Stattegg

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Stattegg
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Graz-Umgebung
Mayor	Karl Zimmermann (ÖVP)
Basic statistics
Area	25.88 km² (10 sq mi)
Elevation	432 m  (1417 ft)
Population	2,580  (31/12/2005)
- Density	100 /km² (258 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	GU
Postal code	8046
Area code	0316
Website	www.stattegg. steiermark.at
Location of Stattegg within Graz-Umgebung district
Coordinates: 47°08′14″N 15°25′12″E / 47.13722, 15.42

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 2580 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2005) and consists of 13 Katastralgemeinden: Buch, Eichberg, Hochgreit, Hohenberg, Hub, Kalkleiten, Krail, Leber, Mühl, Neudorf, Rannach, Steingraben, Ursprung.

[edit] History

In medieval times the Stadecker were a dynasty serving the sovereign of Styria. Their seat was the castle of Stadeck located in Hub, a part of Stattegg. Ulrich I von Stadeck was 26^th 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 ^[1].

[edit] Objects of Interest

• Church Maria Schutz in Kalkleiten
• Old limekiln (founded 1890, stopped 1966, classified as a historical monument since 1981)
• Well of Andritz-Ursprung ( Jakob- Lorber Begegnungsstätte )

[edit] References

1. ^ Friedrich Stehlik: "Stattegg", Eigenverlag der Gemeinde Stattegg, 1984

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