Sankt Veit in der Südsteiermark

Sankt Veit in der Südsteiermark is a municipality since 2015 in the Leibnitz District of Styria, Austria. The population was 4,069 residents (as of 1 January 2016).

Sankt Veit in der Südsteiermark
Sankt Veit in der Südsteiermark
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°44′52″N 15°37′36″E
CountryAustria
StateStyria
DistrictMurtal
Government
 • MayorManfred Tatzl (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total68.42 km2 (26.42 sq mi)
Elevation
260 m (850 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total4,062
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8423, 8421, 8422, 8435, 8481
Area code03453
Websitewww.st-veit-suedsteiermark.gv.at
The namesake Catholic Pfarrkirche church, Hl. Veit.

The municipality, Sankt Veit in der Südsteiermark, was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[3] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Sankt Veit am Vogau and Sankt Nikolai ob Draßling, both in the political district Leibnitz, plus the town Weinburg am Saßbach in the political Südoststeiermark District.[4]

The borders of the Südoststeiermark District and Leibnitz District were shifted, so that the new municipality would lie completely within Leibnitz District.[5]

The former municipality Weinburg am Saßbach was until the end of 2012 in Radkersburg District and had the Kfz-code "RA“. From the middle of 2013 until the end of 2014, the code had abbreviation "SO"; in 2015 it was set as "LB".

Geography

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following 11 Katastralgemeinden and 16 sections (populations as of 1 January 2015[6]):

Katastralgemeinden
  • Hütt     (592.49 ha or 1,464.1 acres)
  • Labuttendorf (478.95 ha)
  • Lind     (342.25 ha or 845.7 acres)
  • Lipsch (333.30 ha)
  • Neutersdorf (353.21 ha)
  • Perbersdorf bei St. Veit (413.10 ha)
  • Pichla (698.92 ha)
  • St. Nikolai ob Draßling (1,174.97 ha)
  • St. Veit am Vogau (1,015.12 ha)
  • Siebing   (525.90 ha or 1,299.5 acres)
  • Weinburg (936.87 ha or 2,315.1 acres)
Ortschaften
  • Hütt (185)
  • Labuttendorf (173)
  • Leitersdorf (135)
  • Lind bei St. Veit am Vogau (220)
  • Lipsch (182)
  • Marchtring (19)
  • Neutersdorf (92)
  • Perbersdorf bei Sankt Veit (146)
  • Pichla bei Mureck (156)
  • Priebing (101)
  • Rabenhof (149)
  • Sankt Nikolai ob Draßling (771)
  • Sankt Veit am Vogau (598)
  • Siebing (272)
  • Wagendorf (515)
  • Weinburg am Saßbach (363)

Neighboring municipalities

The municipality is bordered by seven neighboring towns, four were in Südoststeiermark District (SO).

Demographics
Egedacher-Orgel der Veitskirche
Pfarrhof in St. Veit am Vogau
Schloss Weinburg am Saßbach

Politics

Mayor

Manfred Tatzl (ÖVP) was elected mayor of the newly formed municipality on 20 April 2015, in the inaugural meeting of the Municipal Council.[7] Tatzl was already, at the end of 2014, the mayor of the former municipality of St. Veit am Vogau and led from January 1, 2015, the transactions of the merged municipality as government commissioner.

Josef Pratter, the nearly 25-year mayor of St. Nikolai ob Draßling, was and the former mayor of the municipality of Weinburg am Saßbach, Susanne Lucchesi-Palli, came to the election.[8]

With the results from April 30, 2015, Manfred Tatzl traveled by his council mandate, because he wants to conduct the business of the merged municipality as a "People's Mayor". [7]

The town council also includes the first deputy mayor Gerhard Rohrer, the second Deputy Mayor Harald Schögler, the municipality treasurer Georg Pock and board member Rudolf Reinprecht.[7][9]

Municipality council

The town council has 21 members. After the 2015 election, the council had the following results:[9]

  • 12 Mandate ÖVP
  • 06 Mandate SPÖ
  • 03 Mandate FPÖ

The prior elections brought the following results:

Party 2015 2010
St. Veit in der
Südsteiermark		St. Veit
am Vogau		St. Nikolai
ob Draßling		Weinburg
am Saßbach
Votes%Mandate St.%M. St.%M. St.%M.
ÖVP 14585612 767589 5887411 4976910
SPÖ 7362806 518396 1071302 not running
FPÖ 04211603 043030 0991202 not running
Einigkeit lohnt sich not running not running not running 2283105
Counts 3.444 1.530 927 912
Percentage 77% 87% 87% 83%

Coat of arms
  • Wappen der Vorgängergemeinden
  • Sankt Veit am Vogau
  • Sankt Nikolai ob Draßling
  • Weinburg am Saßbach

All three predecessors had a town crest. Because of the merger, the crests lost their official validity on January 1, 2015. The authorization of the municipal coat of arms for the joined community took effect on 25 October 2016.[10]
Blazon (crest description):

"Above the silvery shield-foot, over a black, silver-floated wave-beam green three grapes growing from common origin upward and two flat wine leaves, in blue a golden, richly arranged and of window and door fifteenfold black perforated with volute gable and two with Knauf and cross at golden towers; between these, a silver lion's head".

References
  1. "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform
  4. Kundmachung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung of 28 November 2013, about the union of market town Sankt Veit am Vogau and the municipality Sankt Nikolai ob Draßling, both in Leibnitz District, and the town Weinburg am Saßbach, in political district Südoststeiermark. Landesgesetzblatt für die Steiermark. 26 June 2014. Nr. 72, Jahrgang 2014. ZDB-ID 705127-x. p. 1.
  5. Verordnung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung vom 10. Juli 2014, mit der die Steiermärkische Bezirkshauptmannschaftenverordnung geändert wird. Landesgesetzblatt für die Steiermark. 10 September 2014. Nr. 99 Jahrgang 2014. ZDB-ID 705127-x.
  6. Einwohner nach Ortschaften (Excel-Datei, 766 KB); accessed 29 July 2015
  7. Gemeinde St. Veit in der Südsteiermark: Gemeindenachrichten Juni 2015 (pdf-Dokument, 367 KB), abgerufen am 15. Juni 2015
  8. Gemeinden St. Nikolai ob Draßling, Weinburg am Saßbach und St. Veit am Vogau: Gemeinsam Geschafft – Amtliche Informationszeitung der Gemeinden St. Nikolai ob Draßling, Weinburg am Saßbach und St. Veit am Vogau, 4. Ausgabe 4/2014 Archived 2015-07-01 at the Wayback Machine (pdf-Dokument, 4,02 MB), abgerufen am 15. Juni 2015
  9. Gemeinde St. Veit in der Südsteiermark: Gemeindenachrichten März 2015 (pdf-Dokument, 500 KB), abgerufen am 15. Juni 2015
  10. 124. Verlautbarung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung vom 13. Oktober 2016 über die Verleihung des Rechtes zur Führung eines Gemeindewappens an die Marktgemeinde Sankt Veit in der Südsteiermark (politischer Bezirk Leibnitz), abgerufen am 28. Oktober 2016
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