Sankt Nikolai ob Draßling

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Sankt Nikolai ob Draßling was a municipality in Styria . As part of the municipal structural reform in Styria , it was merged with the municipalities of Sankt Veit am Vogau and Weinburg am Saßbach on January 1, 2015 . The basis for this was a joint application from these communities. The new municipality bears the name Sankt Veit in southern Styria .

geography

Church of St.Nikolai ob Draßling

The sanctuary

Sankt Nikolai ob Draßling is located in the Leibnitz district in the Austrian state of Styria .

structure

The former municipal area comprises four localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Hut (175)
• Leitersdorf (133)
• Marchtring (21)
• Sankt Nikolai ob Draßling (741)

Neighboring places

Hainsdorf	Wolfsberg
Gabersdorf		Mettersdorf
	Sankt Veit am Vogau	Weinburg

history

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

See also:  List of listed objects in Schwarzautal

politics

The last mayor was Josef Pratter (ÖVP). After the 2010 elections, the municipal council was composed as follows:

• 11 ÖVP
• 2 SPÖ
• 2 FPÖ

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1983 Josef Krainer (1930–2016), governor
• 2014 Josef Pratter (* 1953), mayor

Individual evidence

1. ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
2. ^ Announcement of the Styrian state government of November 28, 2013 on the unification of the market community Sankt Veit am Vogau and the community Sankt Nikolai ob Draßling, both political district Leibnitz, and the community Weinburg am Saßbach, political district Southeast Styria. Provincial Law Gazette for Styria dated June 26, 2014. No. 72, volume 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 1.
3. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
4. ↑ kleinezeitung.at

Web links

Commons : Sankt Nikolai ob Draßling  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 61034 - Sankt Nikolai ob Draßling. Community data, Statistics Austria .