Sankt Marein near Knittelfeld
Sankt Marein bei Knittelfeld (former municipality) ( capital of the municipality ) |
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| Basic data | |||
| Pole. District , state | Murtal (MT), Styria | ||
| Judicial district | Judenburg | ||
| Coordinates | 47 ° 16 '1 " N , 14 ° 51' 38" E | ||
| height | 698 m above sea level A. | ||
| Residents of the stat. An H. | 1245 (January 1, 2014) | ||
| Building status | 380 (2001 ) | ||
| surface | 60.64 km² | ||
| Post Code | 8733 St. Marein | ||
| prefix | + 43/3515 (Sankt Lorenzen near Knittelfeld) | ||
| Statistical identification | |||
| Community code | 62045 | ||
| Counting district / district | Sankt Marein near Knittelfeld (62045 000) | ||
 Location of the former municipality in the Murtal district |
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| Independent municipality until the end of 2014; KG: 65107 Fressenberg; 65111 Greuth, 65126 Prank, 65134 St. Marein, 65139 Wasserleith |
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Sankt Marein bei Knittelfeld is a former municipality with 1248 inhabitants (as of October 31, 2013) in the Murtal district and the judicial district of Judenburg in Styria . On January 1, 2015, it was merged with the municipality of Feistritz near Knittelfeld as part of the Styrian municipal structural reform . The new community bears the name Sankt Marein-Feistritz .
geography
Sankt Marein bei Knittelfeld is located in Styria not far from the confluence of the Leissingbach and the Mur .
structure
The former municipal area comprised the following twelve localities (residents as of January 1, 2015):
- Feistritzgraben (1)
- Fentsch (130)
- Fressenberg (45)
- Greith (129)
- Courtyard (115)
- Knee pass (8)
- Lasa (64)
- Mitterfeld (14)
- Prankh (123)
- Sankt Marein near Knittelfeld (299)
- Saint Martha (190)
- Wasserleith (109)
The former municipality consisted of the five cadastral municipalities (area 2015)
- Fressenberg (940.78 ha)
- Greuth (1002.28 ha)
- Prank (429.63 ha)
- St. Marein (482.67 ha)
- Wasserleith (3215.08 ha)
history
The place was part of the Mark Steiermark , created in 1122 , which was separated from Bavaria as the Duchy of Styria in 1180 . Sankt Marein is also the ancestral seat of the old noble family of those von Pranckh , which had its ancestral seat at Prankh Castle in Prankh. The Augustinian Canons' Monastery, founded here in 1140 , was moved to Seckau as early as 1142 . From 1192 the area was ruled by the Babenbergs in personal union between Austria and Styria. From 1282 to 1918 the area was under the rule of the Habsburgs . The political community of St. Marein was established in 1849/50.
On November 6, 1918, Sankt Marein near Knittelfeld came to the Republic of German-Austria as part of Styria. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the place became part of the Reichsgau Steiermark, from 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.
Culture and sights
- Parish church
- A two-aisled hall church in an elevated position, which was built in the middle of the 15th century. In 1480 the church was looted and damaged by the Turks. The Anna Chapel, which was probably donated in 1364, is still preserved from the previous building and serves as a sacristy. Furthermore, parts of the north and west walls as well as the tower basement are from the previous building.
politics
The municipal council , which was dissolved on December 31, 2014, consisted of 15 members after the municipal council elections in 2010 and consisted of mandates from the following parties:
The last mayor was Bruno Aschenbrenner (ÖVP).
- mayor
- until 2010: Wolfgang Kuhelnik (SPÖ)
- 2010–2014: Bruno Aschenbrenner (ÖVP)
Honorary citizen
- Matthias Gruber (former SPÖ mayor)
literature
- Josef Riegler: The history of the community of St.Marein near Knittelfeld , Hausmannstätten 1999.
- Peter Ruggenthaler: Forced Labor in St.Marein near Knittelfeld in: Stefan Karner / Peter Ruggenthaler: Forced Labor in Agriculture and Forestry in Austria 1939 to 1945 , Vienna 2004, pp. 371-416.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Province of Styria: Final population status on October 31, 2013 ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Excel file, 85 kB; accessed on May 2, 2015)
- ^ Announcement of the Styrian state government of October 10, 2013 about the union of the communities Feistritz bei Knittelfeld and Sankt Marein bei Knittelfeld, both political districts of Murtal. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of November 15, 2013. No. 120, 32nd issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . P. 631.
- ↑ residents by locality (Excel file, 766 kB); Retrieved July 29, 2015
- ↑ General State Law and Government Gazette for the Crown Land of Styria, Issue 21, October 7, 1850, No. 378.
- ↑ a b c d Kleine Zeitung: Sankt Marein bei Knittelfeld: Surprising change ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
