Sankt Margarethen near Knittelfeld

Sankt Margarethen near Knittelfeld
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Murtal
License plate :	MT (from July 1st, 2012; old: KF)
Surface:	148.23 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 14 '  N , 14 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '36 "  N , 14 ° 51' 32"  E
Height :	623  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,687 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	8715
Area code :	03512
Community code :	6 20 46
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorfstrasse 19 8715 Sankt Margarethen near Knittelfeld
Website:	st-margarethen-knittelfeld.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Erwin Hinterdorfer ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (15 members)	9 5 1 9 5 1  A total of 15 seats SPÖ : 9 ÖVP : 5 FPÖ : 1
Location of Sankt Margarethen near Knittelfeld in the Murtal district
View from Gobernitzberg to Sankt Margarethen
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld is a municipality with 2687 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Murtal district and the judicial district of Judenburg in Styria . As part of the structural reform in Styria , the municipalities of Sankt Lorenzen bei Knittelfeld and Rachau were incorporated on January 1, 2015 .

geography

Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld is an alluvial cone settlement in Upper Styria south of the Mur and southeast of the city of Knittelfeld.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 20 localities (residents as of January 1, 2020):

• Foetschach (34)
• Glein (137)
• Gobernitz (163)
• Gottsbach (15)
• Kroisbach (72)
• Leistach (6)
• Mitterbach (142)
• Obermur (15)
• Pichl (22)
• Preg (65)
• Preggraben (105)
• Rachau (297)
• Ritzendorf (14)
• Sankt Benedikten (17)
• Sankt Lorenzen near Knittelfeld (510)
• Sankt Margarethen near Knittelfeld (798)
• Sankt Margarethen near Knittelfeld Sdlg (101)
• Bulk (4)
• Ugendorf (164)
• Untermur (6)

The community consists of eight cadastral communities (area as of 2015):

• Glein (4,692.85 ha)
• Mitterbach (2,137.30 ha)
• Pichl (778.72 ha)
• Preg (2,089.00 ha)
• Rachau I (1,715.53 ha)
• Rachau II (1,950.67 ha)
• St. Lorenzen (720.81 ha)
• St. Margarethen (737.36 ha)

Neighboring communities

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history

The place was part of the Mark Steiermark, created in 1122, which was separated from Bavaria as the Duchy of Styria in 1180 . From 1192 the area was ruled by the Babenbergs in personal union between Austria and Styria. From 1282 to 1918 the area was under the rule of the Habsburgs .

The political community of St. Margarethen was established in 1849/50.

On November 6, 1918, Sankt Margarethen near Knittelfeld came to the Republic of German-Austria as part of Styria. After Austria was annexed to the German Reich in 1938 , the place became part of the Reichsgau Steiermark . 1945 to 1955 he was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

Sankt Margarethen near Knittelfeld from Kalvarienberg

View of the place Preg and the Mur valley

Population development

Ugendorf from the north

Culture and sights

Parish church of St. Margarethen near Knittelfeld

Parish Church of St. Lorenzen near Knittelfeld

Rachau parish church

See also:  List of listed objects in Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld

• Catholic parish church St. Margarethen near Knittelfeld
• Catholic parish church St. Lorenzen near Knittelfeld
• Catholic parish church Rachau hl. Oswald
• On October 2nd, 1993, a biotope was opened in the community with a festive event and honored with the award of the environmental protection award of the Province of Styria . Since then, the place has provided a habitat for many animals and plants on the one hand, but also a recreational area for people.

Economy and Infrastructure

tourism

Since 2017, St. Margarethen, together with the communities of Spielberg , Zeltweg , Seckau , Gaal , St. Marein-Feistritz , Lobmingtal and Kobenz, has been part of the Tourismus am Spielberg tourist region , which has its office directly on the Red Bull Ring .

Gravel lake

In 2012, the small lake was taken over by the Spielberg project ( Dieter Mateschitz ) and operated as a leisure facility under the Grüne Lagune brand. According to its own statement, the bathing pond has water quality 1 (= drinking water), offered a leased restaurant and opportunities for recreational sports.

In March 2018 it became public that the owner showed little interest in reopening the leisure activities in the summer of 2018 after the tenant of the restaurant had withdrawn. However, the mayor would like to continue operating.

politics

The municipal council has 15 members.

• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP, 1 FPÖ and 1 Jugendvolkspartie-Sonja.
• With the municipal council elections in Styria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 9 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP and 1 FPÖ.

mayor

• since 2015 Erwin Hinterdorfer (SPÖ)

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from May 1, 1980. Due to the amalgamation of the municipalities, the coat of arms lost its official validity on January 1, 2015. The re-award took place with effect from March 20, 2016.
The blazon reads:

“In a silver shield, two red oars growing in stakes in the base of the shield between three red long-handled hammers; the hammers hitting one another extend to the middle of the shield and form a bar above which a green dragon looking forward is chained by a black collar and a black chain in the middle of the upper edge of the shield. "

Web links

Commons : Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 62046 - Sankt Margarethen near Knittelfeld. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Web presence of the community of St. Margarethen

Individual evidence

1. ^ Styrian municipal structural reform
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ↑ cadastral communities Styria. 2015 (Excel file, 128 kB); Retrieved July 29, 2015
4. ↑ General State Law and Government Gazette for the Crown Land of Styria, Issue 21, October 7, 1850, No. 378.
5. ↑ Tourism on the Spielberg. Communities. Accessed January 31, 2019 . 
6. ^ Mateschitz 'Badeparadies Grüne Lagune stands in front of the Aus Kleine Zeitung, quoted on msn.com> Finances, March 21, 2018, accessed March 31, 2018.
7. ^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council election in Sankt Margarethen near Knittelfeld. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on July 2, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Sankt Margarethen near Knittelfeld. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on July 2, 2020 . 
9. ^ Politics and administration in St. Margarethen. Sankt Margarethen parish near Knittelfeld, accessed on December 9, 2019 . 
10. ↑ 40. Announcement of the Styrian state government of March 10, 2016 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the municipality of Sankt Margarethen near Knittelfeld (political district of Murtal) , accessed on March 19, 2016