Gutenberg-Stenzengreith

Gutenberg-Stenzengreith is a municipality since 2015 in the Weiz District of Styria, Austria. It was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform, at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns of Gutenberg an der Raabklamm and Stenzengreith.[3] [4]

Gutenberg-Stenzengreith
Coat of arms
Gutenberg-Stenzengreith
Location within Austria
Gutenberg-Stenzengreith
Gutenberg-Stenzengreith (Austria)
Coordinates: 47°12′32″N 15°33′47″E
Country Austria
StateStyria
DistrictWeiz
Government
 • MayorVinzenz Mautner (SPÖ)
Area
 • Total27.68 km2 (10.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total1,773
 • Density64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8061, 8160, 8162
Area code03132, 03172
Websitewww.gutenberg-stenzengreith.gv.at

Geography

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following five sections and like-named Katastralgemeinden (populations and areas: as of 2015[5][6]):

Katastralgemeinde /
Ortschaft		AreaPopulation
1 Jan 2015
Garrach1,045.00 ha (2,582.3 acres)467
Kleinsemmering416.96 ha (1,030.3 acres)754
Plenzengreith476.11 ha (1,176.5 acres)181
Stenzengreith578.02 ha (1,428.3 acres)207
Stockheim261.44 ha (646.0 acres)146

Politics

Mayor

On 27 April 2015, Vinzenz Mautner (SPÖ) was elected mayor. Mautner was clear to see the vote prevail against the former mayor of Gutenberg and the interim government commissioner, Thomas Wild, with 7:8 votes.[7] Thomas Wild had to settle for vice-mayor, and town treasurer as Erwin Neubauer (ÖVP) of the municipality.[7]

Town council

The municipal council consists of 15 members and convened on the results of the 2015 election as follows:

The prior elections brought the following results:

Party 2015 2010 2005 2000
merged town Gutenberg Stenzengreith Gutenberg Stenzengreith Gutenberg Stenzengreith
Stimmen%Mandate St.%M. St.%M. St.%M. St.%M. St.%M. St.%M.
ÖVP 487417 486589 223575 494589 227606 411558 183525
SPÖ 401335 354426 078202 294345 095252 240325 116333
FPÖ 132111 not running 092232 not running 055151 050071 053151
Die Grünen 182152 not running not running 065081 not running 048061 not running
Wahlbeteiligung 83% 85% 90% 85% 87% 87% 89%

Coat of arms

The award of the town crest followed with Wirkung of 1 August 1984 to the town Gutenberg an der Raabklamm. By way of the merger, the crest lost its official validity on 1 January 2015. The new award was on 15 February 2015.[8]
Blazon (crest description):

"In ermine, a black anchor inverted (Wurfparte)“.[9]

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 vom 10. Oktober 2013 über die Vereinigung der Gemeinden Gutenberg an der Raabklamm und Stenzengreith, beide politischer Bezirk Weiz. Steiermärkisches Landesgesetzblatt of 15 November 2013. Nr. 118, 32. Stück. ZDB-ID 705127-x. p. 630.
  5. "Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1.1.2015 nach Ortschaften". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  6. KG-Flächen 2015, auf stmk.gv.at
  7. Kleine Zeitung of 27 April 2015: Machtwechsel in Gutenberg-Stenzengreith, accessed on 29 April 2015.
  8. 24. Verlautbarung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung vom 4. Februar 2016 über die Verleihung des Rechtes zur Führung eines Gemeindewappens an die Gemeinde Gutenberg-Stenzengreith (politischer Bezirk Weiz), accessed on 12 February 2016
  9. Heinrich Purkarthofer. "Die in den Jahren 1984 und 1985 vergebenen steirischen Gemeindewappen" (PDF). Landesarchiv Steiermark. p. 46. Retrieved 2015-06-15.


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