judicial district of Fürstenfeld and in the political district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria in Austria . As part of the Styrian municipal structural reform , it was merged with the Eichberg municipality on January 1, 2015 , the new municipality continues to bear the name Rohrbach an der Lafnitz. The basis for this is the Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG. Furthermore, Rohrbach an der Lafnitz was expanded on the same date to include part of the neighboring municipality of Schlag near Thalberg (former cadastral municipality of Schlag and a new cadastral municipality in Rohrbach).

geography

Geographical location

Rohrbach an der Lafnitz is located in the eastern Joglland about 13 km north of the district capital Hartberg . The community lies at the confluence of the Limbach in the Lafnitz .

Community structure

The municipality includes the following seven localities (population as of January 1, 2020):

  • Eichberg (402)
  • Lower case (157)
  • Lebing (485)
  • Limbach (363)
  • Rohrbach an der Lafnitz (981)
  • Rohrbachschlag (103)
  • Schnellerviertel (148)

The community consists of six cadastral communities (area 2016):

  • Eichberg (329.65 ha)
  • Small field (470.53 ha)
  • Lebing (517.88 ha)
  • Rohrbach an der Lafnitz (205.70 ha)
  • Rohrbach-Schlag (583.41 ha)
  • Schnöllerviertel (529.78 ha)

Neighboring communities

Riegersberg Sankt Lorenzen am Wechsel Dechantskirchen
Vorau , Puchegg Neighboring communities Dechantskirchen
Grafendorf near Hartberg Lafnitz Dechantskirchen

Population development

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Rohrbach an der Lafnitz

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Rohrbach an der Lafnitz is conveniently located. The municipal area is affected by the well-developed Wechsel Straße B 54 from Wiener Neustadt to Hartberg. The south autobahn A2 from Vienna to Graz is about ten kilometers away and can be reached via the Friedberg / Pinggau junction (exit 95).

Rohrbach is connected to the railway network through the “Rohrbach-Vorau” stop. There is access to the Thermenbahn with two-hour regional train connections to Vienna and Hartberg.

The Graz Airport and the airport Wien-Schwechat are each about 100 km away.

education

In Rohrbach an der Lafnitz there are two kindergartens , two elementary schools and a new middle school .

politics

City council election 2020
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
54.03
(-1.99)
33.57
(+4.96)
10.83
(-4.54)
1.56
( n. K. )
 

mayor

At the constituent meeting of the municipal council in April 2015, the municipal secretary and registrar Günter Putz (SPÖ), who had been the mayor of the Rohrbach an der Lafnitz municipality until December 31, 2014, was re-elected mayor .

Günther Simon (SPÖ), who has been the government commissioner since January 1st , has been elected vice mayor.

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 15 members. According to the result of the 2020 municipal council elections , it is composed as follows:

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:
Political party 2020 2015 2010 2005 2000 1995 1990
Large community Large community Rohrbach Eichberg Rohrbach Rohrbach Rohrbach Rohrbach
be right % M. be right % M. St. % M. St. % M. St. % M. St. % M. St. % M. St. % M.
SPÖ 898 54.03 9 1075 56 9 425 59 9 147 17th 02 464 66 11 420 64 10 522 77 12 459 69 11
ÖVP 0558 33.57 5 0549 29 4th 190 27 4th 575 68 11 152 22nd 03 121 19th 03 157 23 03 204 31 04th
FPÖ 0180 10.83 1 0295 15th 2 not running 125 15th 02 082 12 01 112 17th 02 not running not running
Green 26th 1.56 0 not running not running not running not running not running not running not running
BZÖ not running not running 101 14th 2 not running not running not running not running not running
Eligible voters 2,275 2,318 874 1,037 844 799
voter turnout 74.02% 84% 83% 83% 84% 83% 88% 92%

coat of arms

  • Coats of arms of the previous municipalities

  • Rohrbach an der Lafnitz

  • Eichberg

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Both previous municipalities had a municipality coat of arms. Due to the amalgamation of municipalities, these lost their official validity on January 1st, 2015. The new awarding of the municipal coat of arms for the merged community took place with effect from April 20, 2017. Blazon (coat of arms description):

"In a blue shield over a green shield base, growing out of a lowered silver wave bar, three golden cattails, each with two leaves."
Rohrbach (bottom right) around 1878 (recording sheet of the state survey )

Honorary citizen

Web links

Commons : Rohrbach an der Lafnitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Local council election 2020 - results Rohrbach an der Lafnitz. orf.at , accessed on August 22, 2020 .
  2. ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
  3. ↑ Section 3, Paragraph 4, Item 3 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 3.
  4. ↑ Section 5, Paragraph 2, Item 3 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 5.
  5. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  6. ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying, Regional Information, reference date December 31, 2016, accessed February 19, 2017
  7. ^ Rohrbach an der Lafnitz. Retrieved April 3, 2020 (Austrian German).
  8. ↑ Local council election in Rohrbach aD Lafnitz 2020. In: orf.at
  9. ^ Municipality of Rohrbach an der Lafnitz: Mayor , accessed on May 25, 2015.
  10. ^ Municipality of Rohrbach an der Lafnitz: Vice Mayor , accessed on May 25, 2015.
  11. ↑ 34. Announcement of the Styrian state government of April 6, 2017 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the municipality of Rohrbach an der Lafnitz (political district Hartberg-Fürstenfeld) , accessed on April 14, 2017