Riegersburg (Styria)
market community Riegersburg
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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 | |
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 | |
NUTS region | AT224 | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Riegersburg 8 8333 Riegersburg |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Manfred Reisenhofer ( ÖVP ) | |
Municipal Council : (2015) (21 members) |
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Location of Riegersburg in the district of Southeast Styria | ||
Riegersburg seen from the outer bailey |
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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.
Neighboring communities
Hartmannsdorf market district Weiz |
Ottendorf an der Rittschein and Ilz Bez. Hartberg-Fürstenfeld |
Großwilfersdorf and Söchau district Hartberg-Fürstenfeld |
Feldbach | Fehring |
Community structure
The municipality includes the following 16 localities (population in brackets, as of January 1, 2020):
- Altenmarkt near Riegersburg (450)
- Bergl (299)
- Breitenfeld an der Rittschein (375)
- Dörfl (191)
- Edelsgraben (119)
- Pit I (76)
- Krennach (416)
- Lembach near Riegersburg (339)
- Lödersdorf I (595)
- Lödersdorf II (120)
- Neustift (146)
- Oberkornbach (121)
- Riegersburg (694)
- Santa child (268)
- Schützing (415)
- Shitzerland (318)
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.
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:
- 15 ÖVP ,
- SPÖ , 4
- FPÖ and 1
- The Greens . 1
The last municipal council elections brought the following results:
Political party | 2015 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
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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 | 586 | 18th | 4th | 406 | 27 | 4th | 394 | 66 | 6th | 146 | 19th | 2 | 113 | 22nd | 2 |
FPÖ | 263 | 8th | 1 | not running | not running | not running | not running | ||||||||
The green | 147 | 5 | 1 | 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
- Riegersburg
- 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
- Alois Gölles (* 1960), distiller and vinegar producer
- Christian Schölnast (* 1904; † 1997), local history researcher and author
- Josef Zotter (* 1961), entrepreneur
Web links
- Entry on Riegersburg in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- 62386 - Riegersburg (Styria). Community data, Statistics Austria .
- Community homepage
- Tourism homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ a b Municipality of Riegersburg: New election of the new mayor board (accessed on May 12, 2015)
- ↑ My week of April 27, 2015: Unanimity in the mayoral election (accessed on May 12, 2015)
- ↑ Szépfalusi, Csaba: ferrata Guide Austria . Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2016, ISBN 978-3-7022-2548-3 , p. 82-85 .