Ehrenhausen an der Weinstraße is a municipality with 2,623 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in the

Leibnitz District Bezirk Leibnitz () is a Districts of Austria, district of the States of Austria, state of Styria in Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it consists of the following municipalities: * Allerheiligen bei Wildon * Arnfels * ...

Styria Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...

, Austria. The municipality, Ehrenhausen an der Weinstraße, was formed 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. The reform nearly halved the number of Styrian ...

, at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns

Ehrenhausen Ehrenhausen is a former municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Ehrenhausen an der Weinstraße. Geography Ehrenhausen lies on the Mur river i ...

, Berghausen, Ratsch an der Weinstraße and

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. The municipality formed with Arnfels,

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, Oberhaag and Straß in Steiermark, the tourism agency "Die südsteirische Weinstraße" based in Leutschach an der Weinstraße.

Geography

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following eight sections (populations as of 2015): *

(1,101) * Ewitsch (393) * Ottenberg (110) * Ratsch an der Weinstraße (328) *

(382) * Unterlupitscheni (28) * Wielitsch (217) * Zieregg (16) The municipality consists of seven Katastralgemeinden (areas 2015Katastralgemeinden Stmk. 2015
(Excel file, 128 KB); retrieved 29 July 2015): *

() * Ewitsch () * Ottenberg (279.38 ha) * Ratsch (550.59 ha) *

(153.95 ha) * Unterlupitscheni (177.08 ha) * Wielitsch ()

Demographics

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Politics

Mayor

Martin Wratschko (ÖVP) was elected in the constituent session of the town council on 16 April 2015 as Bürgermeister.Gemeinde Ehrenhausen an der Weinstraße
''Gemeinderat''
retrieved 8 June 2015 Wratschko was until the end of 2014, the mayor of the former municipality Ehrenhausen. The municipality also includes: vice-mayor Johannes Zweytick (ÖVP) and town treasurer Detlef Gruber (SPÖ). Zweytick was, before 1 January 2015, the commissioner at the start of the newly merged municipality.

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 15 members. After the results of the 2015 election, the council convened with the following: * 8 Mandate

ÖVP The Austrian People's Party ( , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria. Since January 2025, the party has been led by Christian Stocker (as an acting leader). It is currently the second-largest p ...

* 6 Mandate

SPÖ The Social Democratic Party of Austria ( , SPÖ) is a social democratic political party in Austria. Founded in 1889 as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (, SDAPÖ) and later known as the Socialist Party of Austria () from 1945 unt ...

* 1 Mandat

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The last election brought the following results:

Gallery

Mausoleum Ehrenhausen.jpg, Mausoleum des Ruprecht von Eggenberg in Ehrenhausen Schloss Ehrenhausen.jpg, Schloss Ehrenhausen Georgi Schloss mit Reiterturm.jpg, Georgischlössl in Ehrenhausen Grenzland-Weinstraße border 20141016 2.jpg, The South Styrian wine route (''Grenzland-Weinstraße'') straddles the border of Austria and Slovenia (the white markings indicate the border).

References

External links

* Marktgemeinde Ehrenhausen an der Weinstraße
''Offizieller Internetauftritt der Gemeinde''
retrieved on 8 June 2014 . {{DEFAULTSORT:Ehrenhausen an der Weinstrasse Cities and towns in Leibnitz District