Wörth an der Lafnitz

Wörth an der Lafnitz (former municipality) village Cadastral municipality of Wörth
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Hartberg-Fürstenfeld  (HF) district, Styria
Judicial district	Fürstenfeld
Coordinates	47 ° 12 '44 "  N , 16 ° 4' 57"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 12 '44 "  N , 16 ° 4' 57"  E
height	330  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	375 (January 1, 2020)
Building status	165 (2001 )
Area  d. KG	10.92 km²
Post Code	8293 Woerth
prefix	+ 43/3332 (Hartberg)
Statistical identification
Community code	62276
Locality code	15247
Cadastral parish number	64160
Counting district / district	Wörth an der Lafnitz (62276 001)
Location of the former community in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district
Municipality 1850–2014, since January 1, 2015 part of Rohr bei Hartberg Source: STAT : Ortverzeichnis ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

Wörth an der Lafnitz is a village and former municipality in the judicial district of Fürstenfeld and in the political district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria ( Austria ). Since January 1, 2015 it has been merged with the Rohr bei Hartberg community as part of the Styrian community structural reform .

geography

Geographical location

Aerial view of Wörth an der Lafnitz

Wörth is located in the middle of the thermal region of Styria and Burgenland. To the east of the village, the Lafnitz river forms the border with the neighboring state of Burgenland .

structure

The only cadastral municipality is Wörth, the only village is Wörth an der Lafnitz.

history

The place Wörth is likely to be very old, even if its age cannot be documented. As excavations with Celtic and Roman trenches and ashes were found in the area, this should be proof that the Celts and then the Romans lived here.

The village of Wörth, a long, two-line street village with a corridor , was probably built by Gottschalk III at the same time or soon after the construction of Wörth Castle. von Neuberg (1218–66) founded. It was the first and largest village of the rulership on the Lafnitz with around 60 farms. The village was first mentioned in a document in 1330. The next mention came from the year 1418, because in the spring the parish was devastated by the Hungarians. Until 1529 the village was not mentioned in a document. When the Turks destroyed Wörth that year , all Wörth residents were mentioned for the first time in a document listing the damage.

The border village of Wörth suffered the worst visits during the Kuruc period . On July 25, 1704 the village was completely burned down. The Woerthers soon rebuilt their farmsteads, albeit not entirely, but were threatened by raids and robberies almost every week. At the beginning of January 1707 the village was severely damaged by the billeted clumsiness (foot soldiers). When the Kuruc leader Bezerédy attacked on August 28th, the whole village with the rebuilt houses was completely burned down. It was not until 1712 that order slowly returned. The houses were partially rebuilt and the grounds were cultivated again.

On July 26, 1944 local residents were in the airspace over Wörth a dogfight between an American -17 B bomber and several German fighter planes type Messerschmitt Bf 109 watch. The bomber was shot down and crashed a few kilometers to the east, in Stinatz . Three crew members did not survive the dogfight, six others were able to save themselves by parachute.

Since 1976 there has been a friendship between the Musikverein Wörth an der Lafnitz and the Musikverein "Edelweiß" Wörth am Rhein in Germany.

politics

Municipal council

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2010			2005			2000			1995			1990			1985			1980			1975
	be right	%	Mandates	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.
ÖVP	192	67	6th	158	54	5	122	46	4th	214	70	7th	189	67	7th	197	74	6th	188	72	6th	177	66	6th
SPÖ	093	33	3	138	46	4th	144	54	5	065	21st	2	058	20th	2	070	26th	3	074	28	3	093	34	3
FPÖ										026th	09	0	037	13	0
electoral participation	89.41%			90.45%			86.67%			93.31%			96.32%			94%			93%			91%

Church of Wörth an der Lafnitz

mayor

The last mayor was Karl Taschner (ÖVP), the last vice mayor was Martin Resch (ÖVP).

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from July 1, 1992. The coat of arms has the shortest description of all previous ones in Styria, the blazon is as follows: A silver wolf dragon in red .

Silver and red were chosen as the coat of arms because these are also the colors of St. George . His horse is shown in white on the earliest depictions of this dragon saint. The flag on the lance is also white, with a red cross on it. In coats of arms the color white is represented as silver.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Rohr bei Hartberg

• Parish church hl. George

Economy and Infrastructure

Mainly small businesses have set up shop in Wörth .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Announcement of the Styrian state government of November 14, 2013 about the union of the communities Rohr bei Hartberg and Wörth an der Lafnitz, both political district Hartberg-Fürstenfeld. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of December 2, 2013. No. 143, 34th issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . P. 672.
3. ^ Crash of a B-17 near Stinatz on July 26, 1944 , website regiowiki.at, accessed on November 22, 2014
4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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.  
5. ↑ Communications from the Styrian State Archives 42/43, 1992/93, p. 63

Web links

Commons : Wörth an der Lafnitz  - collection of images, videos and audio files