Schwarzautal

Schwarzautal is a market town since 2015 with 2,299 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in the Leibnitz District of Styria, Austria.

The municipality was founded as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,
at the end of 2014, by merging the five former towns: Schwarzau im Schwarzautal, Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal, Breitenfeld am Tannenriegel, Hainsdorf im Schwarzautal and Mitterlabill.

The towns Mitterlabill and Schwarzau im Schwarzautal lied in the political district Südoststeiermark, while the other towns lied in the district of Leibnitz. The boundaries of the districts and the judicial districts have been changed so that the new community is now fully in the district and jurisdiction Leibnitz.

Until the end of 2012 the former municipalities Mitterlabill and Schwarzau im Schwarzautal lied in the Feldbach District and had the indicating plate letters "FB". From mid-2013 until the end of 2014, the letters "SO" were assigned, since 2015 "LB" indicates the Leibnitz district.

Geography

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes nine Katastralgemeinden and 12 towns (populations and areas as of January 2015):
;Katastralgemeinden

* Breitenfeld ()
* Hainsdorf (431.40 ha)
* Maggau (517.50 ha)
* Marchtring (334.34 ha)
* Matzelsdorf (237.19 ha)
* Mitterlabill (495.21 ha)
* Schwarzau (538.45 ha)
* Unterlabill ()
* Wolfsberg ()

; Town

* Breitenfeld am Tannenriegel (196)
* Hainsdorf im Schwarzautal (142)
* Maggau (156)
* Marchtring (215)
* Matzelsdorf (85)
* Mitterlabill (223)
* Schwarzau im Schwarzautal (260)
* Seibuttendorf (199)
* Techensdorf (53)
* Unterlabill (163)
* Wölferberg (94)
* Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal (526)

Neighboring municipalities

The municipality is enclosed by ten neighboring communities, four of them lie in the Südoststeiermark District (SO).

Demographics

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bar:1890 from:start till:2820 text:2.820
bar:1900 from:start till:2825 text:2.825
bar:1910 from:start till:2816 text:2.816
bar:1923 from:start till:2690 text:2.690
bar:1934 from:start till:2622 text:2.622
bar:1939 from:start till:2496 text:2.496
bar:1951 from:start till:2434 text:2.434
bar:1961 from:start till:2298 text:2.298
bar:1971 from:start till:2481 text:2.481
bar:1981 from:start till:2501 text:2.501
bar:1991 from:start till:2458 text:2.458
bar:2001 from:start till:2434 text:2.434
bar:2011 from:start till:2344 text:2.344
bar:2016 from:start till:2299 text:2.299

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Politics

Mayor

Alois Trummer (ÖVP) was elected in the inaugural meeting of the Municipal Council in April 2015 as mayor of the new municipality.

The municipal council further includes the Deputy Mayor Martin Kohl (ÖVP) and the municipality treasurer Rupert Wahrlich (Schwarzautal Active - List Rupert Wahrlich).

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 15 members. According to the results of the municipal elections in 2015, the seat allocation is as follows:
* 8 seats ÖVP
* 6 seats Schwarzautal Aktiv – Liste Rupert Wahrlich
* 1 seat FPÖ

The prior elections had the following results:

: ''All percents are based on the total count.''

Coat of arms

AUT Breitenfeld am Tannenriegel COA.jpg, Breitenfeld am Tannenriegel
AUT Hainsdorf im Schwarzautal COA.png, Hainsdorf im Schwarzautal
AUT Schwarzau im Schwarzautal COA.png, Schwarzau im Schwarzautal
AUT Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal COA.jpg, Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal

Four of the five predecessor towns had a town crest. Because of the merger, they lost their official validity on January 1, 2015. The authorization of the municipal coat of arms, for the fusion community, was carried out with effect from 15 July 2016.

Blazon (crest description):
: "A black, silver-flooded hive, cut in from the upper edge of the shield, in red on each side a three-leafed, seven-beaded silver meadowspowder, and in green center are three (1:2) similar plants".94. Verlautbarung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung vom 30. Juni 2016 über die Verleihung des Rechtes zur Führung eines Gemeindewappens an die Marktgemeinde Schwarzautal (politischer Bezirk Leibnitz)
accessed on 28 October 2016.

Culture and sights

References

External links

* Gemeinde Schwarzautal
''Official Internet site''

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Cities and towns in Leibnitz District