Sankt Marein-Feistritz

Sankt Marein-Feistritz is a municipality since 2015 in the Murtal District of Styria, Austria.

Sankt Marein-Feistritz
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Coat of arms of Sankt Marein-Feistritz
Coat of arms
Sankt Marein-Feistritz is located in Styria
Sankt Marein-Feistritz
Sankt Marein-Feistritz
Location within Austria
Sankt Marein-Feistritz is located in Austria
Sankt Marein-Feistritz
Sankt Marein-Feistritz
Sankt Marein-Feistritz (Austria)
Coordinates: 47°16′16″N 14°51′38″E
CountryAustria Austria
StateStyria Styria
DistrictMurtal
Government
 • MayorBruno Aschenbrenner (ÖVP)
Area
[1]
 • Total70.61 km2 (27.26 sq mi)
Elevation
698 m (2,290 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total2,010
 • Density28/km2 (74/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8715, 8733
Area code+43 3515
Websitewww.st-marein-feistritz.gv.at

The municipality, Sankt Marein-Feistritz, was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[3] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Sankt Marein bei Knittelfeld and Feistritz bei Knittelfeld.[4]

Geography

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following 15 sections (populations as of 1 January 2015[5]):

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

  • Feistritz (989.17 ha or 2,444.3 acres)
  • Fressenberg (940.78 ha or 2,324.7 acres)
  • Greuth (1,002.28 ha or 2,476.7 acres)
  • Prank (429.63 ha or 1,061.6 acres)
  • St. Marein (482.67 ha or 1,192.7 acres)
  • Wasserleith (3,215.08 ha or 7,944.6 acres)

Tourism

The municipality formed, together with Lobmingtal, Kobenz, Seckau, Spielberg, Gaal and Zeltweg, "Tourismus am Spielberg". The base is in the town Spielberg.[7]

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 10. Oktober 2013 über die Vereinigung der Gemeinden Feistritz bei Knittelfeld und Sankt Marein bei Knittelfeld, beide politischer Bezirk Murtal. Steiermärkisches Landesgesetzblatt. 15 November 2013. Nr. 120, 32. Stück. ZDB-ID 705127-x. p. 631.
  5. Einwohner nach Ortschaften (Excel-Datei, 766 KB); retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. Katastralgemeinden Stmk. 2015 (Excel-Datei, 128 KB); retrieved 29 July 2015.
  7. Grazer Zeitung, "Amtsblatt für die Steiermark". 30 December 2014, 210. Jahrgang, 52. Stück. Nr. 325. ZDB-ID 1291268-2 p. 631.
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