Waldbach-Mönichwald

Waldbach-Mönichwald
Waldbach-Mönichwald
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°26′50″N 15°52′57″E / 47.44722°N 15.88250°E / 47.44722; 15.88250Coordinates: 47°26′50″N 15°52′57″E / 47.44722°N 15.88250°E / 47.44722; 15.88250
Country Austria
State Styria
District Hartberg-Fürstenfeld
Government
 • Mayor Stefan Hold (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total 53.97 km2 (20.84 sq mi)
Elevation 625 m (2,051 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
 • Total 1,538
 • Density 28/km2 (74/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes 8251, 8252, 8253
Website waldbach.riskommunal.net
Parish church "Holy Georg" in Waldbach
Parish church "Holy Peter and Paul" in Mönichwald

Waldbach-Mönichwald is a municipality since 2015 in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District of Styria, Austria.

The municipality was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[2] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Waldbach and Mönichwald.[3]

A petition against the merger, raised by the town Waldbach at the constitutional court, was not successful.[4]

Geography

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following six hamlets (populations as of January 2015[5]):

  • Arzberg (415)
  • Breitenbrunn (81)
  • Karnerviertel (567)
  • Rieglerviertel (83)
  • Schmiedviertel (303)
  • Schrimpf (97)

The municipality consists of the five Katastralgemeinden: Arzberg, Karnerviertl, Rieglerviertl, Schmiedviertl and Schrimpf.

Tourism

The municipality formed, together with Fischbach, Miesenbach, Ratten, Rettenegg, Strallegg, St. Kathrein am Hauenstein, St. Jakob im Walde, Birkfeld, Wenigzell and Vorau, the tourism agency "Joglland-Waldheimat". The base is in the town St. Jakob im Walde.[6]

Politics

Mayor

In the election for the town council in April 2015, Stefan Hold (ÖVP) from Mönichwald was elected as the first mayor of the newly formed municipality.[7]

The municipal court also included deputy mayor Arrigo Kurz (ÖVP) and the town treasurer Martin Übelher (SPÖ), both from Waldbach.[7]

Until 31 December 2014, Andreas Riegler (ÖVP) in town Waldbach and Josef Freiberger (ÖVP), in the town Mönichwald, were the incumbent mayors. In the merger of the municipalities, there was at first no mayor. Thereby in protest against the merger, none of the former town politicians were to be mayor, and from the Landesregierung Steiermark with Franz Schröck, a Mitarbeiter of the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, was installed as interim commissioner. This had led to the resulting duties until the election of the mayor during the inaugural meeting of the Municipal Council.[8]

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 15 members. After the results of the 2015 election, the council convened with the following members:

At the session of the town council, the groups of both former municipalities were there, with eight members from Waldbach and seven from Mönichwald.[7]

The prior elections brought the following results:

Party 2015 2010 2005 2000
merged municipalityWaldbachMönich-
wald		WaldbachMönich-
wald		WaldbachMönich-
wald
Vote%Mand. V.%M. V.%M. V.%M. V.%M. V.%M. V.%M.
ÖVP 581548 303596 394636 282515 361576 329626 339579
SPÖ 270254 133262 178293 184343 230363 136262 200345
FPÖ 218203 77151 5080 83151 4160 64121 58101
Counts 1,323 629 744 646 753 620 746
Percentage 82% 83% 85% 85% 85% 87% 82%

Demographics

YearMönichwaldWaldbachTotal
18698447451589
18808917241615
18908516951546
19008537031556
19109017401641
19238687031571
19349508091759
19399348861820
19518888651753
19619188671785
19719239561879
198110349201954
199110659011966
20019757971772
20118987231621
20148646931557

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Waldbach-Mönichwald.
  2. ↑ Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform.
  3. ↑ § 3 Abs. 4 Z 6 StGsrG, Landesgesetzblatt für die Steiermark Nr. 31, Jahrgang 2014. Template:ZDB-ID.
  4. ↑ Erkenntnis des VfGH vom 23. September 2014, G 44/2014, V 46/2014 über die Anträge der Gemeinde Waldbach.
  5. ↑ Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1.1.2015 nach Ortschaften
  6. ↑ Grazer Zeitung. "Amtsblatt für die Steiermark". 30 December 2014, 210. Jahrgang, 52. Stück. Nr. 307. ZDB-ID 1291268-2 p. 626.
  7. 1 2 3 Gemeinde Waldbach-Mönichwald: Gemeinderat (accessed on 28 May 2015).
  8. ↑ Kleine Zeitung vom 30. Dezember 2014: Beamter übernimmt Amt des Bürgermeisters (abgerufen am 19. April 2015)
  • "Municipal data for Waldbach-Mönichwald". Statistik Austria.
  • Gemeinde Waldbach-Mönichwald: official Internet page (accessed on 27 May 2015).
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