Söchau

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Söchau
coat of arms Austria map
Coat of arms of Söchau
Söchau (Austria)
Söchau
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Styria
Political District : Hartberg-Fürstenfeld
License plate : HF (from 1.7.2013; old: FF)
Surface: 18.19 km²
Coordinates : 47 ° 2 '  N , 16 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 1 '49 "  N , 16 ° 1' 7"  E
Height : 273  m above sea level A.
Residents : 1,463 (Jan 1, 2020)
Postcodes : 8362, 8280
Area code : +43 3387
Community code : 6 22 52
Address of the
municipal administration:
Söchau 104
8362 Söchau
Website: soechau.steiermark.at
politics
mayor Josef Kapper ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2020)
(15 members)
9
5
1
A total of 15 seats
Location of Söchau in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district
Bad Blumau Bad Loipersdorf Bad Waltersdorf Buch-St. Magdalena Burgau Dechantskirchen Ebersdorf Feistritztal Friedberg Fürstenfeld Grafendorf bei Hartberg Greinbach Großsteinbach Großwilfersdorf Hartberg Hartberg Umgebung Hartl Ilz Kaindorf Lafnitz Neudau Ottendorf an der Rittschein Pinggau Pöllau Pöllauberg Rohr bei Hartberg Rohrbach an der Lafnitz Sankt Jakob im Walde Sankt Johann in der Haide Sankt Lorenzen am Wechsel Schäffern Söchau Stubenberg Vorau Waldbach-Mönichwald Wenigzell SteiermarkLocation of the municipality of Söchau in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district (clickable map)
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Municipal office of Söchau
Municipal office of Söchau
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Söchau is a municipality in south-eastern Styria (court district Fürstenfeld , political district Hartberg-Fürstenfeld ) with 1463 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

location

Söchau is located in southeast Styria in the Rittschein valley at an altitude of 273 meters above sea level.

Community structure

Söchau is divided into five cadastral communities (area 2015):

  • Aschbach (445.22 ha)
  • Kohlgraben (216.82 ha)
  • Ruppersdorf (290.75 ha)
  • Söchau (496.87 ha)
  • Tautendorf (368.90 ha)

The localities of the municipality are (residents as of January 1, 2020):

  • Aschbach near Fürstenfeld (318)
  • Kohlgraben (60)
  • Ruppersdorf (147)
  • Sochau (761)
  • Tautendorf near Fürstenfeld (177)

history

The place name Söchau refers to the Slavic history of origin, as it derives from the Slavic “sekati”, which means something like “clearing”. Cultivated soil was created through clearing. Both processes of reclamation are symbolized in the municipal coat of arms by the uprooted tree and the ear.

Already around 1160/67 the place Söchau appeared in the Rittscheintal . The place was first mentioned in 1218 when the crusader Wulfing von Stubenberg together with Duke Leopold VI. fought before Damiette in Egypt. As he repeatedly hovered in mortal danger, he bequeathed to the Order of St. John , among other things, a Hube in Sechau , in the event of his death, even the whole place (Wulfing returned by the way unharmed home). It is not known when the village was finally sold.

The church is mentioned for the first time in 1418. Their consecration to St. Veit and the fact that Söchau was called Seckau in the 15th century allows the conclusion that it could be one of the oldest places in Eastern Styria .

In 1418 the place was sacked by the Hungarians. At that time, most of the village belonged to Jörg and Heinrich von Fürstenfeld . It was followed by the Peßnitz family and, after 1741, the Herberstein family, who owned 46 properties in 1754. Little is known of the Turkish wars for the place, but the fact that the Ottomans represented a constant threat to the area is proven not only by numerous fortified structures in the vicinity, such as the Riegersburg, but also by a related legend.

Population development

Culture and sights

Söchau parish church
Söchau herb garden
See also:  List of listed objects in Söchau
  • Söchau Herb Garden: In 1986, a hotel operator initiated a herb garden in Söchau. The community then bought an area of ​​around 11,000 square meters for expansion. After no funding from the EU, the federal government or the state, the area was parceled out in 2011 for the construction of single-family houses.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

There are 116 agricultural and forestry businesses in the municipality, 32 of which are full-time businesses (as of 2010). In the manufacturing sector, ten companies employ 22 people, mainly in the manufacture of goods but also in the construction industry. The service sector provides work for 281 people in 52 companies (as of 2011).

education

There is a kindergarten and an elementary school in Söchau.

traffic

  • Train: Söchau is connected to the Austrian rail network via the Thermenbahn .
  • Roads: The center of the municipality is ten kilometers from the Süd Autobahn .

politics

City council election 2020
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
51.72
(-2.12)
32.15
(+0.36)
10.75
(+1.30)
5.38
(+0.46)
 

Municipal council

The municipal council has 15 members.

mayor

Söchau Aschbach Kohlgraben Tautendorf
from to mayor from to mayor from to mayor from to mayor
1870 1895 Josef Pitter
1895 1898 Josef Fleck
1898 1904 Josef Roubal
1904 1913 Josef Riegler
1913 1919 Johann Matzl
1919 1938 Karl Pitter
1938 1945 Alois Tauschmann
1945 1946 Franz Jost 1945 1950 Josef Posch 1945 1950 Josef Schweinzer 1945 1946 Josef Arnhold
1946 Josef Lang
1946 1950 Franz Schmidt 1946 1950 August Leitner
1950 1965 Anton holiday 1950 1967 Josef Kapper Sr. 1950 1959 Josef Samer Sr. 1950 1955 Josef Tscherne
1965 1967 Albin sting 1959 1967 Josef Samer jun. 1955 1967 Karl Friedl
from January 1st 1968 amalgamation to form the large community of Söchau
1968 1985 Alois Scholnast
1985 1989 Julius founder
1990 Walter Kresnik
1990 2004 Franz Comforter
2004 2010 Emma scrap
2010 Josef Kapper jun. (Parish list Kapper Söchau, ÖVP)

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Sons and daughters

  • Carl Peyer (* 1949), musician whose biggest hit parade is the single Romeo and Juliet .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Local council election 2020 - Söchau results. orf.at , accessed on August 22, 2020 .
  2. Söchau. GoogleMaps, accessed March 16, 2020 (de-US).
  3. Söchau. Retrieved March 16, 2020 (Austrian German).
  4. Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  5. Waltraud Wachmann: Herbal World gives way to a "living area" www.mein Bezirk.at, June 28, 2011.
  6. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Söchau, agricultural and forestry operations. (PDF) Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
  7. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Söchau, employees. (PDF) Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
  8. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Söchau, workplaces. (PDF) Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
  9. Söchau Kindergarten. Retrieved March 16, 2020 (Austrian German).
  10. Gleisdorfer Str. 62 to Söchau. GoogleMaps, accessed March 16, 2020 (de-US).
  11. Local council election in Söchau 2020. In: orf.at
  12. Die Grünen Söchau: Mayor in Söchau and the cadastral communities , accessed on April 18, 2015
  13. Südost-Tagespost (May 7, 1981), p. 8.