Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing
market community Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Styria | |
Political District : | Leibnitz | |
License plate : | LB | |
Surface: | 18.72 km² | |
Coordinates : | 46 ° 52 ' N , 15 ° 35' E | |
Height : | 319 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 1,551 (January 1, 2020) | |
Postal code : | 8413 | |
Area code : | 03183 | |
Community code : | 6 10 55 | |
NUTS region | AT225 | |
UN / LOCODE | AT SGT | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing 64 8413 Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Wolfgang Neubauer ( ÖVP ) | |
Municipal Council : (2015) (15 members) |
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Location of Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing in the Leibnitz district | ||
Castle and parish church of St. Georgen an der Stiefing |
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing is a market town with 1551 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Leibnitz district in the Austrian state of Styria . Since January 2015, as part of the municipal structural reform, it has been expanded to include the cadastral municipality of Hart and some other properties from the previously existing municipality of Stocking .
geography
Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing is located east of the Mur on the northeast edge of the Leibnitzer Feld in Styria.
Community structure
The municipal area comprises eleven localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Alla (27)
- Baldau (154)
- Gerbersdorf (45)
- Hart near Wildon (131)
- Kurzragnitz (118)
- Lappach (106)
- Neudorf (246)
- Prentern (24)
- Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing (580)
- Stepping (73)
- Stiefingberg (47)
The community consists of three cadastral communities Hart, Lappach and St. Georgen an der Stiefing.
structure
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Legend for the breakdown table
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Neighboring communities
Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing has four neighboring communities, all of which are in the Leibnitz district.
All Saints' Day at Wildon | ||
Wildon | Schwarzautal | |
Ragnitz |
history
The parish church was mentioned in a document as early as 1147. Together with the castle, it forms a structural ensemble.
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.
Culture and sights
politics
mayor
Wolfgang Neubauer (ÖVP), who had already acted as mayor until December 31, 2014 and from January 1, 2015, led the business of the merged community as government commissioner , was re-elected mayor at the constituent meeting of the local council on April 17, 2015.
The community board also includes the deputy mayor Franz Egger (ÖVP) and the community treasurer Elfriede Obendrauf (ÖVP).
The head of office is Monika Pletzl.
Municipal council
The municipal council consists of 15 members. According to the result, it is composed as follows:
Political party | 2015 | 2010 | 2005 | 2000 | ||||||||
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Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | |
ÖVP | 648 | 67 | 11 | 598 | 80 | 12 | 356 | 52 | 8th | 463 | 70 | 11 |
SPÖ | 164 | 17th | 2 | 146 | 20th | 3 | 332 | 48 | 7th | 109 | 16 | 2 |
FPÖ | 154 | 16 | 2 | not running | not running | 90 | 14th | 2 | ||||
Eligible voters | 1,260 | 931 | 943 | 861 | ||||||||
voter turnout | 77% | 81% | 75% | 78% |
coat of arms
The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from June 1, 1994.
Description of the coat of arms: "In blue, silver, St. George on horseback with a lance killing a dragon lying on his back."
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- 1966: Franz Wegart (1918–2009), Provincial Councilor
- 1982: Josef Krainer (1930–2016), governor
- 2017: Bruno Neubauer, Commander of the St. Georgen Volunteer Fire Brigade
Sons and daughters of the church
- Amalie Materna (1844–1918), opera singer
- Eugen Baron Binder von Krieglstein (1873–1914), war correspondent and travel writer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Section 5, Paragraph 3, Item 1 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 5.
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ a b c St. Georgen an der Stiefing parish : parish councils (accessed on June 13, 2015)
- ^ Announcements of the Styrian State Archives 47, 1997, p. 40
- ↑ Sunday Post (July 24, 1966), p. 4.
- ↑ St. Georgen an der Stiefing became an honorary citizen. In: mein district.at. January 18, 2017, accessed February 25, 2018 .
Web links
- 61055 - Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing. Community data, Statistics Austria .