Schwarzautal | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Austria |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Austria |
Coordinates: | 46.83°N 15.68°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Austria |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Leibnitz |
Parts Style: | para |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Alois Trummer |
Elevation M: | 304 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8421, 8413, 8422 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +43 3184 |
Website: | www.schwarzautal.gv.at |
Schwarzautal is a market town since 2015 with 2,299 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in the Leibnitz District of Styria, Austria.
The municipality was founded as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[1] at the end of 2014, by merging the five former towns: Schwarzau im Schwarzautal, Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal, Breitenfeld am Tannenriegel, Hainsdorf im Schwarzautal and Mitterlabill.[2]
The towns Mitterlabill and Schwarzau im Schwarzautal lied in the political district Südoststeiermark, while the other towns lied in the district of Leibnitz. The boundaries of the districts and the judicial districts have been changed so that the new community is now fully in the district and jurisdiction Leibnitz.[3]
Until the end of 2012 the former municipalities Mitterlabill and Schwarzau im Schwarzautal lied in the Feldbach District and had the indicating plate letters "FB". From mid-2013 until the end of 2014, the letters "SO" were assigned, since 2015 "LB" indicates the Leibnitz district.
The municipality territory includes nine Katastralgemeinden and 12 towns (populations and areas as of January 2015[4]):
The municipality is enclosed by ten neighboring communities, four of them lie in the Südoststeiermark District (SO).
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Alois Trummer (ÖVP) was elected in the inaugural meeting of the Municipal Council in April 2015 as mayor of the new municipality.[5]
The municipal council further includes the Deputy Mayor Martin Kohl (ÖVP) and the municipality treasurer Rupert Wahrlich (Schwarzautal Active - List Rupert Wahrlich).[6]
The municipal council consists of 15 members. According to the results of the municipal elections in 2015, the seat allocation is as follows:
The prior elections had the following results:
Party | 2015 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
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Schwarzautal | Schwarzau im Schwarz. | Breitenfeld | Hainsdorf | Mitterlabill | Wolfsberg im Schwarz. | ||||||||||||||
Votes | % | Seats | V. | % | S. | V. | % | S. | V. | % | S. | V. | % | S. | V. | % | S. | ||
ÖVP | 795 | 49 | 8 | 380 | 100 | 9 | 137 | 100 | 9 | 191 | 100 | 9 | 287 | 100 | 9 | 252 | 41 | 4 | |
SPÖ | 66 | 4 | 0 | not contested | 83 | 13 | 1 | ||||||||||||
FPÖ | 145 | 9 | 1 | not contested | |||||||||||||||
Schwarzautal Aktiv Liste Rupert Wahrlich | 631 | 39 | 6 | not contested | 286 | 46 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Counts | 1,974 | 536 | 174 | 247 | 367 | 678 | |||||||||||||
Percentage | 84% | 76% | 81% | 81% | 82% | 93% |
All percents are based on the total count.
Four of the five predecessor towns had a town crest. Because of the merger, they lost their official validity on January 1, 2015. The authorization of the municipal coat of arms, for the fusion community, was carried out with effect from 15 July 2016.
Blazon (crest description):
"A black, silver-flooded hive, cut in from the upper edge of the shield, in red on each side a three-leafed, seven-beaded silver meadowspowder, and in green center are three (1:2) similar plants".[7]