Limberg near Wies

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Limberg near Wies ( village )
village
Limberg near Wies (Austria)
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Basic data
Pole. District , state Deutschlandsberg  (DL), Styria
Judicial district Deutschlandsberg
Pole. local community Wiesf0
Coordinates 46 ° 44 '39 "  N , 15 ° 12' 37"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 44 '39 "  N , 15 ° 12' 37"  Ef1
height 490  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village 232 (January 1, 2020)
Statistical identification
Locality code 14529
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk
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Coat of arms of the former municipality of Limberg near Wies

Limberg bei Wies is a village in western Styria . Until the end of 2014, Limberg was a municipality with 950 inhabitants (as of 2014) in the Deutschlandsberg district in Styria . As part of the Styrian municipal structural reform , Limberg was merged with the municipalities of Wies , Wernersdorf and Wielfresen in 2015 , and the new municipality continues the name of Wies. The basis for this is the Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG.

geography

location

Limberg bei Wies consisted of the cadastral communities Limberg in the west and Mitterlimberg in the east. The most important flowing body of water in Limberg is the Schwarzenbach, the highest point in the Partl at 686 meters.

Neighboring places

Schwanberg St. Peter in the Sulmtal
Neighboring communities St. Martin in the Sulmtal
Wielfresen Wies

history

The name "Limberg", probably a dialectic rounding of "Lindenberg", was first mentioned in a document in 1244, when the church of St. Peter near " Lindenberch " was mentioned. Originally, however, the name only referred to the hill at the foot of the castle . The area of ​​Limberg, Kreuzberg and Eichegg was already about as populated centuries ago as it is today and, apart from Limberg Castle, only housed farms.

Steyeregg and Kalkgrub, on the other hand, were decisively shaped by the "coal age". The Steyeregger Valley was completely uninhabited until 1800, after which the discovery of coal and the subsequent mining caused a complete change in Kalkgrub and Steyeregg. In the 20th century, a narrow-gauge factory railway (without passenger traffic) led from the Schwanberg station of the Wieserbahn to the coal mining facilities in Kalkgrub. For the first time in Austria, standard-gauge freight wagons (mainly open wagons for coal transport) were transported on trolleys on this railway .

Location of the former municipality Limberg in the district of Deutschlandsberg with the municipality boundaries until the end of 2014

With the decline of coal mining, a sharp decline in the population began in the second half of the 20th century .

The name of the former municipality Limberg was changed to Limberg bei Wies on June 1, 1951 . On January 1, 1960, part of the then divided community of Altenmarkt bei Wies was merged with Limberg.

population

Population structure

According to the 2001 census, Limberg had 946 inhabitants. 96.1% of the population had Austrian citizenship. 92.1% of the population committed to the Roman Catholic Church , 4.8% were without religious belief.


Population development

Limberg's population peaked in the 1920s. Thereafter, the number of inhabitants, especially between 1951 and 1981, fell sharply by around a third. The population has stabilized again at a low level for 20 years.

Culture and sights

See also: List of listed objects in Wies

The most famous sight in Limberg is Limberg Castle , the establishment of which may date back to the 9th century.

Economy and Infrastructure

According to the 2001 census of workplaces , there were 21 workplaces with 86 employees in Limberg as well as 369 out-commuters and 42 in-commuters. The most important industries are the construction industry as well as the hotel and restaurant industry. There are 57 agricultural and forestry holdings (10 of which are the main occupation), which together cultivate 539 hectares (1999).

The traffic development takes place via the Radlpass Straße (B76) which leads through the community area.

Leisure and Tourism

The Eckpeter weekend house settlement is located southwest of Limberg on the ridge , from which you can see the valleys on both sides of the ridge.

politics

Municipal council

In the last local council elections in Limberg in 2005, the SPÖ was able to maintain its supremacy. Despite a loss of 4%, the SPÖ reached 70.41% and was able to keep its seven mandates. The ÖVP , on the other hand, was able to benefit greatly from the FPÖ , which no longer ran in 2005. It increased by around 9% and reached 29.59% and three mandates.

coat of arms

Limberg was given the right to use a municipal coat of arms on August 1, 1977. It shows the Barbara chapel on a green background, framed by two white, vertical stripes with five green linden leaves each.

Historical maps

literature

Gerfried Schmidt: Community history of Limberg bei Wies in three parts:

  • Part 1: Limberg at the shaft and tunnel (1997)
  • Part 2: Limberg in the shadow of the castles (1999)
  • Part 3: Limberg in difficult hours (2002)

Karl Schleinzer : The Limberg mountain farming area. A business study . Dissertation. University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences , Vienna 1952, OBV .

Web links

Commons : Limberg bei Wies  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
  2. ↑ Section 3, Paragraph 2, Item 6 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 2.
  3. ^ Walter Krobot, Josef Otto Slezak, Hans Sternhart: Schmalspurig durch Österreich. History and fleet of narrow-gauge railways in Austria from 1825 to 1975. Slezak publishing house, 3rd edition Vienna 1984. ISBN 3-85416-095-X . Pp. 132-133.
  4. ↑ Announcement of May 16, 1951 , State Law Gazette for Styria of December 28, 1959, Issue 13, No. 37, p. 114.
  5. ↑ Ordinance of December 18, 1959 , State Law Gazette for Styria of December 28, 1959, 33rd issue , No. 108, p. 152.