Wolfsberg, Carinthia
Wolfsberg | ||
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 Riverside and Wolfsberg Castle | ||
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Postal code 9400 | ||
| Area code | 04352 | |
| Website | www.wolfsberg.at | |
Wolfsberg Carinthia, Austria, the capital of Wolfsberg District.
Geography
The town is situated within the
. Wolfsberg's municipal area of 279 km2 (108 sq mi) is the fourth largest in Austria.
The municipality comprises 40 cadastral communities (Surface area in hectares 31. Dezember 2019):
- Aichberg (1.897,01 ha)
- Auen (600,55 ha)
- Forst (2.458,67 ha)
- Gräbern-Prebl (1.495,09 ha)
- Gries (93,78 ha)
- Hartelsberg (1.188,11 ha)
- Hattendorf (243,20 ha)
- Hintertheißenegg (1.444,63 ha)
- Kleinedling (435,20 ha)
- Kleinwinklern (48,62 ha)
- Lading (2.335,45 ha)
- Leiwald (1.428,66 ha)
- Michaelsdorf (348,40 ha)
- Oberleidenberg (1.162,33 ha)
- Paildorf (138,81 ha)
- Pfaffendorf (101,08 ha)
- Preims (1.939,64 ha)
- Priel (296,13 ha)
- Reding (149,89 ha)
- Reideben (114,35 ha)
- Reisberg (1.245,59 ha)
- Rieding (1.210,13 ha)
- Ritzing (92,89 ha)
- St. Jakob (107,35 ha)
- St. Johann (112,12 ha)
- St. Marein (110,33 ha)
- St. Margarethen (237,03 ha)
- St. Michael (470,82 ha)
- St. Stefan (732,21 ha)
- Schoßbach (14,49 ha)
- Schwemmtratten (45,88 ha)
- Thürn (516,80 ha)
- Unterleidenberg (334,56 ha)
- Vordergumitsch (545,23 ha)
- Vordertheißenegg (778,12 ha)
- Waldenstein (1.019,73 ha)
- Weißenbach (125,86 ha)
- Witra (2.185,37 ha)
- Wolfsberg Obere Stadt (15,49 ha)
- Wolfsberg Untere Stadt (11,20 ha)
The municipal area is divided into 65 villages (population in brackets as of 1 January 2020):
- Aichberg (255)
- Altendorf (415)
- Arling (51)
- Auen (810)
- Eselsdorf (27)
- Forst (292)
- Glein (62)
- Gräbern (121)
- Gries (1221)
- Großedling (243)
- Hartelsberg (166)
- Hartneidstein (31)
- Hattendorf (447)
- Hintertheißenegg (38)
- Kleinedling (1838)
- Kleinwinklern (86)
- Klippitztörl (43)
- Kötsch (12)
- Kragelsdorf (72)
- Lading (236)
- Lading Sonnseite (236)
- Lausing (55)
- Leiwald (12)
- Magersdorf (54)
- Maildorf (115)
- Michaelsdorf (223)
- Oberleidenberg (376)
- Paildorf (223)
- Pfaffendorf (121)
- Pollheim (381)
- Prebl (305)
- Preims (97)
- Priel (3032)
- Raggl (146)
- Reding (2852)
- Reideben (68)
- Reinfelsdorf (75)
- Reisberg (127)
- Rieding (276)
- Riegelsdorf (54)
- Ritzing (574)
- Schilting (64)
- Schleife (549)
- Schoßbach (189)
- Schwemmtratten (426)
- Siegelsdorf (227)
- St. Jakob (865)
- St. Johann (1056)
- St. Marein (363)
- St. Margarethen im Lavanttal (886)
- St. Michael (538)
- St. Stefan (1723)
- St. Thomas (203)
- Thürn (198)
- Unterleidenberg (217)
- Völking (175)
- Vordergumitsch (164)
- Vordertheißenegg (216)
- Waldenstein (126)
- Weißenbach Gumitsch (71)
- Weißenbach Rieding (35)
- Witra (121)
- Wois (8)
- Wolfsberg (718)
- Wolkersdorf (134)
- Wölling (121)
History
The area of Wolfsberg belonged to the estates within the medieval
St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal. The adjacent settlement became the administrative centre of Bamberg's Carinthian territories and in 1331 received town privileges
by Prince-Bishop Werntho Schenk von Reicheneck.
During the
Protestant Reformation the Bayerhofen Castle residence, first mentioned in 1239 and rebuilt in the 16th century, became a center of Lutheranism, which nevertheless was suppressed by the Counter-Reformation. In 1759 the Habsburg empress Maria Theresa acquired all Bamberg lands in Carinthia. Wolfsberg Castle was purchased by Count Hugo Henckel von Donnersmarck in 1846 and rebuilt in a Tudorbethan
style.
In World War II the village of Priel south of the town center was the site of the Stalag XVIII-A prisoner-of-war camp with about 7,000 inmates. After the war it served as a detention camp run by the British occupation forces.
Politics
Seats in the municipal council (Gemeinderat) as of 2015[update] local elections:
- Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 20
- Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ): 5
- Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 5
- NEOS: 3
- The Greens – The Green Alternative: 2
Twin towns
Wolfsberg is
twinned
with:
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Notable people
- historical documents (diplomatics).
- Christine Lavant (1915 in Großedling – 1973), poet and novelist
- Hermann Schmid, (DE Wiki) (born 1939), actor and director
- Ulrich Habsburg-Lothringen (born 1941), nobleman and politician, formerly The Greens
- Erwin Friedrich Wagner (born 1950), biochemist in cancer and molecular biology
- Dietmar W. Winkler (born 1963), scholar of patristics and ecclesiastical history.
- Elisabeth Köstinger (born 1978), politician (ÖVP)
Sport
- Hubert Baumgartner (born 1955), former football player and manager, played 408 games.
- Walter Kogler (born 1967), football player and coach; played over 430 games and 28 for Austria
- Heinz Arzberger (born 1972), football goalkeeper, played 200 games
- Patrick Friesacher (born 1980), racing driver
- Kai Schoppitsch (born 1980), football player, played over 200 games
- Christian Prawda (born 1982), football player, played over 350 games
- Marlies Hanschitz (born 1986), retired footballer who played 45 games for Austria women
- Eva Wutti (born 1989), triathlete and cyclist
References
- ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Amt der Kärntner Landesregierung Archived 2015-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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