Rachau

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Rachau (former municipality)
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Murtal  (MT), Styria
Judicial district	Judenburg
Coordinates	47 ° 13 '0 "  N , 14 ° 54' 55"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '0 "  N , 14 ° 54' 55"  E
height	760  m above sea level A.
Residents of the stat. An H.	613 (January 1, 2014)
Building status	301 (2001 )
surface	104.96 km²
Post Code	8720
prefix	+ 43/3512
Statistical identification
Community code	62046
Counting district / district	Rachau (62046 000)
Location of the former municipality in the Murtal district
Independent municipality until the end of 2014; KG: 65109 Glein, 65121 Mitterbach, 65129 Rachau I, 65130 Rachau II Source: STAT : Directory of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

Rachau is a former municipality with 612 inhabitants (as of October 31, 2013) in the Murtal district and judicial district Judenburg in Styria ( Austria ).

The place Rachau from the east

Rachau with fire station and parish church

On the treetop hiking trail

geography

Geographical location

Rachau is on the edge of the Styrian Aichfeld

Community structure

The municipality comprised the following three localities (population in brackets as of October 31, 2011):

• Glein (158)
• Mitterbach (145)
• Rachau (304)

The community consisted of the four cadastral communities Glein, Mitterbach, Rachau I and Rachau II.

Parish consolidation

As part of the structural reform of the Styrian community , Rachau has merged with the communities of Sankt Lorenzen bei Knittelfeld and Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld since January 1, 2015 , the new community continues the name of Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld. The basis for this is the Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG.

Neighboring places

Neighboring places are (the partially previously independent municipalities):

Apfelberg , St. Margarethen , St. Lorenzen , Kleinlobming , St. Stefan ob Leoben , Salla , Übelbach , Kainach near Voitsberg and Gallmannsegg .

history

The political community of Rachau was established in 1849/50.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Rachau exist:

• a kindergarten
• an elementary school
• two volunteer fire departments
• an alpine inn - the Grondahlhaus
• as well as the inns
  • Schmalzmüllerhof in the Glein
  • Thalberghof
  • the experience gastronomy Fuchs & Henne on the treetop hiking trail in Mitterbach
  • the Stadlcafé
  • Rachauerhof in Rachau

The main attraction of the community is the treetop hiking trail in Mitterbach.

tourism

In Rachau is the Wipfelwanderweg , the km 2.7 length, partly larch wooden walkways and stairs in treetop height, leading through a forest.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld

• Catholic parish church Rachau hl. Oswald

Natural monuments

• Gleinbach , which is a natural monument in the upper reaches

Events

• From 1995 to 2004 the so-called hill climbing took place on the Teufelsberg in Rachau.
• The traditional Steirerball of the rural youth takes place every year on December 26th.

politics

The mayor was Karl Hirtler of the ÖVP until the dissolution of the municipality on December 31, 2014 , while Bernadette Hartleb (ÖVP) was the deputy mayor.

The municipal council , which was dissolved on December 31, 2014, was composed as follows after the municipal council elections in 2010:

6 ÖVP , and 3 SPÖ .

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from August 1, 1959.
Blazon (coat of arms description):

"In a shield divided by blue and silver obliquely to the left, a golden heraldic lily in a blue and a blue, red-tongued dog's head with a ringed golden collar in a silver field."

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Province of Styria: Final population status on October 31, 2013 ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Excel file, 85 kB; accessed on May 2, 2015) 
2. ↑ Statistics Austria, register census from October 31, 2011
3. ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
4. ↑ Section 3, Paragraph 8, Item 3 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization 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. 3.
5. ^ The State of Styria: The new municipal structure of Styria. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 15, 2013 ; Retrieved November 10, 2013 . 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.  
6. ↑ General State Law and Government Gazette for the Crown Land of Styria, Issue 21, October 7, 1850, No. 378.
7. ↑ Hillclimbing Rachau. Retrieved February 8, 2017 . 
8. ^ Announcements from the Styrian State Archives 12, 1962, p. 40

Web links

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