Sankt Stefan im Rosental

market community Sankt Stefan im Rosental
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Southeast Styria
License plate :	SO (from 1.7.2013; old: FB)
Surface:	43.2 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 54 ′  N , 15 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 44 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	330  m above sea level A.
Residents :	3,898 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	8083, 8082, 8091, 8324, 8341, 8421
Area code :	+43 3116
Community code :	6 23 89
Address of the municipal administration:	Feldbacherstraße 24 8083 St. Stefan im Rosental
Website:	www.rosental.at
politics
Mayor :	Johann Kaufmann ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (21 members)	12 6th 3 12 6th 3  A total of 21 seats ÖVP : 12 SPÖ : 6 FPÖ : 3
Location of Sankt Stefan im Rosental in the district of Southeast Styria
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Sankt Stefan im Rosental is a market town with 3898 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the south-east of Styria in the district of Southeast Styria . On January 1, 2015, the former municipality of Glojach was incorporated as part of the municipal structural reform in Styria .

geography

Geographical location

Sankt Stefan is located on the Saßbach approx. 27 km southeast of Graz and approx. 14 km west of the district capital Feldbach in the eastern Styrian hill country .

Community structure

The municipality includes the following two localities (residents as of January 1, 2020):

• Glojach (19)
• Sankt Stefan im Rosental (3879)

The community consists of six cadastral communities :

• Aschau (455.86 ha)
• Glojach (340.64 ha)
• Krottendorf (580.56 ha)
• Lichtenegg (311.55 ha)
• St. Stefan im Rosental (2,132.24 ha)
• Trössengraben (498.13 ha)

Incorporations

On January 1st, 1951, the municipality of Lichtenegg was merged with Sankt Stefan im Rosental, on January 1st, 1968, Aschau am Ottersbach and Krottendorf im Saßtal, and on January 1st, 1969, Trössengraben.

Neighboring communities

	Kirchberg an der Raab
Kirchbach-Zerlach		Paldau
Schwarzautal Bez. Leibnitz	Jagerberg	Gnas

history

Community of St. Stefan in the Rosental

The place Sankt Stefan im Rosental from the east

Sankt Stefan im Rosental from the northwest

Church of St. Stefan in the Rosental

The chancel, Church of St. Stefan im Rosental

Schichenau chapel (municipality of Sankt Stefan im Rosental)

Celtic burial grounds and Roman coins indicate a Celtic and Roman settlement in the area in ancient times. In the early Middle Ages , Slavs, Avars and Hungarians shaped the eventful history of the region. An intensive German settlement was only after the conquest of Eastern Styria by Emperor Heinrich III. possible in 1044.

The first documented mention of St. Stephen goes back to the year 1269. At the time of settlement, St. Stefan, together with Kirchbach , Wolfsberg and Jagerberg, belonged to the mother parish of Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing .

On June 1, 1948, the name of the community was changed from Sankt Stefan im Rosenthale to Sankt Stefan im Rosental . The market survey took place on August 1st, 1954, in 2004 the Sankt Stefaner tried unsuccessfully for the town charter.

Population development

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Sankt Stefan im Rosental

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture and forestry and around 80 commercial enterprises.

Tourism association

Together with Mettersdorf am Saßbach and Jagerberg, the community forms the “Saßtal” tourist association. Its seat is in St. Stefan im Rosental.

politics

mayor

Johann Kaufmann (ÖVP), who has headed the municipality since July 7, 2006 and was appointed government commissioner from January 1, 2015 as a result of the amalgamation of the municipalities, was confirmed in his position as mayor at the constituent meeting of the municipal council in April 2015 .

In addition, the first Vice Mayor Fritz Pferschi (ÖVP), the second Vice Mayor Nikolaus Bösch-Weiss (SPÖ), the community treasurer Johann Tropper (ÖVP) and the board member Franz Schwarzl (FPÖ) belong to the community board.

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 21 members and, following the 2015 municipal council election, will be composed of mandataries from the following parties:

• 12 ÖVP
• 06 SPÖ
• 03 FPÖ

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2015			2010						2005						2000
	Community new			St. Stefan			Glojach			St. Stefan			Glojach			St. Stefan			Glojach
	be right	%	Mandates	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.
ÖVP	1414	54	12	1452	59	13	157	85	8th	1610	65	14th	160	100	9	1489	62	13	153	100	9
SPÖ	0752	29	06th	0810	33	07th	not running			0690	28	06th	not running			0583	24	05	not running
FPÖ	0463	18th	03	0159	06th	01	not running			0185	07th	01	not running			0340	14th	03	not running
The green	not running			not running			027	15th	01	not running			not running			not running			not running
BZÖ	not running			0058	02	00	not running			not running			not running			not running			not running
Eligible voters	3,380			3.157			204			3.116			194			2,911			194
voter turnout	79%			79%			91%			81%			86%			84%			81%

coat of arms

Blazon : In the silver shield under a narrow green shield head a five-petalled, red, gold-inseminated rose.

Explanation: As early as the first half of the 13th century, the Hagegker family had built a castle and a village in St. Stefan. The rose (heraldry) should have been chosen as a symbol for this landscape and for St. Stefan in the coat of arms of this sex. The rose already played an important role in the Middle Ages. The name of the vineyard Rösenlein is proven as early as 1400. The Hagegk coat of arms with the five-petalled rose in an original document from 1390 is preserved in the seal of Rudolf II von Hagegk . This is now in the castle archive in Greinburg in Upper Austria. On the occasion of the market survey in 1954, the five-petalled rose was chosen to be the coat of arms of the market town of St. Stefan im Rosental.

By resolution of January 11, 1955, the Styrian state government granted the municipality of St. Stefan im Rosental the right to use a municipal coat of arms with effect from February 1, 1955. Due to the amalgamation of the municipalities, the coat of arms lost its official validity on January 1st, 2015. The re-award took place on December 1, 2015.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1972: Friedrich Niederl (1920–2012), governor
• 1976: Anton Peltzmann (1920–2000), Provincial Councilor
• 1982: Josef Krainer (1930–2016), governor
• Johann Sudy († 2012), pastor of St. Stefan im Rosental 1974–1993

Sons and daughters of the church

• Alois Kothgasser SDB (* 1937), retired Archbishop of Salzburg, was born in Lichtenegg
• Johann Lafer actually Johannes Lafer (* 1957), cook
• Franz Dobusch (* 1951), long-time mayor of Linz
• Klaus Edlinger, TV presenter, writer

literature

• Fritz Posch: History of the St. Stefan market in the Rosental. St. Stefan im Rosental 1954
• Festschrift 40 years of the market town of St. Stefan im Rosental. St. Stefan im Rosental 1994
• Norbert Allmer: St. Stefan im Rosental, Styria. = Christian art centers in Austria 447, Salzburg 2006

Web links

Commons : Sankt Stefan im Rosental  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 62389 - Sankt Stefan im Rosental. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Voluntary fire brigade Sankt Stefan im Rosental

Individual evidence

1. ^ Announcement of the Styrian regional government of October 17, 2013 about the unification of the market community Sankt Stefan im Rosental and the community Glojach, both political district of Southeast Styria. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of November 15, 2013. No. 123, 32nd issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . P. 632.
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Statistics Austria: dissolutions or associations of municipalities from 1945
4. ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 317. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 629.
5. ↑ My week of April 27, 2015: FPÖ representative in St. Stefan's board , accessed on May 12, 2015
6. ↑ St. Stefan parish in Rosental: [ http://gemeinde-rosental.at.server175-han.server-routing.com/pm_cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=34 parish council ], accessed on 12 May 2015
7. ^ Community of St. Stefan im Rosental: coat of arms , accessed on May 12, 2015
8. ↑ 99. Announcement of the Styrian state government of November 5, 2015 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the market town of Sankt Stefan im Rosental (political district of Southeast Styria) , accessed on December 4, 2015