Schloßberg (Leibnitz)

Schloßberg
Former municipality
Chapel in Schloßberg
Coat of arms
Schloßberg Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°37′12″N 15°28′12″E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Leibnitz
Area
• Total	29.31 km^2 (11.32 sq mi)
Elevation	346 m (1,135 ft)
Population  (1 January 2016)[1]
• Total	1,076
• Density	37/km^2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8463
Area code	03454
Vehicle registration	LB
Website	www.schlossberg. steiermark.at

Schloßberg (Slovene: Gradišče) is a former municipality in the district of Leibnitz in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Leutschach an der Weinstraße.[2] Before World War One, it had an ethnic Slovene majority: according to census of 1910, 50.2% of the population was Slovene speaking, and 49.8% was German speaking.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,832	—
1880	1,698	−7.3%
1890	1,769	+4.2%
1900	1,784	+0.8%
1910	1,786	+0.1%
1923	1,677	−6.1%
1934	1,828	+9.0%
1939	1,719	−6.0%
1951	1,715	−0.2%
1961	1,543	−10.0%
1971	1,520	−1.5%
1981	1,318	−13.3%
1991	1,350	+2.4%
2001	1,212	−10.2%
2012	1,069	−11.8%

References

1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Schloßberg.
2. Die neue Gemeindestruktur der Steiermark