The towns Mitterlabill and Schwarzau im Schwarzautal lied in the political district Südoststeiermark, while the other towns lied in the district of Leibnitz. The boundaries of the districts and the judicial districts have been changed so that the new community is now fully in the district and jurisdiction Leibnitz.[5]
Until the end of 2012 the former municipalities Mitterlabill and Schwarzau im Schwarzautal lied in the Feldbach District and had the indicating plate letters "FB". From mid-2013 until the end of 2014, the letters "SO" were assigned, since 2015 "LB" indicates the Leibnitz district.
Geography
Municipality arrangement
The municipality territory includes nine Katastralgemeinden and 12 towns (populations and areas as of January 2015[6]):
The municipality is enclosed by ten neighboring communities, four of them lie in the Südoststeiermark District (SO).
Demographics
Politics
Mayor
Alois Trummer (ÖVP) was elected in the inaugural meeting of the Municipal Council in April 2015 as mayor of the new municipality.[7]
The municipal council further includes the Deputy Mayor Martin Kohl (ÖVP) and the municipality treasurer Rupert Wahrlich (Schwarzautal Active - List Rupert Wahrlich).[8]
Municipal council
The municipal council consists of 15 members. According to the results of the municipal elections in 2015, the seat allocation is as follows:
Four of the five predecessor towns had a town crest. Because of the merger, they lost their official validity on January 1, 2015. The authorization of the municipal coat of arms, for the fusion community, was carried out with effect from 15 July 2016. Blazon (crest description):
"A black, silver-flooded hive, cut in from the upper edge of the shield, in red on each side a three-leafed, seven-beaded silver meadowspowder, and in green center are three (1:2) similar plants".[9]
^Kundmachung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung vom 3. Oktober 2013 über die Vereinigung der Marktgemeinde Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal und der Gemeinden Breitenfeld am Tannenriegel, Hainsdorf im Schwarzautal, alle politischer Bezirk Leibnitz, und der Gemeinden Mitterlabill und Schwarzau im Schwarzautal, beide politischer Bezirk Südoststeiermark. Landesgesetzblatt für die Steiermark vom 26. Juni 2014. Nr. 75, Jahrgang 2014. ZDB-ID705127-x. p. 1.