Oberwölz | |
|---|---|
  Oberwölz Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates: 47°12′10″N14°16′51″E / 47.20278°N 14.28083°E Coordinates: 47°12′10″N14°16′51″E / 47.20278°N 14.28083°E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Styria |
| District | Murau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hannes Schmidhofer (ÖVP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 210.29 km2 (81.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2018-01-01) [2] | |
| • Total | 2,960 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (36/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8831, 8832 |
| Area code | 03581, 03587 |
| Website | Homepage der Region Oberwölz |
Oberwölz is a city since 2015 in the Murau District of Styria, Austria. The city was founded as part of the Styria municipal structural reform, [3] at the end of 2014, with the merger of the former independent municipalities Oberwölz Stadt, Oberwölz Umgebung, Schönberg-Lachtal and Winklern bei Oberwölz, whereby the new municipality became ranked as a city ("Stadtgemeinde"). [4]
Bezirk Murau is a district of the state of Styria in Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it consists of the following municipalities:
Styria is a state, or Bundesland, located in the southeast of Austria. In area it is the second largest of the nine Austrian federated states, covering 16,401 km2 (6,332 sq mi). It borders Slovenia and the Austrian states of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Burgenland, and Carinthia. The capital city is Graz which had 276,526 inhabitants at the beginning of 2015.
Oberwölz Stadt is a town and a former municipality in the district of Murau in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Oberwölz.
