Premstätten is since January 2016 a new market town with 5,784 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in
Graz-Umgebung District
Bezirk Graz-Umgebung is a district of the state of Styria in Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it consists of the following municipalities:
* Deutschfeistritz
* Dobl-Zwaring
* Eggersdorf bei Graz
* Feldkirchen bei Graz
...
of
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
, Austria. However, it was previously founded in January 2015 as the town name "''Unterpremstätten-Zettling''".
The municipality was founded as part of the
Styria municipal structural reform
The Styria municipal structural reform (German: ''Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform'') was a local government reform in the Austrian state of Styria, which was made effective January 1, 2015. This reform nearly halved the number of Styrian ...
,
on 31 December 2014, from the dissolved independent municipalities
Unterpremstätten
Unterpremstätten is a former municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Premstätten
Premstätten is since January 2016 a new ...
and
Zettling
Zettling () is a former municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality of Premstätten
Premstätten is since January 2016 a new mar ...
.
One petition from the municipality Zettling against merging, at the Constitutional Court, was introduced but was unsuccessful.
After a corresponding municipal council, the municipality carries since 2016 the name "Premstätten".
Geography
Municipality arrangement
The municipal territory includes the following six sections or like-named
Katastralgemeinde
A cadastral community or cadastral municipality, is a Cadastre, cadastral subdivision of Municipality, municipalities in the nations of Austria,Cadastral Template for Austria, web-pageCT-AT Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Ser ...
n (areas and populations as of 1 January 2015):
* Bierbaum (633; )
* Hautzendorf (848; )
* Laa (492; )
* Oberpremstätten (1,247; 471.63 ha)
* Unterpremstätten (1985; )
* Zettling (418; )
Politics
Mayor
The first mayor after the merger, Anton Scherbinek (ÖVP), was elected by the municipal council on 20 April 2015 during the constitutive session. Until then, the Commissioner of the Government, Günter Scherübl had been in charge of official business since 1 January 2015.
Town council
The council consists of 25 members, which are made up of the following groups:
* 12
ÖVP
The Austrian People's Party (german: Österreichische Volkspartei , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria.
Since December 2021, the party has been led provisionally by Karl Nehammer. It is currentl ...
* 7 Liste Ingrid Baumhackl
* 4
SPÖ
The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...
* 1
FPÖ
The Freedom Party of Austria (german: Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Austria. It was led by Norbert Hofer from September 2019 to 1 June 2021.Staff (1 June 2021"Aust ...
* 1
Die Grünen Die Grünen (German for "the Greens") may refer to:
*The Greens – The Green Alternative
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The party was founded in 19 ...
The prior elections brought the following results:
1) The municipality amalgamation now carried was followed in the voting results.
2) The notional comparison election shows at Fusion municipalities summed votes of the original communities. Therefore, comparisons are not possible.
Wappen
The coats of arms of the dissolved communities lost their official validity on January 1, 2015. The new award took effect on 25 January 2016.
The
blazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image. The verb ''to blazon'' means to create such a description. The vis ...
(crest description) reads:
: "Above a shield-foot with a red, silver-grooved brick wall, on the right in silver, a green spruce, on the left in blue, three natural bees".
Infrastructure
Safety
In Premstätten, the Polizeiinspektion (PI) established that the district police command is under Graz-Umgebung. The PI is locally responsible for the municipalities of Premstätten and Dobl-Zwaring.
Furthermore, the highway patrol inspection (API) Graz West for the A2 and A9 motorways has its headquarters in Premstätten Bäckweg, founded in 1974 as a department of the highway
gendarmerie
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A gendarmerie () is a military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population. The term ''gendarme'' () is derived from the medieval French expression ', which translates to " men-at-arms" (literally, ...
.
[http://www.regionews.at/newsdetail/40_Jahre_Autobahnpolizei_Graz_West-95837 40 Jahre Autobahnpolizei Graz-West, Regionews.at 9 October 2014, retrieved 25 December 2015.]
Culture and sights
References
External links
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Cities and towns in Graz-Umgebung District