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Trofaiach
Trofaiach is a municipality in the Leoben (district), Leoben district of the Styria, state of Styria in Austria, the site of a post World War II British sector displaced persons camp. On 1 January 2013, it was Styria municipal structural reform, merged with the neighbouring municipalities of Hafning bei Trofaiach and Gai. The municipality had 11,003 inhabitants on 1 January 2023. Sons and daughters of the town * Josef Forster (composer), Josef Forster (1838-1917), composer, he wrote several, at that time successful, but now forgotten operas * Hellmuth Stachel (born 1942), grew up in Trofaiach, Austrian mathematician and professor of geometry at the Vienna University of Technology. * Hannes Arch (1967-2016), aerobatics pilot, first Austrian participant in the Red Bull Air Race Series * Monika Maierhofer (born 1967), former ski racer References Cities and towns in Leoben District Displaced persons camps in the aftermath of World War II {{Styria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Styria Municipal Structural Reform
The Styria municipal structural reform (German: ''Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform'') was a local government reform in the Austrian state of Styria, which was made effective January 1, 2015. The reform nearly halved the number of Styrian municipalities from 542 to 287. The reform was intended to reduce costs and ease election of new town officials. The terms of the reform is formalized in the Styrian Municipality Structural Reform Act. (StGsrG). The law was adopted on December 17, 2013 by the , and promulgated on April 2, 2014. Background As a result of the reform, the number of municipalities in Styria was reduced from 542 to 287 municipalities, a decrease of 255. Though the main parts of the reform didn't come into effect until 1 January 2015, several changes happened before then: On 1 January 2013, the former '' Gemeinden'' (municipalities) of Buch-Geiseldorf and Sankt Magdalena am Lemberg were merged as the new municipality Buch-St. Magdalena. Likewise, the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
