Stattegg
Municipality in Styria, Austria
Stattegg is a village and a suburb of Graz, the capital of the Austrian state of Styria. It lies at the bottom of the Schoeckl, a mountain of the European Alps. Stattegg has 2982 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2021) and consists of 13 Katastralgemeinden: Buch, Eichberg, Hochgreit, Hohenberg, Hub, Kalkleiten, Krail, Leber, Mühl, Neudorf, Rannach, Steingraben, Ursprung.
01History
In medieval times the Stadecker were a dynasty of ministeriales in the service of the sovereign of Styria. Their seat was the castle of Stadeck located in Hub, a part of Stattegg. Ulrich I von Stadeck was 26th arch bishop of Salzburg (1256-1265), Rudolf von Stadegge was a minstrel, several were Landeshauptmann of Styria. 1400 the dynasty ended with Hans and Leuthold of Stadeck. Since 1951, the castle hill has been used by the Stattegg Volunteer Fire Fighters as a training ground.
02Objects of Interest
- Church Maria Schutz in Kalkleiten
- Old lime kiln (founded 1890, stopped 1966, classified as a historical monument since 1981)
- Well of Andritz-Ursprung (Jakob-Lorber Begegnungsstätte)
03Citizens of honor
Citizens of honor
- 1952 Josef Krainer (1903-1971), Landeshauptmann
- 1952 Ulrich Lässer, Gemeinderat
- 1954 Heribert Ringer, Bürgermeister 1951-1965
- 1965 Alexander Mayer
- 1978 Friedrich Niederl (1920-2012), Landeshauptmann
- 1978 Eduard Matzenauer, Bürgermeister 1965-1988
- 1984 Josef Krainer Jr. (1930-2016), Landeshauptmann
- 2006 Helmut Möstl, Bürgermeister 1988-2006
Relevant people, related to Stattegg
- Franz Feiertag (* 5. Dezember 1955 in Graz), European Champion in TREC 2010
- Florian Kainz (* 24. Oktober 1992), Austrian soccer player
Sources and credits
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- Stattegg vonRannach.jpg by ---IKAl 08:11, 2 November 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0
- IKAl 091228 KalkwerkStatteg.jpg by IKAl, CC BY-SA 3.0
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