Lafnitz (Styria)

Lafnitz

coat of arms

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Styria

Political District :

Hartberg-Fürstenfeld

License plate :

HF (from 1.7.2013; old: HB)

Surface:

15.61 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 22 ' N , 16 ° 1' E Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '9 " N , 16 ° 0' 46" E

Height :

412 m above sea level A.

Residents :

1,453 (Jan 1, 2020)

Postcodes :

8233, 8230

Area code :

03338

Community code :

6 22 26

NUTS region

AT224

Address of the
municipal administration:

Lafnitz 31
8233 Lafnitz

Website:

www.lafnitz.at

politics

Mayor :

Andreas Hofer ( SPÖ )

Municipal Council : (2020)
(15 members)

6th

8th

1

6th 8th 1

A total of 15 seats

ÖVP : 6
SPÖ : 8
GREEN : 1

Location of Lafnitz in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district

Lafnitz seen from above

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Lafnitz is an Austrian municipality with 1,453 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Styria on the border with Burgenland . The community is located in the judicial district of Fürstenfeld and in the political district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld .

geography

Geographical location

Lafnitz is located in the east of Styria in the Lafnitztal . Politically, the community belongs to the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district , whose district capital Hartberg is about ten kilometers south-west of it. The community is located on the Lafnitz river of the same name , a tributary of the Raab .

The Lafnitz forms the border between Styria and Burgenland south-east of Lafnitz. The municipal area extends along the Haidwald, with settlement only in the north and south. The parish in the south is traversed by the Lungitzbach.

Community structure

structure

Cadastral communities	Locations in the municipality
Lafnitz (7.54 km²) Oberlungitz (3.56 km²) Wagendorf ((4.42 km²)	Lafnitz (D) Lafnitzer Haide (R) Oberlungitz (D) Wagendorf (D) Wagendorfer Haide (R)
Legend

Legend for the breakdown table

In the cadastral municipalities column , all cadastral municipalities of a municipality are listed. In the brackets the respective area is given in km².

All settlements recorded by Statistics Austria, which also have their own local area code, are listed in the Localities column . In the hierarchy level of the same column, indented to the right, only settlements that consist of at least several houses are shown.

The most important of the abbreviations used are:

M = capital of the municipality
Stt = district
R = Rotte
W = hamlet
D = village
ZH = scattered houses
Sdlg = settlement
Hgr = group of houses
E = single farmstead (only if you have your own local area code)

The complete list of Statistics Austria is in: Topographical settlement identification according to STAT

It should be noted that some places can have different spellings. Thus, cadastral communities can spell themselves differently than localities or communities of the same name.

Source: Statistics Austria -

Lafnitz consists of three cadastral communities and towns of the same name (residents as of January 1, 2020):

Lafnitz (977 Ew.) With the Rotte Lafnitzer Haide
Oberlungitz (195 Ew.)
Wagendorf (281 Ew.) With the Rotte Wagendorfer Haide

Incorporations

On January 1, 1959, the independent municipalities of Oberlungitz and Wagendorf were merged to form the Lungitztal municipality, which was incorporated on January 1, 1969.

Neighboring communities

Rohrbach an der Lafnitz	Rohrbach an der Lafnitz	Neustift an der Lafnitz
Grafendorf near Hartberg		Loipersdorf Kitzladen
Grafendorf near Hartberg	Sankt Johann in der Haide	Allhau market

history

The first traces of settlement in the municipality go back to the 4th millennium BC. BC when Eastern Styria was settled by the Lafnitz valley. In Roman times , a Roman road led through what is now the municipality from Baden to the settlement area near Hartberg, which crossed the river here.

Since Lafnitz has the same name as the river on which it lies, the first mentions refer to the river. In 864 this is mentioned for the first time in a deed of donation issued by Ludwig the German . The “Gut an der Lafnitz” mentioned in it could designate today's municipality, as it is further specified in a document from 1272 as being near Rohrbach.

Today's village of Lafnitz is finally mentioned for the first time in 1184 as Lavenz in a document from the Vorau monastery . The place name changed over the years via Laffnicz (1445), Laffnitz (1497) and Lafnicz (1506) to the spelling used today, which appears for the first time in 1527.

Due to the proximity to the border with Hungary , the village has often been the victim of enemy attacks. In the 15th to 18th centuries it was primarily the Hungarians , Turks and Kurucs who hit Lafnitz heavily before the Napoleonic troops marched through the country in 1805 .

Local chapel in Lafnitz

Population development

Culture and sights

Sports

The football club SV Lafnitz has played in the 2nd division since the 2018/19 season .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Lafnitz is located directly on the B 54 Wechsel road from Wiener Neustadt to Hartberg, which is well developed in this area . It does not lead through the local area, but around in a long curve. The A 2 south autobahn from Vienna to Graz is also not far away and about nine kilometers (for the Lafnitz part of the municipality) via the Pinkafeld (100) junction and about seven kilometers (for the Wagendorf part of the municipality) via the Hartberg (115) junction and Oberlungitz).

The thermal railway from Vienna to Fehring runs through the municipality, but the Lafnitz stop is no longer served. The next train station is therefore Grafendorf about four kilometers away. There are regional train connections every two hours .

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

education

All children have been taught in the Lafnitz elementary school since the 2008/09 school year. Before that there was also an elementary school in Wagendorf, but it was only run in one class. Secondary schools are located in Grafendorf and Hartberg.

politics

mayor

At the constituent meeting of the municipal council on July 24, 2020, Andreas Hofer was unanimously elected mayor.

The community board also includes Vice Mayor Andreas Burghard (SPÖ) and the community treasurer Gerald Fuchs, who is provided by the ÖVP.

Head of office is Werner Pichler.

Municipal council

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

8 mandates SPÖ ,
6 mandates ÖVP and
1 GREEN mandate

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:
Political party	2020			2015			2010			2005			2000			1995
Political party	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.
ÖVP	381	40.06	6th	462	46.39	7th	439	44.48	7th	505	50	7th	280	28	4th	319	32	5
SPÖ	457	48.05	8th	446	44.78	7th	466	47.21	7th	514	50	8th	516	51	8th	633	63	10
FPÖ	35	3.68	0	88	8.84	1	82	8.31	1	not running			207	21st	3	59	6th	0
GREEN	78	8.20	1	not running			not running			not running			not running			not running
Eligible voters	1198			1,150			1,120			1,124			1,098
voter turnout	80.3%			88%			90%			92%			92%			90%

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from December 1, 1998.

Blazon (description of the coat of arms): "Divided by green and red by a silver river, in the upper field an abbot and lily staff of silver crossed at an angle, in the lower field a diagonally reduced silver river."

Individual evidence

↑ Local council election 2020 - results Lafnitz. orf.at , accessed on August 22, 2020 .
↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
^ Community Lafnitz, elementary school. Accessed March 31, 2020 .
↑ Local council elections Styria 2020 - news.ORF.at. Retrieved June 30, 2020 .
^ Notices from the Styrian State Archives 49, 1999, p. 52

Web links

Commons : Lafnitz (Styria) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

62226 - Lafnitz (Styria). Community data, Statistics Austria .

[1] Local council election 2020 - results Lafnitz. orf.at , accessed on August 22, 2020 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-2] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[3] Community Lafnitz, elementary school. Accessed March 31, 2020 .

[4] Local council elections Styria 2020 - news.ORF.at. Retrieved June 30, 2020 .

[5] Notices from the Styrian State Archives 49, 1999, p. 52