Sankt Georgen im Lavanttal
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St. Georgen in the Lavant Valley
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| Basic data | ||
| Country: | Austria | |
| State : | Carinthia | |
| Political District : | Wolfsberg | |
| License plate : | WHERE | |
| Surface: | 72.34 km² | |
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 43 ' N , 14 ° 55' E | |
| Height : | 446 m above sea level A. | |
| Residents : | 1,960 (January 1, 2020) | |
| Population density : | 27 inhabitants per km² | |
| Postal code : | 9423 | |
| Area code : | 0 43 57 | |
| Community code : | 2 09 14 | |
| NUTS region | AT213 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Dorfplatz 10 9423 St. Georgen im Lavanttal |
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| Mayor : | Karl Markut ( TS ) | |
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Municipal Council : ( 2015 ) (19 members) |
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 View from Steinberg-Oberhaus to the Stein castle ruins and the lower Lavant valley |
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| Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria | ||
Sankt Georgen im Lavanttal (officially St. Georgen im Lavanttal ) is a municipality with 1960 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Wolfsberg district in Carinthia , Austria .
geography
The community is located in the lower Lavant valley and extends from the Lavant river to the slopes of the Koralpe . The main town St. Georgen is 17 kilometers south of the district capital Wolfsberg .
Community structure
The community is divided into seven cadastral communities (Andersdorf, Gundisch, Krakaberg, Herzogberg, Raggane, St. Georgen-Hartneidstein, Steinberg). The municipality includes the following 21 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Allersdorf (118)
- Andersdorf (107)
- Fransdorf (58)
- Goetzendorf (15)
- Gundisch center (23)
- Gundisch-North (34)
- Gundisch-South (13)
- Herzogberg (60)
- Courtyard meadows (166)
- Krakaberg (11)
- Mud Hole (103)
- Niederhof (56)
- Oberrainz (48)
- Pfaffendorf (74)
- Pontnig (60)
- Raggane (43)
- St. Georgen im Lavanttal (695)
- Steinberg-Hart (74)
- Steinberg Upper House (43)
- Unterpichling (47)
- Unterrainz (112)
history
The ancient quarry of the Spitzelofen marble on the upper Steinberg points to Roman settlement, it was part of a Roman estate near the present-day village of Allersdorf.
The Stein Castle east of today's St. Georgen, first mentioned in 1214, was probably built by Salzburg followers and formed the administrative center of today's municipality. In the 13th century, when it was owned by the Lords of Pettau , it had a castle keep (lower court district). The church of St. Georg unter Stein or am Steinberg, which was first mentioned in 1184 and named for the place and today's community, was probably initially an own church of the castle lords, but was attached to the nearby St. Paul Abbey in 1245 and has been a parish church since 1246.
In 1864 the municipality of St. Georgen in Lavanttal was founded from the municipalities of Steinberg, Herzogberg and Paierdorf. During the structural reform of the Carinthian community, it was incorporated into Sankt Paul im Lavanttal on January 1, 1973 . A St. Georgen association was founded in order to remain culturally independent. In 1990, a referendum led to the regaining of independence, and Karl Markut became the new mayor.
Population development
The decrease in the number of inhabitants since 2001 is mainly due to a negative migration balance .
Culture and sights
- Parish church of St. Georgen in Lavanttal
- Filial church of the Holy Cross in Andersdorf
- Stein Castle in Steindorf-Oberhaus (private, visit possible)
- Roman quarry Spitzelofen
population
At the time of the 2001 census, Sankt Georgen had 2,187 inhabitants, 98.4% of whom were Austrian citizens. 96.9% of the population confessed to the Roman Catholic and 0.9% to the Protestant Church, 1.3% were without religious belief.
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council has 19 members and has been composed as follows since the last municipal council election in 2015 :
The directly elected mayor is Karl Markut ( Team Stronach , before that SPÖ).
coat of arms
In the coat of arms of Sankt Georgen, the pewter cut lower half stands in silver for the Stein Castle as a historical local rulership, the dragon pierced by a lance is the attribute of the parish and community patron St. Georg . The branches with an apple and a pear growing outward in the upper half of the shield stand for the importance of fruit growing and must production in the municipality.
The official blazon of the coat of arms reads: A shield divided by red and silver raised in a pewter cut, topped with a pinned, color-confused lance, from the shaft of the cut two arched, leafy branches, the front one with an apple, the rear one with one Pear grow in the upper field, and in the lower field pierced a green dragon with a red tongue of flame and red weapons.
The municipality's coat of arms and flag were awarded on July 6, 1993. The flag is red-green with an incorporated coat of arms.
Web links
- St. Georgen im Lavanttal municipality
- 20914 - Sankt Georgen im Lavanttal. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ A look at the community of St. Georgen im Lavanttal, population development. Retrieved April 2, 2020 .
- ^ Statistics Austria, population census, demographic data. May 15, 2001, accessed March 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Office of the Carinthian Provincial Government ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Quoted from Wilhelm Deuer: The Carinthian municipal coat of arms . Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchiv, Klagenfurt 2006, ISBN 3-900531-64-1 , p. 244
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