Gabersdorf (Styria)

Gabersdorf
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Leibnitz
License plate :	LB
Surface:	19.86 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 47 '  N , 15 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 46 '54 "  N , 15 ° 35' 12"  E
Height :	274  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,237 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	8424
Area code :	03452
Community code :	6 10 08
Address of the municipal administration:	Gabersdorf 93 8424 Gabersdorf
Website:	www.gabersdorf.at
politics
Mayor :	Franz Hierzer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (15 members)	10 4th 1 10 4th 1  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 10 SPÖ : 4 FPÖ : 1
Location of Gabersdorf in the Leibnitz district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Gabersdorf is a municipality with 1237 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the judicial district or district of Leibnitz in Styria .

geography

Geographical location

The municipality of Gabersdorf is located east of Leibnitz between the foothills of the Eastern Styrian hill country and the Mur in the Leibnitz district in the Austrian state of Styria . The canalised Stiefing flows into the Mur to the west of the main town .

Community structure

The municipality comprises four localities (residents as of January 1, 2020):

• Gabersdorf (355)
• Landscha on the Mur (384)
• Neudorf an der Mur (354)
• Sajach (144)

Cadastral communities are (area 2015):

• Gabersdorf (574.68 ha)
• Landscha (332.57 ha)
• Neudorf an der Mur (1,078.09 ha)

Incorporations

On January 1, 1962, the municipalities of Landscha an der Mur and Neudorf an der Mur were merged with Gabersdorf.

history

The place is first mentioned in 1294 as Gebrechtsdorf . The local community as an autonomous body was established in 1850. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community came to the Reichsgau Steiermark, 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria. By amalgamation of the municipalities in 1962 the municipalities Gabersdorf, Neudorf / Mur and Landscha / Mur became the large municipality of Gabersdorf.

Population development

Culture and sights

Catholic parish church of St. Leonhard in Gabersdorf

See also:  List of listed objects in Gabersdorf (Styria)

• Pilgrimage Church Gabersdorf: A baroque church building, which was built around 1690 and consecrated to St. Leonhard in 1718 . The church was renovated in 1787, 1894, 1908, 1928, 1950 and 1994.

politics

mayor

The mayor is Franz Hierzer, who is also the head of the municipality.

The community board also includes the deputy mayor Johann Scheucher (ÖVP) and the community treasurer Vinzenz Bauer (SPÖ).

Municipal council

The municipal council has 15 seats. According to the result of the 2015 municipal council election , it is composed as follows:

• 10 ÖVP
• 04 SPÖ
• 01 FPÖ

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2015			2010			2005			2000
	be right	%	Mandates	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.
ÖVP	442	64	10	579	75	12	386	54	9	378	57	9
SPÖ	197	29	04th	191	25th	03	249	35	5	186	28	4th
FPÖ	050	07th	01	not running			079	11	1	103	15th	2
Eligible voters	938			907			863			806
voter turnout	74%			86%			84%			84%

coat of arms

The municipal
coat of arms was awarded on June 10, 1952 with effect from August 1, 1952. Description of coat of arms :

“A shield split by silver and black. In the right field, three black balls appear one above the other. The left half of the shield is crossed in the middle by a narrow, silver rafter. "

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Leopold Hochnegger († 1972), Dean
• 1978: Kurt Jungwirth (* 1929), Provincial Councilor
• 1985: Josef Krainer (1930–2016), Governor of Styria 1980–1996
• 2017: Robert Knopper (* 1930), provisional officer from Gabersdorf

Sons and daughters of the church

• Josef Kögl (1890–1968), architect

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: dissolutions or associations of municipalities from 1945
3. ^ Parish Gabersdorf: Pilgrimage Church and Parish Gabersdorf ( Memento of October 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ); Retrieved May 16, 2010
4. ↑ Municipality of Gabersdorf: Official leader by the Gabersdorf municipal office , accessed on June 8, 2015
5. ↑ community Gaberndorf: Parish Council , accessed on June 8, 2015
6. ↑ http://orf.at/wahl/steiermark-gemeinderat15/#results/61008
7. ↑ Communications from the Styrian State Archives 12, 1962, p. 26
8. ↑ Sonntagsblatt, No. 18 (April 30, 1972), p. 10.
9. ↑ Sunday Post, No. 48 (November 26, 1978), p. 9.

Web links

Commons : Gabersdorf  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 61008 - Gabersdorf (Styria). Community data, Statistics Austria .