Sankt Peter am Ottersbach

market community Sankt Peter am Ottersbach
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Southeast Styria
License plate :	SO (from 1.7.2013; old: RA)
Surface:	48.56 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 48 '  N , 15 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 47 '52 "  N , 15 ° 45' 33"  E
Height :	380  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,956 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	8093, 8342
Area code :	03477
Community code :	6 23 88
Address of the municipal administration:	Petersplatz 2 A-8093 Sankt Peter am Ottersbach
Website:	www.stpeter-weindorf.at
politics
Mayor :	Reinhold Ebner ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (21 members)	12 5 4th 12 5 4th  A total of 21 seats ÖVP : 12 FPÖ : 5 SPÖ : 4
Location of Sankt Peter am Ottersbach in the district of Southeast Styria
View of St. Peter am Ottersbach
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Catholic parish church in St. Peter am Ottersbach

Catholic parish church in Bierbaum

Fatima Chapel in Bierbaum

Weinwarte observation tower

Sankt Peter am Ottersbach is an Austrian market town in the judicial district of Feldbach or the district of Southeast Styria in Styria , near the border with Slovenia and has 2956 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). As part of the municipal structural reform in Styria , the municipalities of Bierbaum am Auersbach and Dietersdorf am Gnasbach were incorporated on January 1, 2015 .

geography

St. Peter am Ottersbach is located 10 km north of the border with Slovenia and 20 km east of the Pyhrn motorway A 9 in southeast Styria on the Ottersbach that gives it its name .

The landscape is characterized by rolling hills and valleys, steep vineyards, orchards, forests and fields. A very small-scale agriculture still forms the livelihood of part of the population today. St. Peter am Ottersbach is known for its wines.

Neighboring communities

Jagerberg		Gnas
Mettersdorf am Saßbach		Straden
Sankt Veit in southern Styria district Leibnitz	Mureck	German Goritz

Community structure

The municipal area comprises the following nine localities (number of inhabitants in brackets, as of January 1, 2020):

• Bierbaum am Auersbach (456)
• Dietersdorf am Gnasbach (355)
• Edla (201)
• Deinendorf am Ottersbach (220)
• Oberrosenberg (87)
• Perbersdorf near Sankt Peter (327)
• Sankt Peter am Ottersbach (735)
• Wiersdorf (159)
• Wittmannsdorf (416)

The community consists of eight cadastral communities (area as of 2015):

• Bierbaum (518.04 ha)
• Dietersdorf (661.10 ha)
• Edla (258.88 ha)
• Deinendorf (341.07 ha)
• Perbersdorf near St. Peter (532.51 ha)
• St. Peter am Ottersbach (948.65 ha)
• Wiersdorf (276.51 ha)
• Wittmannsdorf (1,318.90 ha)

history

St. Peter am Ottersbach is an almost 800 year old settlement. Because of its economic and cultural importance, the municipality was raised to a market municipality on August 1, 1974.

The foundation stone for the wine village was laid with the redesign of the local square, the rosarium on Rosenberg, the reopening of the Berglermühle, a tractor and farmer's museum and the construction of the wine station.

Population development

Culture and sights

Buildings

See also:  List of listed objects in Sankt Peter am Ottersbach

• Parish church hl. Peter in Sankt Peter am Ottersbach
• Kalvarienbergkirche in Sankt Peter am Ottersbach
• Parish church hl. Trinity in Bierbaum am Auersbach
• Fatima Chapel in Bierbaum am Auerbach
• Filial church hl. Trinity in Dietersdorf
• Local chapel Maria Hilf in Edla
• Chapel Maria Trost im Elend in Entendorf

• Weinwarte St. Peter am Ottersbach: The 28 m high wooden construction in the form of a champagne flute was completed at the beginning of 2004. The Perbersdorfberg on the Southeast Styrian Hügellandweinstrasse was chosen as the location. From a height of 25 meters you have an all-round panorama, u. a. looking towards the Bachern Mountains (Slovenia), Karawanken , Schöckl , Gleinalm , Riegersburg and down to the Hungarian Plain .
• Ottersbachhalle: The multifunctional event hall called Ottersbachhalle (2006), with 36 × 20 m event space and capacity for up to 1300 people. Half of the construction costs of around 4.5 million euros were borne by the State of Styria. Due to its versatility due to the partitioning of the interior for smaller events as well as a modern sound system, it is an ideal venue for larger cultural events in the region, such as concerts, readings, balls and exhibitions, but also for sports events.

Regular events

• "Khünegger country life"
• Forest Festival Oberrosenberg
• Rose garden festival Unterrosenberg

Economy and Infrastructure

education

• kindergarten
• Elementary school
• New middle school

Voluntary fire brigades

The community of St. Peter am Ottersbach has to look after and equip ten fire brigades.

Workplaces

In the community of St. Peter am Ottersbach, 33 companies in the production sector provide work for 129 people. About two thirds of them are engaged in the manufacture of goods, almost a third work in the construction industry. The service sector is strong and employs 1,312 people. Almost a thousand self-employed in technical and economic professions make up the majority here (as of 2011).

Health and care

Two general practitioners and one dentist ordain in the market town. From the Caritas of the Diocese Graz-Seckau a Pflegewohnhaus is operated.

politics

Municipal council

As a result of the amalgamation of the municipalities, the municipal council now consists of 21 instead of 15 members. Based on the results of the 2015 municipal council elections, this consists of mandates from the following parties:

• 12 ÖVP
• 05 SBD and FPÖ citizens' lists
• 04 SPÖ

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2015			2010
	Large community			St. Peter			Beer tree			Dietersdorf
	be right	%	Mandates	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.
ÖVP	1207	56	12	386	23	4th	310	100	9	147	51	5
SPÖ	436	20th	4th	453	27	4th	not running			not running
Citizen list SBD and FPÖ	505	24	5	not running			not running			not running
FPÖ economic list Liebmann	not running			23	1	0	not running			not running
st. peter active	not running			602	36	6th	not running			not running
Shaping the future together	not running			184	11	6th	not running			not running
Citizen List - Wagnes	not running			31	2	0	not running			not running
Dietersdorfer home list	not running			not running			not running			139	49	4th
Eligible voters	2,618			1.937			406			395
voter turnout	83%			88%			83%			91%

mayor

• until 2010 Franz Thuswohl (ÖVP)
• since 2010 Reinhold Ebner (ÖVP)

coat of arms

St. Peter am Ottersbach was awarded a municipal coat of arms by the Styrian state government on August 1st, 1974. Josef Wiedner designed the coat of arms. The talking coat of arms indicates the parish saint and place-name giver ( St. Peter ) through the golden key and indicates the Ottersbach through the wavy bar. At the same time as the coat of arms was awarded, the municipality of Sankt Peter am Ottersbach was given the right to use the designation “market municipality”.

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

"In the green shield a crossed golden pair of keys over a lowered, narrow silver wavy bar."

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1976: Franz Wegart (1918–2009), Deputy Governor

Sons and daughters of the church

• Franz Wolkinger (1936–2017), biologist, conservationist
• Fred Strohmeier (1941–1999), journalist, author

Personalities associated with the community

• Peter Luttenberger (* 1972), racing cyclist

Web links

Commons : Sankt Peter am Ottersbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 62388 - Sankt Peter am Ottersbach. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Section 3, Paragraph 9, Item 6 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 4.
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ↑ cadastral communities Styria. 2015 (Excel file, 128 KB); Retrieved July 29, 2015
4. ↑ Lookout point at peter-weindorf.at
5. ^ Parish of St. Peter am Ottersbach, Education / Culture. Retrieved June 17, 2019 . 
6. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of St. Peter am Ottersbach, workplaces. Retrieved June 17, 2019 . 
7. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of St. Peter am Ottersbach, employees. Retrieved June 17, 2019 . 
8. ^ Parish of St. Peter am Ottersbach, companies, doctors. Retrieved June 17, 2019 . 
9. ^ Caritas Styria, Nursing Homes. Retrieved June 17, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Parish of St. Peter am Ottersbach: Results of the municipal council election on March 22, 2015 ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF document, 75 KB; accessed on May 13, 2015) 
11. ^ Community of St. Peter am Ottersbach: coat of arms and logos , accessed on May 13, 2015
12. ↑ 102. 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 Sankt Peter am Ottersbach (political district of Southeast Styria) , accessed on December 1, 2015