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13-423: Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform , it consists of the following municipalities: 47°18′N 15°57′E  /  47.3°N 15.95°E  / 47.3; 15.95 This Austrian location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Styria municipal structural reform The Styria municipal structural reform (German: Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform )

26-612: Is a municipality with 2,623 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in the Leibnitz District of Styria , Austria. The municipality, Ehrenhausen an der Weinstraße, was formed as part of the Styria municipal structural reform , at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Ehrenhausen , Berghausen , Ratsch an der Weinstraße and Retznei . The municipality formed with Arnfels, Leutschach an der Weinstraße , Oberhaag and Straß in Steiermark,

39-560: The Landtag of Styria  [ de ] , and promulgated on April 2, 2014. As a result of the reform, the number of municipalities in Styria was reduced from 542 to 287 municipalities, a decrease of 255. Though the main parts of the reform didn't come into effect until 1 January 2015, several changes happened before then: On 1 January 2013, the former Gemeinden (municipalities) of Buch-Geiseldorf and Sankt Magdalena am Lemberg were merged as

52-451: The core term of two. Kirchberg in der Steiermark and Neumarkt in der Steiermark 's names were only changed by adding the article " der ". For Feistritztal , Pölstal and St. Barbara in Mürztal entirely new names were chosen for the new municipality. For Hieflau and others, the district boundaries have been moved. Ehrenhausen an der Weinstra%C3%9Fe Ehrenhausen an der Weinstraße

65-400: The definite article " der ". Many new municipal names were either shortenings of old names, or combinations of old names. One new municipality, Sankt Barbara im Mürztal , was named for the patron saint of miners , as it was a merger of three old municipalities that were roughly equal in population and importance. As of October 2016, the reform has created 36 new town names, which are not just

78-435: The end of 2014, the mayor of the former municipality Ehrenhausen. The municipality also includes: vice-mayor Johannes Zweytick (ÖVP) and town treasurer Detlef Gruber (SPÖ). Zweytick was, before 1 January 2015, the commissioner at the start of the newly merged municipality. The municipal council consists of 15 members. After the results of the 2015 election, the council convened with the following: The last election brought

91-480: The largest of the former towns in each merger. The new names of municipalities include: From the formerly 539 independent communities (as of December 2014), these 287 new municipalities were formed on 1 January 2015 (157 unchanged municipalities are highlighted as dark gray, while 251 community names that continue to exist exactly, are in bold) [52] The five municipalities Kohlberg , Limbach bei Neudau , Oberstorcha , Schlag bei Thalberg and Stocking are listed in

104-413: The left column in each case twice, because their territory has been divided in two municipalities. In the second column, the former entire population is shown, but only the relevant part was added into the new sum. Gnas was reconstituted from most parts (9 municipalities + 1 local part), and furthermore only Feldbach and Neumarkt in der Steiermark , from 7 parts each. The new municipalities mostly took

117-416: The name of only one of the old municipalities that they were created from. In 21 cases, two old names (or parts of old names) were put together with a hyphen, new names were created by rewording ( Ehrenhausen an der Weinstraße , Leutschach an der Weinstraße, Pischelsdorf am Kulm, Sankt Georgen am Kreischberg , Sankt Veit in der Südsteiermark) or by simplifying (Aflenz, Krakau, Oberwölz, Schwarzautal, Sölk) from

130-477: The new municipalities) remained unchanged. Leading up to the reform, there were plans to expand the City of Graz by incorporating several neighboring municipalities into it, but these plans were not carried out. After the reform, 251 old community names remained (though some of these names were now held by expanded municipalities). The names of Kirchbach in der Steiermark and Neumarkt in der Steiermark merely added

143-477: The new municipality Buch-St. Magdalena . Likewise, the former municipalities of Gai and Hafning bei Trofaiach were incorporated into the municipality Trofaiach . Both were done before the actual reform, reducing the number of municipalities in Styria to 539. In total, 385 of the old municipalities were affected in some way (by inclusion of other municipalities or parts of municipalities, territorial changes or resolution), and 157 municipalities (about 55% of

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156-506: The tourism agency "Die südsteirische Weinstraße" based in Leutschach an der Weinstraße. The municipality territory includes the following eight sections (populations as of 2015 ): The municipality consists of seven Katastralgemeinden (areas 2015 ): Martin Wratschko (ÖVP) was elected in the constituent session of the town council on 16 April 2015 as Bürgermeister. Wratschko was until

169-549: Was a local government reform in the Austrian state of Styria , which was made effective January 1, 2015. The reform nearly halved the number of Styrian municipalities from 542 to 287. The reform was intended to reduce costs and ease election of new town officials. The terms of the reform is formalized in the Styrian Municipality Structural Reform Act. (StGsrG). The law was adopted on December 17, 2013 by

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