Wolfsberg in the Schwarzautal

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Wolfsberg Church in the Schwarzautal

Wolfsberg in the Schwarzautal was a market town in Styria . As part of the municipal structural reform in Styria , it was merged with the municipalities of Breitenfeld am Tannenriegel , Hainsdorf in the Schwarzautal , Mitterlabill and Schwarzau in the Schwarzautal on January 1, 2015 . The new municipality bears the name Schwarzautal . The basis for this was a joint application from these communities.

geography

Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal is located in the Leibnitz district in the Austrian state of Styria .

structure

The former municipal area includes the following three localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Marchtring (220)
• Wolferberg (82)
• Wolfsberg in the Schwarzautal (571)

The community consisted of two cadastral communities :

• Marchtring
• Wolfsberg

history

It has been known since around 1220 that Wolfsberg and the neighboring towns were under the rule of the Styrian duke. They stayed that way until the 17th century. Thereafter, until the peasants' liberation in 1848, the landlord was the lordship of Straß in the lower Murtal valley. 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 1969 a part of the cadastral community Marchtring was attached to the community.

politics

mayor

The last mayor was Rupert Wahrlich from the Active Rupert Wahrlich list until December 31, 2014.

Municipal council

The municipal council was also dissolved on December 31, 2014 when it was merged to form the Schwarzautal municipality. Until then, based on the result of the 2010 municipal council election, it was composed as follows:

• 4 Mandate List Active Rupert Verlich,
• 4 mandates ÖVP and
• 1 mandate SPÖ

coat of arms

The coat of arms, awarded in 1970, shows "in a shield split from silver to green at the front an upright black wolf with a chipped red tongue and red eyes, at the back a golden three-mountain topped by a golden bishop's cap."

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Schwarzautal

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1970 Josef Krainer (1903–1971), governor
• 1979 Friedrich Niederl (1920–2012), governor

Sons and daughters

• Johann Pock (* 1965), theologian

Personalities associated with Wolfsberg in the Schwarzautal

• Daniela Schuster (* 1973), former skier and world champion in deep snow skiing

Individual evidence

1. ^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
2. ^ Announcement of the Styrian regional government of October 3, 2013 on the unification of the market community Wolfsberg in the Schwarzautal and the communities Breitenfeld am Tannenriegel, Hainsdorf in the Schwarzautal, all political district Leibnitz, and the communities Mitterlabill and Schwarzau in the Schwarzautal, both political district of Southeast Styria. Provincial Law Gazette for Styria dated June 26, 2014. No. 75, year 2014. ZDB -ID 705127-x . P. 1.
3. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

Web links

Commons : Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 61048 - Wolfsberg in the Schwarzautal. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Coordinates: 46 ° 50 ′ 39.6 "  N , 15 ° 39 ′ 32.8"  E