Stadl-Predlitz

Stadl-Predlitz

Coat of arms
Stadl-Predlitz
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°05′00″N 13°58′00″E / 47.08333°N 13.96667°E / 47.08333; 13.96667Coordinates: 47°05′00″N 13°58′00″E / 47.08333°N 13.96667°E / 47.08333; 13.96667
Country Austria
State Styria
District Murau
Government
 • Mayor Johannes Rauter (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total 256.21 km2 (98.92 sq mi)
Elevation 914 m (2,999 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
 • Total 1,710
 • Density 6.7/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes 8862, 8863, 8864
Area code 03534
Website www.stadl-predlitz.gv.at

Stadl-Predlitz is a municipality since 2015 in the Murau District of Styria, Austria.

It was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[2] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Stadl an der Mur and Predlitz-Turrach.[3]

Geography

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following seven sections (populations as of January 2015[4]):

  • Einach (235)
  • Paal (127)
  • Predlitz (380)
  • Sonnberg (81)
  • Stadl an der Mur (448)
  • Steindorf (297)
  • Turrach (150)

The municipality consists of three Katastralgemeinden (areas 2015[5]):

  • Einach (2,328.33 ha or 5,753.4 acres)
  • Predlitz (12,657.36 ha or 31,277.0 acres)
  • Stadl (10,633.40 ha or 26,275.7 acres)

Neighboring municipalities

The municipality borders on one Styrian, three Salzburger, and six Kärntner municipalities (TA = Tamsweg District, SV = Sankt Veit an der Glan District, FE = Feldkirchen District, SP = Spittal an der Drau District).

Incorporations

  • In 1969 the independent municipalities Einach and Predlitz were joined into municipality Predlitz-Turrach.
  • In 2015 the municipalities Stadl an der Mur and Predlitz-Turrach were joined into new municipality Stadl-Predlitz.

Demographics

Politics

Municipal council

The prior elections brought the following results:

Partei 2015
Stadl-Predlitz		 2010
Stadl an der Mur and Predlitz-Turrach
Votes%Mandate Votes%Mandate
SPÖ50739,73 %657842,38 %9 + 2
ÖVP42933,62 %550436,95 %5 + 4
FPÖ34026,65 %428220,67 %1 + 3
Wahlbeteiligung 85.2%

The ÖVP held with Johannes Rauter as mayor.

Wappen

Crests of former towns
Stadl an der Mur
Predlitz-Turrach

The granting of the town crest came into effect on 10 January 2016.[6]
The blazon (crest description) reads:

"In a diagonal-split shield, at lower left on silver a black wheeled Bessemerburner with three red flames, at upper right on green a silver capped window Salzstadl with a blue Schwert."

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Stadl-Predlitz.
  2. ↑ Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform.
  3. ↑ § 3 Abs. 7 Z 3 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.
  4. ↑ Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1.1.2015 nach Ortschaften
  5. ↑ Katastralgemeinden Stmk. 2015 (Excel-Datei, 128 KB); accessed on 29 July 2015
  6. ↑ 130. Verlautbarung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung vom 17. Dezember 2015 über die Verleihung des Rechtes zur Führung eines Gemeindewappens an die Gemeinde Stadl-Predlitz (politischer Bezirk Murau), accessed on 2 January 2016
  • "Municipal data for Stadl-Predlitz". Statistik Austria.
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