Riegersberg
Riegersberg (former municipality) |
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| Pole. District , state | Hartberg-Fürstenfeld (HF) district, Styria | ||
| Judicial district | Fürstenfeld | ||
| Locality | Reinberg / Riegersbach | ||
| Coordinates | 47 ° 25 '11 " N , 15 ° 52' 58" E | ||
| height | 693 m above sea level A. | ||
| Residents of the stat. An H. | 981 (October 31, 2015) | ||
| Building status | 277 (2001 ) | ||
| surface | 24.73 km² | ||
| Postcodes | 8234, 8250, 8251, 8252, 8253 | ||
| prefix | + 43/3337 | ||
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| Community code | 62278 | ||
| Counting district / district | Reinberg, Riegersbach (62278 003, 002) | ||
 Location of the former community in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district |
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| Municipality 1967–2014, part of Vorau since January 1, 2015 Source: STAT : Ortverzeichnis ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk |
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Riegersberg with 981 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2015) is a former municipality in the judicial district of Fürstenfeld and in the political district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria in Austria . Since January 1, 2015, it has been merged with the communities of Vorau , Puchegg , Schachen bei Vorau and Vornholz as part of the Styrian community structural reform , the new community continues to bear the name "Vorau".
geography
Geographical location
Riegersberg is located in Joglland approx. 16 km northwest of the district capital Hartberg . The community is located between Vorau in the south and the Lafnitz valley in the north and extends in the east to the confluence of the Vorau brook into the Lafnitz. Both tributaries drain the municipality. The north-west of Riegersberg is covered by extensive forest areas.
Community structure
Riegersberg is a former municipality spread over many settlements. It consisted of the two cadastral communities and villages of the same name Reinberg (743.42 ha, 220 inhabitants) and Riegersbach (1,722.36 ha, 737 inhabitants) (as of January 1, 2020) .
Reinberg is made up of the districts Reinberg, Beigütl, Bühl, Goldsberg, Haidbauer, Kottingdorf, Lafnitzmühle, Lehen, Mayerhof, Pferschy, Tamp and Winkl;
Riegersberg from: Feldbauern, Forster, Karl auf der Halt, Kernbauer, Moihof, Pichl, Reifbach, Stiftingbauern, Theißl, Waldbach and Weißenbach.
Parish consolidation
On January 1, 1967, the formerly independent communities Riegersbach and Reinberg (today's cadastral communities) merged to form the community of Riegersberg. The community name is a trunk word from the two old communities.
history
Reinberg
When the Vorau Abbey was founded in 1163, the Reinberg area was not yet settled. Towards the end of the 12th century, the Stubenbergers built a castle at the confluence of the Lafnitz and Voraubach rivers, below which the village of Reinberg arose. The name Ruomberch (Ruhmberg, Ehrenberg) is first mentioned in a document in 1217. As a result of disputes between the Vorau monastery and the Stubenbergers, the monastery had to cede the area of today's cadastral community for the purpose of fortifying the border. Settlement began in the 13th century with the establishment of forest hooves.
When Wulfing von Stubenberg set out on the crusade in June 1217 , he pledged his property to the Göß monastery in case he died in the crusade. This is testified by the brothers Wulfing and Wolfher von Reinberg. Wolfher von Reinberg moved in 1218 with Leopold VI. to Palestine . As a compensation, Heinrich von Reinberg gave the monastery a hat in Reinberg in 1252.
In the period that followed, Reinberg frequently changed hands. First it came to the Krumbacher , later to Ulrich von Pergau. In 1366 Reinberg was sold to the Stadecker family before the castle fell to the Thalberg rulership at the beginning of the 15th century , with the castle's subjects spread over the northern Joglland.
The former castle no longer exists today. The Meierhof of the castle stood in the place of the Rotte Mayerhof. In the place of the castle there is now a church as the successor to the old castle chapel. The number of inhabitants in the village fell steadily and in 1822 was only six.
Riegersbach
The area of today's cadastral community of Riegersbach belonged to the Vorau monastery when it was founded in 1163, but was only cleared and settled in the 13th century. The settlement of Riegersbach is named after its founder, Provost Rudiger, who is mentioned in a document in Vorau from 1237 to 1240.
During the Middle Ages , the farms in the Riegersbach area had to pay taxes in cash and in kind (cheese, eggs, chickens) to the monastery. In addition, the farmers were obliged to labor .
Population development from 1869 to 2015
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Source: Statistics Austria
Culture and sights
Parks
The game reserve has an area of about six hectares. It provides space for red deer and European mouflons to be kept in a species-appropriate manner. The game has the opportunity to retreat into the forest or to graze in a meadow. The animals can be observed from high seats on the edge.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Riegersberg is off the main roads and has hardly any through traffic. The state road along the Lafnitz runs along the northern municipal border, the state road from Rohrbach an der Lafnitz to Vorau along the southern municipal border. The A 2 south motorway from Vienna to Graz is around 27 kilometers away and can be reached via the Pinkafeld junction (100). The change road B 54 from Wiener Neustadt to Hartberg is about 16 kilometers away.
Riegersberg has no rail connection. The nearest train station is Rohrbach-Vorau train station about five kilometers away.
politics
Municipal council
The last municipal council elections brought the following results:
| Political party | 2005 | 2000 | 1995 | 1990 | ||||||||
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| Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | |
| ÖVP | 556 | 76 | 12 | 534 | 80 | 12 | 525 | 76 | 12 | 526 | 72 | 11 |
| SPÖ | 180 | 24 | 3 | 130 | 20th | 3 | 162 | 24 | 3 | 209 | 28 | 4th |
| voter turnout | 88% | 85% | 89% | 94% | ||||||||
mayor
Mayor is Erich Kager (ÖVP), Vice Mayor is Karl Zingl (ÖVP).
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the municipality of Riegersberg was approved by the municipal council on April 19, 1997.
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- 1999: Rupert Kroisleitner (* 1939), Augustinian canon, provost of the Vorau Abbey 1970–2000
sons and daughters of the town
- Ferdinand Feldhofer (* 1979), Austrian soccer player, grew up in Riegersberg
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1 , 2015 according to census district (area status May 1, 2015) (Excel file, 421 kB), accessed on July 29, 2015
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ F. Posch (PDF; 57 kB)
- ↑ Statistics Austria, census results (PDF; 35 kB)
- ↑ Ferdinand Hutz: Vorau Abbey in the 20th Century , Vol. 1 (Vorau 2004), p. 196.