Mureck

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Mureck

Coat of arms
Mureck
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°42′31.27″N 15°46′21.91″E / 46.7086861°N 15.7727528°E / 46.7086861; 15.7727528Coordinates: 46°42′31.27″N 15°46′21.91″E / 46.7086861°N 15.7727528°E / 46.7086861; 15.7727528
Country Austria
State Styria
District Südoststeiermark
Government
 • Mayor Waltraud Sudy (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total 5.0 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Elevation 237 m (778 ft)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
 • Total 1,556
 • Density 310/km2 (810/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 8480
Area code 03472
Vehicle registration SO
Website www.mureck.gv.at

Mureck (Slovene: Cmurek, Prekmurje Slovene: Cmürek) is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. On 1 January 2015, administrative reform actions in Styria will merge the towns of Mureck, Gosdorf, and Eichfeld, which includes the villages of Hainsdorf-Brunnsee and Oberrakitsch. The new municipality will be known as Mureck.

History

The name Mureck was first attested in 1151 as Mŏrekke (and as Murekke in 1181, Můrekke in 1183, and Muregk in 1500). The name is a compound of Mur 'Mur River' + Old High German ecke 'edge, bend' or egge 'hill' (sometimes 'fortification'), and thus means 'bend on the Mur River' or 'hill/fortification on the Mur River'. The Slovene name Cmurek is borrowed from the Middle High German prepositional phrase ze Murekke, literally 'at Mureck'.[2] For similar Slovene geographical names based on foreign-language prepositional phrases of location, compare Crngrob, Cven, Dragonja, and Sostro.

194 Schloss Ober-Mureck, Trate - J.F.Kaiser Lithografirte Ansichten der Steiermark 1830
193 Markt Mureck - gez. Wonsidler, Lith. v. Folwarczni - J.F.Kaiser Lithografirte Ansichten der Steiermark 1830

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1869 1,302—    
1880 1,472+13.1%
1890 1,570+6.7%
1900 1,532−2.4%
1910 1,541+0.6%
1923 1,411−8.4%
1934 1,529+8.4%
1939 1,519−0.7%
1951 2,140+40.9%
1961 1,890−11.7%
1971 1,824−3.5%
1981 1,737−4.8%
1991 1,585−8.8%
2001 1,690+6.6%
2011 1,571−7.0%

Events

Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck playing "Weckruf" on a restored truck on may 1st.
  • Weckruf: Since 1954 the local marching band Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck practices the so called wakening call (in german Weckruf) on every May 1st and wakes all friends of brass music with marching music in the early morning hours. Until 1964 all this happened by foot, later on they started using a nicely restored truck.[3]

Clubs and organisations[4]

Marching bands

  • Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck

Fire departments

  • FF Mureck

Sports clubs

  • Beachvolleyballclub
  • ESV Mureck
  • TUS Mureck

Charity and service clubs

  • Leo Club South Styrian Unity

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2013-01-01.
  2. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 91.
  3. ↑ History of Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck(german)
  4. ↑ Index of clubs in Mureck(german)
A crucifix shrine near Mureck
Municipalities in the district of Südoststeiermark
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