Hirschegg-Pack

Hirschegg-Pack
Municipality
Hirschegg parish church
Hirschegg-Pack Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°01′12″N14°57′30″E / 47.02000°N 14.95833°E / 47.02000; 14.95833
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Voitsberg
Government
•  Mayor	Johann Schmid (ÖVP)
Area [1]
• Total	98.89 km2 (38.18 sq mi)
Elevation	899 m (2,949 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01) [2]
• Total	1,022
• Density	10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8584, 8583, 9451
Area code	03141, 03145
Website	www.hirschegg-pack.at

Hirschegg-Pack is since 2015 a municipality with 1,054 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in Voitsberg District in Styria in Austria. It was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform, ^[3] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Hirschegg and Pack. ^[4]

Geography

Pack liest west of Graz near Pack Pass, on the border between Styria and Carinthia.

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following two sections (population as of 1 January 2016 ^[5] ):

• Hirschegg (651)
• Pack (403)

The municipality consists of the Katastralgemeinden Hirschegg-Piber, Hirschegg-Rein and Pack.

Politics

The town council, with 15 members, was voted in 2015 as the following portions: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, 1 FPÖ.

Mayor

• 2018 Johann Schmid (ÖVP)
• 2015-2018 Gottfried Preßler (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Hirschegg

• Pfarrkirche Hirschegg

Pack

• Schloss Pack
• Pfarrkirche Pack
• Freiländer Alm
• Hebalm und Hebalmkapelle

Tourism

The two sections Hirschegg and Pack joined with the places Edelschrott, Modriach and St. Martin am Wöllmißberg as the tourism agency Steirische Rucksackdörfer. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
2. "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
3. Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform.
4. § 3 Abs. 10 Z 1 des Gesetzes vom 17. Dezember 2013 über die Neugliederung der Gemeinden des Landes Steiermark (Steiermärkisches Gemeindestrukturreformgesetz – StGsrG). Landesgesetzblatt für die Steiermark vom 2. April 2014. Nr. 31, Jahrgang 2014. ZDB-ID   705127-x. S. 4.
5. "Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1. Jänner 2016 nach Ortschaften". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
6. Rucksackdörfer
7. Grazer Zeitung, Amtsblatt für die Steiermark. 30. Dezember 2014, 210. Jahrgang, 52. Stück. ZDB-ID   1291268-2 S. 630.

External links

• "Municipal data for Hirschegg-Pack". Statistik Austria .