Ragnitz

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Ragnitz
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Ragnitz coat of arms
Ragnitz (Austria)
Ragnitz
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Styria
Political District : Leibnitz
License plate : LB
Surface: 20.76 km²
Coordinates : 46 ° 51 '  N , 15 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 51 '0 "  N , 15 ° 34' 12"  E
Height : 281  m above sea level A.
Residents : 1,504 (January 1, 2020)
Population density : 72 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 8413
Area code : 03183
Community code : 6 10 27
NUTS region AT225
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Gundersdorf 17
8413 Ragnitz
Website: www.ragnitz.gv.at
politics
Mayor : Rudolf Rauch ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015)
(15 members)
10
4th
1
10 4th 1 
A total of 15 seats
Location of Ragnitz in the Leibnitz district
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

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Chapel in Ragnitz
Castle pipe
Laubegg Castle
Frauheim Castle

Ragnitz is a municipality with 1504 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Leibnitz district in the Austrian state of Styria .

Community structure

The municipality on the lower reaches of the Stiefing comprises the following nine localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

  • Badendorf (218)
  • Edelsee (58)
  • Gundersdorf (124)
  • Haslach an der Stiefing (215)
  • Laubegg (237)
  • Oberragnitz (77)
  • Oedt (184)
  • Ragnitz (334)
  • Tubular (57)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Badendorf, Haslach and Ragnitz.

history

The earliest written document is from 1126 and is "Rakkaniz". The name goes back to the Slovenian raknica (settlement near the crayfish).

The local community as an autonomous body was established in 1850. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community came to the Reichsgau Steiermark, 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

Population development

politics

The municipal council consists of 15 members. According to the result of the 2015 municipal council elections , this is made up as follows: 10 ÖVP , 04 FPÖ , and 01 SPÖ .

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:
Political party 2015 2010 2005 2000
Sti. % M. Sti. % M. Sti. % M. Sti. % M.
ÖVP 618 63 10 685 69 11 550 58 9 477 52 9
SPÖ 089 09 01 125 13 02 172 18th 3 082 09 1
FPÖ 273 28 04th 184 19th 02 219 23 3 154 17th 2
Democratic List Ragnitz not running not running not running 209 23 3
Eligible voters 1,260 1,262 1,226 1,111
voter turnout 80% 80% 78% 83%
mayor

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from January 1, 1992.

Description of the coat of arms : "In blue a golden bar with a forward red crab in it, in the upper field of three rectangular, openwork golden lock leaves with clover leaves at the corners, in the lower field accompanied by three (2: 1) golden sea leaves."

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Ragnitz

Sports

  • Football: In 2009, the construction of the Julius Meinl Stadium in Ragnitz began and was also completed. The construction costs amount to almost one million euros, with the financing being made much easier by Julius Meinl, the honorary citizen of the community. The lawn was completely overhauled in order to prepare the stadium for the Oberliga. The stadium consists of a grandstand that allows around 500 spectators.

Honorary citizen of the community

  • Erich Jöbstl Sr.
  • Frieda Paier
  • Reginald shoe
  • Friedrich Frühwald
  • Friedrich Maurer
  • Konrad Schweigler
  • Julius Meinl
  • Friedrich Hammer
  • 2011 Helmut Lückl, 42 years head of the municipality

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  2. ↑ Fritz Frhr. Lochner von Hüttenbach: On the name property of the early Middle Ages in Styria (=  magazine of the Historical Association for Styria . Volume 99 ). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2008, p. 35 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).
  3. ↑ Elections. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Communications from the Styrian State Archives 42/43, 1992/93, p. 54
  5. ↑ Honorary citizen of the community of Ragnitz