Pistorf

Pistorf (former parish)
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Leibnitz  (LB), Styria
Judicial district	Leibnitz
Coordinates	46 ° 45 '59 "  N , 15 ° 22' 22"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 45 '59 "  N , 15 ° 22' 22"  E
height	312  m above sea level A.
Residents of the stat. An H.	1402 (January 1, 2014)
Building status	194 (2001 )
surface	13.57 km²
Postcodes	8443, 8444, 8452
prefix	+ 43/3457 (Gleinstätten)
Statistical identification
Community code	61051
Counting district / district	Pistorf (61051 002)
Independent municipality until the end of 2014 Source: STAT : Local directory ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

Pistorf (pronounced "Pistorf" or in the dialect "Bischdorf") was a municipality with 1402 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2014) in the Leibnitz district in the Austrian state of Styria . As part of the Styrian community structural reform , it was merged with the neighboring community of Gleinstätten from 2015 .

geography

Pistorf is located in southern Styria.

Community structure

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

• Dornach (78)
• Maierhof (289)
• Pistorf (575)
• Sausal (452)

The community consisted of four cadastral communities :

• Dornach
• Mayerhof
• Pistorf
• Sausal at Pistorf

history

A document issued in Leibnitz in 1168 mentions the name "Piscouistorf" for the first time. The local communities as autonomous corporations were established in 1850. In 1882 the cadastral communities Distelhof, Dornach, Pistorf, Maierhof and Sausal separated from the local community Gleinstätten and merged to form the new local community Pistorf. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community became part of the Reichsgau Steiermark, from 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

politics

Mayor was Franz Koller (ÖVP) until the end of 2014. After the 2010 elections, the municipal council was composed as follows:

• ÖVP : 11
• SPÖ : 4

Former mayor

from	to	mayor
1946	1947	Peter Sturm
1947	1948	Gottfried Sackl
1948	1950	Josef Lampl
1950	1955	Franz Neukirchner
1955	1975	Franz Koller
1975	1987	Franz Schwarzl
1987	2000	Franz Hirschmugl
2001	2005	Hermann Nagler
2005	2014	Franz Koller

coat of arms

By resolution of March 23, 1992, the Styrian state government granted the municipality of Pistorf the right to use our municipal coat of arms with effect from May 1, 1992.

Blazon :

"In a red shield with a silver shield head cut with vine leaves, a silver bishop's hat decorated in red."

Culture and sights

The Affahrtmühle in Maierhof

The Schwarzlkapelle in Maierhof

See also:  List of listed objects in Gleinstätten

Pistorf has several attractions, some of which are listed :

• Theresienschlössl, a villa (country house) built in 1908 with a building core from the 18th century in Sausal
• Affahrtmühle, a residential building built in Maierhof in 1845
• Lewitsch Chapel in Maierhof, a corridor and path chapel that the hll. Johann and Paul is consecrated
• To the Sorrowful Mother of God in Pistorf, a corridor and path chapel dedicated to St. Florian is consecrated
• Wayside shrine in Dornach
• Wayside shrine in Pistorf
• Corridor and path chapel Marien in Dornach
• Marienkapelle, a corridor and path chapel in Maierhof
• Schwarzlkapelle (also "Schwarzlkreuz") in Maierhof
• Corridor and path chapel in Maierhof, this is St. Consecrated to Mary
• To the Scourged Savior (also "Oberdorfkapelle"), hall and path chapel in Pistorf
• Anna-Kapelle (also "Unterdorfkapelle"), a corridor / path chapel in Pistorf
• Corridor and path chapel to St. Anthony in Sausal
• Theresienkapelle (Mess chapel "Maria vom Guten Rat") in Sausal
• St. Maria von Lankowitz, a corridor and path chapel in Sausal
• Hallway and path chapel Maria von Osterwitz (also "Franzjokakapelle") in Sausal

Individual evidence

1. ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
2. ↑ Announcement of the Styrian regional government of June 13, 2013 on the unification of the market community Gleinstätten and the community Pistorf, both political district Leibnitz. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette No. 63/2013, 20th issue , ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 333.
3. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
4. ↑ Karl Weiß: Pistorf's many fathers: From then to "heit". In: The Pistorfer. Newspaper of the municipality of Pistorf, issue 20 of December 2014, pp. 18/19.
5. ↑ Municipality of Pistorf: Description of coat of arms (accessed on February 16, 2015)
6. ^ Parish of Pistorf: Kapellen-Marterln-Bildstätze (accessed on February 16, 2015)

Web links

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

• 61026 - Pistorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .