Turnau (Styria)

market community Turnau
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Bruck-Mürzzuschlag
License plate :	BM
Surface:	134.28 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 33 '  N , 15 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '29 "  N , 15 ° 20' 15"  E
Height :	755  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,604 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	8625, 8624, 8636
Area code :	03863
Community code :	6 21 35
Address of the municipal administration:	Marktplatz 18 8625 Turnau
Website:	www.turnau.at
politics
Mayor :	Stefan Hofer ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (2015) (15 members)	7th 7th 1 7th 7th 1  A total of 15 seats SPÖ : 7 ÖVP : 7 FPÖ : 1
Location of Turnau in the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district
Turnau from the south
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Filial church St. Leonhard and rectory in Seewiesen

Turnau is a market town with 1604 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Styria , judicial district Bruck an der Mur and in the political district Bruck-Mürzzuschlag , at the foot of the Hochschwab . The community extends over 134.28 km².

geography

Geographical location

Turnau lies at the northeast end of the Aflenz basin , part of the Noric Basin . It is around 17 km to the district capital Bruck an der Mur .

structure

The market municipality consists of the following cadastral municipalities (area 2015):

• Göriach (1,425.99 ha),
• Seewiesen (4,026.78 ha)
• Stübming (6,364.19 ha)
• Thal (1,210.83 ha)
• Turnau (399.51 ha)

The municipality includes the following six localities (residents as of January 1, 2020):

• Au bei Turnau (155 inhabitants, altitude 778 m)
• Göriach (270 Ew., 797 m)
• Seewiesen (51 Ew., 974 m)
• Stübming (124 Ew., 860 m)
• Thal (41 Ew.)
• Turnau (963 Ew., 755 m)

Neighboring communities

Starting from the north, clockwise:

• Mariazell
• Sankt Barbara in Mürz Valley
• Kindberg
• Sankt Lorenzen in Mürz Valley
• Kapfenberg
• Thörl
• Aflenz

(all are in the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district )

history

The town of Turnau appears for the first time in a document from 1268. The findings on the church wall show that the Catholic parish church “St. Jacob the Elder ”was created at least in the 14th century. Only after several centuries did the church become independent. Since 1959 the parish of Turnau has been subordinate to the diocesan bishop of Graz-Seckau.

As part of the municipal structural reform of Styria 2010–2015 , the municipality remained independent, previously a merger with the safely merging Aflenz Kurort and Aflenz Land was also considered. A further merger with St. Ilgen / Etmißl / Thörl (6-solution) was also under discussion .

politics

mayor

The member of the Styrian state parliament Stefan Hofer (SPÖ) was elected mayor at the constituent meeting of the municipal council on April 27, 2015 with the support of the FPÖ . He thus succeeded Roland Schadl (ÖVP), who was elected mayor on April 26, 2012 as the successor to Alexander Maier (FPÖ). The SPÖ and FPÖ rejected a part-time solution as under his predecessors.

The community board also includes the deputy mayor Rudolf Smolej (FPÖ) and the community treasurer Roland Schadl (ÖVP).

Head of office is Peter Schelch.

Municipal council

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

• 7 mandates ÖVP ,
• 7 mandates 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	500	43	7th	425	38	6th	419	37	5	493	45	7th
SPÖ	561	48	7th	443	40	6th	432	38	6th	394	36	5
FPÖ	100	09	1	250	23	3	289	25th	4th	204	19th	3
Eligible voters	1,341			1,342			1,308			1,285
voter turnout	87%			85%			88%			86%

Regional policy

Turnau is a member of the 2nd December 2009 Regionext-Kleinregion Hochschwab Süd , and in the LEADER -Region Mariazellerland – Mürzal .

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

In 2010 there were 79 agricultural and forestry operations in Turnau , 37 of which were full-time farms. In the secondary economic sector , 12 companies offered 39 people jobs, mostly in the manufacture of goods, but also in construction. The tertiary economic sector employed 237 people, mainly in social and public services, in accommodation and catering, as well as in transport and commerce.

tourism

In the ten years from 2008 to 2017, the number of annual overnight stays fell by over forty percent from 19,540 to 11,246. Over the course of the year, overnight stays show a peak in the summer months of July and August and a small high in the winter months of December, January and February.

education

There is a kindergarten and a primary school in the market town.

Health and care

In Turnau there is a general practitioner who runs a medicine cabinet. The Caritas of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau operates a senior citizen and nursing home in Turnau.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Turnau

Catholic parish church of St. Jacob the Elder in Turnau

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1979: Friedrich Niederl (1920–2012), governor
• 1994: Hubert Höbel, Mayor of Turnau 1985–1996
• 2018: Franz Kroißenbrunner, doctor in Turnau since 1983
• 2019: Helmut Dettenweiz, entrepreneur

Sons and daughters of Turnau

• Konstantin Kammerhofer (1899–1958), politician ( Styrian Homeland Security , NSDAP ), SS group leader
• Peter Klein (* 1953), journalist and radio editor
• Heinz Reitbauer senior (* 1941), restaurateur
• Franz Schöberl (1845–1908), architect

literature

• Günther Steiner, Heribert Haidenhofer: Back then, in Turnau ... From the history of an Upper Styrian market town (Turnau 2003).

Web links

Commons : Turnau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community website
• Entry on Turnau in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• 62135 - Turnau. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• State statistics Styria - Turnau

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Map in the presentation of the results of the municipal structural reform . kleinezeitung.at, January 21, 2013. Map status January 13, 2013
3. ↑ ÖVP Aflenz Kurort wants 3 or 6 solution ( memento of the original from April 13, 2014 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. , oevp-aflenz.at, 14/11/2012
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Marktgemeinde Turnau: Board of Directors and Municipal Council ( Memento of the original from June 25, 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. (accessed June 24, 2015) 
5. ↑ Marktgemeinde Turnau: Minutes of the municipal council meeting of April 26th, 2012 ( Memento of the original of June 25th, 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. (PDF document, 110 KB; accessed June 24, 2015) 
6. ↑ Turnau without part-time solution . Kleine Zeitung , April 21, 2015, archived from the original on May 5, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Marktgemeinde Turnau: Marktgemeindeamt Turnau ( Memento of the original from June 25, 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. (accessed June 24, 2015) 
8. ↑ Constituent meeting of the small region Hochschwab Süd ( memento of the original from January 26, 2017 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. . Spatial planning Styria | News .
9. ↑ LAG Mariazellerland-Mürz Valley ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2014 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. , netzwerk-land.at
10. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Turnau, agricultural and forestry operations. Retrieved June 17, 2019 . 
11. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Turnau, workplaces. Retrieved June 17, 2019 . 
12. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Turnau, Employees. Retrieved June 17, 2019 . 
13. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Turnau, overnight stays. Retrieved June 17, 2019 . 
14. ^ Turnau market town, education. Retrieved June 17, 2019 . 
15. ^ Turnau market town, life in Turnau, doctors. Retrieved June 17, 2019 . 
16. ^ Caritas Styria, Nursing Homes. Retrieved June 17, 2019 . 
17. ↑ https://www.mein Bezirk.at/bruck-an-der-mur/c-lokales/franz-kroissenbrunner-zum-turnauer-ehrenbuerger-ernannt_a3004209 , accessed on February 9, 2019.
18. ↑ https://www.kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/muerztal/5684926/Turnau_Helmut-Dettenweiz-zum-Ehrenbuerger-ernannt , accessed on September 10, 2019.