Krottendorf-Gaisfeld

Krottendorf-Gaisfeld is a municipality with 2,451 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the judicial district or district of Voitsberg in Styria .

geography

Geographical location

The municipality is located west of Graz and extends over an area of 17.05 km².

Community structure

Cadastral municipalities are:

63307 Gaisfeld (278 ha)
63309 Gasselberg (189 ha)
63335 Krottendorf (1238 ha)

Counting areas are Krottendorf-Dorf (000) and Krottendorf-Gaisfeld-Umgebung (001).

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

Gaisfeld (186)
Gasselberg (248)
Kleingaisfeld (826)
Krottendorf near Ligist (1176)
Muggauberg (15)

The municipality was not affected by the Styrian municipal structural reform .

Economy and Infrastructure

Next to the municipal office in Krottendorf there is a police station of the federal police , which is responsible for the municipalities of Krottendorf-Gaisfeld, Ligist and Stallhofen.

Culture and sights

politics

In the municipal council election in 2015:

ÖVP : 10 mandates
SPÖ : 4 seats
FPÖ : 1 mandate

Mayor is Johann Feichter and his deputy is Hildegard Guggi, both ÖVP.

badges and flags

The blazon of the coat of arms of the municipality of Krottendorf-Gaisfeld reads:
"In green, a silver bar made of five ears of corn touching each other."
The color of the green coat of arms comes from the coat of arms of a former sovereign who owned most of the municipality of Krottendorf-Gaisfeld. The word "field" in the community name contributed to the choice of the heraldic figure, the grain ears. In addition, the name Gaisfeld derives from Gau , which originally means the field taken for special use. The ears of wheat have been shown in simplified form in the form of a bar, the metal in the coat of arms is expressed by the silver of the ears.

The municipality flag is solid white with the coat of arms.

Historical maps

The area of Krottendorf and Gaisfeld in the state recordings
West and south of “Gaszfeld” with the “Deigisch” confluence with the “Kanach” and Krottendorf (far right) in the Josephinische Landesaufnahme
"Klein Gaißfeld" and Krottendorf an der Kainach
Krottendorf and Gaisfeld are located in a small river plain east of Voitsberg: Record sheet of the 3rd regional survey , around 1878
Ligist is the neighboring municipality to the south