Riegersburg (Styria)

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Riegersburg
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Riegersburg (Styria) (Austria)
Riegersburg (Styria)
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Styria
Political District : Southeast Styria
License plate : SO (from 1.7.2013; old: FB)
Surface: 71.12 km²
Coordinates : 47 ° 0 ′  N , 15 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 377  m above sea level A.
Residents : 4,942 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes : 8333, 8312, 8313, 8330, 8334, 8361
Area code : +43 3153
Community code : 6 23 86
Address of the
municipal administration:
Riegersburg 8
8333 Riegersburg
Website: www.riegersburg.gv.at
politics
Mayor : Manfred Reisenhofer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015)
(21 members)
15th
4th
1
1
15th 4th 
A total of 21 seats
Location of Riegersburg in the district of Southeast Styria
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Riegersburg seen from the outer bailey
Riegersburg seen from the outer bailey
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Riegersburg is a market town with 4942 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) below the castle complex of the same name in southeast Styria in the district of Southeast Styria . On January 1, 2015, the municipalities of Breitenfeld an der Rittschein , Lödersdorf and Kornberg near Riegersburg were incorporated as part of the municipal structural reform in Styria .

geography

Geographical location

Riegersburg is located about 39 km east of Graz and about 7 km northeast of the district capital Feldbach, embedded in the gentle hills of the Styrian volcanic region in the Eastern Styrian hill country . Visible from afar, the mighty basalt rock with the best-preserved castle in Styria rises above the town.

View of Riegersburg from the Hofberg (east view)
The place Riegersburg from the south
View of Santa child from the west

Neighboring communities

Hartmannsdorf market
district Weiz
Ottendorf an der Rittschein
and
Ilz
Bez. Hartberg-Fürstenfeld
Großwilfersdorf
and
Söchau
district Hartberg-Fürstenfeld
Neighboring communities
Feldbach Fehring

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 16 localities (population in brackets, as of January 1, 2020):

The community consists of the cadastral communities Altenmarkt bei Riegersburg , Breitenfeld , Grub I, Krennach, Lembach bei Riegersburg, Kornberg, Lödersdorf, Neustift bei Breitenfeld, Riegersburg, St. Kind, Schweinz.

The town of Shitzerland from the east

history

The time of the market survey is not known.

Religions

The parent parish Riegersburg was created around 1140 as one of the oldest parishes in Eastern Styria. The first sacred building in Riegersburg was a small Maria Magdalena church, first mentioned in 1170, on the east side of the castle rock next to the former main parsonage. The construction of today's parish church of St. Martin began as a late Gothic new building on the south-facing castle entrance in 1481 under Reinprecht von Reichenburg , but had to be stopped around 1500 due to lack of money. The completion fell in the time of the Reformation , the pastor Matthias Weinreben (* 1517; † 1554) with the support of the lord of the castle Hans von Reichenburg was able to complete the church in 1520. The pastor could not prevent the spread of the Protestant faith, however, after years of changing Lutheran and Catholic -minded pastors, a uniform teaching in the parish church only came back to the parish church with the onset of the Catholic Counter-Reformation from 1598.

In the 17th century, today's weekday chapel was added and the tower was renewed. This is a three-storey, square brick wall construction with round-arched sound windows, the end is a small onion dome. The church was restored in 1884–1886, and in 1979 a total renovation was necessary. a. the church stalls and the floor were renewed and the windows were newly glazed. The last renovation of the church tower was completed in 2004.

The right of the Riegersburg rulership to propose the respective main pastor has been exercised regularly since 1653 and was only put back in 1979 by the Liechtenstein family. Also in 1979 the seat of the main pastor was moved from the old rectory in the northern area of ​​the market to the newly built rectory near the parish church. In addition to the parish of Riegersburg, the parish also includes parts of the parishes of Kornberg, Lödersdorf, Auersbach and Hatzendorf.

Population development


politics

mayor

At the constituent meeting of the municipal council on April 21, 2015, Manfred Reisenhofer (ÖVP), who had already headed the municipality until December 31, 2014 and had meanwhile acted as government commissioner due to the municipal reform, was re-elected mayor . The swearing-in was made by District Captain Alexander Majcan. The community board, which has been expanded from three to five members since 2015, also includes the first vice mayor Arnold Prisching-Neubauer (ÖVP), the second vice mayor Johann Pußwald (SPÖ), the community treasurer Johann Hartinger (ÖVP) and board member Silvia Dimitriadis (ÖVP). Office manager is Johann Sitzwohl.

Municipal council

The council is due to the community pooling of 21 members and consists since the local council election in 2015 of mandates of the following parties:

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party 2015 2010
Large community Riegersburg Breitenfeld Kornberg Lödersdorf
Sti. % M. Sti. % M. Sti. % M. Sti. % M. Sti. % M.
ÖVP 2195 69 15th 1085 72 11 199 34 3 634 81 13 391 78 7th
SPÖ 0586 18th 04th 0406 27 04th 394 66 6th 146 19th 02 113 22nd 2
FPÖ 0263 08th 01 not running not running not running not running
The green 0147 05 01 not running not running not running not running
Eligible voters 4.211 2,038 686 987 605
voter turnout 77% 76% 88% 81% 87%

coat of arms

The market shows Archangel Michael in a golden shield, winged, with a golden cross on a black disc on his chest, in his right hand the flaming sword, in the left a golden scales .

Culture and sights

Parish Church of St. Martin , exterior view
The nave of the parish church
Riegersburg
View from Feldbach around 1820, lith. JF Kaiser
View from the castle to the town of Riegersburg in southeast direction
Breitenfeld on the Rittschein

Clubs and organizations

  • Library and toy library
  • Cantarella choir
  • Piegerl cultural initiative
  • Market band
  • Volunteer firefighter
  • Cultural association Breitenfeld ad Rittschein

sport and freetime

During the summer months, the 15,000 m² seaside resort in Riegersburg is the ideal place to relax. In addition to a large, relaxing sunbathing lawn, it offers a beach volleyball court , a 36 m long water slide , a pit-pat facility, four tennis courts and gastronomic infrastructure.

The high ropes course at the foot of the Riegersburg is an oversized playground for adults . The castle also offers three via ferrata: the Leopold via ferrata (level of difficulty C), the Heinrich via ferrata (level of difficulty C) and the so-called extension (level of difficulty D).

The area around Riegersburg is also ideal for long hikes on foot or by bike on marked paths, always accompanied by the mighty and widely visible Riegersburg.

sports clubs

  • Ice rifle clubs in Lembach-Egg, Riegersburg and Schweinz
  • Paragliding Club
  • Sport fishing club Meinegg
  • Sportunion Riegersburg / Vulkanland
  • SC Breitenfeld ad Rittschein
  • Tennis clubs Sankt Kind and Breitenfeld
  • Tennis clubs Krennach-Schweinz and Riegersburg

Economy and Infrastructure

The Riegersburger economy is made up of many small and medium-sized commercial, industrial and service companies, including a. several taverns, the Gölles vinegar factory , the famous Zotter chocolate factory and a bird of prey station. While livestock farming is declining in the entire region, fruit, vegetable and viticulture are experiencing an upswing thanks to their excellent quality.

traffic

Originally the community did not have a train station. After the incorporation of the municipality of Lödersdorf , however, the Lödersdorf stop of the ÖBB , which is located on the Styrian Eastern Railway, is located in the municipality of Riegersburg.

museum

  • Witch museum

education

schools

In addition to the public primary school in Riegersburg, there is a primary school of the Sisters of Mercy and the secondary school in Riegersburg.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • 1981: Franz Wegart (* 1918; † 2009), Deputy Governor
  • Friedrich von und zu Liechtenstein (1937; † 2010), owner of the Riegersburg
  • Karl Prehm (* 1928; † 1998), entrepreneur and former mayor

Sons and daughters of the church

  • Anton Faist (* 1864; † 1933), Roman Catholic priest, musicologist, choir director and composer
  • Johann Anton Fleckh (* 1822; † 1876), lawyer, politician, dialect researcher

Personalities associated with the community

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Announcement of the Styrian state government of October 31, 2013 on the unification of the market town of Riegersburg and the communities of Breitenfeld an der Rittschein, Kornberg near Riegersburg and Lödersdorf, all of the political district of Southeast Styria. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of November 15, 2013. No. 132, 32nd issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . P. 635.
  2. Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  3. a b Municipality of Riegersburg: New election of the new mayor board (accessed on May 12, 2015)
  4. My week of April 27, 2015: Unanimity in the mayoral election (accessed on May 12, 2015)
  5. Szépfalusi, Csaba: ferrata Guide Austria . Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2016, ISBN 978-3-7022-2548-3 , p. 82-85 .