Waldbach-Mönichwald

Coordinates: 47°26′50″N 15°52′57″E / 47.44722°N 15.88250°E / 47.44722; 15.88250
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Waldbach-Mönichwald
Postal code
8251, 8252, 8253
Websitewaldbach.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,[3]
at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Waldbach and Mönichwald.[4]

A petition against the merger, raised by the town Waldbach at the constitutional court, was not successful.[5]

Geography

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following six hamlets (populations as of January 2015[6]):

  • 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.[7]

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.[8]

The municipal court also included deputy mayor Arrigo Kurz (ÖVP) and the town treasurer Martin Übelher (SPÖ), both from Waldbach.[8]

Until 31 December 2014, Andreas Riegler (

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.[9]

Municipal council

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

  • 8 Mandate
    ÖVP
    ,
  • 4 Mandate
    SPÖ
    and
  • 3 Mandate
    FPÖ
    .

At the session of the town council, the groups of both former municipalities were there, with eight members from Waldbach and seven from Mönichwald.[8]

The prior elections brought the following results:

Party 2015 2010 2005 2000
merged municipality Waldbach Mönich-
wald		 Waldbach Mönich-
wald		 Waldbach Mönich-
wald
Vote % Mand. V. % M. V. % M. V. % M. V. % M. V. % M. V. % M.
ÖVP
 581 54 8 303 59 6 394 63 6 282 51 5 361 57 6 329 62 6 339 57 9
SPÖ
 270 25 4 133 26 2 178 29 3 184 34 3 230 36 3 136 26 2 200 34 5
FPÖ
 218 20 3 077 15 1 050 08 0 083 15 1 041 06 0 064 12 1 058 10 1
Counts 1,323 629 744 646 753 620 746
Percentage 82% 83% 85% 85% 85% 87% 82%

Demographics

Year Mönichwald Waldbach Total
1869 0844 745 1589
1880 0891 724 1615
1890 0851 695 1546
1900 0853 703 1556
1910 0901 740 1641
1923 0868 703 1571
1934 0950 809 1759
1939 0934 886 1820
1951 0888 865 1753
1961 0918 867 1785
1971 0923 956 1879
1981 1034 920 1954
1991 1065 901 1966
2001 0975 797 1772
2011 0898 723 1621
2014 0864 693 1557

References

  1. ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform.
  4. ZDB-ID 705127-x
    .
  5. ^ Erkenntnis des VfGH 23 September 2014, G 44/2014, V 46/2014 über die Anträge der Gemeinde Waldbach.
  6. ^ Statistik Austria, as of 1 January 2015
  7. ZDB-ID 1291268-2
    p. 626.
  8. ^ a b c Gemeinde Waldbach-Mönichwald: Gemeinderat (accessed on 28 May 2015).
  9. ^ Kleine Zeitung 30 December 2014: Beamter übernimmt Amt des Bürgermeisters (retrieved 19 April 2015)

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