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."Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform". 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. . p. 630.
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 Population1 Jan 2015Garrach 491Kleinsemmering 780Stenzengreith 204Stockheim 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.Kleine Zeitung of 27 April 2015: Machtwechsel in Gutenberg-Stenzengreith, accessed on 29 April 2015. Thomas Wild had to settle for vice-mayor, and town treasurer as Erwin Neubauer (ÖVP) of the municipality.
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 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 2015.24. 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 Blazon (crest description): "In ermine, a black anchor inverted (Wurfparte)“.
References
External links
Town Gutenberg: Offizieller Internetauftritt Former town Stenzengreith: Internetauftritt