Sankt Veit am Vogau

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.^[2]

Sankt Veit am Vogau
Former municipality
Aerial view with church
Coat of arms
Sankt Veit am Vogau Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°44′52″N 15°37′36″E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Leibnitz
Area
• Total	25.9 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
Elevation	262−297 m (−712 ft)
Population  (1 January 2016)[1]
• Total	1,918
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8423
Area code	03453
Vehicle registration	LB
Website	www.st-veit-vogau.gv.at

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.")^[3] in order to defend the town's reverend Karl Tropper, who had been preaching against homosexuality and Islam for years.^[4]

References

1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Sankt Veit am Vogau.
2. Die neue Gemeindestruktur der Steiermark
3. falter.at
4. kurier.at