Werndorf

Werndorf
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Graz area
License plate :	GU
Surface:	6.24 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 55 '  N , 15 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 55 '16 "  N , 15 ° 28' 52"  E
Height :	309  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,383 (Jan 1, 2020)
Postal code :	8402
Area code :	03135
Community code :	6 06 55
Address of the municipal administration:	Bundesstrasse 135 8402 Werndorf
Website:	werndorf.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Willibald Rohrer ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (2020) (15 members)	9 5 1 9 5 1  A total of 15 seats SPÖ : 9 ÖVP : 5 FPÖ : 1
Location of Werndorf in the Graz-Umgebung district
The district heating power plant is the landmark of Werndorf that can be seen from afar
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Werndorf is an Austrian municipality south of Graz with 2383 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Styria in the Graz-Umgebung district .

geography

Geographical location

Werndorf is about 15 kilometers south of the provincial capital Graz in the Graz Basin . The community lies on the Mur .

Community structure

There are no other cadastral communities and localities except Werndorf, the community area is 6.24 km². Districts are:

Railway settlement, heaven, northern settlement, scythe factory, settlements and western settlement.

Neighboring communities

	Kalsdorf near Graz
Wound shoe		Fernitz-Mellach
	Wildon

history

In 1144, Werndorf was first mentioned in a document as a donation to Rein Abbey under the name “Zuwerendorf”. The name goes back to the Old High German personal name Wero / Waro . Until the abolition of the landlord in 1848, the Rhine Abbey was the largest landlord in the area. The local communities as autonomous corporations came into being in 1850. Werndorf came to the community of Kalsdorf as a tax community.

In 1914, due to frequent disputes, the Styrian state parliament decided to separate the village of Werndorf from the municipality of Kalsdorf, but this was only implemented on January 18, 1917. After the annexation 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.

Population development

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Werndorf

Museums

• The Neumühle Bicycle Museum is located in the outbuilding of an old mill and is privately owned. It houses everything “to do with bicycles”, from high bikes and low bikes to sports bikes as exhibits and on (old) photos.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Pyhrn Autobahn A 9 touches the municipality and can be reached via the junctions Wundschuh (exit 197) and Wildon (exit 202). The Grazer Straße B 67 from Graz to Leibnitz runs directly through the municipality.

Werndorf has a freight terminal for combined transport on the southern line and its own train station. Most of the time , S-Bahn trains to Graz and Spielfeld - Straß run every hour , and at shorter intervals during rush hour . The bus connections from Graz to Leibnitz also run via Werndorf.

The Graz Airport is about eight kilometers away.

Established businesses

• The Isovolta was founded in Werndorf 1949th Today part of the production is located in the municipality.
• The Belgian company Allnex produces synthetic resins in Werndorf.

• Historical maps of the Werndorf area
• 

  “Padendorf”: Josephinische Landesaufnahme , approx. 1790

• 

  Franzisco-Josephinische Landaufnahme , ca.1910

politics

mayor

Mayor is Willibald Rohrer (SPÖ).

The community board also includes the deputy mayor Alexander Ernst (SPÖ) and the community treasurer Christian Aldrian (ÖVP).

Municipal council

The council sat down after the municipal elections of 2015 as follows:

• 9 SPÖ
• 4 ÖVP
• 2 FPÖ

The last municipal council elections brought the following results:

Political party	2020			2015			2010			2005			2000
	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.	St.	%	M.
SPÖ				702	57	9	732	59	9	859	72	11	736	65	10
ÖVP				311	25th	4th	367	30th	5	339	28	04th	307	27	04th
FPÖ				212	17th	2	75	06th	1	not running			082	07th	01
BZÖ				not running			065	05	0	not running			not running
voter turnout				67%			71%			73%			77%

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded with effect from October 1, 1983.

The blazon reads:

"An octagonal silver umbrella board in green on a silver crown, with a black panther growing in it."

Honorary citizen

• 1976: Johann Bammer (1922–2017), Provincial Councilor

Web links

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

• 60655 - Werndorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• werndorf.gv.at Website of the municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 50 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).
2. ↑ Werndorf municipality: municipal council , accessed on July 14, 2019.
3. ↑ Communications from the Styrian State Archives 34, 1984, p. 36