Gutenberg, Styria
Municipality in Styria, Austria
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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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| Coordinates: 47°12′32″N 15°33′47″E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Styria |
| District | Weiz |
| Established | 2015 Gutenberg-Stenzengreith |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vinzenz Mautner (SPÖ) |
| Elevation | 569 m (1,867 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01) | |
• Total | 1,773 |
| 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 |
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 | Area | Population 1 Jan 2015 |
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| 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:
- 8 Mandatare of ÖVP
- 6 Mandatare of SPÖ
- 1 Mandatar of Die Grünen
The prior elections brought the following results:
| Party | 2015 | 2010 | 2005 | 2000 | |||||||||||||||||
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| merged town | Gutenberg | Stenzengreith | Gutenberg | Stenzengreith | Gutenberg | Stenzengreith | |||||||||||||||
| Stimmen | % | Mandate | St. | % | M. | St. | % | M. | St. | % | M. | St. | % | M. | St. | % | M. | St. | % | M. | |
| ÖVP | 487 | 41 | 7 | 486 | 58 | 9 | 223 | 57 | 5 | 494 | 58 | 9 | 227 | 60 | 6 | 411 | 55 | 8 | 183 | 52 | |
| SPÖ | 401 | 33 | 5 | 354 | 42 | 6 | 78 | 20 | 2 | 294 | 34 | 5 | 95 | 25 | 2 | 240 | 32 | 5 | 116 | 33 | 3 |
| FPÖ | 132 | 11 | 1 | not running | 92 | 23 | 2 | not running | 55 | 15 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Die Grünen | 182 | 15 | 2 | not running | not running | 65 | 8 | 1 | not running | 48 | 6 | 1 | not running | ||||||||
| Wahlbeteiligung | 83% | 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):
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