Laßnitzhöhe

market community Laßnitzhöhe
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Graz area
License plate :	GU
Surface:	14.88 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 5 '  N , 15 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 4 '36 "  N , 15 ° 34' 56"  E
Height :	536  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,756 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	185 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	8301
Area code :	03133
Community code :	6 06 28
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 23 8301 Laßnitzhöhe
Website:	www.lassnitzhoehe.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Bernhard Liebmann ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2020) (15 members)	9 4th 2 9 4th 2  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 9 SPÖ : 4 GREEN : 2
Location of Laßnitzhöhe in the Graz-Umgebung district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Laßnitzhöhe is a climatic health resort in the Graz-Umgebung district , with 2756 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Austrian state of Styria .

geography

Geographical location

Laßnitzhöhe is located 10 km east of Graz in the Eastern Styrian hill country , the northwest part of the Styrian hill country . It can be described as a ridge settlement that follows the Riedel Schemerl ridge in a south-easterly direction. The highest point in the municipality is the Buckelberg at 556 m. The municipality of Laßnitzhöhe extends north-south and east-west over a maximum of 4 kilometers each and occupies an area of ​​14.84 km², of which 6.55 km² are forest areas.

The Laßnitz, which gives it its name, rises in the municipality and flows east to the Rabnitz. The Raababach flows to the west towards the Mur.

Community structure

The municipality is divided into the districts Autal , Krachelberg , Moggau , Rastbühel , Wöbling and Oberlaßnitz .

Incorporations

In 1951 the municipality of Wöbling was merged with Laßnitzhöhe.

Neighboring communities

Kainbach near Graz	Kainbach near Graz , Höf-Präbach	Höf-Präbach
Hard near Graz		Nestelbach near Graz
Raaba-Grambach	Vasoldsberg	Vasoldsberg

geology

Laßnitzhöhe lies in the Tertiary Riedelland of Eastern Styria , in which mainly fluvatile gravel, sand , Tegel , but also Leitha limestone and sand-lime stone as well as basalts and tuff can be found. In general terms, the Riedel runs from Niederschöckl , Eidexberg (585 m) to Sengerberg (510 m) parallel to the Mur and Raab , whose watershed it forms.

climate

In the area of ​​the watershed between Mur and Raab there is a gradual transition between Central and Eastern European climates . Although the place has about the same mean annual temperature of 9.2  ° C as Graz , which is about 200 m lower, there are moderately cold winters and hot summers in contrast to Laßnitzhöhe.

The community enjoys mild, sunny winters and slightly cooler summers. Warm southerly winds are predominant, which in summer allow you to stay outdoors until late at night. The annual average temperature is 2 ° C higher than usual for the altitude.

Monthly average temperatures and precipitation for Laßnitzhöhe Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 2.8 5.4 9.9 14.9 19.8 22.6 24.8 24.1 19.6 14.2 7.6 3.1 O 14.1 Min. Temperature (° C) -3.6 -2.3 1.2 5.4 10.1 12.9 14.9 14.7 11.1 6.7 1.5 -2.5 O 5.9 Temperature (° C) -0.9 0.8 4.7 9.5 14.4 17.3 19.4 18.7 14.5 9.6 3.9 -0.1 O 9.4 Precipitation ( mm ) 23 29 42 51 87 124 113 128 93 67 53 46 Σ 856 Humidity ( % ) 71.7 61.3 57.5 54.2 58.1 61.1 59.7 61.6 64.9 68.9 73.6 76.5 O 64.1 T e m p e r a t u r 2.8 -3.6 5.4 -2.3 9.9 1.2 14.9 5.4 19.8 10.1 22.6 12.9 24.8 14.9 24.1 14.7 19.6 11.1 14.2 6.7 7.6 1.5 3.1 -2.5 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: ZAMG average climate values ​​1981 - 2010

history

The area around Laßnitzhöhe was once part of the Western Roman Empire , after its collapse (AD 476), most of the provincial Roman population withdrew.

While large parts of Eastern Styria were already enriched with villages and settlements in the first half of the 12th century, settlement in the area of ​​Laßnitzhöhe did not take place until the second half of the century.

In the 16th century, large parts of today's municipal area were probably incorporated into the Teutonic Knight Order through the Treaty of Baden or through succession . The order remained the landlord of what was then called Wöbling until 1848.

After the revolution of 1848 , district and communal administrations were introduced in Austria.

Place name

Laßnitz comes from Slavonic (originally Lieznica, Luosniza, for example ) and is translated as "Waldbach". In linguistics, * loNč'nica "Wiesenbach" is also discussed for Laßnitz (from the year 890:  Luonzniza ) , as a further possibility (from the year 1345: Lesniz, Laßnitz near Murau or in 1080 in the Paltental Laznich ) * laz'nica "Gereutbach" or "Rodebach". The derivation from * laz / 6nica , to lazъ, "clearing, cleared, clear place in the forest" also contains a reference to the course of the stream in a cleared area .

Construction of the railroad

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In the mid-fifties of the 19th century, a consortium was founded in Graz to set up and build what was then known as the Locomotiv Railway , today's Styrian Eastern Railway , between Graz and Győr (then Raab). Three routes were considered:

• 1. Graz - Gleisdorf - Ilz - Fürstenfeld - Hungarian border
• 2. Graz - Autal - Nestelbach valley head - Gleisdorf - Studenzen - Feldbach - Fehring - Hungarian border
• 3. Graz - Schemerlberg - Laßnitztal - Gleisdorf - Feldbach - Fehring - Hungarian border.

Initially, it was decided in favor of variant 2, but farmers and landowners in the Nestelbach area, among other things, argue that “the railway would set their fields on fire” and obtained a rerouting to variant 3.

The line opened on May 1, 1873.

Development into a health resort

Due to the easy accessibility, the Graz doctor Dr. Günther Huber, to build a pension and several villas in Laßnitzhöhe for the summer vacation . At the turn of the century, a cooperative led by Dr. SR Eduard Miglitz took over the building and rebuilt it by 1901 into the most modern sanatorium in Styria at the time . The treatment of "nerve ailments of all kinds" such as paralysis and cramps as well as pain such as migraines and sciatic complaints took place . Laßnitzhöhe has been recognized as a climatic health resort since October 1929 .

After the world wars , it was difficult for the spa to catch up with the heyday before 1914. Many guests from the former areas of the monarchy dropped out and mainly guests from Vienna and Graz remained. Nevertheless, Laßnitzhöhe was named a climatic health resort in 1984. After extensive renovation and renovation measures, the sanatorium was run as a sanatorium from 1991 to 2003 . After a recent renovation, the former sanatorium, now a private clinic Laßnitzhöhe, is one of the most modern clinics in Austria. In addition to internal medicine and dermatology , the focus of care is on neurological and orthopedic rehabilitation .

In 1995, Laßnitzhöhe was voted the most beautiful flower village in Styria and, after being named a market town in 1999, it was awarded the title of the most beautiful flower market in Styria in 2006. In 2005 Laßnitzhöhe was the second most beautiful flower market.

In 2001 the community and sports club celebrated their 50th anniversary and the Kurhaus Laßnitzhöhe celebrated their 100th anniversary. In 2002 the traditional chapel could look back on 50 years since its foundation, which was celebrated with the blessing of the flag for the chapel. The parish of Laßnitzhöhe was also able to celebrate the blessing of two new church bells.

In summer 2007, after a short renovation period, the newly designed market square was ceremoniously handed over to the citizens. In 2008 a local heating network was set up within the community. In April 2009 the Gasthaus Kotzian was demolished and in 2010 a building with apartments with underground parking and a restaurant as well as space for a new municipal office, a bank and several shops was built on the same site.

From 2015 to 2017, the parish office was demolished and rebuilt, and there was space for additional shops in the new building.

Population development

Population development

Culture and sights

• See also:  List of listed objects in Laßnitzhöhe
• Parish church Laßnitzhöhe Nativity , building of the modern age (1963)
• Annenheim , oldest villa in Laßnitzhöhe
• Villa Lug ins Land , Art Nouveau villa, built in 1905
• Autaler Church of the Exaltation of the Cross , building of the modern age (1933)

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  Parish church Laßnitzhöhe

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  Villa Lug into the country

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  Autal Church

The sebastian RE-LOADED terrain cure adventure trail was opened on May 26, 2013 , a 7.3 km long circular trail for walking and running with movement stimuli as suggested by Sebastian Kneipp .

regional customs

Since at least 2003, the Lahö'er carnival parade has been taking place on Mardi Gras Sunday afternoon , which is organized by the volunteer fire brigade and sports club and was only canceled in 2013 due to insufficient registration of participants.

The maypole was once canceled because of the death of council Peter Zenz, 2013. From 1997 to 2009 he was local party chairman of the ÖVP, from 2000 to 2009 municipal councilor, from 2003 municipal treasurer. Traditional events were important to him. The Easter fire on Krachelberg was canceled in 2013 for environmental reasons.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

• Laßnitzhöhe is located on the south motorway (A2) and has its own junction  (169) in the south of the municipality.
• The Laßnitzhöhe train station is located in the north of the municipality at 476 m above sea level and offers access to the Styrian Eastern Railway with hourly S-Bahn (S3 and S31) and regional train express connections to Graz and Gleisdorf . The Laßnitzhöhe station is operated remotely and has been converted into a modern train stop with an island platform and Park & ​​Ride facilities . The approx. 531 m long Laßnitz tunnel is located in the municipality .
• The Graz Airport can be reached about 20 km away and the South highway.
• In 2011 the street in the town center was rebuilt and traffic-calmed with a roundabout and a square design. A meeting zone has existed here since 2018 .

Public facilities

• Autal Volunteer Fire Brigade
• Volunteer fire brigade Laßnitzhöhe
• Community kindergarten Laßnitzhöhe
• Josef Krainer secondary and secondary school Laßnitzhöhe

politics

Municipal council

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2015			2010
	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.
ÖVP	873	58	9	1084	72	11
SPÖ	117	08th	1	0202	13	02
FPÖ	181	12	2	not running
The green	332	22nd	3	0228	15th	02
voter turnout	66%			69%

mayor

• until 2009 Josef Großschädl (ÖVP)
• since 2009 Bernhard Liebmann (ÖVP)

coat of arms

The municipality's coat of arms was awarded to the municipality in 1969. With the silver healing bowl, it represents the healing effect of the mild climate. The Dreiberg indicates the hilly landscape, the spruce indicates the abundance of forests and the sun indicates the above-average number of sunny days. The Teutonic Knights Cross reminds of the landlords of the time.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1967: Eduard Miglitz III. (1894-1974), physician
• 1976: Franz Wegart (1918–2009), Deputy Governor

Sons and daughters of the market town

• Eduard Miglitz Austrian doctor and long-time director of the Laßnitzhöhe sanatorium, father-in-law of Alfred Gürtler (1875–1933)
• Ernst Strachwitz (1919–1998), Austrian member of the National Council, founding president of the Styrian Alpine Club and member of the old Count's Strachwitz family, grew up in Laßnitzhöhe
• Marvin Weinberger (* 1989), Austrian soccer player with Kapfenberger SV , grew up in Laßnitzhöhe

Resident or spa guests in the community

• Alfred Gürtler (1875–1933), Austrian Finance Minister, Governor of Styria, son-in-law of Eduard Miglitz
• Adolf von Boog (1866–1929), Austro-Hungarian Lieutenant Field Marshal , 1918–1919 commander of the German-Austrian People's Army
• Judy Bounds Coleman (1927–2009), American soprano and professor, co-owner of the Sonnenvilla from 1974 to 1977
• Othmar Crusiz (died 1966), State Office Director , Honorary Senator of the Karl-Franzens University, President of the Styrian Red Cross, owner of the Sonnenvilla from 1941 to 1966
• Dieter Dorner (1943–2012), Austrian radio presenter, lived on the Miglitzpromenade until 1981
• Roberta Knie (1938–2017), German-American soprano from the circus dynasty, owner of the Sonnenvilla from 1974 to 1990s
• Ida Mach , Austrian painter, owner of Villa Waldheim from 1903 to 1930
• Paula Grogger (1892–1984), Austrian writer, summer resort in Laßnitzhöhe
• János von Pallavicini (1848–1941), Austro-Hungarian diplomat and ambassador to Turkey, owner of the Sofienvilla from 1927 to 1934
• Peter Rosegger (1843–1918), Styrian poet and writer, summer resort in Laßnitzhöhe in Annenheim 1913–1917

People in connection with Laßnitzhöhe

• Gernot Pachernigg (* 1981), Austrian singer, grew up in Laßnitzhöhe

literature

• Market community Laßnitzhöhe and Mayor Josef Großschädl (ed.): Market community Laßnitzhöhe, local history , Brockamp publishing, press and advertising GmbH, Laßnitzhöhe.
• DEHIO Styria (excluding Graz). Edited by Kurt Woisetschläger and Peter Krenn. Schroll, Vienna 1982.

Web links

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

• Website of the market town

• 60628 - Laßnitzhöhe. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistics Austria: dissolutions or associations of municipalities from 1945
2. ↑ Werner Tscherne : From Lonsperch to Deutschlandsberg. Editor and publisher: Stadtgemeinde Deutschlandsberg 1990. No ISBN. P. 40.
3. ↑ Manfred Trummer: Slawische Steiermark = Slightly extended version of the lecture of the same name at the symposium “To be foreign - stay together. The Slovene Ethnic Group in Austria ”as part of the“ Slovene Days ”at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz, 25. – 28. March 1996. From: Christian Stenner (Ed.): Slovenian Styria. Displaced minority in Austria's southeast. Series of publications on the customer of Southeast Europe II / 23. Published by the Institute for History of the University of Graz, Department of Southeast European History, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Karl Kaser. Böhlau Verlag, Vienna-Cologne-Weimar 1997, pp. 15–34 (examples: pp. 21, 22 and 24). ISBN 3-205-98690-3 .
4. ^ Eberhard Kranzmayer: Place name book of Carinthia. Part I: The settlement history of Carinthia from prehistoric times to the present in the mirror of the names. Klagenfurt 1956. Published by the History Association for Carinthia in the series Archive for patriotic history and topography , Volume 50. Derived from Old Slovene * lo (n) č (i) níca . S. 113, 158. Quoted from: Monika Voggenberger. The Slavic place names in East Tyrol. Keyword "Lasnitzen".
5. ↑ Monika Voggenberger. The Slavic place names in East Tyrol. Salzburg 1983. Dissertation at the humanities faculty of the University of Salzburg. Entry Austrian National Library  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Population census 2001 (PDF; 10 kB) from Statistics Austria .
7. ↑ Laßnitzhöher Rundschau July 2013, No. 64, pp. 1, 4 f. July 26, 2013, accessed November 21, 2016 - Herwig Tritthart: Obituary Peter Zenz.
8. ↑ sebastian RELOADED® - Always my way. Rundweg website, 2013, accessed November 21, 2016.
9. ^ Municipal news Laßnitzhöhe January 2013 p. 2/2, accessed November 21, 2016.
10. ↑ Laßnitzhöher Rundschau July 2013, No. 64, p. 6, July 26, 2013, accessed November 21, 2016 - Deputy Mayor Gerald Flaßer on traditional events.
11. ↑ Laßnitzhöher Rundschau July 2013, No. 64, p. 61. July 26, 2013, accessed November 21, 2016 - Herwig Tritthart: Obituary Peter Zenz.
12. ↑ From the Steirerland. In: Neues Land , p. 6, February 28, 2003, accessed November 21, 2016.
13. ↑ Südost-Tagespost (January 8, 1974), p. 5.
14. ↑ Südost-Tagespost (April 28, 1976), p. 6.