Tulwitz
Tulwitz (former municipality) |
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| Basic data | |||
| Pole. District , state | Weiz , Styria | ||
| Judicial district | Wheat | ||
| Coordinates | 47 ° 16 '11 " N , 15 ° 27' 38" E | ||
| height | 650 m above sea level A. | ||
| Residents of the stat. An H. | 508 (2014) | ||
| Building status | 143 (2001 ) | ||
| surface | 11.56 km² | ||
| Post Code | 8163 Fladnitz an der Teichalm | ||
| prefix | + 43/3179 ( Passail ) | ||
| Statistical identification | |||
| Community code | 61758 | ||
| Counting district / district | Tulwitz (61758 001) | ||
| Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk | |||
Tulwitz was a municipality with 508 inhabitants until the end of 2014 (as of January 1, 2014) and was located in the Graz-Umgebung district north of Graz in Styria . As part of the Styrian community structural reform , it has merged with the communities of Fladnitz an der Teichalm and Tyrnau from 2015 , the new community continues the name Fladnitz an der Teichalm and belongs to the district of Weiz . The basis for this is a joint application from these municipalities. The boundaries of the Graz-Umgebung and Weiz districts have been changed so that the new municipality lies entirely in the Weiz district.
geography
Geographical location
Tulwitz is located approx. 20 km north of the provincial capital Graz in the Weiz district in the Almenland region , on the western edge of the Passail basin in the Grazer Bergland , on the Rechberg .
The 1,094 m high Sulberg lies in the Tulwitzer area .
structure
The area comprised the following two cadastral communities and towns of the same name (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Tulwitzdorf (267)
- Tulwitzviertl (228)
Neighboring municipalities until 2014
| Schrems near Frohnleiten | Tyrnau | Fladnitz at the Teichalm |
| Semriach |
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Fladnitz at the Teichalm |
| Semriach | Semriach | Passail , Arzberg , Neudorf near Passail |
history
The earliest written document is from 1406 and is "Tulbicz". The name goes back to the ancient Slavic dόlovica (small valley).
The local community as an autonomous body was established in 1850. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community came to the Reichsgau Steiermark, 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.
Religions
Almost 100% of the residents of Tulwitz are Roman Catholic.
| Population development |
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| date | Residents |
| 1869 | 628 |
| 1880 | 652 |
| 1890 | 606 |
| 1900 | 605 |
| 1910 | 616 |
| 1923 | 621 |
| 1934 | 617 |
| 1939 | 590 |
| 1951 | 566 |
| 1961 | 513 |
| 1971 | 517 |
| 1981 | 515 |
| 1991 | 517 |
| 2001 | 500 |
| 2014 | 508 |
politics
Mayor until the end of 2014 was Hermann Gschaidbauer (ÖVP). After the 2010 elections, the municipal council was composed as follows: 8 ÖVP , 1 SPÖ , - FPÖ .
Economy and Infrastructure
Tulwitz belongs to the Almenland region .
traffic
The Rechberg Straße B 64 runs through the Tulwitz area . The Bruck expressway S 35 from Graz to Bruck an der Mur , which runs in the Mur Valley , can also be reached in about twelve kilometers on this route.
There is no train station in Tulwitz. The nearest train station is about twelve kilometers away in Frohnleiten and offers access to the southern railway with hourly regional train connections to Graz and Bruck an der Mur.
The Graz Airport is about 55 km away.
Culture and sights
Rechberg race
Tulwitz is best known for the Rechbergrennen , an international motorsport event with around 200 starters. The start is in the center of Tulwitz and the route leads up to the Rechberg to end in Tulwitzdorf. The Rechbergrennen is the largest motorsport event in Austria. The classic cars, touring cars and formula vehicles attract tens of thousands of visitors every year. The track record was set in 2014 by the Italian Simone Faggioli from the Osella factory team, who improved his record from 2010 to 1: 55: 366.
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- 1962: Josef Krainer (1903–1971), Governor of Styria 1948–1971
- 1964: Lorenz Pirstinger
- 1978: Helmut Fallada, district captain
- 1980: Johann Mandl, Mayor of Tulwitz 1955–1978
- 1991: Karl Walcher, Mayor of Tulwitz 1978–1990
- 2002: Ehrenfried Seitinger
- 2003: Josef Jandl, pastor
- 2004: Waltraud Klasnic (* 1945), Governor of Styria 1996–2005
- 2014: Hermann Gschaidbauer, Mayor of Tulwitz 1990–1997, 1998–2014
literature
- Gottfried Allmer: Fladnitz an der Teichalm - Tulwitz - Tyrnau. History and culture in the East Styrian Almenland Nature Park. 2 volumes, Fladnitz an der Teichalm 2014.
Web links
- 60649 - Tulwitz. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
- ^ Announcement of the Styrian state government of October 3, 2013 on the unification of the municipality of Fladnitz an der Teichalm, political district Weiz, and the municipalities Tulwitz and Tyrnau, both political district Graz-Umgebung. State Law Gazette for Styria from June 26, 2014. No. 74, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 1.
- ↑ Ordinance of the Styrian Provincial Government of 10 July 2014, with which the Styrian District Authority Ordinance is changed. Provincial Law Gazette for Styria dated September 10, 2014. No. 99 Volume 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x .
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ 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. 34 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).
- ↑ Gottfried Allmer: Fladnitz an der Teichalm - Tulwitz - Tyrnau. History and culture in the East Styrian Almenland Nature Park. Vol. 2, Fladnitz an der Teichalm 2014, pp. 675, 680