Sankt Veit am Vogau

Place in Styria, Austria

Sankt Veit am Vogau

Aerial view with church

Coat of arms

Sankt Veit am Vogau

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 46°44′52″N 15°37′36″E﻿ / ﻿46.74778°N 15.62667°E﻿ / 46.74778; 15.62667
Country| Austria
State| Styria
District| Leibnitz
Government

• Mayor| Manfred Tatzl (ÖVP)
Area

• Total| 25.9 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
Elevation

| 262−297 m (−712 ft)
Population

(1 January 2016)[1]

• Total| 1,918
• Density| 74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code|

8423

Area code| 03453
Vehicle registration| LB
Website| www.st-veit-vogau.gv.at

Sankt Veit am Vogau is a former municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Sankt Veit in der Südsteiermark.[2]

## Homophobia and Islamophobia[edit]

In March 2013 the small town created a large nationwide publicity, when the town's mayor, Manfred Tatzl from ÖVP told falter.at in an interview, "Wir sind hier auf dem Land, Homosexualität verurteilt ein jeder." ("We are living in a rural area, everybody here condemns homosexuality.") and added, "[es gebe] "Gott sei Dank" keine Muslime im Ort" (there were, "Thank God, [...] no muslims in town.")[3] in order to defend the town's reverend Karl Tropper, who had been preaching against homosexuality and Islam for years.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Sankt Veit am Vogau.
2. ^ Die neue Gemeindestruktur der Steiermark
3. ^ falter.at
4. ^ kurier.at

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