Country Austria District Leibnitz Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 25.9 km² Population 1,853 (1 Apr 2009) Area code 03453 | State Styria Elevation 262-297 m (−712 ft) Vehicle registration LB Local time Tuesday 7:32 PM Postal code 8423 | |
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Weather 14°C, Wind NE at 3 km/h, 69% Humidity | ||
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.
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Map of 8423 Sankt Veit am Vogau, Austria
Homophobia and Islamophobia
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.") in order to defend the town's reverend Karl Tropper, who had been preaching against homosexuality and Islam for years.
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Sankt Veit am Vogau Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA