Gutenberg, Styria

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]

Gutenberg
Coat of arms of Gutenberg
Coat of arms
Gutenberg is located in Styria
Gutenberg
Gutenberg
Location within Austria
Gutenberg is located in Austria
Gutenberg
Gutenberg
Gutenberg (Austria)
Coordinates: 47°12′32″N 15°33′47″E
CountryAustria
StateStyria
DistrictWeiz
Government
 • MayorVinzenz Mautner (SPÖ)
Elevation
569 m (1,867 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)
 • Total1,773
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
8061, 8160, 8162
Area code+43 3132, 3172
Vehicle registrationWZ
Websitegutenberg.gv.at

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
Garrach1,038.65 ha (2,566.6 acres)491
Kleinsemmering415.79 ha (1,027.4 acres)780
Stenzengreith575.52 ha (1,422.1 acres)204
Stockheim262.03 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:

Party 20152010 20052000
merged town GutenbergStenzengreith GutenbergStenzengreith GutenbergStenzengreith
Stimmen %Mandate St. %M.St. %M. St. %M.St. %M. St. %M.St. %M.
ÖVP 487417486589 223575494589 227606411558 18352
SPÖ 401335 354426 078202 294345 095252 240325 116333
FPÖ 132111 not running 092232 not running 055151 050071 053151
Die Grünen 182152 not running not running 065081 not running 048061 not running
Wahlbeteiligung83%85%90% 85%87%87%89%

Coat of arms

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]

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. 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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