Weitendorf (Wildon municipality)

Weitendorf (former municipality)
	Basic data
Pole. District , state	Leibnitz (LB), Styria
Judicial district	Leibnitz
Coordinates	46 ° 53 '50 " N , 15 ° 28' 0" E Coordinates: 46 ° 53 '50 " N , 15 ° 28' 0" E
height	317 m above sea level A.
Residents of the stat. An H.	1583 (2017)
Building status	616 (2011 )
surface	13.87 (2017)
Post Code	8410 Wildon
prefix	+ 43/3182 (Wildon)
	Statistical identification
Community code	61059
Counting district / district	Weitendorf (61 059 003)
	; Location of the former municipality in the Leibnitz district until 2014
	Independent municipality until the end of 2014; KG: 66413 Kainach, 66430 Weitendorf ; OS: 15624 Kainach near Wildon, 15625 Lichendorf, 15626 Neudorf ob Wildon, 15627 Weitendorf ; Source: STAT : Directory of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

Weitendorf is a village and a cadastral municipality in the market town of Wildon in the Leibnitz district in the Austrian state of Styria .

Weitendorf was also an independent municipality until the end of 2014 , but was merged with the market town of Wildon as part of the municipal structural reform in Styria . The new municipality continues the name Wildon. The basis for this is the Styrian Municipal Structural Reform Act - StGsrG.

geography

Weitendorf lies between the rivers Kainach and Mur at the southern end of the Kaiserwald in southern Styria .

Community structure

On January 1, 1969, the community of Kainach near Wildon was incorporated. Since then, the community has consisted of two cadastral communities (area: as of December 31, 2017):

Kainach 364.88 ha
Weitendorf 1,023.78 ha

Localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Kainach near Wildon (272)
Lichendorf (115)
Neudorf ob Wildon (290)
Weitendorf (1100)

Former neighboring communities

Neighboring communities were (clockwise):

history

The local community as an autonomous body was established in 1850. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community came to the Reichsgau Steiermark, 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

In 1970 the Trans Austria gas pipeline was laid and a third line was added in 2003/2006. The valve station for feeding the south-east pipeline (SOL) to Slovenia is located in the district of Kainach; the compressor station is located in Lichendorf, an upgrade from around 2003/2010.

Since 2009 the community together with the communities Hengsberg, Lang , Lebring-St. Margarethen , Stocking and Wildon the small region Kulturpark Hengist .

Population development

1869: 0911
1939: 1411
2009: 1527

politics

Mayor was Franz Plasser (ÖVP) until the end of 2014. After the 2010 elections, the municipal council was composed as follows:

8 ÖVP
6 SPÖ
1 green

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms, awarded on May 1st, 1994, has the following blazon :

"In a black shield an Iron Age openwork golden trapezoid, in it a deer striding between foliage."

It is derived from found objects covered with bronze leaves.

Culture and sights

Weitendorf is a member of the Hengist culture park.

Natural monuments

Weitendorf basalt quarry , an extinct volcano

Honorary citizen

Bgm. A. D. Josef Kaiser

Historical maps

historical maps of the Weitendorf area
"Beydendorf": Josephinische Landesaufnahme , approx. 1790.
Franzisco-Josephinische Landaufnahme , ca.1910

Web links

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

61046 - Weitendorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

^ Styrian municipal structural reform .

↑ Section 3, Paragraph 5, Item 3 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.

↑ Regionalinformation.zip (Excel file, 1,210 KB); accessed on January 4, 2018

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

↑ Exercise gas system (PDF) Marktgemeinde Wildon, December 1, 2016, p. 23 - Report on fire brigade exercises .

[1] Styrian municipal structural reform .

[2] Section 3, Paragraph 5, Item 3 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.

[3] Regionalinformation.zip (Excel file, 1,210 KB); accessed on January 4, 2018

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-4] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )