Raaba-Grambach

Raaba-Grambach is a market town in the district Graz-Umgebung in Styria, Austria since 2015. It was created as part of the Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform of Styria at the end of 2014, dissolving the towns Raaba and Grambach. One complaint from both communities against merging was raised at the Constitutional Court but ended unsuccessfully. The municipality is located on the southeastern outskirts of the provincial capital of Graz, in eastern Styria's hill country and is part of the Graz Basin. The municipal region contains four parts (populations as of 1 Jan 2016 ): It contains two Katastralgemeinden (areas as of 2015): In 1265 Grambach was mentioned for the first time in the registers of the Grazer Marschallamt. Until 1848, the town belonged to a number of landowners such as Herrschaft Liebenau, Messendorf-Hintenfeld, Münzgraben, Mühlegg, Schwarzenegg, Vasoldsberg, the Kommende Leech of the Kreuzerische Gült, the Dominicans of Graz, the Gut Kellerhof and the Pfarrgült Hausmannstätten and Fernitz. The two local communities Raaba and Grambach arose in 1850 as autonomous bodies. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the municipalities came to the Reichsgau Styria. Between 1945 and 1955, they were part of the British occupation zone in Austria. In the year 2000, Raaba became a market community.