Langenwang

Langenwang is located in the northeast of the Austrian state of Styria . The highest point is the Amundsenhöhe ( 1666 m ) in the southeast of the municipality, named after the polar explorer Roald Amundsen .

Community structure

The municipal area comprises the following eight localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Feistritzberg (116)
Honigsberg (152)
Langenwang (3169)
Langenwang-Schwöbing (208)
Lechen (52)
Mitterberg (123)
Pretul (74)
Traibach (8)

The community consists of the same 8 cadastral communities Feistritzberg, Hönigsberg, Langenwang, Langenwang-Schwöbing, Lechen, Mitterberg, Pretul and Traibach.

history

Langenwang was first mentioned in a document in 1232. The Hohenwang fortress , which rises above the valley floor, has evidently already existed around 1122 and is first mentioned in a document in 1222. Hohenwang was the administrative center of the area. The Church of St. Andrew dates from the 13th century.

At the end of the 18th century, Neu-Hohenwang Castle was built in the valley. The local community as an autonomous body was established in 1850. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community was part of the Reichsgau Styria, from 1945 to 1955 part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

In 1940 the district of Hönigsberg, in which the steel processing industry was located - there are still many industrial companies in Hönigsberg today - with around 1,500 residents was separated from the municipality of Langenwang and attached to the district town (then district town) of Mürzzuschlag .

In 1951 there was a serious train accident in Langenwang with 21 deaths, which caused a sensation throughout Austria.

With effect from January 1, 1972, Langenwang was granted the right to use the name “market municipality” by the Styrian state government .

Langenwang and the surrounding area around the year 1876 (recording sheet of the state survey )

Population development

year	Residents
1869	1910
1880	2001
1890	2507
1900	2554
1910	2535

year	Residents
1923	2882
1934	3626
1939	3307
1951	3401
1961	3734

year	Residents
1971	4082
1981	4185
1991	4188
2001	4057

Culture and sights

Parish Church of St. Andrew

Interior of the parish church

Hohenwang castle ruin : The ruin is located on a steep rocky mountain that slopes almost vertically to the southwest.
Feistritz Castle
The St. Andreas Church is the oldest building in Langenwang. The basic shape of the church tower comes from the Romanesque construction period of the 13th century and the early Gothic choir from the 14th century .

economy

Tourism: Together with Krieglach and Mürzzuschlag, the municipality forms the “ Waldheimat -Steirischer Semmering ” tourism association . Its seat is the municipality of Mürzzuschlag.

traffic

Train: The Langenwang stop is on the Südbahn . Numerous regional trains stop in the direction of Bruck an der Mur or Mürzzuschlag . However, trains to Leoben , Friesach , Neumarkt , Unzmarkt , Graz and Spielfeld-Straß are often extended. On November 5, 2018, the new, 10 million euro ÖBB train station is due to open. The community has contributed financially to road paving and noise protection systems. Due to the low daily frequency of 300 passengers, the ÖBB and, due to a lack of budget, the municipality did not set up a toilet facility.

politics

The municipal council has 21 members.

year	Mandates per party
	ÖVP	SPÖ	FPÖ	Green
1970	8th	13	nk	nk
1975	9	12	nk	nk
1980	10	11	nk	nk
1985	11	10	nk	nk
1990	15th	6th	nk	nk
1995	14th	7th	nk	nk
2000	14th	6th	1	-
2005	12	8th	1	nk
2010	12	7th	2	nk
2015	12	4th	5	nk
2020	14th	3	4th	nk

"Nk" = not running

mayor

from ... to	Surname	Political party	Position (if not mayor)
Austrian Empire (1804–1867)
1850–?	Josef Panhofer	-
Austria-Hungary (1867-1919)
1898-1919	Franz Stepwieser	-
First Republic of Austria (1919–1933)
1919-1929	Josef Schöggl	SDAP (now SPÖ)
1929-1934	Andreas Magerl	SDAP
Period of the corporate state - Federal State of Austria (1933–1938)
1934-1935	Josef Pink	-	Government commissioner
1935-1938	Josef Pink	-
Period of National Socialism - German Empire (1938–1945)
1938-1939	Alfred Wessely	NSDAP	Trustee
1939-1945	Alfred Wessely	NSDAP
Occupation in the British Zone (1945–1955)
May 8-27, 1945	Florian Gschaider	SPÖ
May 27 - October 16, 1945	Franz Preitler	KPÖ
October 16 - November 1945	Josef couple	ÖVP
1945-1959	Florian Gschaider	SPÖ
Republic of Austria (since 1955)
1959-1966	Friedrich Majeron	SPÖ
1966-1988	Max summer	SPÖ
1978-1985	Johann Ledolter	SPÖ
1985 - November 30, 2006	Hans Kraus	ÖVP
December 7, 2006 - October 31, 2011	Maximilian Haberl	ÖVP
from November 22, 2011	Rudolf Hofbauer	ÖVP

coat of arms

The municipal
coat of arms was awarded with effect from June 1, 1961. Description of the coat of arms: "In a shield divided by blue and gold in pewter cut, a golden crown in the upper field and a blue St. Andrew's cross in the lower field."

Town twinning

The partner community is Markt Nittendorf in the district of Regensburg in Bavaria . The partnership has existed since 1982.
There are also partnerships with the Bavarian community of Fischen im Allgäu ( Oberallgäu district ) with the district of Langenwang.

Personalities

Sepp Rosegger (1874–1948), doctor and composer , son of the writer Peter Rosegger

Gisela Laferl , married Wozniczak (1884–1968), politician, hotel specialist, founding chairwoman of the “Association of Female and Male Domestic Workers Austria”, “Unity”, founded in 1911.

Karl Panzenbeck (1899–1967), teacher and humorist

Peter Hirsch (1915–1989), politician

Franz Schöggl (1930–1982), musician and composer, was Kapellmeister from 1951 to 1967 and from 1965 head of the church choir in Langenwang

Winfried Seidinger (1931–2009), politician

Josef Straßberger (* 1946), politician

Christine Fröhlich (1948–2015), politician

Friedrich Anderhuber (1950–2018), anatomy professor

Franz Preitler (* 1963), author, dialect poet and local researcher

Kurt Russ (* 1964), national soccer team player and coach, used at the 1990 World Cup in Italy

Wolfgang Geisler (* 1978), racing cyclist, took part in several tours of Austria

Karin Blaser (* 1979), alpine skier, junior world champion and European Cup winner

Robert Winkler (* 1991), ski racer (ski cross), participating in the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang

literature

Othmar Pickl , Gerhard Wresounig: The history of the market town Langenwang. Langenwang 1997.

Web links

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

62116 - Langenwang. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
^ Ordinance of the Styrian Provincial Government of September 14, 1971 Provincial Law Gazette for the State of Styria 141/1971
↑ Statistics Austria Issue 1.030 / 0, "1991 Census - Resident Population by Municipalities", p. 64f
^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 326. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 pp. 631-632.
↑ A new train station - but no toilet orf.at, October 24, 2018, accessed October 24, 2018.
↑ Kleine Zeitung of November 2, 2011 The office resigned ( Memento of January 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Kleine Zeitung of November 23, 2011 Rudolf, the Sixteenth ( Memento of January 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
^ Announcements of the Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv 12, 1962, p. 33
Ordinance of the Steiermärkischen Landesregierung from May 8th 1961 Landesgesetzblatt für die Land Styria 53/1961