Stadl-Predlitz

Stadl-Predlitz
Municipality
Parish church in Predlitz
Parish church in Predlitz
Coat of arms of Stadl-Predlitz
Coat of arms
Stadl-Predlitz is located in Austria
Stadl-Predlitz
Stadl-Predlitz
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°05′00″N 13°58′00″E / 47.08333°N 13.96667°E / 47.08333; 13.96667
CountryAustria
StateStyria
DistrictMurau
Government
 • MayorWolfgang Schlick (SPÖ)
Area
[1]
 • Total
256.94 km2 (99.21 sq mi)
Elevation
914 m (2,999 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total
1,684
 • Density6.6/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8862, 8863, 8864
Area code03534
Websitewww.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,[3] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Stadl an der Mur and Predlitz-Turrach.[4]

Geography

Municipality arrangement

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

  • 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[6]):

  • 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

Culture and sights

Parish church in Predlitz
  • Saints Primus and Felician church in Predlitz. A Romanesque church that was expanded to the west in 1707/1709 and whose choir was built around 1452.

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
SPÖ 507 39,73 % 6 578 42,38 % 9 + 2
ÖVP 429 33,62 % 5 504 36,95 % 5 + 4
FPÖ 340 26,65 % 4 282 20,67 % 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.[7]
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. ^ "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. 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. ZDB-ID 705127-x. p. 3.
  5. ^ Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1.1.2015 nach Ortschaften
  6. ^ Katastralgemeinden Stmk. 2015 (Excel-Datei, 128 KB); accessed on 29 July 2015
  7. ^ 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
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