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
Municipality
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 47°12′32″N 15°33′47″E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Weiz
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
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
	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	078	20	2	294	34	5	095	25	2	240	32	5	116	33	3
FPÖ	132	11	1	not running			092	23	2	not running			055	15	1	050	07	1	053	15	1
Die Grünen	182	15	2	not running			not running			065	08	1	not running			048	06	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):

"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.

External links

• "Municipal data for Gutenberg, Styria". Statistik Austria.
• Town Gutenberg: Offizieller Internetauftritt
• Former town Stenzengreith: Internetauftritt