| Coordinates | 47°05′00″N 13°58′00″E |
|---|---|
| Country | Austria |
| State | Styria |
| District | Murau |
| Parts style | para |
| Mayor | Wolfgang Schlick |
| Elevation | 914 m |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| Time zone (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 8862, 8863, 8864 |
| Area code | 03534 |
| Website | www.stadl-predlitz.gv.at |
Stadl-Predlitz is a municipality in the Murau District of Styria, Austria. It was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[1] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Stadl an der Mur and Predlitz-Turrach.[2]
Geography
Municipality arrangement
The municipality territory includes the following seven sections (populations as of January 2015[3]):
- 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[4]):
- Einach (2,328.33 hectares or 5,753.4 acres)
- Predlitz (12,657.36 hectares or 31,277.0 acres)
- Stadl (10,633.40 hectares 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.
Culture and sights
- 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 | |
|---|---|
The granting of the town crest came into effect on 10 January 2016.[5]
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
- Erich Moser (born 1948), former mayor of Stadl an der Mur and Bundesrat
References
- ^ Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform.
- ^ § 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. . p. 3.
- ^ Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1.1.2015 nach Ortschaften
- ^ Katastralgemeinden Stmk. 2015 (Excel-Datei, 128 KB); accessed on 29 July 2015
- ^ 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