Sankt Andrä (Carinthia)
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Borough St. Andrä
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| Country: | Austria | |
| State : | Carinthia | |
| Political District : | Wolfsberg | |
| License plate : | WHERE | |
| Surface: | 113.59 km² | |
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 46 ′ N , 14 ° 49 ′ E | |
| Height : | 446 m above sea level A. | |
| Residents : | 9,873 (January 1, 2020) | |
| Postal code : | 9433 | |
| Area code : | 04358 | |
| Community code : | 2 09 13 | |
| NUTS region | AT213 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
St. Andrä 210 9433 St. Andrä |
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| Mayoress : | Maria Knauder ( SPÖ ) | |
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Municipal Council : ( 2015 ) (31 members) |
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Sankt Andrä , officially St. Andrä , also St. Andrä im Lavanttal , is a municipality with 9873 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Wolfsberg district , Carinthia . Neighboring communities are Wolfsberg , St. Paul and Sankt Georgen .
geography
The municipality includes part of the Lower Lavant Valley , where the majority of the population lives, as well as the gently rising eastern slope of the Saualpe , which is strewn with scattered settlements, and the steep and barely populated western slope of the Koralpe . The town of St. Andrä is located on a hill around 30 m above the valley floor.
Community structure
Development of the community of St. Andrä
In 1850 the Austrian municipalities were created according to the model of the "stable cadastre of 1817". In the years from 1850 to 1875 the independent communities Fischering, Gemmersdorf and Eitweg came to the community of St. Andrä. In 1881 these were again separated from St. Andrä - now as two communities, Eitweg and Fischering. In the period after the Second World War, the municipality of Pölling was divided into the municipalities of St. Andrä, St. Marein and Fischering. In 1973 there was a major church reform that dissolved the St. Andrä parish. In their place, the large community of St. Andrä, which includes many of the former neighboring communities, was founded. Today's cadastral communities are not identical to the formerly independent communities. There are a total of 21 cadastral communities with 64 localities in the municipality :
St. Andrä, Eitweg , Fischering , Gemmersdorf , Goding, Jakling , Kleinrojach, Kollegg , Mosern, Oberaigen, Pölling , Schönweg , Teichbauer, Dachberg, Eisdorf, Framrach, Langegg, Lindhof, Paierdorf, Winkling, Lamm .
| Large community of St. Andrä after the major community reform in 1973 |
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| Former local community | Area in ha |
| St. Andrä | 726 |
| Fishing ring | 1575 |
| Maria Rojach | 1505 |
| Eitweg | 2510 |
| Schönweg | 920 |
| Pustritz (part) | 1355 |
| Granitztal (small part) | 832 |
| St. Paul (small part) | 692 |
| St. Stefan (small part) | 137 |
| St. Marein (small part) | 793 |
| St. Georgen | 312 |
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| St. Andrä | 1299 | Kleinrojach | 198 | Kienberg | 98 | Ragglach | 49 |
| Jakling | 792 | Mosern | 180 | College | 94 | Oberagsdorf | 46 |
| Gemmersdorf | 700 | Winkling-North | 177 | Mühldorf | 94 | Schönweg-Pustritz | 46 |
| Eitweg | 682 | Wölzing-St. Andrä | 173 | Seven things | 87 | Ragglbach | 45 |
| Blaiken | 530 | Langegg | 170 | Little thing | 82 | Winkling-South | 35 |
| Wölzing-Fischering | 431 | Oberpichling | 168 | Zellbach | 82 | Völking | 34 |
| Burgstall-Sankt Andrä | 410 | Paierdorf | 164 | Aich | 81 | Mitterpichling | 29 |
| Magersdorf | 408 | Fair thing | 152 | Unteragsdorf | 79 | Langgen | 26th |
| Maria Rojach | 351 | Goding | 148 | Dachberg | 75 | Obereberndorf | 26th |
| Ortisei | 260 | Lindhof | 147 | Pichling | 70 | Oberaigen | 23 |
| Polling | 214 | Unterrain | 123 | St. Jacob | 69 | Schassbach | 23 |
| Schönweg-St.Andrä | 214 | Mettersdorf | 117 | Wimpassing | 67 | Goenitz | 22nd |
| lamb | 113 | Untereberndorf | 65 | Burgstall-Pölling | 20th | ||
| Framrach | 103 | Farrach | 64 | Pustritz | 14th | ||
| Pirk | 62 | Höfern | 13 | ||||
| Fishing ring | 54 | Schobersberg | 13 | ||||
| Ice village | 52 | Unteraigen | 13 | ||||
| Hainsdorf | 52 | Reisberg | 12 | ||||
| Streitberg | 11 | ||||||
| Tschrietes | 1 | ||||||
Neighboring communities
Sankt Andrä borders in the west and northwest on the municipality of Griffen, which belongs to the Völkermarkt district and is located in the Jauntal . In the north lies the district capital Wolfsberg , which is an important regional center with around 25,000 inhabitants. To the east and south are the communities of Frantschach-Sankt Gertraud , Sankt Georgen and Sankt Paul , which, like Wolfsberg and Sankt Andrä, are in the Lavant valley.
geology
The community of St. Andrä is located in different geological zones. Gravel and other river deposits predominate in the valley floor . Also molasses are common. Gneiss can mostly be found on the mountain slopes of the Sau and Koralpe . On the Saualp side there are also large areas in which mica schist and quartz phyllite predominate. Zones with marble were also found on the Koralpe; Remains of a Roman marble quarry can be found in the "Kalten Winkel" near the village of Ragglbach. In addition, there are rich clay deposits on the Dachberg, which were already mined in the Middle Ages.
mountains
The municipality of St. Andrä has a maximum height of 2,140 m. It extends in the west to the Saualpe and to the east on the Koralpe ( Großer Speikkogel ). A large valley floor spreads out between these mountains. There are only a few smaller elevations there, such as the Dachberg, which has a height of 522 m and the village of Zellbach at around 600 m. The villages of the same name on the Dachberg and in Zellbach are scattered settlements and therefore have no town center. On the Koralpe and Saualpe there are scattered settlements as well as settlements with a fixed center, which is usually the parish church. The scattered settlements on the Saualp side include Kienberg and Kollegg. The localities with a town center are Pölling, Schönweg and Lamm. On the coral side there is only the scattered settlement Goding.
Rivers
The main river of the Lavant valley and thus also of the municipality of St. Andrä is the Lavant . The Lavant was extensively regulated in the 20th century, so that today it is a relatively straight river. Barrages, which can be opened and closed, were built into the Lavant at regular intervals to better control the water flow. Before this regulation, the Lavant ran in large arches and the whole area was a swamp. In the municipality of St. Andrä, the Lavant is fed by numerous smaller rivers and streams. These brooks arise either in the west on the Saualpe, or in the east on the Koralpe. Rise on the Saualpe: the Reisberger Bach, the Woisbach, the Pöllinger Bach, the Lammerbach and the Pustritzerbach. Rising on the Koralpe: the Reidebenerbach, the Werdenbach (at the mouth: Jaklinger Bach), Hahntrattenbach, Rojacher Bach and Ragglbach.
climate
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history
middle Ages
In 860 the name "curtis ad Labantam" (Hof an der Lavant) is mentioned for the first time in a document about the possessions of the Salzburg archbishopric . At that time, this farm was the main town in the Lavant Valley, with St. Andrä being under the temporal and spiritual rule of the Salzburg archbishops. However, St. Andrä was administered by a Vizedom whose seat was in Friesach . The first written mention of the parish church of St. Andrä comes from the year 890.
In a document from the 12th century one learns for the first time something about the other localities in the vicinity of St. Andrä: Peirdorff (Paierdorf), Ober- and Niedergemondesdorff (Gemmersdorf), Meyingolosdorff (Magersdorf), Isachsdorff (Aggsdorf), Vramerich ( Framrach), Itewic (Eitweg), Pirkelinger (Pirk), Sigmuntingen (Siebending) and Wimpozingen (Wimpassing). In 1212, Bishop Eberhard II founded an Augustinian canon monastery . The provost of the monastery was also archdeacon and later also deputy to the Bishop of Lavant. In 1228, Bishop Eberhard II also founded the Lavant diocese near St. Andrew's Church in St. Andrä. St. Andrew's Church was elevated to the status of a bishop's church. From 1318 the bishops of Lavant carried the title " Prince Bishop ".
The town of St. Andrä appears as a market for the first time in a document from 1234. In 1289 the place is mentioned as "civitas Lauentina" (city). St. Andrä had the name "Lavant" until the 13th century. After that, the St. Andrew's Church increasingly became the center of St. Andrä and thus the name was changed to St. Andrä. In 1339 Duke Albrecht II allowed the fortification of the city with a moat and a city wall, parts of which can still be seen today. Plague epidemics raged several times in St. Andrä, claiming numerous lives. In 1417 the city was besieged by the Turks and in 1480 the troops of Emperor Friedrich III. St. Andrä, as the emperor was in dispute with the archbishop of Salzburg. In the same year the Turks conquered the city again. They were driven out again by a surprise attack by the Wolfsberg Vitzdom Georg von Schaumburg.
Modern times
Around 1570 the plague raged in St. Andrä. Therefore the services had to be held outdoors this year. In the 17th century, the former “Bishop's Court” was expanded into the permanent residence of the bishop. 1647 saw the construction of today's pilgrimage church Maria Loreto . The monastery "Virgins Monastery of S. Dominici" was founded in 1673. The city received a trivial school in 1775. As a result of the Napoleonic Wars , the Archbishop of Salzburg also lost his possessions of St. Andrä in 1803. St. Andrä was incorporated into the Austrian state. In 1809 French soldiers reached the city and plundered it. The Augustinian Canons' Monastery had already been dissolved in 1808 due to indebtedness. After a major fire devastated St. Andrä in 1727, violent fires also broke out in the city in 1821 and 1886.
In 1859 the history of St. Andrä ended as a bishopric. The seat of the diocese Lavant was moved to Marburg an der Drau under Bishop Martin Slomšek . The Carinthian share in the diocese was added to the diocese of Gurk . The Jesuit order received the bishop's residence as a gift. In 1865 a large part of Jakling (14 houses) burned down. In 1872 the St. Andrä volunteer fire brigade was founded. In 1873 St. Andrä received its first wooden water supply. In 1874 there was a flood on the Lavant and the other rivers in the municipality. Both bridges over the Mühlbach were torn away by the river.
20th century
In the years 1914 to 1918 numerous church bells from St. Andrä were melted down for the war. In 1934, during the July coup , fierce fighting broke out between the National Socialists and the armed forces . In 1940 the Jesuits were expelled from the former bishop's residence by the National Socialists. In 1945 the British took up residence there. Today the former bishop's residence is a retirement home . In 1972 the St. Andrä volunteer fire brigade got a new fire station , which was expanded in 2007.
In 1973 the communities Eitweg , Fischering, Maria Rojach , Schönweg and St. Andrä were merged to form St. Andrä. In the Austrian energy plan of 1976, one of three nuclear power plants in Austria was planned in St. Andrä. 25 hectares of land are still dedicated to a nuclear power plant.
population
Population structure
According to the 2011 census , the municipality of St. Andrä had 10,332 inhabitants. The distribution between the female and male population was almost balanced at 49.9% men and 50.1% women. 14.6% of the population were under 15 years of age, 18.9% over 65 years. There were hardly any foreigners in the municipality, 97.6% of the population were Austrian citizens .
Population development
From 1869 the population of St. Andras increased from 6,515 to 2001 to 10,719. The migration balance of −1% was made up for in the years 1991 to 2001 by the birth balance of 2.3%. By 2018, the population had fallen to 9,957.
Culture and sights
- The cathedral and parish church of St. Andrä has a Gothic architectural style. As the former cathedral of the diocese of Lavants, it is the burial place of many of Lavant's bishops. It was first mentioned in 890 in a document from Emperor Arnulf as ad Lavantam ecclesiam sancti Andreae . Several structural changes were made in the 17th and 19th centuries, such as raising the walls and adding a cross vault. The north tower was also added later in the style of the older tower.
- The pilgrimage church of Maria Loreto is also one of the sights in St. Andrä. In 1647 the little Loretto Chapel was built under Prince-Bishop Albert von Priamis and the statue of the Virgin Mary was carried inside. The actual Loretto Church was started in 1656 under Prince Bishop Caspar von Stadion based on the Italian model. The Loretto Church was built entirely in the Rococo architectural style . A Dominican monastery was added to this church in 1665 . The sixty meter high towers were built in 1730. The monastery was abolished in 1782 by Emperor Joseph II . In 1785 the former monastery building was sold on to the citizens of St. Andrä and temporarily served as a brewery. In 1826 the attached monastery building was abandoned until it was bought and renovated in 1868 by the "Daughters of Divine Love". The church was taken over by the Jesuits in 1860 after the diocese was moved to Marburg. After they were expelled by the Nazi regime, they returned after the Second World War. In the church there is also the crypt of Bishop Caspar von Stadion. The church was elevated to a minor basilica in August 2014 .
- The Jesuit monastery of St. Andrä is at the castle and Gut Kollegg on the Saualpenhang.
- There is also a swimming lake between the villages of St. Jakob and Mettersdorf (St. Andräer See).
- Because three Roman roads ran in the area of the municipality, Roman stones were often found. These testimonies from Roman times can be seen in the archway, in the vestibule of the former bishop's residence and in the crypt of the parish church.
- The former residence of the bishops is now used as a retirement home under the name "Haus Elisabeth". It was only built as a bishop's residence in the 17th century; before that, the bishops mostly had to reside in Wolfsberg, Friesach and Twimberg . From 1859 to 1960 it was owned by the Jesuits.
- Heimathaus Deiser in Ortisei houses various ancient objects and lots of interesting facts about the Lavant valley
- The old town gate (Tränkktor) and the remains of the town wall at the former hospital, at the back of the Elisabeth house and along the Tränkweg are impressive witnesses of the past.
- The Gothic pilgrimage church Maria Rojach was first mentioned in 1314. The former fortified church was badly damaged by the Turkish sieges in 1480. The splendid high altar and the side altars date from the Baroque period. The main attraction, however, is a splendid late Gothic winged altar from 1520.
- First mentioned in 1619, the single-nave parish church of St. Georg und Pfarrhof in Lamm stands at an altitude of about 800 m.
- Catholic parish church Pölling hl. John the Baptist
- Catholic parish church St. Ulrich an der Goding hl. Ulrich
Events
One of the most popular events in St. Andras is the “cackling”. The annual poultry festival organized by the company "Wech" in late summer is well known beyond the borders of Carinthia. It takes place on the Lorettowiese for a week. The weekly market is also very popular. Every Saturday there is also a weekly market on Neuer Platz, where sausages, fish, fruit, vegetables, etc. are on offer.
During the crib exhibition in December, many people come to see the cribs, which come from all over the area. There are over 100 cribs on display in the shops in the city center.
The St. Andrä carnival sessions of the carnival group Nia Gnua occur in the city's cultural hall during the carnival season. They are very well known throughout Carinthia.
Sports
- The football club SK St. Andrä will play in 1st class at regional level in the 2013/14 season. The team's football stadium is in the east of St. Andrä. The association was founded in 1946 by soldiers returning from the war. In 1964, the mayor of St. Andrä, Rudolf Kores, and the mayor of Eitweg, Hannes Schweiger, founded an interest group that bought up the football field, which until then had been in private hands. It was leased to the association for 99 years. In 1990 a farmer in Blaike bought a piece of land (11,000 m²) that was used as a training field and also equipped with floodlights . In 2000 a new clubhouse was also built for the team. Another football club is located in Eitweg .
- In 1979 the St. Andrä tennis club was founded, which in the same year joined the SK St. Andrä. The tennis court is located in the southwest of the city.
- The community also has an ice hockey club (EC Jakling), a volleyball club , a handball section of the SK St. Andrä (founded in 1947) and the dart clubs DC Triefnix and DC Ghostbusters.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
One of the main traffic arteries in the municipality of St. Andrä is the A 2 southern motorway , which runs from Klagenfurt through the Lavant Valley to Graz . The largest state road in the community is Packer Straße B 70. It leads from Griffen in the southwest over a 700 m high hill to St. Andrä and on to the district capital Wolfsberg. It was heavily expanded before the motorway was built, but has not been heavily used since its completion. In addition to this there is the St. Pauler Landesstraße , which leads through St. Paul to Lavamünd, and the Gemmersdorfer Straße , which connects the villages of Gemmersdorf, St. Ulrich and Eitweg on the eastern edge of the valley. In addition, there is the Lavant Valley Railway in Sankt Andrä, which starts at St. Paul and reaches the St. Andrä train station. Then it continues to Wolfsberg and Bad St. Leonhard. The planned Koralm Railway will have its Lavanttal station on the border with the municipality of St. Paul.
In 1876 it was decided to build a standard gauge branch line in the Lavant Valley. The kk privileged Southern Railway Company began construction on July 1, 1878. The first train ran the 38.09 km long Unterdrauburg - St. Andrä - Wolfsberg route on October 4, 1879. On January 1, 1899, the Imperial and Royal Austrian State Railways took over the Lavant Valley Railway.
The exploratory tunnel in Mitterpichling for the Koralm tunnel is currently being built. The Koralmbahn station in Lavanttal will be built on the border between the communities of St. Andrä and St. Paul.
Established businesses
According to the 2001 census, there were 343 workplaces with 2,673 jobs in St. Andrä. Of these, 789 work in manufacturing, 594 in construction and 282 in trade. There were 510 agricultural and forestry holdings, 161 of which were the main occupation and cultivated 14,032 hectares (1999).
tourism
The 54 km long Lavant R10 cycle path runs through the municipality of St. Andrä and the Lavant valley and is very busy on sunny days. St. Andrä also has the St. Andräer See outdoor pool with its mini golf course , a soccer field, a tennis court and a popular riding stables on the Dachberg near Maria Rojach . The many hiking trails in the community and the Wolfsberg district invite many hikers to go on a hiking tour in the mountains every year.
Agriculture
In 1999 there were 510 farms in the municipality of St. Andrä with an area of 14,832 hectares. Between 1995 and 1999, the number of farms fell by 11.6%. Most of the farmers on the valley floor raise livestock and grow grain. Mostly corn or rye is grown here. There are also some mountain farms on the slopes of the Saualpe, Koralpe, Dachberg and in Zellbach. They mostly run cattle or grow fruit. They also rarely have small areas of grain growing.
Industry, trade and commerce
In the municipality of St. Andrä there are four banks and two industrial companies with more than 200 employees. The grocery trade , on the other hand, apart from smaller grocery stores, has shifted from the center to the outskirts. In the south of St. Andrä, near the approach to the A 2 , a large industrial area has been developed in recent years. 23 companies with a total of 800 employees have settled in these companies in the IGZ (industrial and commercial zone). Various industries are represented: Newspaper printing center ( media print ), plant construction, transport companies, carpentry, carpentry, window technology, car repair shops and dealerships, paint production, mail distribution centers, trading companies, biomass heating plants, trailer construction, dry construction, wood and stone carving. The poultry company Wech, known throughout Austria, has its production facility in Kollegg on the Saualpenhang. Another large industrial center is in Maria Rojach, which is particularly popular with craft businesses. There are other small and medium-sized enterprises in the area around Gemmersdorf-St. Ulrich-Eitweg.
Supply of public services
Churches
The parishes exist in the municipality of St. Andrä:
- St. Andrä (St. Andrä parish church , branch churches: St. Jakob, Schönweg , Jakling , Siebending, Fischering )
- Maria Rojach (branch church: Gemmersdorf )
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- Pölling (branch church: Tschrietes)
- St. Ulrich (branch church: Reideben)
schools
The oldest mention of a school in St. Andrä comes from the year 1572. In a document from 1582 it is mentioned that it was a Latin school (the forerunner of a grammar school). In the 18th century this was closed by Empress Maria Theresia , like all other Latin schools , and Bishop Franz II von Lavant sent a letter of appeal to the Carinthian governor to allow the new school form of a grammar school in St. Andrä to be run. Because Bishop Francis II resigned and his successor had other interests, the request was rejected. Instead, the high school in St. Paul was founded. In addition to the local high school, there was a bishop's seminary in St. Andrä until 1859 .
The St. Andrä elementary school was opened in 1775 as a "German School" with the subjects religion, reading, writing and arithmetic. Until 1811 there was only one class, after which a second was added. Since the old school building (house no. 35) burned down during the fire in 1821, the classes were divided between different houses. In 1846 the first school building specially built for the school was built. In 1851 the school was already attended by 250 students. Since the school was strictly religious, the children took part in every church event. The school had to be enlarged several times because of the constantly increasing number of students. Because of the sanitary inconsistencies in the school, the new, today's school building was built by 1907. That year there were 412 students in five classes. In 1910 she was six class.
Today there are six elementary schools in the community (with the year of opening): Jakling (1964), Maria Rojach (1. 1815, 2. 1903), Pölling (1. 1876, 2. 1966, today branch of VS St. Andrä) , St. Andrä (1775), Schönweg (1911) St. Ulrich (1. 1870, 2. 1959).
The St. Andrä secondary school was opened in 1971. Since 1962 there were no more elementary schools, so all pupils had to go to the Wolfsberg secondary school. There, the number of pupils exploded, so that in 1967 it was decided to build a secondary school in St. Andrä. First, the ranged Schulsprengel school to St. Paul and the Granitztal until 1972, the St. Pauler classes were moved there.
The private secondary school of the Maria Loreto Monastery (Daughters of Divine Love) received public rights as a girls' elementary school in 1883 . In 1920 there was also a community school in the monastery . In 1927 a secondary school was run. In 1938, after the annexation to the German Reich , the public rights were withdrawn. The sisters were allowed to stay in the monastery. In 1945 the private secondary school was able to resume the school that still exists today. In 1966 a one-year housekeeping school was also opened. Since 2003 there has also been a technical school for social professions.
The agricultural college of St. Andrä was opened in 1939 and housed in the disbanded Jesuit college. In 1940 she came to the Kollegg Castle . Because of the war, the school had to be closed in 1943 and the twenty-year-old students went to war. In 1946 the Jesuit college was returned to the Jesuits and the agricultural school was opened in 1959 next to the fruit growing test facility. A boarding school is also located in this building .
There is also a technical school for social professions in the Maria Loretto monastery building. It is run as a branch of the Carinthian Caritas Association .
There is also a music school in the Kultursaal building.
Post / Telegraph
The first documents about a postal connection in St. Andrä existed in 1784. Since that year there has been a postal connection from Wolfsberg to Lavamünd on whose route St. Andrä was also. The first post and telegraph office was in St. Andrä in the years 1841 to 1897 in house No. 60 in St. Andrä. In 1897 it was moved to house no. 54 and in 1950 the post office moved to house no. 1 ( Jesuit College ). Finally, the post office moved to its current building in the municipal office . There are two post offices and a mail distribution center in Framrach in the municipality of St. Andrä.
Water supply / sewage treatment
The first construction of a continuous water supply in St. Andrä took place in 1873. This year a wooden water reservoir was built. In 1891 this was replaced by a cement reservoir. In 1897 the water pipes were finally renewed as they used to be made of wood. Now they are made of sulphurized lead . The old wells at the northern city gate were still available to the residents.
In 1949 the outdated system was renewed again. When the municipalities were merged in 1973, the water supply system for the entire municipality was expanded.
The first sewage disposal took place in 1880 through stone pipes . The first modern sewer system was built in 1949.
Volunteer firefighter
The first " fire brigade association " was founded in 1872 to provide organized fire protection. In 1947 the old fire station was built on Packer Strasse . As early as 1972 this fire station no longer met modern requirements and the volunteer fire brigade moved to a new building near the St. Andrä cemetery . Due to new tasks, especially in disaster control, the fire station had to be expanded in 2007.
There are nine voluntary fire brigades in the municipality of St. Andrä: St. Andrä-Stadt, Fischering, Jakling, Eitweg, Gemmersdorf, Maria Rojach, Kollnitz, Schönweg, Pölling. Until 2004 there was also a company fire brigade in the St. Andrä steam power station (ÖDK) .
Police / gendarmerie
In 1875 the first gendarmerie post with four gendarmes was set up in St. Andrä. He was subordinate to the district command in Wolfsberg. During the Carinthian referendum , the gendarmerie had to guard the demarcation line. In 1934 the gendarmes were briefly disarmed by supporters of the NSDAP . After the "Anschluss" of Austria, the gendarmerie was incorporated into the " Kameradschaftsbund deutscher Polizei ". During the British occupation, the Military-Cov sign was placed on the outside wall of the gendarmerie . Civil Police attached. In 1965 the police moved to house number 57. On July 1, 2005, the police and gendarmerie were merged .
Elderly care
The Carinthian Caritas Association offers old people accommodation and care in Haus Elisabeth.
politics
City Councilor and Mayor
The city council (city government) has seven members. The directly elected mayor from 1997 to 2020 was Peter Stauber (SPÖ). In 2020 he was succeeded by Maria Knauder (SPÖ) in this office.
Municipal council
The municipal council consists of 31 members and has been made up of mandataries from the following parties since the 2015 municipal council election :
coat of arms
The use of a town seal for St. Andrä is documented in a document dated August 4, 1538, the seal itself has only been received on documents since April 10, 1560 and its shape only dates from this time. The motif is the standing bearded St. Andrew with St. Andrew's cross and book. Merian, on the other hand, only depicted the oblique left shield as a coat of arms in 1649, which obviously modified the rear half of the Lavanttal diocese coat of arms. In the further course of the 17th century, the motif with the city patron growing out of the binding shield appeared, which is preserved on two original seal sticks and on a flag from the 19th century. Because the saint was interpreted as a shield holder, however, only the insignificant binding shield was usually used for depictions of coats of arms.
The right to carry a coat of arms and a flag was confirmed to the municipality on May 29, 1970 by the Carinthian state government. On the occasion of the amalgamation of the "old" municipality with four other old municipalities and the connection of eight further parts of the municipality to the new large municipality of St. Andrä in 1973, the coat of arms and flag were newly awarded on September 12, 1973. At the new award, the apostle Andreas was taken back into the coat of arms as the name and city patron.
The blazon of the coat of arms reads: “In blue a bearded saint (St. Andrew) with gray hair and a golden halo, white shirt and green robe, a brown St. Andrew's cross in the left hand and a blue book in the bent right hand, made of a red one Sign with a white oblique left bar growing. "
The flag is white and red with an incorporated coat of arms.
Town twinning
The twin town of St. Andrä has been Jelsa on the island of Hvar in Croatia since 1997 .
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Johann Andreas von Rosenberg (1600–1667), nobleman
- Leopold Pongratz (1850–1929), politician of the German National Party (DnP)
- Leopold Pötsch (1853–1942), teacher
- Peter Quendler (1936–2011), development worker , Caritas employee
- Alfred Kollmann (* 1947), SPÖ politician
- Roman Rupp (* 1964), ski racer
literature
- Mag. Josef Pötsch: 650 years of the city of St. Andrä. Municipality of St. Andrä, St. Andrä 1989, DNB 94244731X .
- Gerfried Sitar: Precious Lavant Valley. Wolfsberg 2001, ISBN 3-901551-55-7 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Austrian National Library: ÖNB-ALEX - Provincial Law Gazette Carinthia 1850-1999. Retrieved April 26, 2017 .
- ↑ Statistics Austria, register census from October 31, 2011
- ↑ Zwentendorf Visit: A Journey into the Atomic Age. on: Die Presse.com. May 29, 2010.
- ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of St. Andrä. Retrieved January 23, 2019 .
- ↑ http://www.niagnua.net
- ^ Caritas Carinthia, Help & Advice, Care & Care, Retirement Homes & Nursing Homes, Haus Elisabeth. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Simone Koller: Inauguration of the new mayor. July 9, 2020, accessed July 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Mayor Peter Stauber chaired his last municipal council meeting. July 9, 2020, accessed July 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Office of the Carinthian Provincial Government ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Quoted from Wilhelm Deuer: The Carinthian municipal coat of arms . Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchiv, Klagenfurt 2006, ISBN 3-900531-64-1 , p. 240.
Web links
- Municipality of St. Andrä
- 20913 - Sankt Andrä (Carinthia). Community data, Statistics Austria .
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