Sankt Veit in der Südsteiermark () is a municipality since 2015 in the Leibnitz District of Styria, Austria. The population was 4,069 residents (as of 1 January 2016).

The municipality, Sankt Veit in der Südsteiermark, was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Sankt Veit am Vogau and Sankt Nikolai ob Draßling, both in the political district Leibnitz, plus the town Weinburg am Saßbach in the political Südoststeiermark District.Kundmachung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung of 28 November 2013, about the union of market town Sankt Veit am Vogau and the municipality Sankt Nikolai ob Draßling, both in Leibnitz District, and the town Weinburg am Saßbach, in political district Südoststeiermark. Landesgesetzblatt für die Steiermark. 26 June 2014. Nr. 72, Jahrgang 2014. . p. 1.

The borders of the Südoststeiermark District and Leibnitz District were shifted, so that the new municipality would lie completely within Leibnitz District.Verordnung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung vom 10. Juli 2014, mit der die Steiermärkische Bezirkshauptmannschaftenverordnung geändert wird. Landesgesetzblatt für die Steiermark. 10 September 2014. Nr. 99 Jahrgang 2014. .

The former municipality Weinburg am Saßbach was until the end of 2012 in Radkersburg District and had the Kfz-code "RA". From the middle of 2013 until the end of 2014, the code had abbreviation "SO"; in 2015 it was set as "LB".

Geography

Municipality arrangement The municipality territory includes the following 11 Katastralgemeinden and 16 sections (populations as of 1 January 2015Einwohner nach Ortschaften (Excel-Datei, 766 KB); accessed 29 July 2015.): Katastralgemeinden

Hütt () Labuttendorf () Lind () Lipsch () Neutersdorf () Perbersdorf bei St. Veit () Pichla () St. Nikolai ob Draßling () St. Veit am Vogau () Siebing   () Weinburg ()

Ortschaften

Hütt (185) Labuttendorf (173) Leitersdorf (135) Lind bei St. Veit am Vogau (220) Lipsch (182) Marchtring (19) Neutersdorf (92) Perbersdorf bei Sankt Veit (146) Pichla bei Mureck (156) Priebing (101) Rabenhof (149) Sankt Nikolai ob Draßling (771) Sankt Veit am Vogau (598) Siebing (272) Wagendorf (515) Weinburg am Saßbach (363)

Neighboring municipalities The municipality is bordered by seven neighboring towns, four were in Südoststeiermark District (SO).

Demographics

Politics Mayor Manfred Tatzl (ÖVP) was elected mayor of the newly formed municipality on 20 April 2015, in the inaugural meeting of the Municipal Council.Gemeinde St. Veit in der Südsteiermark: Gemeindenachrichten Juni 2015 (pdf-Dokument, 367 KB), retrieved 15 June 2015. Tatzl was already, at the end of 2014, the mayor of the former municipality of St. Veit am Vogau and led from January 1, 2015, the transactions of the merged municipality as government commissioner.

Josef Pratter, the nearly 25-year mayor of St. Nikolai ob Draßling, was and the former mayor of the municipality of Weinburg am Saßbach, Susanne Lucchesi-Palli, came to the election.Gemeinden St. Nikolai ob Draßling, Weinburg am Saßbach und St. Veit am Vogau: Gemeinsam Geschafft – Amtliche Informationszeitung der Gemeinden St. Nikolai ob Draßling, Weinburg am Saßbach und St. Veit am Vogau, 4. Ausgabe 4/2014 (pdf-Dokument, 4,02 MB), retrieved 15 June 2015.

With the results from April 30, 2015, Manfred Tatzl traveled by his council mandate, because he wants to conduct the business of the merged municipality as a "People's Mayor".

The town council also includes the first deputy mayor Gerhard Rohrer, the second Deputy Mayor Harald Schögler, the municipality treasurer Georg Pock and board member Rudolf Reinprecht.

Municipality council The town council has 21 members. After the 2015 election, the council had the following results:Gemeinde St. Veit in der Südsteiermark: Gemeindenachrichten März 2015 (pdf, 500 KB), retrieved 15 June 2015. 12 Mandate ÖVP 6 Mandate SPÖ 3 Mandate FPÖ

The prior elections brought the following results: + Party 2015 2010 St. Veit in derSüdsteiermark St. Veitam Vogau St. Nikolaiob Draßling Weinburgam Saßbach Votes % Mandate St. % M. St. % M. St. % M. ÖVP 1458 56 12 767 58 9 588 74 11 497 69 10 SPÖ 736 28 6 518 39 6 107 13 2 not running FPÖ 421 16 3 43 3 0 99 12 2 not running Einigkeit lohnt sich not running not running not running 228 31 5 Counts 3.444 1.530 927 912 Percentage 77% 87% 87% 83%

Coat of arms

All three predecessors had a town crest. Because of the merger, the crests lost their official validity on January 1, 2015. The authorization of the municipal coat of arms for the joined community took effect on 25 October 2016.124. Verlautbarung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung 13 October 2016 über die Verleihung des Rechtes zur Führung eines Gemeindewappens an die Marktgemeinde Sankt Veit in der Südsteiermark (politischer Bezirk Leibnitz), retrieved 28 October 2016. Blazon (crest description): "Above the silvery shield-foot, over a black, silver-floated wave-beam green three grapes growing from common origin upward and two flat wine leaves, in blue a golden, richly arranged and of window and door fifteenfold black perforated with volute gable and two with Knauf and cross at golden towers; between these, a silver lion's head".

References

External links

Town of St. Veit in der Sudsteiermark: Official Homepage