Sankt Veit am Vogau
Appearance
Sankt Veit am Vogau | |
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Aerial view with church | |
Coordinates: 46°44′52″N 15°37′36″E / 46.74778°N 15.62667°E | |
Country | Austria |
State | Styria |
District | Leibnitz |
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]
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