Sankt Veit am Vogau

Sankt Veit am Vogau

Coat of arms
Sankt Veit am Vogau

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 46°44′52″N 15°37′36″E / 46.74778°N 15.62667°E / 46.74778; 15.62667Coordinates: 46°44′52″N 15°37′36″E / 46.74778°N 15.62667°E / 46.74778; 15.62667
Country Austria
State Styria
District Leibnitz
Government
  Mayor Manfred Tatzl (ÖVP)
Area
  Total 25.9 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
Elevation 262-297 m (−712 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
  Total 1,918
  Density 74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 8423
Area code 03453
Vehicle registration LB
Website www.st-veit-vogau.gv.at

Sankt Veit am Vogau is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, 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.")[2] in order to defend the town's reverend Karl Tropper, who had been preaching against homosexuality and Islam for years.[3]

References

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