Leutschach on the Wine Route

market community Leutschach on the Wine Route
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Leibnitz
License plate :	LB
Main town :	Leutschach
Surface:	75.74 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 40 ′  N , 15 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′ 1 ″  N , 15 ° 28 ′ 4 ″  E
Height :	352  m above sea level A.
Residents :	3,664 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	8463, 8452, 8453, 8454, 8462
Area code :	03454
Community code :	6 10 54
Address of the municipal administration:	Arnfelser Strasse 1 A-8463 Leutschach
Website:	www.leutschach-weinstrasse.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Erich Plasch ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (Election year: 2015) (21 members)	17th 2 2 17th 2 2  A total of 21 seats ÖVP : 17 SPÖ : 2 FPÖ : 2
Location of Leutschach an der Weinstrasse in the Leibnitz district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

View of Leutschach

Leutschach parish church

Leutschach an der Weinstrasse has been a municipality with 3664 inhabitants since 2015 (as of January 1, 2020) in the Leibnitz district in Styria .

Leutschach an der Weinstrasse emerged as part of the municipal structural reform in Styria from the municipalities of Leutschach , Schloßberg , Eichberg-Trautenburg and Glanz an der Weinstrasse, which were dissolved at the end of 2014 . In 2015 the municipality's administration moved into the renovated office building.

With a total of 732 hectares of vineyards, the place is the largest wine-growing community in Styria (corresponds to a good 17% of the wine-growing area in Styria ). Due to the hop cultivation on approx. 95 hectares around Leutschach (= largest hop-growing area in Austria), Leutschach on the Weinstrasse is also the only hop and wine-growing community in Austria.

Together with Ehrenhausen an der Weinstrasse, Arnfels, Oberhaag and Straß in Styria, the community forms the tourism association “The South Styrian Wine Route”.

geography

Community structure

The municipality includes the following ten localities and cadastral communities of the same name (residents as of January 1, 2020; area 2016):

• Eichberg-Trautenburg (556 Ew .; 1,420.68 ha)
• Fötschach (610 inhabitants; 541.86 ha)
• Gloss (181 Ew .; 576.65 ha)
• Großwalz (133 inhabitants; 739.77 ha)
• Kranach (182 inhabitants; 701.28 ha)
• Langegg (90 Ew .; 89.38 ha)
• Leutschach (578 Ew .; 110.88 ha)
• Pößnitz (461 inhabitants; 1,190.93 ha)
• Remschnigg (245 inhabitants; 1,019.07 ha)
• Schloßberg (628 Ew .; 1,172.75 ha)

Neighboring communities

Sankt Johann in the Saggau Valley	Big small	Gamlitz
Arnfels Oberhaag		Kungota ( Slovenia )
Podvelka ( Slovenia )	Selnica ob Dravi ( Slovenia )	Maribor ( Slovenia )

history

In 1250 the name Leutschach was first mentioned as Liubschach . 1458 awarded Emperor Friedrich III. the place the market law and its own jurisdiction.

Leutschach emerged from the Trautenburg advertising district in 1850 and was much larger at the time. In 1882 it was divided into the communities of Markt Leutschach, Glanz, Schloßberg and Eichberg-Trautenburg.

As a result of the Styrian community structural reform , the independence of the four communities ended after 132 years.

Mayor from 1860 to 1882

1850–1852 Josef Ludwig Bayer, landowner in Amthofen
1852–1859 Ignaz Strohmeier
1859–1861 Philip Dreu
1861–1867 Alois Heu, merchant
1867–1870 Ferdinand Hirzer, baker
1870–1873 Johann Grabner
1873–1876 Alois Kniely, innkeeper and baker
1876– 1882 Ferdinand Hirzer, Johann Brand and Johann Zaunschirm
1882–1883 ​​Josef Hartnagel, Lederer

politics

mayor

Erich Plasch was elected mayor of the newly formed municipality in June 2015 . Plasch was mayor of the market town of Leutschach until December 31, 2014. From January 1, 2015 until the constituent meeting, Reinhold Elsnig managed the business of the merged community as government commissioner .

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 21 members. According to the result of the 2015 municipal council election , it is composed as follows:

• 17 mandates ÖVP ,
• 02 mandates SPÖ and
• 02 mandates FPÖ .

The citizens' initiative Rebenland and Die Grünen did not make it into the local council.

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2015			2010
	Large community			Leutschach			Eichberg			shine			Schlossberg
	be right	%	Mandates	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.
ÖVP	1949	74	17th	324	85	8th	456	77	7th	798	82	13	610	74	11
SPÖ	0258	10	02	058	15th	1	129	22nd	2	180	18th	02	212	26th	04th
FPÖ	0243	09	02	not running			not running			not running			not running
The green	0070	03	00	not running			009	02	0	not running			not running
Citizens' initiative Rebenland	0101	04th	00	not running			not running			not running			not running
Eligible voters	3,174			458			677			1,171			926
voter turnout	83%			85%			88%			86%			90%

Economy, transport and infrastructure

economy

Leutschach an der Weinstrasse is the largest wine-growing community in Styria and therefore an important center of Styrian viticulture. In addition, tourism, which has developed more and more in the last few decades, is the main source of income for the many businesses.

Leutschach is also the second largest hop growing area in Austria. The high-quality hops are processed into valued special beers in the Styrian breweries.

traffic

In 1910 it was planned to build a railway from Maribor via / or. through the Pößnitzberg, the Pößnitz- and Saggautal to Wies . The project was finished right down to the detailed planning, but then failed with the start of the First World War .

In terms of traffic, the individual cadastral communities and localities are largely well developed today by private transport (271.7 km of local roads). Public bus lines connect Leutschach with the neighboring communities and the district capital Leibnitz . The next train stations are in Ehrenhausen and Leibnitz.

Infrastructure

As a community of residence, the place offers all important social and economic supply facilities. Since September 1st, 2019, 2 general practitioners, a specialist in dentistry, a pharmacy and a branch of the Red Cross have provided medical care.

education

The educational institutions of the larger community include two kindergartens (Leutschach and Langegg), the Lachtraub childcare facility , two elementary schools (Leutschach and Langegg) and the NMS Leutschach. A new school building is currently being built for the NMS, which will also house the Leutschach Music Association.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Leutschach an der Weinstrasse

• Heiligengeistklamm
• Church of the Holy Spirit on Osterberg not far from the Austrian border in Slovenia
• Trautenburg Castle
• Schmirnberg castle ruins
• Schlossbergwarte on the Montikogel

Culture, clubs

Many associations (Musikverein Rebenland Leutschach, church choir, traditional associations, folk dance circles) contribute to good cultural work. Numerous events such as the harvest parade, carnival parade, church concerts, Advent concerts, Christmas celebrations, Corpus Christi procession, Easter procession, parish fair or the pilgrimage to Heiligengeist on Pentecost Sunday make up the current traditional year.

Personalities

• Nicos Jaritz (* 1953), percussionist and band leader
• Konrad Jarz (1842–1909), adventurer, historian and geographer
• Franz Unger (1800–1870), Austrian botanist, paleontologist and plant physiologist
• Gregor F. Waltl (born April 29, 1969), TV presenter at ORF and Servus-TV, among others
• Franz Leopold Schmelzer (* 1965) is an Austrian film and television director

literature

• The Rebenland Chronicle: The common history of the four communities Eichberg-Trautenburg, Glanz an der Weinstrasse, Leutschach and Schlossberg (2004), ISBN 3-902344-05-9
• Amalia Schwaiger: Heimatbuch Leutschach .

Web links

Commons : Leutschach an der Weinstrasse  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Municipality of Leutschach an der Weinstrasse: Municipal Board ( Memento of the original from May 30, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 30, 2015 
2. ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
3. ^ Announcement of the Styrian state government of November 21, 2013 on the unification of the market community Leutschach and the communities Eichberg-Trautenburg, Glanz an der Weinstrasse and Schloßberg, all political district Leibnitz. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of December 6, 2013. No. 154, 35th issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . P. 683.
4. ↑ Home | LK Styria. Retrieved August 18, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Hops from Styria still in local beer | Chamber of Agriculture - Press. Retrieved August 18, 2017 . 
6. ↑ South Styrian Wine Route: South Styrian Wine Route: Home. Retrieved August 18, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
8. ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying, Regional Information, reference date December 31, 2016, accessed February 19, 2017
9. ↑ Schlossbergwarte am Montikogel on the website of the market town of Leutschach an der Weinstrasse