Vasoldsberg

market community Vasoldsberg
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Graz area
License plate :	GU
Surface:	28.08 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 1 '  N , 15 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 0 '48 "  N , 15 ° 33' 23"  E
Height :	359  m above sea level A.
Residents :	4,598 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	8076
Area code :	03135, 0316, 03133, 03134
Community code :	6 06 53
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptplatz 1 8076 Vasoldsberg
Website:	www.vasoldsberg.at
politics
Mayor :	Johann Wolf-Maier ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (21 members)	13 2 3 1 2 13 2 3 1 2  A total of 21 seats ÖVP : 13 Together for Vasoldsberg : 2 FPÖ : 3 SPÖ : 1 GREEN : 2
Location of Vasoldsberg in the Graz-Umgebung district
Vasoldsberg community center
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Vasoldsberg is a market town in Styria with 4598 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020), southeast of Graz , Austria .

geography

Vasoldsberg is located about 10 km southeast of the provincial capital Graz in the Eastern Styrian hill country . The municipality is located in the Graz-Umgebung district or in the Graz-Ost judicial district in the state of Styria . The community is crossed by numerous streams in the catchment area of ​​the Mur and extends at an altitude of 330 to 511  m above sea level. A.

Community structure

The municipality was divided into three localities until 2020:

• Premstätten including Birkendorf, Birkengreith, Fuchsgraben, Kolmegg, Schemerlhöhe, Schemerltal, Steinberg, Tiefernitz, Wiesental and Zehentberg
• Vasoldsberg
• Wagersbach including Aschenbach

Since 2020 the municipality has only consisted of one village.

The community consists of three cadastral communities (area as of December 31, 2019):

• Breitenhilm (794.54 ha)
• Premstätten near Vasoldsberg (1,524.05 ha)
• Wagersbach (478.42 ha)

Neighboring communities

One of the five neighboring communities is in the Leibnitz  (LB) district.

Raaba-Grambach	Laßnitzhöhe	Nestelbach near Graz
Raaba-Grambach		Nestelbach near Graz
Hausmannstätten		Empersdorf (LB)

history

Vasoldsberg Castle, which existed at the beginning of the 13th century, belonged to Prince Duke Leopold VI. , whose liege Ull the Vasoldsberger had his seat here. In 1219 he belonged to the duke's entourage and was involved as a witness in a sale of goods carried out in Vienna, the document of which is the first mention of the Vasoldsberg area. Since the second half of the 18th century, Vasoldsberg Castle , to which the castle was expanded in the 16th century, played the role of an administrative center for 13 surrounding cadastral communities as "district rule". The three tax communities of Breitenhilm , Premstätten near Vasoldsberg and Wagersbach merged in 1849 to form the municipality of “Premstätten near Vasoldsberg”. It has been called Vasoldsberg since the name was changed in 1947.

Population development

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Vasoldsberg

• Vasoldsberg Castle was built in the 13th century and was owned by the Bishops of Seckau until 1428 . However, they had to give the castle to the sovereign Friedrich III. submit. In 1542 he had the castle converted into a palace in the Renaissance style. In 1628 it fell to the Baron von Herberstein and later changed hands frequently, u. a. it served as a rest home for Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG until 1987 . Today the castle is privately owned.
• Klingenstein Castle is located in the Premstätten district. It was created in the second half of the 17th century. The castle is privately owned. The castle park is under nature protection due to its old and rare trees .
• The Klingensteiner Achteckstadl , the symbol of the municipality, stands out with its brick ornaments and was the first rural barn in Austria to be listed as a historical monument ( list entry ).

Sports

There are some scenic walking, hiking and Nordic walking trails in the community .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Vasoldsberg is not on any of the main roads, but is easily accessible.

Street

The south autobahn A2 from Vienna to Graz can be reached in about 9 km via the Laßnitzhöhe junction (exit 169). The Graz city area is about 5 km away via Kirchbacher Straße B 73 (connection to Hausmannstätten).

bus and train

There is no train station in Vasoldsberg. Both the Southern Railway and the Styrian Eastern Railway cannot be reached directly, so Graz Central Station is about 17 km away and is the cheapest option. In addition, Vasoldsberg is connected to Graz and the neighboring communities via regular buses .

air

The Graz Airport is about 12 km away.

politics

mayor

Mayor of the community is Johann Wolf-Maier (ÖVP).

The community board also includes the first vice mayor Andreas Url (ÖVP), the second vice mayor Michael Kaufmann (GFV), the community treasurer Florian Czerny (ÖVP) and board member Markus Konrad (FPÖ).

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 21 members and, following the 2015 municipal council election, will be composed of mandataries from the following parties:

• 10 ÖVP - provides the mayor and the 1st vice mayor
• 4 FPÖ
• 4 List "Together for Vasoldsberg"
• 2 SPÖ
• 1 The Greens Vasoldsberg

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2020			2015			2010			2005			2000
	be right	%	Mandates	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.
ÖVP	1177	54	13	1098	43	10	1188	47	10	1046	49	10	1232	55	12
SPÖ	0172	08th	01	0300	12	02	0574	23	05	0835	37	08th	0483	22nd	05
FPÖ	0357	16	03	0427	17th	04th	0185	07th	01	0185	08th	01	0382	17th	03
The Greens Vasoldsberg	0195	09	02	0168	07th	01	0129	05	01	0212	09	02	0133	06th	01
Together for Vasoldsberg	0239	11	02	0489	19th	04th	not running
KPÖ	0053	02	00	0068	03	00	not running
Vasoldsberg Citizens List	not running			not running			0457	18th	04th	not running
voter turnout	58%			70%			74%			71%			76%

badges and flags

With effect from December 1, 1962, the Styrian state government granted the municipality the right to use a municipal coat of arms.

Blazon :

"In the red shield with a silver, square battlement wall as a shield base, a golden, crowned lion growing out of the central battlement."

The municipality flag is solid white with the coat of arms.

Josef Krainer junior

Franz Voves , former governor, lives in Vasoldsberg

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1983: Josef Krainer junior (1930–2016), Governor of Styria from 1981 to 1996
• 2019: Josef Baumhackl, Former Mayor of Vasoldsberg

Sons and daughters of the church

• Ridi Steibl (* 1951), Austrian politician and ÖVP member of the National Council

Persons related to Vasoldsberg

• Franz Voves (* 1953), Austrian politician (SPÖ) and Governor of Styria from 2005 to 2015, lives in Vasoldsberg
• Christian Wessely (* 1965), Austrian theologian and musician, lives in Vasoldsberg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Regionalinformation , bev.gv.at (1,094 KB); accessed on January 10, 2020.
2. ↑ Changes to the community from 1945 (associations, partitions, name and status changes). Statistics Austria, p. 152 , accessed on February 15, 2019 . 
3. ↑ New function for the unique octagon. Federal Monuments Office , May 16, 2008, accessed on February 15, 2019 . 
4. ↑ community Vasoldsberg: Parish Council , accessed on 14 March 2018
5. ↑ Municipal council election on June 28th, 2020. Vasoldsberg community, accessed on August 15, 2020 . 
6. ↑ community Vasoldsberg: Gemeindewappen , accessed on April 21, 2015
7. ↑ Entry on Vasoldsberg on the Kommunalflaggen.eu page
8. ↑ Neues Land, No. 24, June 19, 1983, p. 6.

Web links

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

• 60653 - Vasoldsberg. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• www.vasoldsberg.at Website of the community