Paldau

This article deals with the market town in Styria. On the Bishop of Seckau see Ulrich von Paldau .

market community Paldau
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:	39.2 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 56 ′  N , 15 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	309  m above sea level A.
Residents :	3,161 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	8341, 8324, 8342
Area code :	+43 3150
Community code :	6 23 84
Address of the municipal administration:	Paldau 41 8341 Paldau
Website:	www.paldau.at
politics
Mayor :	Karl Konrad ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (21 members)	15th 4th 2 15th 4th 2  A total of 21 seats ÖVP : 15 SPÖ : 4 FPÖ : 2
Location of Paldau in the district of Southeast Styria
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Paldau is a market town with 3161 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in southeast Styria in the district of Southeast Styria .

geography

Geographical location

Paldau is located about 32 km southeast of Graz and about 7 km west of the district capital Feldbach in the Eastern Styrian hill country .

Community structure

The municipal area comprises eleven localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Axbach (285)
• Häusla (132)
• Kohlberg (192)
• Oberstorcha (158)
• Paldau (920)
• Perlsdorf (340)
• Pollau (103)
• Puch (403)
• Reith (146)
• Saaz (319)
• Lower stork (163)

• Paldau
• 

  Paldau from the east

• 

  Saazkogel Church

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  Parish church hl. Vitus

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  Building history of St. Sebastian

The community consists of six cadastral communities (area 2016):

• Axbach (1,073.74 ha)
• Kohlberg I (326.11 ha)
• Paldau (576.66 ha)
• Perlsdorf (563.49 ha)
• Saaz (719.34 ha)
• Lower stork (652.93 ha)

Incorporations

On January 1, 1969, the municipality of Axbach was merged with Paldau.

As part of the municipal structural reform in Styria , the former municipality of Perlsdorf was incorporated on January 1, 2015 . At the same time was

• part of the former municipality of Kohlberg
• and part of the cadastral municipality of Oberstorcha (former municipality of Oberstorcha )

reclassified to the municipality of Paldau.

Neighboring communities

	Kirchberg an der Raab	Edelsbach near Feldbach
Sankt Stefan im Rosental		Feldbach
	Gnas

history

The earliest written document is from 1318 and is "Paltawe". The name goes back to Slavic bloto (swamp) and Middle High German ouwe (floodplain). The field name was transferred to the settlement.

On November 1, 1988, the municipality was given the designation "market municipality".

Population development

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Paldau

• Parish church hl. Vitus
• Filial church hl. Sebastian am Saazkogel, small late Gothic building, early 16th century
• Stone figure hl. Johannes Nepomuk on a pedestal by the street, mid-18th century

politics

mayor

Mayor of the community is Karl Konrad (ÖVP). In March 2013, he succeeded the long-term mayor Anton Gutmann, who resigned his post for reasons of age. From January 1st, 2015 until the constituent meeting of the municipal council in April 2015, Konrad led the municipality as government commissioner.

Gutmann's 28-year term of office included the market survey (1988), the complete opening up of the community with water supply and sewage disposal, the opening up of the residential and commercial areas and the redesign of the through traffic.

The community's mind also includes the first vice mayor Anton Sommer, the second vice mayor Alois Hirschmann, the community treasurer Werner-Josef Neuhold and the board member Karl Kohlmaier.

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 21 members and has been made up of mandataries from the following parties since the 2015 municipal council election :

• 15 ÖVP
• 4 SPÖ
• 2 FPÖ

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2015			2010			2005			2000
	be right	%	Mandates	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.
ÖVP	1496	68	15th	1053	69	11	868	62	10	911	68	11
SPÖ	0435	20th	04th	0323	21st	03	467	33	05	298	22nd	03
FPÖ	0271	12	02	0146	10	01	065	05	00	137	10	01
Eligible voters	2,624			1,750			1,669			1,589
voter turnout	85%			88%			85%			86%

coat of arms

• Coats of arms of the previous municipalities
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  Kohlberg

• 

  Oberstorcha

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  Perlsdorf

All previous municipalities had a municipal coat of arms. Due to the amalgamation of municipalities, these lost their official validity on January 1st, 2015. The re-award took place with effect from December 1, 2015.
The new blazon reads:

"A golden bishop's staff placed diagonally on the right is placed on a shield that is divided by red, furrier and black twice on the left."

The municipal coat of arms was first awarded with effect from July 1, 1966. The shield colors are taken from the coat of arms of the Lords of Teuffenbach zu Maierhofen (twice split by red, silver and black) and the Zebinger (split by red and furrier), which the former Were landlords in the municipality. The golden pedum refers to Bishop Ulrich von Seckau (1297–1308), who came from the lineage of the Lords of Paldau. The coat of arms of this sex has not survived, as no seals have been preserved on documents and the seal of Bishop Ulrich only marks the spiritual office.

Web links

Commons : Paldau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 62384 - Paldau. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• www.paldau.at Website of the municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying, Regional Information, reference date December 31, 2016, accessed on February 19, 2017
3. ↑ ^{a b} Statistics Austria: dissolutions or associations of municipalities from 1945
4. ↑ § 5 Abs. 5 Z 2 StGsrG, p. 7.
5. ↑ Section 5, Paragraph 4, Item 2 of the Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG. P. 5.
6. ↑ Fritz Frhr. Lochner von Hüttenbach: On the name property of the early Middle Ages in Styria (=  magazine of the Historical Association for Styria . Volume 99 ). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2008, p. 31 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).
7. ↑ My week of February 21, 2013: An era is coming to an end in Paldau , accessed on May 12, 2015.
8. ^ Parish Paldau: parish council , accessed on May 12, 2015.
9. ↑ 101. Announcement of the Styrian state government of November 12, 2015 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the market town of Paldau (political district of Southeast Styria) , accessed on December 4, 2015.
10. ^ Parish Paldau: History , accessed on May 12, 2015.