Puch near Weiz

Puch near Weiz
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Wheat
License plate :	WZ
Surface:	24.76 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 13 '  N , 15 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '27 "  N , 15 ° 43' 30"  E
Height :	449  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,042 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	8182
Area code :	03177
Community code :	6 17 40
Address of the municipal administration:	Puch 100 8182 Puch near Weiz
Website:	www.puch-weiz.at
politics
Mayoress :	Gerlinde Schneider ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2020) (15 members)	10 4th 1 10 4th 1  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 10 SPÖ : 4 FPÖ : 1
Location of Puch bei Weiz in the district of Weiz
Puch in autumn
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Puch bei Weiz is a municipality in Eastern Styria ( Austria ), about 25 km east of Graz and 10 km east of the district capital Weiz . It is located in the Eastern Styrian hill country .

The community has an area of ​​24.76 km² and 2042 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The main town of Puch, in the middle of which is the parish church of St. Oswald, has retained its village character to this day.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following six localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Elz (388)
• Harl (378)
• Courtier (103)
• Klettendorf (223)
• Perndorf (349)
• Puch near Weiz (601)

The community consists of the six cadastral communities Elz, Harl, Höfling, Klettendorf, Perndorf and Puch and covers an area of ​​24.76 km².

history

The municipality of Puch has been inhabited since the Stone Age, which is confirmed by numerous finds on the Kulm . The Kulm also played an important role in the region during the Celtic and Roman times.

The parish of Puch bei Weiz was first mentioned in 1386 .

politics

City council election 2020

Turnout: 71.87% (−5.64% p)

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61.34%
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5.46%
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ÖVP

SPÖ

FPÖ

NEOS

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2020



• Mayoress: Gerlinde Schneider (ÖVP)
• The municipal council has 15 members and has been composed as follows since the last election in 2020:

10 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, 1 FPÖ

Municipal coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality of Puch was awarded on May 1, 1979 and is described as follows:

"In the golden shield there is a raised black mountain growing into the head of the shield with a flattened summit, covered in a wreath with six touching golden apples whose calyxes are turned outwards and whose stems, curved to the right, touch."

The coat of arms shows the local mountain in the background and six apples, which symbolize the cadastral communities, in the foreground.

Puch and the apple

In Puch, apples are grown on over 600 hectares, making the community the largest fruit-growing community in Austria.

economy

In addition to the cultivation of apples and their marketing, tourism is an essential pillar of the Puch economy. The place has eight inns and several guest houses. The Pucher tourism lives on the one hand from the scenic charms of the Alpine foothills and apple cultivation and on the other hand from the proximity to the Stubenbergsee, Austria's largest artificial swimming lake.

The largest employer in the community is the Puch fruit warehouse. The Pucher business operations include a car workshop, two grocers, a tree nursery and the like. a.

schools

There is an elementary school and a new middle school in Puch . The primary school's multi-purpose hall is used for various events (athletes' ball, MV Puch spring concert). In addition, the music association "Heimatklang" is located on the area of ​​the elementary school.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1979: Friedrich Niederl (1920–2012), governor
• 1982: Josef Krainer (1930–2016), governor
• 2015 Josef Wiesner (1925–2016), municipal secretary i. R.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Christian Ilzer (* 1977), football coach
• Matthias Schiffer (1744–1827), painter

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Puch bei Weiz

• Kulmipfel: The local mountain of Puch is not particularly high at 976 m, but due to its location it is an important mountain, as you can see the entire eastern Alpine foothills from its summit. It served as a location for signal beacons as early as the Middle Ages. There is still a transmitter at the summit next to a way of the cross and an orientation stone.
• The Styrian Apple Road leads through the center of Styrian fruit growing. She leaves impressions due to the enormous fruit areas and the wide culinary offer based on apples.
• Parish Church St. Oswald: The highlight of the visit to this church, consecrated in 1444, is the baroque high altar. The Roman stone in the church wall and the Gothic aisle are also worth seeing.
• The Haus des Apfels museum in the Harl district deals with all the details of the connection between Puch and apple cultivation.
• Prehistoric open-air museum: This open-air museum on the Kulm shows the history of the Kulm as a Celtic settlement.
• Largest apple in the world: In Elz, the gateway to the apple country - a large apple arch made of larch wood - can be seen as the center of a corresponding theme trail.
• The farmer's museum offers an overview of peasant life in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Freetime activities

• Musikverein Heimatklang Puch
• outdoor pool
• Tramway
• Stubenbergsee
• five tennis courts
• Skate fun park
• Beach volleyball court
• Soccer
• Asphalt stick shooting
• Archery
• horse riding
• Ballooning
• fishing
• Hiking in the alpine pastures

Tourism association

Together with Feistritztal, Floing, Anger and Stubenberg, the community forms the “Apfelland Stubenbergsee ” tourist association . Its seat is Stubenberg.

Balloon sport club

In 1976 the first balloon meeting with ten hot air balloons took place, at that time the largest in Europe at that time. In 1977 the Union Aeronautic Styria was founded as the first balloon sport club in Austria and in 1978 it was accepted into the Austrian Aero Club . Hans “Himmelvater” Almer (* 1956) has been chairman since 2001, he was a helper at the first take-offs after the company was founded, obtained his first license in Hungary in 1986, his balloon pilot license in Austria in 1989 and was Austrian national champion in 2000. In 2016 the association organizes the 40th Apfelmontgolfiade in Puch with 40 teams.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ https://orf.at/wahl/steiermark20/verbindungen/61751
3. ↑ Honorary Citizen Archived Copy ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2017 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. 
4. ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 298. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 623.
5. ↑ site ballonclub-apfeldorf-puch.at (Union Aeronautic Styria), 2012, accessed October 24, 2016.
6. ^ Johann Zugschwert: Styrian of the day: "Heavenly Father" in a wicker basket. Hans “Himmelvater” Almer has been the chairman of Austria's oldest balloon sport club for 15 years. Kleine Zeitung, print, October 24, 2016, p. 12.

Web links

Commons : Puch bei Weiz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 61740 - Puch near Weiz. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Puch near Weiz
• Kulm-Celtic village
• Musikverein "Heimatklang" Puch