Mureck

Mureck

Coat of arms
Mureck
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°42′31.27″N 15°46′21.91″E / 46.7086861°N 15.7727528°E / 46.7086861; 15.7727528Coordinates: 46°42′31.27″N 15°46′21.91″E / 46.7086861°N 15.7727528°E / 46.7086861; 15.7727528
Country Austria
State Styria
District Südoststeiermark
Government
 • Mayor Anton Vukan (SPÖ)
Area
 • Total 38.72 km2 (14.95 sq mi)
Elevation 237 m (778 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
 • Total 1,597
 • Density 41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes 8480, 8482
Area code 03472
Vehicle registration SO
Website www.mureck.gv.at
Train station

Mureck (Slovene: Cmurek, archaic: Cmürek[2]) is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. On 1 January 2015, administrative reform actions in Styria merged the towns of Mureck, Gosdorf, and Eichfeld, which includes the villages of Hainsdorf-Brunnsee and Oberrakitsch. The new municipality is called Mureck.

Geography

Mureck is situated in the south of Styria at the border to Slovenia.

Parts of the municipality Mureck

The following 8 Towns are part of the municipality Mureck:

  • Diepersdorf (138)
  • Eichfeld (349)
  • Fluttendorf (59)
  • Gosdorf (574)
  • Hainsdorf-Brunnsee (209)
  • Misselsdorf (388)
  • Mureck (1570)
  • Oberrakitsch (334)

Nachbargemeinden

Murturm Gosdorf

History

The name Mureck was first attested in 1151 as Mŏrekke (and as Murekke in 1181, Můrekke in 1183, and Muregk in 1500). The name is a compound of Mur 'Mur River' + Old High German ecke 'edge, bend' or egge 'hill' (sometimes 'fortification'), and thus means 'bend on the Mur River' or 'hill/fortification on the Mur River'. The Slovene name Cmurek is borrowed from the Middle High German prepositional phrase ze Murekke, literally 'at Mureck'.[3] For similar Slovene geographical names based on foreign-language prepositional phrases of location, compare Crngrob, Cven, Dragonja, and Sostro.

194 Schloss Ober-Mureck, Trate - J.F.Kaiser Lithografirte Ansichten der Steiermark 1830
193 Markt Mureck - gez. Wonsidler, Lith. v. Folwarczni - J.F.Kaiser Lithografirte Ansichten der Steiermark 1830

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18691,302—    
18801,472+13.1%
18901,570+6.7%
19001,532−2.4%
19101,541+0.6%
19231,411−8.4%
19341,529+8.4%
19391,519−0.7%
19512,140+40.9%
19611,890−11.7%
19711,824−3.5%
19811,737−4.8%
19911,585−8.8%
20011,690+6.6%
20111,571−7.0%
20161,597+1.7%

Events

Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck playing "Weckruf" on a restored truck on May 1st.
  • Weckruf: Since 1954 the local marching band Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck practices the so-called wakening call (in German Weckruf) on every May 1 and wakes all friends of brass music with marching music in the early morning hours. Until 1964 all this happened by foot, later on they started using a nicely restored truck.[4]
A crucifix shrine near Mureck

Clubs and organisations[5]

Marching bands

  • Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck

Fire departments

  • FF Eichfeld
  • FF Gosdorf
  • FF Hainsdorf-Brunnsee
  • FF Misselsdorf
  • FF Mureck
  • FF Oberrakitsch

Sports clubs

  • Beachvolleyballclub
  • ESV Mureck
  • TUS Mureck

Charity and service clubs

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Mureck is twinned with:

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Mureck.
  2. ↑ Krempl, Anton. 1845. Dogodivšine Štajerske zemle: z posebnim pogledom na Slovence. Graz: Franc Ferstl, p. 209.
  3. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 91.
  4. ↑ History of Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck(german)
  5. ↑ Index of clubs in Mureck(german) Archived 2013-07-15 at the Wayback Machine.


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