Kraubath an der Mur

Kraubath an der Mur
Municipality
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Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 47°18′00″N14°55′48″E / 47.30000°N 14.93000°E / 47.30000; 14.93000
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Leoben
Government
•  Mayor	Erich Ofner (ÖVP)
Area [1]
• Total	27.44 km2 (10.59 sq mi)
Elevation	632 m (2,073 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01) [2]
• Total	1,283
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8714
Area code	03832
Vehicle registration	LN
Website	www.kraubath.at

Kraubath an der Mur is a municipality in the district of Leoben in the Austrian state of Styria.

Name

The name of this place is mentioned many times in the 11th-13th century charters and it is written regularly as "Chrowat" which is toponym variant of name "Croat". ^[3]

Geography

Kraubath an der Mur lies in the central Mur valley between Leoben and Knittelfeld.

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. Mate Božić; (2019) "Hrvat" i "Hrvati" – od toponima do etnonima ("Croat" and "Croats" - from toponyms to ethnonyms) p. 139; Pleter: Časopis udruge studenata povijesti, Vol. 3. No. 3