Sankt Stefan im Gailtal
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St. Stefan in the Gailtal
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| Country: | Austria | |
| State : | Carinthia | |
| Political District : | Hermagor | |
| License plate : | HE | |
| Surface: | 66.2 km² | |
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 37 ' N , 13 ° 31' E | |
| Height : | 726 m above sea level A. | |
| Residents : | 1,579 (January 1, 2020) | |
| Population density : | 24 inhabitants per km² | |
| Postal code : | 9623 | |
| Area code : | 0 42 83 | |
| Community code : | 2 03 16 | |
| NUTS region | AT212 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Schmölzing 7 9623 St.Stefan im Gailtal |
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| Mayor : | Ronny Rull ( ÖVP ) | |
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Municipal Council : ( 2015 ) (15 members) |
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| Location of St. Stefan im Gailtal in the Hermagor district | ||
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Sankt Stefan im Gailtal (officially St. Stefan im Gailtal ) ( Slov .: Štefan na Zilji ) is a municipality with 1579 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Hermagor district in Carinthia .
geography
St. Stefan lies on both sides of the Gail in the Lower Gail Valley between the main chain of the Carnic Alps with the Oisternig ( 2052 m ) in the south and the Gail Valley Alps in the north.
Community structure
The community is divided into the six cadastral communities Hadersdorf, Köstendorf, Matschiedl, St. Paul, St. Stefan and Vorderberg . The municipal area comprises the following 20 localities (in brackets the Slovenian place name and the number of inhabitants as of January 1, 2020):
- Bach ( Potok ) (66)
- Bichlhof ( Zvenica ) (12)
- Bodenhof ( Poden , Na Podnu ) (7)
- Dragantschach ( Draganče ) (58)
- Edling ( Kazaze ) (84)
- Hadersdorf ( Hadre ) (66)
- Karnitzen ( Krnica ) (60)
- Köstendorf ( Gostinja vas ) (191)
- Latschach ( Loče ) (16)
- Matschiedl ( Močidle ) (89)
- Drizzle ( Nizale ) (10)
- Pölland ( Polana ) (10)
- Pörtschach ( Poreče ) (35)
- St. Paul an der Gail ( Šenpavel na Zilji ) (104)
- St. Stefan an der Gail ( Štefan na Zilji ) (113)
- Schinzengraben ( Senčni Graben ) (12)
- Schmölzing ( Smolčiče ) (96)
- Sussavich ( Žužače ) (125)
- Tratten ( Pešišče ) (72)
- Vorderberg ( Blače ) (353)
Another location is the hamlet of Huma .
Neighboring communities
| Paternion | Bad Bleiberg | |
| Hermagor-Pressegger See |
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Nötsch in the Gail Valley |
| Malborghetto Valbruna | Feistritz on the Gail |
history
The first settlers in the middle Gailtal were probably around 600 Slavic immigrants; later, when Carinthia was annexed by the Frankish Empire in the 8th century , this resulted in the settlement of Bavaria and the Christianization of the area. The parish church in St. Stefan im Gailtal, St. St Stephen, was founded in the 9th century, a church is first mentioned in a document in 1252.
The middle Gailtal belonged to the bishopric of Bamberg for a long time until there were disputes with the Counts of Gorizia in the 13th century , which resulted in the destruction of Vorderberg Castle. After the reconstruction, it was destroyed again in 1460 and then not rebuilt. Around 1500 the Gailtal came partially into the possession of the Habsburgs .
The history of the community is accompanied by numerous fires, which Aichelburg finally fell victim to in 1691, and the flooding of the Gail .
From 1850, today's local congregations were founded in Carinthia . Today's municipal area largely coincides with the Aichelburg district court, which existed until 1848, but in 1850 two local churches, St. Stefan an der Gail (1,983 inhabitants) and Vorderberg (681 inhabitants), were founded. They were merged with the municipal structural reform of 1973, but the combined number of inhabitants had now fallen to 1,900. As a result, Vorderberg strived for renewed independence, but in a referendum on December 9, 1990, only 42.1% of those eligible to vote were able to do so. In 1993 the community name was changed to St. Stefan im Gailtal.
In 1924 the parishes of St. Stefan / Štefan na Zilji , Vorderberg / Blače and St. Paul / Šentpavel na Zilji were Slovenian parishes, only the branch church in Bodenhof Castle was run in Germany.
population
According to the 2001 census, St. Stefan has 1,777 inhabitants, of which 97.0% are Austrian and 1.7% German citizens. 91.7% profess the Roman Catholic , 4.5% the Protestant Church and 0.8% Islam . 2.6% of the population have no religious beliefs.
Culture and sights
- The parish church of St. Stefan , first mentioned in a document in 1275 and eponymous for the village and the community, was originally a noble own church.
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council of St. Stefan has 15 members and has been composed as follows since the 2015 municipal council election :
After the resignation of Hans Ferlitsch , Ronny Rull (ÖVP) has been the elected mayor of the community since October 1st, 2017.
coat of arms
In the arms of the silver sign foot symbolizes the Gail, the silver horse is traditionally operated horse breeding and the resulting as a sideline mule trains and the Kufenstechen , and the three silver boulders are the attribute of Erzmärtyrers Stephen , who at 36/40 before Jerusalem was executed by stoning.
The municipality's coat of arms and flag were awarded on March 1, 1993, the official blazon reads: “Divided diagonally on the left over a silver corrugated shield base; in front a silver horse growing in red, behind in green 3 (1: 2) silver boulders. " Correctly it should read: above in red growing a silver horse, below in green 3 (1: 2) silver boulders, there" in front " and “rear” are not used for shield divisions, but only for shield splits. The flag is red-green with an incorporated coat of arms.
Partnerships
Personalities
- Urban Jarnik , born in Bach in 1784, priest, poet, linguist, died in Moosburg in 1844
- Hans Ferlitsch (1890–1968), regional councilor 1934–1937 and 1945–1960
- Rudolf Blüml (1898–1966), Provost and cleric, employee of Chancellor Seipel, Member of the Crown. Landtag, founder of the slow. Caritas in Carinthia, founder of the Tainach Retreat House (today Sodalitas Education House), was born in Karnitzen near St. Paul
- Cornelius Kolig (* 1942), artist; was born in Vorderberg
- Cordula Frieser (1950–2017), politician (ÖVP) and member of the National Council; was born in Vorderberg
Web links
- St. Stefan im Gailtal community
- 20316 - Sankt Stefan im Gailtal. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul Zdovc: Slovenska krajevna imena na Koroškem avstrijskem, razširjena izdaja. The Slovenian place names in Carinthia (published by: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, Razred za filološke in literarne vede, Razprave / Dissertationes 21), extended edition, Ljubljana 2010. ISSN 0560-2920 .
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ Diocese of Gurk (ed.): Parish map of the Diocese of Gurk, 1924 (edited by Prof. Dr. Martin Wutte and Pastor Karl Streit)
- ^ Statistics Austria, population census, demographic data. May 15, 2001, accessed March 3, 2019 .
- ↑ . KLA StändA Urk 652, quoted from William Deuer: The Carinthian municipal coat of arms . Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchiv, Klagenfurt 2006, ISBN 3-900531-64-1 , p. 254.
