Pölstal is a market town since 2015 in the Murtal District of Styria, Austria.
Pölstal | |
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 View of Oberzeiring (part of Pölstal) | |
  Pölstal Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates: 47°17′00″N 14°29′00″E / 47.28333°N 14.48333°E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Styria |
| District | Murtal |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alois Mayer (ÖVP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 270.65 km2 (104.50 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 915 m (3,002 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,670 |
| • Density | 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8762, 8763, 8765 |
| Website | www.poelstal.gv.at |
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]
Geography edit
Municipality arrangement edit
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 edit
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 edit
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References edit
- ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform.
- ^ § 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. ZDB-ID 705127-x. p. 3.
- ^ Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1.1.2015 nach Ortschaften
- ^ 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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