Hartberg surroundings

Hartberg surroundings
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Hartberg-Fürstenfeld
License plate :	HF (from 1.7.2013; old: HB)
Main town :	Schildbach
Surface:	30.43 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 16 '  N , 15 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 16 '21 "  N , 15 ° 57' 31"  E
Height :	360  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,179 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	8230, 8225, 8274
Area code :	03332
Community code :	6 22 20
Address of the municipal administration:	Schildbach 200 8230 Hartberg
Website:	www.hartberg- Umgebung.at
politics
Mayor :	Herbert Rodler ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2020) (15 members)	10 5 10 5  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 10 List for Hartberg area : 5
Location of Hartberg surroundings in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Villa Rustica in Löffelbach

Neuberg Castle in Spoonbach

St. Anna am Masenberg

Wayside shrine in Schildbach

Hartberg Umgebung is a municipality with 2179 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the judicial district of Fürstenfeld and in the political district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in the south-east of Austria .

geography

Geographical location

Hartberg area is located in the east of Styria in Joglland at the transition to the Eastern Styrian hill country . The community is located around 3 km southwest of the district capital Hartberg and around 40 km northeast of the provincial capital Graz .

The community is traversed in the south by the Dombach, a tributary of the Hartberger Safen , and in the east by the Schildbach, a tributary of the Dombach, which share the drainage of the community. Their confluence is already in the area of ​​the neighboring municipality Buch-St. Magdalena .

To the west, the Hartberg area borders on the Pöllauer Tal nature park . In the north are the two highest peaks, the Annenkogel (860 m) and the Wullmenstein (867 m).

The Schildbach district has grown together with the neighboring community of Hartberg.

Community structure

Hartberg area consists of six villages and twelve districts (residents as of January 1, 2020):

• Flattendorf (647) with Au, Flattenberg, Meierhöf, Sankt Anna, Saupoint and Wartberg
• Öffelbach (700) with Buchberg, Hausberg, Heckerberg, Löffelberg and Neuberg
• Mitterdombach (120)
• Schildbach (479)
• Siebenbrunn (126)
• Wenireith (107) with Totterfeld

Neighboring communities

Pöllauberg	Greinbach	Greinbach
Pöllau		Hartberg
Kaindorf	Kaindorf	Book-St. Magdalena

history

In July / August 1944, Hungarian Jewish women were used for forced labor in agriculture in Mitterdombach.

Population development

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Hartberg area

Buildings

• The Villa Rustica in the district Löffelbach is a Roman country estate from the 2nd and 3rd centuries. The well-preserved foundation walls were uncovered and preserved between 1961 and 1963. The ruins were restored from 1992 to 2002.
• The Burg Neuberg at the foot of the ring Kogel is also in the district Löffelbach and is one of the most important fortifications of Styria. It was built in the 12th century. As the castle is privately owned, it cannot be visited.
• The Gothic St. Anna am Masenberg from the 15th century is located in the district of the same name at the foot of the Masenberg . The Gothic side altar from 1522 and the Baroque high altar, which was built in 1758, are worth seeing.

societies

• Schildbach volunteer fire department
• Mitterdombach volunteer fire department
• UPS Hartberg area ( soccer )

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Wechsel Straße (B 54) from Hartberg to Gleisdorf runs through the eastern municipality, although it only runs through the village in Schildbach. A little further to the east, outside the municipality, runs the south A 2 motorway from Vienna to Graz. It can be reached about 6 km away via the Hartberg junction (115).

The community has no rail connection. The closest train station is in Hartberg, around 4 km away. It provides access to the Thermenbahn with two-hour regional train connections to Vienna and Fehring .

The Graz Airport is about 75 km away.

politics

mayor

Mayor is Herbert Rodler (ÖVP).

The community board also includes the deputy mayor Herbert Kelz and the community treasurer Elisabeth Jöstl (ÖVP).

Municipal council

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2015			2010			2005			2000			1995			1990
	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.
ÖVP	1059	84	13	1060	75	12	915	64	11	998	75	12	1047	81	13	1110	85	13
SPÖ	0195	16	02	0194	14th	02	220	15th	02	060	05	00	0094	07th	01	0190	15th	02
FPÖ	not running			not running			078	05	00	163	12	02	0158	12	01	not running
List of names Wilfinger	not running			0157	11	01	208	15th	02	112	08th	01	not running			not running
Eligible voters	1,742			1,714			1,695			1,564
voter turnout	77%			83%			85%			86%			91%			95%

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms has been used since July 1, 1989.
Blazon : "In a black shield sprinkled with golden vine leaves, a golden wolf."

The barons of Neuberg, whose castle is in the municipality, had a silver wolf in their coat of arms. Based on the golden linden leaves scattered over the shield in the coat of arms of the Counts von Herberstein and Barons von Neuberg, the wolf was reproduced in gold. The golden grape leaves indicate the old and now flourishing viticulture in the community.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Fritz Posch (1911–1995), Austrian historian

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Local council election 2020 - results Hartberg environment. orf.at , accessed on August 22, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ^ Parish Hartberg surrounding area: parish board (accessed on July 29, 2019)
4. ^ "Hartberg Umgebung Aktuell" editorial team (ed.): Hartberg Umgebung Aktuell . December 2008, p. 2-3 .

Web links

Commons : Hartberg Umgebung  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 62220 - Hartberg area. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Homepage of the Schildbach cadastral community
• Homepage of the cadastral community Löffelbach