Pusterwald

Pusterwald
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Murtal
License plate :	MT (from July 1, 2012; old: JU)
Surface:	105.29 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 19 '  N , 14 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 18 '31 "  N , 14 ° 22' 30"  E
Height :	1072  m above sea level A.
Residents :	436 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	4.1 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	8764
Area code :	03574
Community code :	6 20 21
Address of the municipal administration:	Pusterwald 51 8764 Pusterwald
Website:	pusterwald.at/
politics
Mayor :	Fritz Strahlhofer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (9 members)	6th 2 1 6th 2 1  A total of 9 seats ÖVP : 6 FPÖ : 2 SPÖ : 1
Location of Pusterwald in the Murtal district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Pusterwald is a municipality with 436 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Murtal district in Styria .

geography

The municipality is located in the Wölzer Tauern of the Niedere Tauern and extends vertically from 951 to 2363  m above sea level. A. ( Hohenwart ).

Community structure

The community consists of the only cadastral community and village of Pusterwald.

The community is located in the judicial district of Judenburg .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are, starting in the north in a clockwise direction: Bretstein , Sankt Oswald-Möderbrugg , Oberzeiring , Schönberg-Lachtal , Oberwölz Umgebung , Donnersbachwald .

climate

Average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Pusterwald Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 1.0 2.5 6.1 10.5 15.7 18.8 21.1 20.5 16.7 12.4 5.5 1.0 O 11 Min. Temperature (° C) -8.6 -8.0 -4.0 -0.4 3.6 6.7 8.6 8.2 4.9 1.1 -3.3 -7.1 O 0.2 Temperature (° C) -4.6 -3.6 0.1 4.1 9.0 12.2 14.1 13.3 9.6 5.4 0.2 -3.6 O 4.7 Precipitation ( mm ) 45 38 55 52 95 124 144 134 95 76 65 47 Σ 970 Humidity ( % ) 67.3 60.1 56.5 53.1 56.0 55.8 54.8 57.2 57.5 60.8 68.0 73.2 O 60 T e m p e r a t u r 1.0 -8.6 2.5 -8.0 6.1 -4.0 10.5 -0.4 15.7 3.6 18.8 6.7 21.1 8.6 20.5 8.2 16.7 4.9 12.4 1.1 5.5 -3.3 1.0 -7.1 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: ZAMG average climate values ​​1981 - 2010

history

Pusterwald was first mentioned in documents in 1318, the valley was first mentioned as Freytal in 1294 .

The current church was built in 1430.

Lords were among others the Counts of Montfort . Between 1589 and 1738 Pusterwald belonged to the von Herberstein rulers and formed its own office. In 1849/1850 the political community Pusterwald was established.

In 1934, seven-year-old Viktor Heinisser was murdered by robbery. The perpetrator from Pusterwald was arrested soon afterwards, sentenced to death and executed on January 4, 1935 in the courtyard of the Leoben district court.

In 2000 Pusterwald was voted the most beautiful flower village in Styria and in 2003 the most beautiful mountain flower village.

Population development

According to the 2001 census, the municipality had 572 inhabitants. 92.7% of the population had Austrian citizenship. 92.1% of the population professed to the Roman Catholic Church , 3.1% to the Evangelical Church , and 1.9% were without religious beliefs.

The decline in the number of inhabitants since 1981 is caused by a negative balance of migration, the birth balance is positive.

Culture and sights

Franz Xaver Ölzant's war memorial

See also:  List of listed objects in Pusterwald

• Catholic parish church Pusterwald Maria im Moos
• Rectory
• The war memorial shows the sculpture Mourners by the sculptor Franz Xaver Ölzant from Oberzeiring

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2010 there were 59 agricultural and forestry holdings, 31 of which were the main occupation, these cultivated two thirds of the 5700 hectares. The manufacturing sector employed seven workers in two factories. In the service sector, 16 companies gave 23 people work (as of 2011).

tourism

Together with Pölstal and Pöls-Oberkurzheim, the municipality forms the “Region Pölstal” tourism association . Its seat is the municipality of Pölstal.

traffic

• Street: The access to traffic is via the L528 Pusterwaldstraße.

education

• kindergarten
• Elementary school

politics

The municipal council has 9 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Styria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 ÖVP, 2 FPÖ and 1 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 ÖVP, 2 FPÖ and 1 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 ÖVP, 2 FPÖ and 1 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 5 ÖVP, 3 FPÖ and 1 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Styria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 6 ÖVP, 2 FPÖ and 1 SPÖ.

mayor

• until 2008 Matthäus Kogler (ÖVP)
• until 2019 Julius Koini (ÖVP)
• since 2019 Fritz Strahlhofer (ÖVP)

coat of arms

The coat of arms was awarded to the municipality by the Styrian state government on May 1, 1974. The description reads: In a shield divided from silver to green, three green spruce trees standing next to each other, below an adjoining silver rafter.

Personalities

Honorary citizen of the community

• 1881: Johann Freiherr von Vernier-Rougemont, district captain of Judenburg
• 1933: Otto Habsburg (1912–2011), writer, publicist and politician
• 1953: Josef Krainer senior (1903–1971), governor
• 1953: Cyrill Ludvik, district captain of Judenburg
• 1996: Josef Krainer junior (1930–2016), governor
• 1999: Waltraud Klasnic (* 1945), governor
• 2001: Josef Riegler (* 1938), Vice Chancellor
• 2001: Gustav Hafner
• 2013: Simon Pojer

literature

• Fridolin von Freythall (1832–1903) has edited the Pusterwald legend of the Bruckenbauer Lex literary in the novella “Das Hochgericht vom Birkachwald” .
• Günther Schwab (1904-2006) the Austrian writer, narrator and essayist, but also screenplay and radio play author, worked as a forest manager in Pusterwald. Among other things, he wrote the autobiographical key novel Die people von Arauli (1976), which deals with his time in Pusterwald from 1936 to 1945.
• Johann Tomaschek: 700 years of Pusterwald. Local history and house book . Pusterwald 2004.

Web links

Commons : Pusterwald  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Web presence of the municipality of Pusterwald

• 62021 - Pusterwald. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The history of the community Pusterwald. Retrieved December 17, 2019 . 
2. ↑ General State Law and Government Gazette for the Crown Land of Styria, Issue 21, October 7, 1850, No. 378.
3. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Pusterwald, population development. Retrieved December 17, 2019 . 
4. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Pusterwald, agriculture and forestry operations. Retrieved December 17, 2019 . 
5. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Pusterwald, workplaces. Retrieved December 17, 2019 . 
6. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Pusterwald, employees. Retrieved December 17, 2019 . 
7. ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 316. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 pp. 628-629.
8. ↑ Kindergarten. Retrieved December 17, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Pusterwald primary school. Retrieved December 17, 2019 . 
10. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Pusterwald, Judenburg district. State of Styria, March 13, 2005, accessed on July 24, 2020 . 
11. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Pusterwald, Judenburg district. State of Styria, March 21, 2010, accessed on July 24, 2020 . 
12. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Pusterwald. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on July 24, 2020 . 
13. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Pusterwald. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on July 24, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Activity report of the Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv for 1974. Retrieved on December 17, 2019 (English).