Kobenz

market community Kobenz
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Murtal
License plate :	MT (from July 1st, 2012; old: KF)
Surface:	17.64 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 15 '  N , 14 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 14 '49 "  N , 14 ° 50' 44"  E
Height :	627  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,907 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	8723
Area code :	03512 or 03514 (Unter- and Oberfarrach)
Community code :	6 20 14
Address of the municipal administration:	Marktplatz 1 8723 Kobenz
Website:	www.kobenz.gv.at
politics
Mayoress :	Eva Leitold ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (15 members)	12 3 12 3  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 12 SPÖ : 3
Location of Kobenz in the Murtal district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Kobenz is a market town in the Murtal district in Styria with 1907 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

Kobenz from the southeast with the Seckauer Zinken in the background

The community is located north of the Mur , both on the eastern edge of the Aichfeld and in the south of the Seckau basin , on the foothills of the Seckau Alps ( Seckauer Zinken , Maria Schnee , Tremmelberg ).

Community structure

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

• Hautzenbichl (342)
• Kobenz (690)
• Neuhautzenbichl (196)
• Oberfarrach (122)
• Rassnitz (233)
• Reifersdorf (132)
• Unterfarrach (192)

The community consists of three cadastral communities (area as of 2015):

• Farrach (525.66 ha)
• Kobenz (593.77 ha)
• Rassnitz (643.86 ha)

Kobenz is located in the judicial district of Judenburg .

Neighboring communities

Seckau	Seckau	Seckau , Sankt Marein near Knittelfeld
Seckau		Sankt Lorenzen near Knittelfeld
Spielberg	Knittelfeld	Sankt Margarethen near Knittelfeld

history

As early as 860, the place was first mentioned as "ad Chumbenzam" in the royal document of Ludwig the German . In 1151 the parish was awarded to the then Provost Seckau by the Archbishop of Salzburg, Eberhard I.

On July 8, 2007 Kobenz was named the 125th market town in Styria. In 2012 the project “change of street names” was completed, since December 1st, new addresses and the new postcode 8723 are valid for the entire municipality.

Since 2004 the municipality of Kobenz has had the official name "Healthy municipality - Livable municipality".

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Kobenz

• Hautzenbichl Castle
• Catholic parish church Kobenz hl. Rupert
• St. Koloman Church
• Agricultural Engineering Museum
• Waypoints : Wegscheider-, Forst-, Grüngraben-, Oberreiter-, Griesmoarkreuz

Economy and Infrastructure

tourism

Together with Lobmingtal, Gaal, Seckau, Spielberg, St. Marein-Feistritz and Zeltweg, the municipality forms the tourism association “Tourismus am Spielberg”. Its seat is in Spielberg.

education

• Kobenz primary school
• Agricultural College

societies

• Voluntary fire brigade Kobenz
• Comradeship Association (ÖKB)
• Kobenz women
• Children and youth gymnastics
• Country youth Kobenz
• Musikverein Kobenz (MV)
• Pensioners' Association Kobenz
• Senior Citizens' Association Kobenz
• Singing Community Kobenz (SGK)
• Union Nordic Ski Club Kobenz
• Union Sports Club Kobenz

Sports

Sports options include football, tennis, horse riding, swimming, cycling and hiking. Cross-country trails are available in winter.

In the Mur near the Zechner bathing pond there is the Zechner roller for play boat trips .

politics

The municipal council has 15 members.

• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Styria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Styria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 12 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ.

mayor

• until 2003 Ernst Dier (ÖVP)
• since 2003 Eva Leitold (ÖVP)

coat of arms

Blazon :

"In a green shield a growing golden crook, accompanied on the right by a silver skid of salt, on the left by a double-edged ploughshare."

Web links

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

• Web presence of the market town of Kobenz
• Homepage of the responsible tourism association "Tourismus am Spielberg"
• 62014 - Kobenz. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ cadastral communities Styria. 2015 (Excel file, 128 kB); Retrieved July 29, 2015
3. ^ Meiller, Salzburger Regesten, 1866
4. ↑ Changes to the community from 1945 (associations, partitions, name and status changes). Statistics Austria, p. 177 , accessed on February 6, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Agricultural College Kobenz and Museum of Agricultural Engineering , www.kobenz.com
6. ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 325. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 631.
7. ↑ http://www.thomashinkel.com/playspot-karte/ Playspot Karte, Kayak freestyle Playspots, maps.google.com, www.thomashinkel.com, accessed July 21, 2015
8. ^ Election result of the 2005 municipal council election in Kobenz. State of Styria, March 13, 2005, accessed on July 2, 2020 . 
9. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Kobenz. State of Styria, March 21, 2010, accessed on July 2, 2020 . 
10. ^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Kobenz. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on July 2, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Results of the 2020 municipal council elections in Kobenz. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on July 2, 2020 .