Zwatzhof

Zwatzhof ( Rotte ) locality
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Sankt Veit an der Glan  (SV), Carinthia
Judicial district	Sankt Veit an der Glan
Pole. local community	Metnitz   ( KG  Metnitz Land / Grades )
Coordinates	46 ° 58 ′ 30 ″  N , 14 ° 16 ′ 21 ″  E Coordinates: 46 ° 58 ′ 30 ″  N , 14 ° 16 ′ 21 ″  E
height	741  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	23 (January 1, 2020)
Building status	12 (January 1, 2011 )
Statistical identification
Locality code	01527
Counting district / district	Grades / Metnitz (02518 X [001/000])
Metnitztal. In the middle of the picture on the street Haus Zwatzhof No. 3, slightly above it on the left the large Gut Zwatzhof (No. 1).
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; KAGIS

Zwatzhof is a village in the Carinthian market town of Metnitz with 23 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The village is partly (2001: 4 buildings, house numbers 1–2) in the area of ​​the cadastral community Metnitz Land , partly (2001: 8 buildings, house numbers 3–12) in the area of ​​the cadastral community Grades .

location

The village is located to the east below the village of Grades and extends along the Metznitztal state road L62.

history

The Zwatzhof (today Zwatzhof No. 1) has been owned by the Nagele family since 1730. For centuries it was one of the most valuable properties in the Metniz valley; the owner was considered the largest timber merchant in the valley.

In 1848 Kajetan Nagele was sent from the Zwatzhof as a member of the Reichstag. In the course of the reforms after the revolution of 1848/49, the houses in the area of ​​the cadastral municipality of Grades became part of the municipality of Grades , while the houses in the area of ​​the cadastral municipality of Metnitz Land became part of the municipality of Metnitz. The fact that in 1938 the Nagele company paid the employees at Zwatzhof extraordinary wages on the occasion of the referendum on the annexation of Austria to the German Reich and appealed to "stand united behind our great Führer" was an example worth following. It was not until the 20th century that Zwatzhof was designated as a separate village; before that, the local houses had been assigned to the neighboring villages (such as Klachl ). In 1973 the municipalities of Grades and Metnitz were merged, so that the entire village now belongs to the municipality of Metnitz.

Population development

The following population figures were counted for the village:

• 1961: 17 houses, 157 inhabitants (of which the hamlet with 9 houses and 76 inhabitants and the hunting lodge with 2 buildings and 0 inhabitants in the area of ​​the municipality of Grades, the scattered settlement with 6 houses and 81 inhabitants in the area of ​​the cadastral municipality of Metnitz Land)
• 1991: 53 inhabitants (thereof 23 residents in the area of ​​the cadastral community Grades, 30 in the area of ​​the cadastral community Metnitz Land)
• 2001: 12 buildings, 31 residents (of which 8 buildings and 17 residents in the area of ​​the cadastral community Grades, 4 buildings and 14 residents in the area of ​​the cadastral community Metnitz Land)
• 2011: 12 buildings, 21 residents

Parts of the village

Stegerhof

In the area of ​​the village is the Stegerhof , which goes back to a medieval nobleman’s seat.

Personalities

• Kajetan Nagele (1800–1882), member of the Reichstag 1848–1849

Infrastructure

As early as 1906, an electricity plant was built on the Metnitz near the Stegerhofmühle, which supplied Grades and the Zwatzhof with electricity. In 1912 the Zwatzhof received a telephone connection. There is a helicopter landing pad at the Zwatzhof ( ICAO code LOKZ ).

literature

• Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the Kaj wood pulp and cardboard factory. Nagele Zwatzhof Metnitztal - Carinthia. 1960.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Statistics Austria (Ed.): Local directory 2001 Carinthia. Vienna 2004. p. 115.
3. ^ Anton Kreuzer: Carinthian biographical sketches, Volume 3. Kärntner Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, 1996. P. 35.
4. ^ Carinthian news: Grades - At the wrong place .. In:  Kärntner Zeitung / Kärntner Tagblatt , August 3, 1902, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
5. ↑ Degree - Common good comes before self-interest .. In:  Free votes. German Kärntner Landes-Zeitung / Free votes. Southern German-Alpine daily newspaper. Deutsche Kärntner Landeszeitung , April 8, 1938, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
6. ^ Austrian Central Statistical Office: Directory of Austria. Edited on the basis of the results of the census of March 21, 1961. Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, 1965. p. 254.
7. ^ Austrian Central Statistical Office: Ortverzeichnis 1991. Volume 2, Österreichische Staatsdruckerei 1993. P. 163.
8. ^ Office of the Carinthian Provincial Government, Provincial Statistical Office: Carinthian Local Directory. Territorial status January 1, 2014. Klagenfurt, 2014. p. 44.
9. ^ Hermann Wiessner, Gerhard Seebach: Castles and palaces around Friesach, St. Veit, Wolfsberg. Birken-Verlag, Vienna, 2nd ext. Ed., 1977. p. 120.
10. ^ Kärntner Nachrichten: Grades - Electricity works. In:  Kärntner Zeitung / Kärntner Tagblatt , June 15, 1907, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).
11. ↑ St. Salvator .. In:  Grazer Tagblatt / Grazer Tagblatt. Organ of the German People's Party for the Alpine countries / Neues Grazer Tagblatt / Neues Grazer Morgenblatt. Morning edition of the Neues Grazer Tagblatt / Neues Grazer Abendblatt. Evening edition of the Neue Grazer Tagblatt / (Süddeutsches) Tagblatt with the illustrated monthly “Bergland” , December 6, 1912, p. 9 (online at ANNO ).