Gratwein-Straßengel
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| Coordinates: 47°06′46″N 15°20′04″E / 47.11278°N 15.33444°ECoordinates: 47°06′46″N 15°20′04″E / 47.11278°N 15.33444°E | ||
| Country | Austria | |
| State | Styria | |
| District | Graz-Umgebung | |
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| • Mayor | Harald Mulle (SPÖ) | |
| Elevation | 392 m (1,286 ft) | |
| Population (1 January 2016) | ||
| • Total | 12,803 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal codes | 8103, 8111, 8112, 8113, 8114, 8153 | |
| Area code | 03124 | |
| Website | www.gratwein-strassengel.gv.at | |
Since 2015 Gratwein-Straßengel is a market town in the Graz-Umgebung District of Styria, Austria. The town took effect as part of the Styria municipal structural reform, from the end of 2014 with the merging of the former municipalities Gratwein, Judendorf-Straßengel, Eisbach and Gschnaidt. The merger made the market town population to be the 6th-largest in Styria.
A petition by the mayor of Eisbach, to the constitutional court, against the merger was not successful. Likewise a petition from the town Gschnaidt was not successful.
The town lies to the west (right) bank of the Mur River, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of the Styrian capital Graz.
The section Rein, with its famous Stift, is the seat of a Bundesgymnasium.
The town contains 11 sections with a total of 12,803 residents (as of 1 January 2016):
The municipal area is divided into six Katastralgemeinden (areas 2015):
The area lies in the Gratkorn Basin, which opens to the West Styria region and forms an expanded part of the Mur valley.
In the communal area, there are some related peaks within the Grazer Bergland, including the "four Thousander", along which form a popular trail in the area of Stift Rein.
The local communities as autonomous entities came into existence after the abolition of the landlords in 1850.
Around 860, in one of the oldest documents of Austria, the churchhill of Straßengel is called "ad Strazinolun". Probably the name derives from the Slavic "straza", which could refer to a watchtower located here.
On June 11, 1147 Margrave Otakar III dedicated the monastery Rein to several towns Rotz, Straßengel and Judendorf. These areas were managed by monks from the Rein abbey.
Settlements with the label "Judendorf" are usually located along old trade routes crossing the Alps. In their neighborhood, the city and market foundations were established later. It is assumed that these Jewish villages are the settlements of Jewish merchants who were intensively involved in the merchandise trade in the early Middle Ages.
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