Sankt Johann in the Saggau Valley

Sankt Johann in the Saggau Valley
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Leibnitz
License plate :	LB
Surface:	27.02 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 42 '  N , 15 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 42 '8 "  N , 15 ° 24' 2"  E
Height :	316  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1.998 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	8452, 8453, 8454
Area code :	03455
Community code :	6 10 32
Address of the municipal administration:	St. Johann 37 8453 Sankt Johann i. S.
Website:	www.st-johann-saggautal.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Johann Schmid (independent list)
Municipal Council : (2015) (15 members)	8th 5 1 1 8th 5 1 1  A total of 15 seats Independent list St. Johann iS : 8 ÖVP : 5 SPÖ : 1 FPÖ : 1
Location of Sankt Johann im Saggautal in the Leibnitz district
Parish church hl. John the Baptist in St. Johann in the Saggau Valley
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

The high altar of the parish church

Filial church St. Georgen am Lukowitsch

The "Rauchstubenhaus" in Gündorf is the oldest surviving farmhouse in southern Styria

Sankt Johann im Saggautal is a municipality with 1998 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Leibnitz district in the Austrian state of Styria .

geography

Sankt Johann im Saggautal is located on the Eichberg in southern Styria. The Saggautal flows into the Sulmtal , which stretches to Leibnitz . If you read the map of the region, you can see that Sankt Johann im Saggautal, especially the Eichberg region, forms the heart of the South Styrian Wine Route , also called "Styrian Tuscany".

Community structure

The municipality includes the following eight localities (population as of January 1, 2020):

• Eichberg (308)
• Gündorf (160)
• Narrath (45)
• Praratheregg (54)
• Radiga (193)
• Saggau (350)
• Sankt Johann im Saggautal (401)
• Untergreith (487)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Eichberg-Arnfels, Gündorf, Praratheregg, Radiga, Saggau, St. Johann im Saggautal, Untergreith.

Tourism association

Together with Großklein, Heimschuh, Kitzeck im Sausal, St. Andrä-Höch, Gleinstätten, St. Nikolai im Sausal and Tillmisch, the municipality forms the “Sulmtal Sausal - Südsteirisches Weinland” tourism association. Its seat is Kitzeck in Sausal.

history

The local church as an autonomous body was established in 1850.

After Austria was annexed to the German Reich in 1938 , the municipality became part of the Reichsgau Steiermark . 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

Population development

politics

mayor

Mayor is Johann Schmid (independent list).

The municipality board also includes the deputy mayor Angelika Schmid (Independent List) and the municipal treasurer Martin Kogler (ÖVP).

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 15 members. According to the result of the 2015 municipal council election , it is composed as follows:

• 8 mandates independent list,
• 5 mandates ÖVP ,
• 1 mandate SPÖ and
• 1 mandate FPÖ .

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2015			2010			2005			2000
	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.
ÖVP	460	35	5	454	33	5	548	43	7th	277	21st	03
SPÖ	107	08th	1	178	13	2	219	17th	2	067	05	00
FPÖ	102	08th	1	not running			not running			077	06th	01
Independent list	616	47	8th	763	55	8th	507	40	6th	869	67	11
NEOS	023	02	0	not running			not running			not running
Eligible voters	1,757			1,757			1,692			1.611
voter turnout	75%			81%			77%			81%

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from March 1, 1961.

Description of the coat of arms : “In a green shield there is a slanted, silver wavy bar, on the lower right accompanied by a golden ear of wheat, on the upper left by a golden flag, whose flag leaf flying off to the left shows a black cross. The top of the flagpole is decorated with a cross. "

The municipal coat of arms is a symbol for everyone and everything that lives, blossoms and flourishes in the municipality. The staff of the cross is a symbol of St. John the Baptist . The oblique wave bar symbolizes the Saggautal or the Saggaubach itself. The golden ear stands for the fertility of the soil and the hard work of the population.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Sankt Johann im Saggautal

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Mia Zabelka (* 1963), composer, electric violinist and vocalist

Other personalities who worked on site

• Johann Baptist von Winklern (1768–1841), clergyman, theologian and historian, local pastor

Web links

Commons : Sankt Johann im Saggautal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 61032 - Sankt Johann im Saggautal. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Community server Styria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 323. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 pp. 630-631.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Parish of St. Johann im Saggautal: parish council (accessed on June 14, 2015)
4. ^ Parish of St. Johann im Saggautal: parish council (accessed on June 14, 2015)
5. ↑ Communications from the Styrian State Archives 12, 1962, p. 31
6. ^ Community of St. Johann im Saggautal: Community coat of arms (accessed on June 14, 2015)

and display information about the image

Panorama of the Saggau Valley. The photo was taken the day after the centenary flood of September 13, 2014.