Poppendorf (Styria)

Poppendorf (former municipality) ; village Ebersdorf; Katzendorf; Poppendorf
	Basic data
Pole. District , state	Südoststeiermark (SO), Styria
Judicial district	Feldbach
Coordinates	46 ° 51 '56 " N , 15 ° 51' 20" E Coordinates: 46 ° 51 '56 " N , 15 ° 51' 20" E
height	324 m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	689 (January 1, 2014)
Building status	211 (2001 )
surface	11.33 km²
Postcodes	8342, 8343
prefix	+ 43/3151
	Statistical identification
Community code	62380
Locality code	14771, 14772, 14773
Counting district / district	Poppendorf (62380 007)
	; Location of the former municipality in the district of Southeast Styria
	Independent municipality until the end of 2014; KG: 62108 Ebersdorf, 62146 Poppendorf ; Source: STAT : Local directory ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

Poppendorf Castle

Poppendorf is a former municipality with 689 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2014) in the southeast of Styria in the district of Southeast Styria . As part of the municipal structural reform in Styria , the municipality has been merged with the municipalities Aug-Radisch , Baumgarten bei Gnas , Grabersdorf , Maierdorf , Gnas , Raning , Trössing and Unterauersbach since 2015 ; the new municipality continues the name Gnas. The basis for this is the Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG.

geography

Geographical location

Poppendorf is located approx. 55 km southeast of Graz and approx. 10 km south of the district capital Feldbach in the eastern Styrian hill country .

Neighboring places

in the north: Maierdorf
in the east: Trautmannsdorf in Oststeiermark
in the south: Krusdorf
in the west: Gnas , Grabersdorf and Raning

structure

The former municipality comprised the following three localities (number of inhabitants in brackets, as of January 1, 2020):

Ebersdorf (224)
Katzendorf (186)
Poppendorf (280)

The community consisted of the two cadastral communities Ebersdorf and Poppendorf.

Population development

Culture and sights

See also: List of listed objects in Gnas

Poppendorf Castle

politics

Municipal council

The last municipal council consisted of nine members and, since the municipal council elections in 2010, consisted of mandates from the following parties:

8 ÖVP - appointed mayor and deputy mayor
1 Neutral-Independent-Independent

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from January 1, 1959.
Blazon :

"In the blue shield a right-handed hoopoe in its natural colors."

Personalities

Honorary citizen

1992: Josef Krainer (1930–2016), governor

Personalities associated with the community

Anja Plaschg (* 1990 in Gnas), Austrian musician and singer ( Soap & Skin )

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
↑ Section 3, Paragraph 9, Item 3 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the restructuring 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.
↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
^ Announcements from the Styrian State Archives 12, 1962, p. 39

[1] Styrian municipal structural reform .

[2] Section 3, Paragraph 9, Item 3 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the restructuring 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.

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-3] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[4] Announcements from the Styrian State Archives 12, 1962, p. 39