Gutenberg, Styria

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Gutenberg (Austria)
Coordinates: 47°12′32″N15°33′47″E / 47.20889°N 15.56306°E / 47.20889; 15.56306
CountryAustria
State Styria
District Weiz
Government
 •  Mayor Vinzenz Mautner (SPÖ)
Elevation
569 m (1,867 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)
 • Total1,773
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
8061, 8160, 8162
Area code +43 3132, 3172
Vehicle registration WZ
Website gutenberg.gv.at

Gutenberg is a municipality since 2015 in the Weiz District of Styria, Austria. It was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform, at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns of Gutenberg an der Raabklamm and Stenzengreith and named Gutenberg-Stenzengreith until May 2023. [1] [2]

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Geography

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following four sections and like-named Katastralgemeinden (populations and areas as of 2023 resp. 2019):

Katastralgemeinde /
Ortschaft		AreaPopulation
1 Jan 2015
Garrach 1,038.65 ha (2,566.6 acres)491
Kleinsemmering 415.79 ha (1,027.4 acres)780
Stenzengreith 575.52 ha (1,422.1 acres)204
Stockheim 262.03 ha (647.5 acres)161

Politics

Mayor

On 27 April 2015, Vinzenz Mautner (SPÖ) was elected mayor. Mautner was clear to see the vote prevail against the former mayor of Gutenberg and the interim government commissioner, Thomas Wild, with 7:8 votes. [3] Thomas Wild had to settle for vice-mayor, and town treasurer as Erwin Neubauer (ÖVP) of the municipality. [3]

Town council

The municipal council consists of 15 members and convened on the results of the 2020 election as follows:

The prior elections brought the following results:

Party2015201020052000
merged townGutenbergStenzengreithGutenbergStenzengreithGutenbergStenzengreith
Stimmen %MandateSt. %M.St. %M.St. %M.St. %M.St. %M.St. %M.
ÖVP 48741748658922357549458922760641155818352
SPÖ 4013353544267820229434595252240325116333
FPÖ 132111not running92232not running55151507153151
Die Grünen 182152not runningnot running6581not running4861not running
Wahlbeteiligung83%85%90%85%87%87%89%

Coat of arms

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The award of the town crest followed with Wirkung of 1 August 1984 to the town Gutenberg an der Raabklamm. By way of the merger, the crest lost its official validity on 1 January 2015. The new award was on 15 February 2015. [4]
Blazon (crest description):

"In ermine, a black anchor inverted (Wurfparte)“. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ " Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform ".
  2. ↑ Kundmachung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung vom 10. Oktober 2013 über die Vereinigung der Gemeinden Gutenberg an der Raabklamm und Stenzengreith, beide politischer Bezirk Weiz. Steiermärkisches Landesgesetzblatt of 15 November 2013. Nr. 118, 32. Stück. ZDB-ID   705127-x. p. 630.
  3. 1 2 Kleine Zeitung of 27 April 2015: Machtwechsel in Gutenberg-Stenzengreith, accessed on 29 April 2015.
  4. ↑ 24. Verlautbarung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung vom 4. Februar 2016 über die Verleihung des Rechtes zur Führung eines Gemeindewappens an die Gemeinde Gutenberg-Stenzengreith (politischer Bezirk Weiz), accessed on 12 February 2016
  5. ↑ Heinrich Purkarthofer. "Die in den Jahren 1984 und 1985 vergebenen steirischen Gemeindewappen" (PDF). Landesarchiv Steiermark. p. 46. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
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