Seiersberg-Pirka

Seiersberg-Pirka is a municipality with 11,408 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) and after Gratwein-Straßengel the second largest municipality in the Graz-Umgebung district in Styria . It was created in the course of the Styrian municipal structural reform on January 1, 2015 by merging the formerly independent municipalities of Seiersberg and Pirka .

geography

Geographical location

The community is located southwest of the provincial capital Graz and has grown together with it. The community is largely located in the flat Graz Basin , at the northern end of the Kaiserwald , in western Styria . The most important rivers are the Gepringbach and the Doblbach on the western edge of the municipality.

Community structure

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

Bischofegg (93)
Neupirka (194)
Neuwindorf (324)
Pirka (2290)
Seiersberg (7865) with Neuseiersberg and Gedersberg
Windorf (642)

The municipal area consists of two cadastral communities (area 2016):

Pirka-Eggenberg (942.49 ha)
Seiersberg (789.80 ha)

Neighboring communities

Heat village	Graz	Graz
Heat village		Feldkirchen near Graz
Haselsdorf-Tobelbad	Premstätten	Premstätten

Culture and sights

Schloßberg-Schattenturm: The Schattenturm is in a roundabout at the motorway junction. The tower previously stood on the Graz Schloßberg behind the clock tower during the cultural capital 2003 and was acquired by the municipality.

Windorf pond : The protected part of the landscape lies in an abandoned clay pit on the edge of the Kaiserwald and serves as a local recreation area.

Population development

Economy and Infrastructure

Due to its proximity to Graz, Seiersberg-Pirka is one of the richest communities in Austria. Shopping City Seiersberg , the second largest shopping center in Austria, and a large number of commercial zones are located in the municipality .

traffic

Road: The community is connected to the Pyhrn Autobahn A 9 via the Seiersberg junction.
Bus: In addition, the community is connected to the Graz-Köflacher Bahn and bus company and the Graz Holding (GVB).
Train: There is only one train station right next door in Graz's 16th district of Straßgang . The construction of our own stop is a long time coming, but the topic will be dealt with in the local council .

Public facilities

In Seiersberg-Pirka, the district police command Graz-Umgebung is positioned with the associated police inspection and district control center. The police station is locally responsible for the municipality of Seiersberg-Pirka as well as for the cadastral municipality of Mantscha of the municipality of Hitzendorf .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council has a total of 31 members.

With the municipal council elections in Styria 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution:
20 SPÖ
4 FPÖ
3 ÖVP
3 Independent citizen list South Seiersberg-Pirka
1 GREEN

mayor

since 2015 Werner Baumann (SPÖ)

coat of arms

Seiersberg
Pirka

Both previous municipalities had a municipality coat of arms. Due to the amalgamation of municipalities, these lost their official validity on January 1st, 2015. The new award of the municipal coat of arms for the merged municipality took effect on September 23, 2016
The blazon reads:

"In a squared shield hanging from a black vine in silver at the top right, a blue, green-leafed bunch of grapes, at the top left in green the silver crook of a bishop's staff growing obliquely from the dividing line, at the bottom right in red growing out of the gap a silver twelve-spoke wagon wheel, at the bottom left in." Silver a black ox yoke. "