Sankt Veit am Vogau

46°44′52″N 15°37′36″E / 46.74778°N 15.62667°E / 46.74778; 15.62667CountryAustriaStateStyriaDistrictLeibnitzGovernment • MayorManfred Tatzl (ÖVP)Area • Total25.9 km² (10.0 sq mi)Elevation262−297 m (−712 ft)Population • Total1,918 • Density74/km² (190/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeArea code03453Vehicle registrationLBWebsitewww.st-veit-vogau.gv.at

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]

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]

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