Wartberg in the Mürz Valley
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Wartberg im Mürz Valley (former municipality) village  |
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| Basic data | |||
| Pole. District , state | Bruck-Mürzzuschlag (BM), Styria | ||
| Judicial district | Mürzzuschlag | ||
| Coordinates | 47 ° 31 '40 " N , 15 ° 29' 13" E | ||
| height | 584 m above sea level A. | ||
| Residents of the village | 1949 (January 1, 2020) | ||
| Building status | 625 (2001 ) | ||
| surface | 9.13 km² | ||
| Post Code | 8661 | ||
| prefix | + 43/3858 | ||
| Statistical identification | |||
| Community code | 62145 | ||
| Locality code | 15983 | ||
| Counting district / district | Wartberg im Mürz Valley / Scheibsgraben (62145 000/001) | ||
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| Former parish until 2014;
KG: 60228 Scheibsgraben, 60232 Wartberg |
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Wartberg im Mürz Valley is a former municipality and village with 1955 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the Austrian state of Styria . As part of the municipal structural reform in Styria , the independent municipality was merged with the previously independent municipalities of Veitsch and Mitterdorf in Mürz Valley on January 1, 2015 . The resulting new community is called Sankt Barbara im Mürz Valley .
geography
Wartberg im Mürzzuschlag lies on the Mürz , a north-eastern tributary of the Mur in the judicial district of Mürzzuschlag and in the political district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag in northeast Styria .
Local division
The place Wartberg in Mürz Valley consisted of two cadastral communities (area: as of December 31, 2018):
- Scheibsgraben (1,456.48 ha)
- Wartberg (912.86 ha)
Neighborhoods and communities
| Turnau (Gem.) | Veitsch (O.) | Veitsch (O.) |
| Kindberg (Gem.) |
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Mitterdorf im Mürz Valley (O.) |
| Kindberg (Gem.) | Stanz im Mürz Valley (Gem.) | Mitterdorf im Mürz Valley (O.) |
history
Wartberg was first mentioned in a document in 1158 as Wartperch . The local community as an autonomous body was established in 1850 and comprised the cadastral communities of Wartberg, Scheibsgraben , Mitterdorf and Lutschaun . In 1871 the company Vogel & Noot , which still exists today, was founded as a company for the production of iron, steel and other metal goods.
In 1906 Mitterdorf and Lutschaun left the Wartberg municipal association. After the " Anschluss of Austria " in 1938, the community became part of the Reichsgau Steiermark, from 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.
traffic
The Wartberg train station is located on the southern railway in the Mürz Valley. Numerous regional trains stop in the direction of Bruck an der Mur or Mürzzuschlag . However, trains to Leoben , Friesach , Neumarkt , Unzmarkt , Graz and Spielfeld-Straß are often extended.
Culture and sights
- Parish church hl. Erhard, Wartberg
Buildings
- Lichtenegg castle ruins with local history museum
- Parish Church of St. Erhard
Regular events
- Spring concerts by the “Harmonie” local and factory band Vogel & Noot Wartberg in the Mürz Valley
- Bock beer tapping by the “Harmonie” local and factory band Vogel & Noot Wartberg in Mürz Valley
- Christmas wish concert by the music association "Harmonie" local and factory band Vogel & Noot Wartberg in Mürz Valley
- Mürz Valley Oldtimer Rally
- Wartberger team run
- Mürz Valley Diet
Established businesses
- Vogel & Noot AG , agricultural machinery and heating equipment manufacturer
- Breitenfeld Edelstahl AG , stainless steel works
politics
Until the end of 2014, the mayor was Wolfgang Putsche ( SPÖ ), who also headed the office. Until then, Georg Taufner (SPÖ) was vice mayor.
The council sat down after the local elections in 2010 by then following fractions together:
Sons and daughters of the place
- Thomas Lechner (* 1985), Austrian soccer player
- Michael Schilhan (* 1964), actor, opera director and theater director
- David Schuller (* 1980), Austrian ice hockey player (national player)
- Karl Skala (1924–2006), local poet
- Richard Trenkwalder (1948–2015), entrepreneur and football official
- Heimo Wiederhofer (* 1962), jazz musician (drums)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
- ↑ Section 3, Paragraph 1, Item 4 of the Act of December 17, 2013 on the reorganization of the municipalities of the State of Styria ( Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG). Provincial Law Gazette for Styria of April 2, 2014. No. 31, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 2.
- ↑ CSV file from REGIONALINFORMATION.zip (1,221 KB) ; accessed on January 12, 2019