Merkendorf (community Bad Gleichenberg)

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Merkendorf ( former municipality )
Historical coat of arms of Merkendorf
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Merkendorf (municipality of Bad Gleichenberg) (Austria)
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Basic data
Pole. District , state Südoststeiermark  (SO), Styria
Judicial district Feldbach
Pole. local community Bad Gleichenbergf0
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Coordinates 46 ° 51 '20 "  N , 15 ° 54' 16"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 51 '20 "  N , 15 ° 54' 16"  E
height 273  m above sea level A.
Residents of the stat. An H. 1143 (January 1, 2014)
Building status 527 (April 1, 2020 f1)
surface 1,121.99 ha (December 31, 2019)dep1
Post Code 8344 Bad Gleichenberg
prefix + 43/3159 (Bad Gleichenberg)
Statistical identification
Counting district / district Merkendorf (62 375 003)
Independent municipality until the end of 2014;

KG: 62121 Haag, 62135 Merkendorf, 62161 Waldsberg, 62164 Wilhelmsdorf; OS: 14738 Haag, 14739 Merkendorf, 14740 Steinbach, 14741 Waldsberg, 14742 Wilhelmsdorf
Source: STAT : Local directory ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

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Merkendorf is a former municipality and since 2015 part of the municipality of Bad Gleichenberg in Südoststeiermark District of Styria with 1,143 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2014).

geography

Steinbach Chapel

Merkendorf is located about 43 km southeast of Graz and about 11 km south of the district capital Feldbach in the eastern Styrian hill country .

Structure of the former municipality

Merkendorf consisted of four cadastral communities (area as of December 31, 2019):

  • Hague (153.18 ha)
  • Merkendorf (534.10 ha)
  • Waldsberg (238.95 ha)
  • Wilhelmsdorf (195.76 ha)

The area of ​​the former municipality comprised the following five localities (number of inhabitants in brackets, as of January 1, 2020):

  • Hague (183)
  • Merkendorf (385)
  • Steinbach (211)
  • Waldsberg (211)
  • Wilhelmsdorf (102)

Former neighboring communities

history

On January 1, 1948, the communities of Haag, Waldsberg and Wilhelmsdorf were incorporated into Merkendorf.

On January 1, 2015, Merkendorf was merged with the communities of Bairisch-Kölldorf , Bad Gleichenberg and Trautmannsdorf in Eastern Styria as part of the municipal structural reform in Styria . The new municipality continues to bear the name "Bad Gleichenberg".

Population development in the former municipality


Culture and sights

  • Merkersdorf local chapel
  • Wilhelmsdorf local chapel

politics

The last municipal council consisted of 15 members and in the municipal council election 2010 was composed of mandates from the following parties:

  • 8 ÖVP - provided the mayor and the deputy mayor
  • 6 SPÖ
  • 1 FPÖ

coat of arms

Merkendorf coat of arms.jpg

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

Blazon (description of the coat of arms): "Three leafed golden saffron blossoms in a blue shield with a golden border, in it seven red ants running to the right."

Friendships

Merkendorf maintains friendly relationships with other places in German-speaking countries with the same name. The following places have become the Verein Europäische Merkendorfs e. V. united:

Every two years a meeting takes place in a different Merkendorf to exchange ideas and to carry out sporting and cultural events.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • Friedrich Fassold († 2020), Mayor of Merkendorf 1988-2004

Web links

Commons : Merkendorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Regionalinformation , bev.gv.at (1,094 kB); accessed on January 10, 2020.
  2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  3. ^ Announcement of the Styrian state government of December 19, 2013 about the union of the municipalities Bad Gleichenberg, Bairisch-Kölldorf, Merkendorf and Trautmannsdorf in East Styria, all political districts of Southeast Styria. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of December 30, 2013, No. 186, 38th issue , ZDB -ID 705127-x , p. 763.
  4. ^ Notices from the Styrian State Archives 49, 1999, p. 53