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| Basic data | ||
| Country: | Austria | |
| State : | Styria | |
| Political District : | Wheat | |
| License plate : | WZ | |
| Surface: | 17.49 km² | |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 13 ' N , 15 ° 38' E | |
| Height : | 477 m above sea level A. | |
| Residents : | 11,797 (January 1, 2020) | |
| Postal code : | 8160 | |
| Area code : | 03172 | |
| Community code : | 6 17 66 | |
| NUTS region | AT224 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Hauptplatz 7 8160 Weiz |
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| Mayor : | Erwin Eggenreich ( SPÖ ) | |
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Municipal Council : (2015) (31 members) |
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| Location of Weiz in the district of Weiz | ||
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 Weiz seen from the southwest |
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| Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria | ||
Weiz is a city with 11,797 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Eastern Styria and the capital of the district of the same name in Austria . After Feldbach it is the second largest city in terms of population in Eastern Styria and the eighth largest city (ninth largest municipality) in Styria (as of January 1, 2020) and is an industrial city due to several industrial companies .
As part of the municipal structural reform in Styria , the municipality of Krottendorf was incorporated in 2015 .
geography
Geographical location
Weiz is located on the Weizbach , a tributary of the Raab , a few kilometers south of the Weizklamm and about 25 kilometers northeast of Graz , the provincial capital of Styria.
Community structure
The municipality includes the following seven localities and cadastral communities of the same name (population as of January 1, 2020):
- Büchl (263 Ew.), KG Büch e l (209.95 ha)
- Farcha (96 Ew., 118.51 ha)
- Krottendorf (871 Ew., 229.58 ha)
- Nöstl (287 Ew., 161.37 ha)
- Preding (769 Ew., 295.36 ha)
- Regerststätten (107 Ew.), KG Re gg Replaces (116.41 ha)
- Weiz (9404 Ew., 507.24 ha)
The municipality thus covers an area of 17.51 km² (1,751 ha).
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities are ( clockwise from the north) Thannhausen , Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab , Mitterdorf an der Raab , Mortantsch and Naas .
climate
The city is located in the temperate climate zone . The average annual temperature is 9.0 ° C and the average annual rainfall is 799.0 millimeters. The warmest month is July with an average of 19.1 ° C and the coldest is January with an average of −1.3 ° C. Most of the precipitation falls in June with an average of 120.4 millimeters, the least in January with an average of 25.4 millimeters. The lowest temperature ever measured is −20.7 ° C in January and the highest at 35.9 ° C in August.
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Average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Weiz
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history
Weiz was founded before 1188; at that time, the place and the Tabor Church were first mentioned as "Vides". Name research usually puts the name in Old Slavic * viděti and translates it with prospect, prospect or waiting.
Excerpt from Meyer's Konversations-Lexikon from 1888:
- “Weitz, a market town in Styria, on the local railway Gleisdorf-W, seat of a district administration and a district court, has an old church, manufacture of iron and steel goods, especially sickles, and (1880) 2648 inhabitants. It also has a gorge worth seeing, formed by the Weitzbach . "
In 1892 the local Franz Pichler founded the electrical machine company “F. Pichler Werke ”, later VA Tech Elin , which was taken over by Siemens in 2005 . In 2006 the generator production was sold on to Andritz AG due to antitrust concerns ; the production of large and distribution transformers is still part of Siemens AG Austria. During the First World War , the village received its own train station to facilitate the transport of armaments, which were mainly produced at the time due to the war.
Weiz has had town charter since 1932.
In 2019 Weiz received the "IMPULS Award" as the most innovative municipality in Austria.
Population development
Religions
| religion | people | percentage |
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| Roman Catholic Church | 7191 | 81.6% |
| Protestant church | 290 | 3.3% |
| Islam | 193 | 2.2% |
| Orthodox Church | 123 | 1.4% |
| no religious creed | 872 | 9.9% |
At over 80%, a clear majority of Weiz is Catholic. All other religious denominations together make up just under 20%. The non-denominational group is again a clear majority with almost 10%. Religions such as the Evangelical Church, the Orthodox Church or Islam belong to between 1.4 and 3.3%, i.e. a few hundred Weizer each.
There are two Catholic churches, a Protestant church and a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in the city .
Culture and sights
- Tabor Church : Documented since 1188. Choir from the 14th century, with baroque extensions from 1644. Organ by Ferdinand Schwarz from 1769.
- Basilica am Weizberg: In an exposed position northeast of the city, this late baroque pilgrimage church stands above it by about 80 m. It was first mentioned in 1147; the current building dates from 1757/58. In December 2017, the striking building was elevated to a minor basilica by the Vatican .
- Kunsthaus Weiz: The modern new building with huge glass fronts was built in 2005 by architect Dietmar Feichtinger ; 2 halls: Frank Stronach Hall, Prof. Hannes Schwarz Hall.
- Weberhaus cultural center
- Gemini-Haus , a futuristic rotating solar house , which was built on the occasion of the Styrian State Exhibition 2001 (motto: Energy ) in the castle park.
- Radmannsdorf Castle : built by Otto and Christoph von Radmannsdorf around 1550. Late Renaissance style. Renaissance window above the main entrance. The knight's hall is set up in the Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz. Despite renovations for office and living quarters, the main front was largely preserved. Today the seat of the district court.
- Excursion destinations
- Feistritztalbahn : Steam trains have been snorting from Weiz through the narrow Feistritztal to Birkfeld since 1911 . The narrow-gauge railway runs over a length of 25 km over viaducts and through tunnels past fields, forests and meadows.
- Grassl cave between Weiz and Arzberg, Austria's largest show cave
- Katerloch stalactite cave with a guide path length of about one kilometer
- Raabklamm is divided into the small (approx. 7 km) and large (approx. 10 km) Raabklamm
- Weizklamm
- Hammerwerkmuseum Museum with sickles and blades from bygone times
- Herbal oasis in a botanical garden with medicinal herbs and wild plants
- Blacksmiths
Regular events
The Mulbratl Festival and the Old Town Festival take place annually in Weiz . There are also various other events in Weiz, such as the Weizer Summer Market , the Nikolomarkt or the Biofest .
Culinary specialties
- Mulbratl : A loin of pork, traditionally pickled with local spices for three weeks and cold smoked over beech wood.
- Weiz apple truffles : For whipped cream , honey , chocolate and apple brandy prepared truffles (chocolate) with an apple filling.
Sports
- Football club SC Weiz
- VBC Weiz volleyball club
- Ice hockey club EC Bulls Weiz
- Ice hockey club EC Weiz
- Ice hockey club Eisbären Weiz
- Ice hockey club Redbacks Weiz
- Badminton ATUS Weiz
- Handball club HC Weiz
- Weiz Rabbits basketball club
Economy and Infrastructure
The history of Weiz as an important business location in the region began with the laying of the foundation stone for F. Pichler Werke in 1892. At that time, Weiz was actually of no interest as a factory location, as there was no large body of water to drive water mills , which were needed for mechanical production. Franz Pichler from Weizer did not only go down as an entrepreneur, but also as an inventor and pioneer in electrical power generation, as he also constructed AC power plants - the first of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. The rapidly growing company became a major manufacturer of electrical engineering, which made the place known as an industrial location and attracted more companies. During the First World War, the company had to manufacture armaments for the Austro-Hungarian army . To speed up and simplify transport, a train station was built in Weiz. As a side effect, this ensured that Weiz would remain an attractive company location in the future. From the F. Pichler works the ELIN AG for electrical industry emerged, which since 2005 belongs to the Siemens AG as part of the VA Tech Elin . The plant in Weiz, which still exists today and employs around 1,000 people, is part of the hydropower plant construction division, which Siemens had to sell on for antitrust reasons. Andritz AG has owned the plant in Weiz since 2006 .
As of the state of the population and workplace census by Statistics Austria in May 2001, 8,680 people were employed in the Weiz companies. This is a considerable number compared to the roughly equal population of the small town, which underlines the importance of Weiz as a business location.
Established businesses
- Andritz Hydro : Energy applications, energy supply, generators and motors, from the "F. Pichler Werken ”emerged;
- SIEMENS Transformers Austria (formerly VA TECH ): Energy applications, energy supply, transformers , from the "F. Pichler Werken ”emerged;
- various companies from mechanical engineering and steel construction
- Weitzer Parkett : wood processing
- Lieb Group : DIY store, Sport 2000 , building construction, interior construction, wood construction, ceramic construction, general contracting
- Magna Steyr : Production of various vehicle components
- Institute for Systems Education (Weiz-Gleisdorf)
energy
Weiz is one of the 24 municipalities in Austria (as of March 2019) that were awarded the highest award of the e5 municipal energy project. The e5 community project aims to promote the implementation of a modern energy and climate policy at community level.
traffic
- The Rechberg Straße B 64 runs through Weiz from Gleisdorf via Weiz to Frohnleiten and the Weizer Straße B 72 from Graz via Weiz to Krieglach .
- The passenger trains of the standard gauge Gleisdorf – Weiz (
) regional railway stopped at two stations in Weiz: At the Weiz Interspar stop and at the Weiz Bahnhof station . The few hundred meters from the station Weiz terminus remote Weiz (until 2010 Weiz city ) was abandoned in July 2016th
- In the course of the current construction work for the new Weiz thoroughfare, the standard-gauge connecting railway to the former ELIN plant (now Siemens Transformers Austria and Andritz Hydro ) will be routed through Kapruner-Generator-Straße on a new track . The previous bus stop now serves as the Weiz Zentrum train stop . From Dr.-Karl-Widdmann-Strasse , the track structure was extended to the north to Roseggergasse , where the new Weiz Schulzentrum train stop was built (opposite the Weiz football stadium) .
- After the railway line in the section between the train station and the new terminus has gone into operation, the one in Weiz will have a total of four stops from September 2018. The extensive tracks of the Weiz train station will in future be limited in the eastern area by the new Weiz thoroughfare. In Weiz station, the regional railway to Gleisdorf meets the narrow-gauge Feistritztalbahn , which, in addition to freight trains to the talc plant in Oberfeistritz, is now mainly used for tourist steam-powered strolling trains.
- Soft mobility: Weiz is known as the city of short distances. Due to the topographical location and a size of around 5 km², it is ideal to walk and cycle in the extended urban area of 17 km². There are ten kilometers of cycle paths in the city. In most of the residential areas there is a 30 km / h restriction, here cyclists can ride with the car without any major problems. In order to promote cycling, cyclists are also allowed to use one-way streets in many one-way streets. The city has successfully participated in some EU projects such as VIANOVA and URBACT.
education
The following school facilities are located in the most important school town in Eastern Styria:
- Weiz elementary school (formerly Weiz I and Weiz II)
- Weizberg elementary school
- General Special School Weiz
- New Middle School Weiz I - Sport
- New Middle School Weiz II - Music
- New Middle School Weiz III - Real
- Weiz Polytechnic School
- Music school of the city of Weiz
- Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium Weiz
- Federal Commercial Academy and Federal Commercial School Weiz
- Higher technical college in Weiz
- Federal College of Business Administration
- Boarding school at the Federal School Center, Kolping House
politics
Municipal council
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( n. K. )
(-30.58 % p )
(-9.64 % p )
(-3.84 % p )
(-1.40 % p )
( n.k. )
The city council consists of 31 members. Since the municipal council election on March 22, 2015, the following distribution of mandates existed: 15 SPÖ, 10 Team Krottendorf (Franz Rosenberger), 3 ÖVP, 2 FPÖ, 1 GREEN.
In the 2020 municipal council elections, the Krottendorf - Franz Rosenberger team and the Neue Volkspartei Weiz merged to form a list and lost a total of 5 of the 13 seats held together in 2015 and now only hold 8 seats. The election winner was the SPÖ, which won 22 seats (+7). One mandate went to the Greens.
mayor
- 1993–2012 Helmuth Kienreich (SPÖ)
- since 2012 Erwin Eggenreich (SPÖ)
administration
The Weizer municipal administration and the mayor's office are located in the town hall. Because this is located on a hill at the western end of the main square and is therefore difficult to reach for wheelchair users , the Citizens Service was relocated from the town hall in October 2016 for reasons of accessibility and relocated to the ground floor of the Kunsthaus. A second service point with shorter opening times can be found in the former municipal office of the Krottendorf district, which was incorporated in 2015.
Town twinning
coat of arms
The coat of arms was awarded on February 4, 1560 by Emperor Ferdinand I. In the letter of arms, the coat of arms of Weiz is described as follows:
- “Ain Plawen or glaze paints Schildt. At the bottom of it there is a green area or white, in the middle of the middle with the flow of its natural water color and shape. In the middle of it with a pruck, one glender, and on the upper thail Jetzgedachts Angers or wisen in the whole praite des Schiidts ain Veste with white gemeur, in the middle of now thought Pruckh with ainer open transparent portals and raised moor above it viereggeten, also at every Egkh the Maur aim Ronden Thurn next to the Porten every side ains, In the heights Mawr whether the Porten in the same distance from each other three and every Egkh Thurn Zway shoots holes and in the high Thurn Above next to each other for himself two Linckhen soap out the window or shop, all Thurn, as well as the Port, with Irish Rotten roofs. "
Due to the amalgamation of the municipalities, the coat of arms lost its official validity on January 1st, 2015. The re-award took place on June 15, 2016.
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Blazon : “In a blue shield over a green shield base, inside a silver, blue flooded bar with a black, silver jointed bridge in the middle, a silver castle, consisting of a covered round towers with two golden, knob-lined pointed roofs and two rectangular windows each on the upper floor flanked wall with a centrally set, gabled roof-topped gate tower with knobs on both sides on the outside with two rectangular windows on the upper floor, in front of the tower a golden gate building with a round arched gate, above three, on each side a rectangular window; all windows and the gate perforated in black, the roof tiles with rectangular black contours. " |
sons and daughters of the town
- Bruno (* 1968) and Günter Friesenbichler (* 1979), soccer players
- Marianne Fritz (1948–2007), writer
- Christine Grän (* 1952), writer
- Marco Hirschberger (* 1996), ice hockey player
- Franz Pichler (1866–1919), electrical engineer, industrialist, founder of ELIN
- Tyron Ricketts (* 1973), actor and musician
- Andrea Sailer (* 1972), writer
- Hannes Schwarz (1926–2014), painter
- Aurelia Schwarzenegger (1922–1998), mother of Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Frank Stronach (* 1932), entrepreneur, founder of the Magna Group
- Kurt Weber (1893–1964), visual artist
- Hans Zotter (* 1944), librarian and historian
Web links
- 61766 - Weiz. Community data, Statistics Austria .
- City of Weiz
- Business directory Weiz
- Weiz on 24cities.eu, Competence Center Steirisches Thermenland -Oststeiermark
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Weiz has a new mayor online at www.kleinezeitung.at , accessed on May 4, 2012.
- ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ cadastral communities Styria. 2015 (Excel file, 128 KB)
- ↑ Fritz Frhr. Lochner von Hüttenbach: On the name property of the early Middle Ages in Styria (= magazine of the Historical Association for Styria . Volume 99 ). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2008, p. 36 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).
- ↑ Weiz is Austria's most innovative municipality on June 27, 2019
- ^ Churches in Weiz ( Memento of September 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Homepage of the Weiz municipality, accessed on May 19, 2012.
- ↑ Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes: Kunsthaus Weiz. Retrieved July 12, 2014 .
- ↑ e5 communities in Austria as of March 2019
- ↑ Emission-free mobility in Weiz ( Memento from November 2, 2012 on WebCite )
- ↑ Interview ( memento from November 2, 2012 on WebCite )
- ↑ project Vianova - walkability Weiz ( Memento of 2 November 2012 Webcite )
- ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Weiz. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on August 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Weiz. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on August 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Weizer Mayor Helmut Kienreich resigns ( memento from November 2, 2012 on WebCite )
- ↑ Kleine Zeitung What can be done in the new service center. (Accessed November 9, 2018)
- ↑ [1] city service Weizmann. (Accessed November 9, 2018)
- ↑ Testvérvárosok. Ajka város, accessed March 29, 2018 (Hungarian).
- ↑ The coat of arms of the city of Weiz ( memento from June 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), at www.weiz.at, accessed on June 18, 2016
- ↑ a b 63. Announcement of the Styrian state government of June 2, 2016 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the municipality of Weiz (political district of Weiz) , accessed on June 17, 2016
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