Sankt Bartholomä (Styria)

Saint Bartholomew
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Graz area
License plate :	GU
Surface:	11.72 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 4 '  N , 15 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 4 '8 "  N , 15 ° 15' 26"  E
Height :	499  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,442 (Jan 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	8113, 8151
Area code :	03123
Community code :	6 06 39
Address of the municipal administration:	Sankt Bartholomä 3 8113 Sankt Bartholomä
Website:	www.st-bartholomae.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Josef Birnstingl ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2020) (15 members)	12 2 1 12 2 1  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 12 SPÖ : 2 FPÖ : 1
Location of Sankt Bartholomä in the Graz-Umgebung district
View from the northeast of the main town of Sankt Bartholomä
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Sankt Bartholomä is a municipality west of Graz with 1442 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Styria .

geography

Geographical location

Sankt Bartholomä is located in western Styria in the western part of the Graz-Umgebung district , on the border with the Voitsberg district . The distance to the Styrian capital Graz is about 15 kilometers. The municipality extends over an area of ​​11.72 square kilometers.

Community structure and neighboring communities

Sankt Bartholomä is divided into three cadastral communities and four localities . The Jaritzberg cadastral community is located east of the Liebochbach and extends over an area of ​​496.95 hectares. The two cadastral communities Lichtenegg and St. Bartholomä are located west of the Liebochbach and cover an area of ​​288.94 and 389.38 hectares, respectively.

The localities are (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Jaritzberg (577)
• Lichtenegg (126)
• Reitergg (226)
• Sankt Bartholomä (513) including Kreuzegg and Michelbach

Furthermore, the municipality can be subdivided into further areas and areas with regional and partly old names, which are, however, not of statistical importance and are now partly forgotten. The mountain slope on which the village of St. Bartholomä and the parish church of Sankt Bartholomä are located is called Kirchleiten . The area of Rinderschick and Rinnerschink extends between the old church and the Pittrich farmstead . The village of Lichtenegg is located between the village of St. Bartholomä and the Strimkogel , and the village of Strim or Stringen with the Strimbauer homestead at the foot of the Strimkogel . The Lercheckkogel with the villages of Lercheck and Palpas stretches from the Strimkogel towards Södingtal . The so-called Steinleiten is located at the Steinleitner homestead . The wooded Kogel between the parish church and the Kreuzegg used to be called Puchas , which is still reminiscent of the name Puchhaus for the homestead at the highest point of the Hafenberg . Below the Kreuzegg is the Gigelleiten with the Gigelbauer homestead . The Hafenberg area also extends from the Puchhaus to the Hafenbergmühle . Sonneck Castle is located on the western side of the Hafenberg . The village of Brandl extends on the southern side of the Hafenberg, between the Buschenschank Höller and the edge of the forest . The ridge between Brandl and Kalchberg used to be called Mern or Marn, and today the name of the Mahrbauer homestead is still remembered. In the southern part of the Jaritzberg cadastral community, there are three small ridges between the area known as the Eck and the Liebochbach, which are called Prankereck or Teuffenbach . That of the municipality Sankt Oswald bei Plankenwarth down leading small ditch carries in the upper part of the name cleared and in the lower part of the name Wiedenbach . The ridge between the Kolmannbaue farmstead and the Guggi guesthouse is called Wolfhaim and the ridge that runs from Sankt Oswald to the former Eckwirt is called Oswaldegg . A ridge runs from the Haflingerhof in a westerly direction that slopes down towards the Jaritzgraben . When farm Brunn Leitner , a, is Brunnleiten said Berglehne which by the Gießgraben of the opposite mountain slope with the farm Gießgrabner is disconnected. At the former Herzenkraft- and Stürgkhmühle in the northern part of Jaritzberg, the Liebochbach forms a hollow which, like the ditch between Seidlmühle and Griesbauer and the two adjoining mountain slopes, bear the name in the Jarz or Jarz .

The following municipalities border the municipality of Sankt Bartholomä clockwise in the north Gratwein-Straßengel , in the northeast Sankt Oswald bei Plankenwarth , in the east, southeast, south and partly in the southwest Hitzendorf , in the southwest the municipality Stallhofen, which already belongs to the Voitsberg district, and in the northwest Stiwoll .

Waters

The community is traversed by the Liebochbach , a tributary of the Kainach , from northwest to southeast and is thus divided into two parts.

history

In 1770, all houses in today's parish were given house numbers for the first time to make it easier to collect taxes and recruits and were grouped together into local parishes, taking into account the parish boundaries when drawing up the boundaries. Since the parish of St. Bartholomä did not consist of closed localities at that time, it was simply named after the parish church, the Rehregg Castle and localities in the respective areas. Thus arose alongside the local churches St. Bartholomew and Reiteregg also Jaritzberg and Lichtenegg . In 1789, individual fields, meadows, vineyards and forests were re-measured for tax collection and entered in the Josefin cadastre . Since this was too imprecise, the parish was re-measured for the Franziszeische cadastre in 1823 and the boundaries still valid today for cadastral parishes were drawn, regardless of the existing parish boundaries. Since the boundaries of the old local communities were no longer congruent with the new cadastral communities, house numbering was carried out again in 1830. When the mansions were abolished in 1848, the previously independent local communities came to Sankt Bartholomä as cadastral communities.

The local community as an autonomous body was established in 1850. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community came to the Reichsgau Steiermark, 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

In the community and its surroundings there are a number of small, economically not mineable ore and coal deposits that belong to those of the Graz Paleozoic. They have been thoroughly examined.

Population development

politics

mayor

Josef Birnstingl (ÖVP), who is also the head of the municipal office, has been mayor since 2005.

The community board also includes Vice Mayor Werner Kahr (ÖVP) and community treasurer Franz Moritz (ÖVP).

Chronicle of the mayor

Since 1870 Sankt Bartholomä has had the following mayors:

• 1870–1897 Johann Track
• 1897–1900 Vincent Fragner
• 1901–1919 Andreas Schützenhöfer
• 1919–1938 Johann Marchel
• 1938–1939 Johann Marchel
• 1940–1941 August Schober
• 1941–1945 Franz Suppan
• 1945–1946 Johann Marchel
• 1947–1955 Johann Reicher
• 1955–1970 Josef Dirnberger
• 1970–1982 Johann Reicher
• 1982-2005 Erich Gogg
• 2005– 0000   Josef Birnstingl

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 15 members and has been composed of mandates from the following parties since the municipal council election in 2010:

• 11 ÖVP - provides the mayor and the deputy mayor
• 3 SPÖ
• 1 FPÖ

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2015			2010			2005			2000
	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.
ÖVP	721	72	11	736	73	11	663	67	11	504	57	9
SPÖ	181	18th	03	210	21st	03	264	27	04th	236	27	4th
FPÖ	098	10	01	062	06th	01	060	06th	00	143	16	2
voter turnout	87%			89%			88%			84%

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from August 1, 1984.

Blazon (description of the coat of arms): "In red a golden cross, the right bar is underlaid by a golden double-bar cross."

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Sankt Bartholomä

Old Church of Sankt Bartholomä

Museums

The Korenstub'n is an exhibition in the " Old Church ". In the bell tower it shows the estate of Hanns Koren , who as a folklorist is closely connected to Sankt Bartholomä and is buried here.

Buildings

In St. Bartholomä there are a number of historical and remarkable buildings, four of which are listed.

• The old church is the former parish church of the village and was built around the year 1200.

In 1867 it lost its function as a parish church and became dilapidated. Since a renovation organized by Hanns Koren in 1975, it has served as a funeral hall as well as a concert and museum space.

• The parish church of St. Bartholomew was built from 1864 and consecrated in 1867. It was built in the neo-Gothic style .
• The Bartholomäer Kegelstatt is a bowling alley built in 1894 in a light post construction. The roof is made of spruce shingles arranged in a herringbone pattern . It was renovated from 2007 to 2008.
• The Sonneck Castle , where the headquarters is PAYER Group is located.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Sankt Bartholomä is located off the main roads on the state road between the Liebochbach valley and Stallhofen . The south motorway A 2 can be reached in approx. 16 km via the Mooskirchen junction (200). The Packer Street B 70 from Graz to Klagenfurt and Voitsberg is about twelve kilometers away.

There is no train station in Sankt Bartholomä. The central station Graz is about 18 km away.

The distance to Graz Airport is approx. 25 km.

Established businesses

The largest employer in Sankt Bartholomä is PAYER International Technologies GmbH & Co. KG , a manufacturer of razors . This is where the PAYER Group's research and development center is located.

Honorary citizen

• Anton Rintelen , Governor of Styria, since 1922
• Otto von Habsburg , since 1934
• Mr. Gattermeier (first name unknown), since 1935
• Josef Dirnberger, Mayor, since 1970
• Hanns Koren , President of the Landtag of Styria, since 1973
• Eduard Payer, entrepreneur, since 1973
• Johann Reicher, Mayor, since 1984
• Josef Krainer junior , Governor of Styria, since 1984
• Hans Huber, since 1993
• Erich Gogg, Mayor, since 2006

literature

• Community of St. Bartholomä (Ed.): 750 years of St. Bartholomä . A commemorative publication published by the municipality. 1989.

Web links

Commons : Sankt Bartholomä (Steiermark)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 60639 - Sankt Bartholomä (Styria). Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ ^{a b c} St. Bartholomä parish (ed.): 750 years of St. Bartholomä . A commemorative publication published by the municipality. 1989, p. 41-46 .
3. ^ Leopold Weber: The lead-zinc ore deposits of the Graz Palaeozoic and their geological framework . Ed .: Archive for deposit research of the Federal Geological Institute . tape 12 . Vienna 1990, ISBN 978-3-900312-72-5 ( st-bartholomae.gv.at [PDF; 2.6 MB ]).
4. ↑ St. Bartholomä parish : parish council (accessed April 20, 2015)
5. ^ Announcements from the Styrian State Archives . No.  35/36 (1985/86) , pp. 50 .
6. ↑ ^{a b} Sights in St. Bartholomä. st-bartholomae.gv.at, accessed on August 2, 2011 .  
7. ↑ Bartholomäer Kegelstatt. st-bartholomae.gv.at, accessed on August 2, 2011 .