Mitterberg-Sankt Martin

Mitterberg-Sankt Martin
Municipality
Aerial view of Mitterberg
Aerial view of Mitterberg
Coat of arms of Mitterberg-Sankt Martin
Coat of arms
Mitterberg-Sankt Martin is located in Austria
Mitterberg-Sankt Martin
Mitterberg-Sankt Martin
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°29′20″N 13°58′55″E / 47.48889°N 13.98194°E / 47.48889; 13.98194
CountryAustria
StateStyria
DistrictLeizing
Government
 • MayorFriedrich Zefferer (SPÖ)
Area
[1]
 • Total
54.94 km2 (21.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total
1,933
 • Density35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8954, 8962
Area code03684, 03685
Websitewww.mitterberg-
sanktmartin.at/

Mitterberg-Sankt Martin is a municipality since 2015 in the Expositur Gröbming in the Liezen District of Styria, Austria (judicial district Schladming).

The municipality was founded as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[3] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Mitterberg and Sankt Martin am Grimming.[4]

Geography

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following sections (populations 2015[5]):

The municipality consists of the Katastralgemeinden (areas 2015[6]):

  • Diemlern (919,75 ha)
  • Lengdorf (1.463,09 ha)
  • Mitterberg (1.728,63 ha)
  • St. Martin (1.380,85 ha)

Demographics

Coat of arms

  • Crests of former towns
  • St. Martin am Grimming
    St. Martin am Grimming

Both predecessors had a community crest. Because of the merger, both crests lost their official validity on January 1, 2015. The authorization of the municipal coat of arms for the merged community took effect on 15 February 2015.[7]

Blazon (crest description):

"Under a blue shield head with a silver tri-peak, the middle point of which is higher, divided from black to red, on the right side is a golden horseshoe with 2 rhombuses, at left is a silver diamond-square with a blue lily inside; the center is split with a downward silver sword".

Economy

Tourism

The municipality formed, together with Michaelerberg-Pruggern and Gröbming, the tourism agency "Gröbminger Land“. The base is in the town Gröbming.[8]

Culture and sights

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. ^ Kundmachung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung vom 19. Dezember 2013 über die Vereinigung der Gemeinden Mitterberg und Sankt Martin am Grimming. Steiermärkisches Landesgesetzblatt of 30 December 2013. Nr. 191, 38. Stück. ZDB-ID 705127-x. p. 765.
  5. ^ Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1.1.2015 nach Ortschaften
  6. ^ Katastralgemeinden Stmk. 2015 (Excel-Datei, 128 KB); retrieved, 29 July 2015
  7. ^ 25. Verlautbarung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung vom 4. Februar 2016 über die Verleihung des Rechtes zur Führung eines Gemeindewappens an die Gemeinde Mitterberg-Sankt Martin (politischer Bezirk Liezen), accessed on 12 February 2016
  8. ^ Grazer Zeitung. "Amtsblatt für die Steiermark". 30 December 2014, 210. Jahrgang, 52. Stück. Nr. 304. ZDB-ID 1291268-2 p. 625.
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