Waldbach (Styria)

Waldbach (former municipality)
	Basic data
Pole. District , state	Hartberg-Fürstenfeld (HF) district, Styria
Pole. local community	Waldbach-Mönichwald ( KG Arzberg / Rieglerviertl / Schrimpf )
Locality	Arzberg / Breitenbrunn / Rieglerviertel / Schrimpf
Coordinates	47 ° 26 '57 " N , 15 ° 50' 14" E Coordinates: 47 ° 26 '57 " N , 15 ° 50' 14" E
height	625 m above sea level A.
Residents of the stat. An H.	698 (October 31, 2013)
Post Code	8253
prefix	+ 43/3336
Official website	www.waldbach.steiermark.at
	Statistical identification
Counting district / district	Waldbach (62279 000)
	Community 1850–2014, part of Waldbach-Mönichwald since January 1, 2015 ; Source: STAT : Ortverzeichnis ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

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Waldbach is a former municipality with 698 inhabitants (as of October 31, 2013) in the judicial district of Fürstenfeld and in the political district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria ( Austria ). As part of the municipal structural reform in Styria, it has been merged with the Mönichwald municipality since 2015 , the new municipality is called Waldbach-Mönichwald . The basis for this is the Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG. A challenge to the merger, which the community of Waldbach had brought to the Constitutional Court , was unsuccessful.

geography

The region in which Waldbach is located is often referred to as Joglland , which also includes neighboring villages. Waldbach also has a share in the Hochwechsel, which forms a natural border between Lower Austria and Styria.

Community structure

structure

Cadastral communities	Locations in the municipality
Arzberg (4.87 km²) Rieglerviertl (8.58 km²) Schrimpf (5.22 km²)	Arzberg (ZH) Digging (R) Kumpfmühltal (ZH) Moihof (D) Waldbach (D) Breitenbrunn (D) Rieglerviertel (ZH) Hauswiese (ZH) Schrimpf (ZH) Kumpfmühle (ZH) Oven mill (ZH) Weissenbach (R)
Legend

Legend for the breakdown table

In the cadastral municipalities column , all cadastral municipalities of a municipality are listed. In the brackets the respective area is given in km².

All settlements recorded by Statistics Austria, which also have their own local area code, are listed in the Localities column . In the hierarchy level of the same column, indented to the right, only settlements that consist of at least several houses are shown.

The most important of the abbreviations used are:

M = capital of the municipality
Stt = district
R = Rotte
W = hamlet
D = village
ZH = scattered houses
Sdlg = settlement
Hgr = group of houses
E = single farmstead (only if you have your own local area code)

The complete list of Statistics Austria is in: Topographical settlement identification according to STAT

It should be noted that some places can have different spellings. Thus, cadastral communities can spell themselves differently than localities or communities of the same name.

Source: Statistics Austria -

Cadastral communities of the former municipality of Waldbach are (area 2001): Arzberg (486.53 hectares), Rieglerviertl (858.12 hectares), Schrimpf (521.96 hectares).
Locations with population (as of January 1, 2020):

Arzberg (396) with Augraben , Kumpfmühltal , Moihof and Waldbach
Breitenbrunn (75)
Rieglerviertel (79) with a meadow
Schrimpf (101) with Kumpfmühle , Ofenmühle and Weißenbach

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from August 1, 1984.
Blazon : "A silver wave bar in red, accompanied by three fertilized silver oak leaves at the top and bottom."

economy

The main attractions of Joglland are the Nordic walking offers, as well as nature trails, swimming pools and ski areas. The core works , which are among the largest wood factories in Northeast Styria, are based in Waldbach . Next are Wiedner fountains known, the self-built water-powered railways, gondolas and so set in motion.

There is also a weapons exhibition to be admired, which reminds of the battles of the last days of the Second World War , which were fought on the Hochwechsel. In the midst of the trick fountains there is also a memorial for the Wehrmacht general and Hitler's henchman Eduard Dietl .

Waldbach Church

The altar

Culture and sights

Catholic parish church Waldbach hl. George

education

In Waldbach are:

an elementary school
a new middle school , opened on September 12, 1971 as a secondary school

religion

Pastor : Franz Rechberger

Personalities

Honorary citizen

1985 Josef Krainer (1930–2016), governor

Waldbach's sons and daughters

Andreas Posch (1888–1971), historian, theologian, Roman Catholic clergyman

Web links

Commons : Waldbach - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Waldbach on the Styrian community server

Footnotes

↑ State of Styria: Final population status on October 31, 2013 ( Memento of the original from April 15, 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. (Excel file, 85 KB; accessed May 2, 2015) @1@ 2

^ Styrian municipal structural reform .

↑ Section 3, Paragraph 4, Item 6 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 3.

↑ recognition G 44 / 2014-20, V 46 / 2014-20 of the Constitutional Court of 23 September 2014 available on the Legal Information System of the Republic of Austria (RIS).

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

↑ Communications from the Styrian State Archives 35/36, 1985/86, p. 53

^ School chronicle HS Waldbach. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved January 3, 2014 . 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.

[1] State of Styria: Final population status on October 31, 2013 ( Memento of the original from April 15, 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. (Excel file, 85 KB; accessed May 2, 2015) @1@ 2

[2] Styrian municipal structural reform .

[3] Section 3, Paragraph 4, Item 6 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 3.

[4] recognition G 44 / 2014-20, V 46 / 2014-20 of the Constitutional Court of 23 September 2014 available on the Legal Information System of the Republic of Austria (RIS).

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-5] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[6] Communications from the Styrian State Archives 35/36, 1985/86, p. 53

[7] School chronicle HS Waldbach. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved January 3, 2014 . 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. @1@ 2