Puchegg

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Puchegg ( cadastral community )
Puchegg (Austria)
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Basic data
Pole. District , state Hartberg-Fürstenfeld  (HF) district, Styria
Pole. local community Vorau   ( KG  Puchegg)
Coordinates 47 ° 23 '15 "  N , 15 ° 53' 27"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 23 '15 "  N , 15 ° 53' 27"  Ef1
surface 14.44 km²
Official website
Statistical identification
Counting district / district Puchegg (62278 001)
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Coat of arms of the former municipality of Puchegg
Municipality 1850–2014, part of Vorau since January 1, 2015
Source: STAT : Local directory ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk
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Puchegg is a former municipality with 539 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) and cadastral municipality in the judicial district of Fürstenfeld and in the political district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria ( Austria ). As of January 1, 2015, it has merged with the communities of Vorau , Riegersberg , Schachen bei Vorau and Vornholz as part of the Styrian community structure reform , the new community will continue to use the name "Vorau".

geography

Geographical location

Puchegg is located in Joglland approx. 13 km northwest of the district capital Hartberg . The community is located between the Pöllauer Tal nature park and the Voraubach valley, a tributary of the Lafnitz . The highest point in the municipality is the "Pongratzer Kogel" , which belongs to the Masenberg and is 1248  m above sea level. A. The community is drained by the Weißenbach in the west and the Steinbach in the east.

In contrast to other municipalities, Puchegg does not have a center that is characterized by more densely populated areas. The community consists mostly of homesteads that are spread over the entire Wutzlviertel and the Lindenviertel.

Community structure

structure
Cadastral communities Locations in the municipality

Puchegg (13.64 km²)

Erioll world.svg Puchegg

In the Linden (R)
In the Vorauleiten (R)
Lindenviertel (ZH)
Steinhöfviertel (ZH)
Wutzlviertel (ZH)
Legend
Legend for the breakdown table
In the cadastral municipalities column , all cadastral municipalities of a municipality are listed. In the brackets the respective area is given in km².
All settlements recorded by Statistics Austria, which also have their own local area code, are listed in the Localities column . In the hierarchy level of the same column, indented to the right, only settlements that consist of at least several houses are shown.

The most important of the abbreviations used are:

  • M = capital of the municipality
  • Stt = district
  • R = Rotte
  • W = hamlet
  • D = village
  • ZH = scattered houses
  • Sdlg = settlement
  • Hgr = group of houses
  • E = single farmstead (only if you have your own local area code)

The complete list of Statistics Austria is in: Topographical settlement identification according to STAT

It should be noted that some places can have different spellings. Thus, cadastral communities can spell themselves differently than localities or communities of the same name.

Source: Statistics Austria -

The community consisted of the only cadastral community and village of Puchegg.

history

In April 1945 the Red Army reached the municipality and took it a few days later. Numerous houses burned down in Puchegg.

Population development

Population
development
date Residents
1869 433
1880 441
1890 428
1900 433
1910 458
1923 455
1934 520
1939 539
1951 543
1961 544
1971 576
1981 584
1991 568
2001 551
2013 552

Culture and sights

Sports

Puchegg is a rural community with extensive forest areas. Accordingly, the community has numerous hiking trails, some of which offer a beautiful view of the Joglland.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Puchegg is located off the main roads, there is not even through traffic in the municipality. The south autobahn A2 from Vienna to Graz is approx. 25 km away and can be reached via the Friedberg / Pinggau junction (95). The distance to Wechsel Straße B 54 from Wiener Neustadt to Hartberg is approx. 15 km.

Puchegg is not connected to the railway network. There is no train station within ten kilometers.

The Graz Airport is 80 km away.

politics

Municipal council

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party 2005 2000 1995 1990
be right % Mandates be right % Mandates be right % Mandates be right % Mandates
ÖVP 267 66 6th 251 67 6th 250 68 6th 295 77 7th
SPÖ 139 34 3 125 33 3 120 32 3 86 23 2
voter turnout 92% 92% 94% 94%

mayor

The last mayor was Siegfried Holzer (ÖVP), the last vice mayor was Johann Pfleger (ÖVP).

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from June 1, 1993.
Blazon (coat of arms description): "Rafter-shaped of green, silver and red divided into sections with beech nuts above and beech leaves below."

Personalities

Honorary citizen

literature

  • Werner Tufar (Geological Institute of Aarhus University ): Fuchsite from Puchegg near Vorau (Eastern Styria) . In: Mineralogy and Petrology, June 1968 issue, pages 182-203 ISSN  0930-0708 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  2. ↑ Announcement of the Styrian state government of November 21, 2013 on the union of the market community Vorau and the communities Puchegg, Riegersberg, Schachen bei Vorau and Vornholz, all political district Hartberg-Fürstenfeld. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of December 6, 2013. No. 150, 35th issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . P. 681.
  3. ↑ Communications from the Styrian State Archives 44/45, 1994/95, p. 57
  4. ↑ Ferdinand Hutz: Vorau Abbey in the 20th Century , Vol. 1 (Vorau 2004), p. 42.
  5. ↑ Südost-Tagespost (June 9, 1976), p. 8.
  6. ↑ Ferdinand Hutz: Vorau Abbey in the 20th Century , Vol. 1 (Vorau 2004), p. 196.

Web links

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