Selzthal

Selzthal
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Liezen
License plate :	LI
Surface:	16.75 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 33 ′  N , 14 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 33 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	636  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,530 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	91 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	8900
Area code :	03616
Community code :	6 12 43
Address of the municipal administration:	Selzthal 37 8900 Selzthal
Website:	www.selzthal.at
politics
Mayor :	Hannes Mitterhauser ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (15 members)	A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 8 SPÖ : 7
Location of Selzthal in the Liezen district
Municipal Office
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Selzthal is an Austrian municipality in the judicial district or district of Liezen in Upper Styria with 1530 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

Geographical location

Selzthal lies at the confluence of the Enns and Palten rivers in Styria . The local mountain and the highest point in the community is the 1737  m high Dürrenschöberl.

Community structure

Until 2020, the municipal area comprised the following three localities:

• Neulassing with peace and moss
• Selzthal
• Versbichl including Melzen

Since 2020 the municipality has only consisted of one village.

The community consists of the cadastral community Selzthal.

Neighboring communities

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history

The earliest written testimony is from 1080 and is "Ediltscah". The name goes back to the locative of old Slavic * sedlo (seat, settlement).

The community has had its current name since 1903, before that it was named after the town of Versbichl . Originally, Selzthal only meant a few agricultural farms at the foot of the local mountain, the 1738 meter high Dürrnschöberl, which housed the first residents. Little by little, workers from today's Czech Republic came to the valley to mine peat, which was used as fuel in the surrounding ironworks. It was not until the Kronprinz-Rudolf-Bahn was built around 1870 that it changed to the “railway community”, which the place is still considered to be today. As a result, Selzthal grew to a place with around 2300 inhabitants. The church of the community served as a template for the construction of the Catholic Church of the Name of Mary in Löbau, Saxony .

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The Selzthal train station is the railway junction of the east-west and north-south intersection lines and is now supplemented by a motorway junction, which has helped the region to develop traffic. Many jobs in the station area were given up, which leads to a permanent decline in the number of inhabitants to just under 1750.

Selzthal is regarded as a cheap place to live with good quality of living on the outskirts of the district capital Liezen , which is also the regional center for training and trade. In a local history published in 2003, all current data and the historical development of the place, the economy and the clubs can be read. There has always been a special reference to one of the largest landowners, the Admont Abbey .

In economic terms, the ÖBB has set the tone for almost a century and has influenced almost all developments in the village.

The Graz ↔ Salzburg railway connection also makes Selzthal an important hub for express train services within Austria . However, trains in this traffic relationship must be overturned in the station (turn around, change the direction of travel), which requires a stop . Trains between Graz and Linz can continue without turning. The planned Selzthal loop , which was supposed to avoid stopping the trains from Graz and Salzburg (and Germany), was never built due to complaints from residents.

Population development

Data according to Statistics Austria

Culture and sights

Selzthal parish church

See also:  List of listed objects in Selzthal

• Catholic parish church Selzthal Herz Jesu
• Evangelical school and prayer house

Economy and Infrastructure

education

• kindergarten
• Elementary school
• Library in the office building

Sports

• Selzthal outdoor pool: adventure pool, opened in 2002
• ESV Stocksportanlage: New hall built in 2009, several lanes and an ice rink. Tournaments are held both in summer and in winter.
• Friends of nature clubhouse: built between 2008 and 2010, is located in the Selzthal sports center

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council has 15 members.

• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 SPÖ, 1 Independent Citizens' List Selzthal, and 1 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Styria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 SPÖ and 2 ÖVP.
• With the municipal council elections in Styria 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 SPÖ and 2 ÖVP.
• With the municipal elections in Styria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 SPÖ and 3 ÖVP.
• With the municipal council elections in Styria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 8 ÖVP and 7 SPÖ.

mayor

• 1945 Engelbert Mitteregger
• 1945–1965 Franz Meixner
• 1965–1989 Ernst Schmollngruber (SPÖ)
• 1989–200x Egon Sinzinger (SPÖ)
• 200x – 2015 Alois Eckmann (SPÖ)
• 2015–2020 Gernot Hejlik (SPÖ)
• since 2020 Hannes Mitterhauser (ÖVP)

coat of arms

The municipal
coat of arms was awarded with effect from August 1, 2003. Description of coat of arms: Above a black shield base with a silver spade leaf, a silver field split by the black spade handle, in front a red flying wheel, behind a red diamond with a silver heart, this silver burning and from one Wreath of thorns wound around.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Heribert Gram (1909–1983), ÖVP politician , member of the National Council
• Helmut Mezler-Andelberg (1923–2002), historian
• Hartwig Löger (* 1965), Minister of Finance (2017-2019), from May 22, 2019 Vice Chancellor and from May 28 to June 3, 2019, Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria on an interim basis .

Web links

Commons : Selzthal  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• 61243 - Selzthal. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Site of the Selzthal community
• Strechau Castle
• www.selzthal-ansichtskarten.at Collection of Selzthal postcards and the surrounding area ( Strechau , Bosruck tunnel )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fritz Frhr. Lochner von Hüttenbach: On the name property of the early Middle Ages in Styria (=  magazine of the Historical Association for Styria . Volume 99 ). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2008, p. 36 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).
2. ↑ Katholisches Pfarramt Löbau ( Memento of the original dated November 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: data )
4. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Selzthal. State of Styria, March 13, 2005, accessed on July 26, 2020 . 
5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Selzthal. State of Styria, March 21, 2010, accessed on July 26, 2020 . 
6. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Selzthal. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on July 26, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Selzthal. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on July 26, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Mayor of Selzthal Ennstalwiki
9. ↑ State Law Gazette Styria No. 62/2003