Stattegg is a Village and a suburb of

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, the capital of the

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. Stattegg has 2982 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2021) and consists of 13 Katastralgemeinden: Buch, Eichberg, Hochgreit, Hohenberg, Hub, Kalkleiten, Krail, Leber, Mühl, Neudorf, Rannach, Steingraben, Ursprung.

History

In medieval times the

Stadeck Stadeck was an important family of ''ministeriales'' in Styria during the 13th and 14th centuries. The family is named for Stattegg castle, beginning with Rudolph I (1192–1230). His son Rudolph II (d. 1261) was a leading minnesinger, featur ...

er were a dynasty of ''

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'' in the service of the sovereign of Styria. Their seat was the castle of Stadeck located in Hub, a part of Stattegg. Ulrich I von Stadeck was 26th arch bishop of

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(1256–1265), Rudolf von Stadegge was a minstrel, several were Landeshauptmann of Styria. 1400 the dynasty ended with Hans and Leuthold of Stadeck.Friedrich Stehlik: "Stattegg", Eigenverlag der Gemeinde Stattegg, 1984 Since 1951, the castle hill has been used by the Stattegg Volunteer Fire Fighters as a training ground.

Objects of Interest

* Church Maria Schutz in Kalkleiten * Old lime kiln (founded 1890, stopped 1966, classified as a historical monument since 1981) * Well of Andritz-Ursprung (Jakob-Lorber Begegnungsstätte)

Citizens of honor

* 1952 Josef Krainer (1903–1971), Landeshauptmann * 1952 Ulrich Lässer, Gemeinderat * 1954 Heribert Ringer, Bürgermeister 1951–1965 * 1965 Alexander Mayer * 1978 Friedrich Niederl (1920–2012), Landeshauptmann * 1978 Eduard Matzenauer, Bürgermeister 1965–1988 * 1984 Josef Krainer Jr. (1930–2016), Landeshauptmann * 2006 Helmut Möstl, Bürgermeister 1988–2006

Relevant people, related to Stattegg

* Franz Feiertag (* 5. Dezember 1955 in Graz), European Champion in TREC 2010 *

Florian Kainz Florian Kainz (; born 24 October 1992) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln and the Austria national team. Club career In July 2014, after more than a decade with Sturm Graz, Graz na ...

(* 24. Oktober 1992), Austrian soccer player

External links

private weatherstation (german)

References

Graz Highlands Cities and towns in Graz-Umgebung District {{Styria-geo-stub