Pölstal

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Pölstal
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Pölstal
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°17′00″N14°29′00″E / 47.28333°N 14.48333°E / 47.28333; 14.48333 Coordinates: 47°17′00″N14°29′00″E / 47.28333°N 14.48333°E / 47.28333; 14.48333
Country Austria
State Styria
District Murtal
Government
 •  Mayor Alois Mayer (ÖVP)
Area
[1]
 • Total270.65 km2 (104.50 sq mi)
Elevation
915 m (3,002 ft)
Population
(2018-01-01) [2]
 • Total2,670
 • Density9.9/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8762, 8763, 8765
Website www.poelstal.gv.at

Pölstal is a market town since 2015 in the Murtal District of Styria, Austria.

Bezirk Murtal is a district of the state of Styria in Austria. It was formed on January 1, 2012 through a merger of the former Judenburg District and Knittelfeld District. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it consists of the following municipalities:

Styria State of Austria

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.

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The municipality, Pölstal, was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform, [3] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Oberzeiring, Bretstein, Sankt Johann am Tauern and Sankt Oswald-Möderbrugg. [4]

Oberzeiring Place in Styria, Austria

Oberzeiring is a former municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Pölstal.

Bretstein Place in Styria, Austria

Bretstein is a former municipality in the district of Murtal in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Pölstal.

Sankt Johann am Tauern Place in Styria, Austria

Sankt Johann am Tauern is a former municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Pölstal.

Geography

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following nine sections (populations as of January 2015 [5] ):

  • Bretstein (298)
  • Gföllgraben (55)
  • Möderbrugg (670)
  • Oberzeiring (629)
  • Sankt Johann am Tauern Schattseite (115)
  • Sankt Johann am Tauern Sonnseite (352)
  • Sankt Oswald (477)
  • Zeiringgraben (43)
  • Zugtal (105)

The municipality consists of the seven Katastralgemeinden Bretstein, Möderbrugg, Oberzeiring, St. Johann Schattseite, St. Johann Sonnseite and St. Oswald.

Tourism

The municipality formed, together with Pusterwald and Pöls-Oberkurzheim, the tourism agency "Region Pölstal". The base is in the town Pölstal. [6]

Culture and sights

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Bezirk Judenburg was a district of the state of Styria in Austria. On January 1, 2012 Judenburg District and Knittelfeld District were merged to Murtal District.

Sankt Oswald-Möderbrugg Place in Styria, Austria

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Leutschach an der Weinstraße Place in Styria, Austria

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Mitterberg-Sankt Martin Place in Styria, Austria

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Pöls-Oberkurzheim Place in Styria, Austria

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Sankt Marein-Feistritz Place in Styria, Austria

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Schwarzautal Place in Styria, Austria

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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. 8 Z 2 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. Template:ZDB-ID. p. 3.
  5. ↑ Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1.1.2015 nach Ortschaften
  6. ↑ Grazer Zeitung, "Amtsblatt für die Steiermark". 30 December 2014, 210. Jahrgang, 52. Stück. Nr. 316. ZDB-ID   1291268-2 p. 628–629.


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