Hirschegg-Pack

Hirschegg-Pack
Hirschegg-Pack

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°01′12″N 14°57′30″E / 47.02000°N 14.95833°E / 47.02000; 14.95833Coordinates: 47°01′12″N 14°57′30″E / 47.02000°N 14.95833°E / 47.02000; 14.95833
Country Austria
State Styria
District Voitsberg
Government
  Mayor Gottfried Preßler (ÖVP)
Area
  Total 99.13 km2 (38.27 sq mi)
Elevation 899 m (2,949 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
  Total 1,054
  Density 11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal codes 8584, 8583, 9451
Area codes 03141, 03145
Website www.hirschegg-pack.at

Hirschegg-Pack is since 2015 a municipality with 1,054 residents (as of 2016-01-01) in Voitsberg District in Styria in Austria. It was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[2] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Hirschegg and Pack.[3]

Geography

Pack liest west of Graz near Pack Pass, on the border between Styria and Carinthia.

Neighboring municipalities

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following two sections (population as of 1 January 2016[4]):

The municipality consists of the Katastralgemeinden Hirschegg-Piber, Hirschegg-Rein and Pack.

Politics

The town council, with 15 members, was voted in 2015 as the following portions: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, 1 FPÖ.

Mayor

Culture and sights

Hirschegg
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Tourism

The two sections Hirschegg and Pack joined with the places Edelschrott, Modriach and St. Martin am Wöllmißberg as the tourism agency Steirische Rucksackdörfer.[5][6]

References

  1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Hirschegg-Pack.
  2. Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform.
  3. § 3 Abs. 10 Z 1 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. Template:ZDB-ID. S. 4.
  4. Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1. Jänner 2016 nach Ortschaften
  5. Rucksackdörfer
  6. Grazer Zeitung, Amtsblatt für die Steiermark. 30. Dezember 2014, 210. Jahrgang, 52. Stück. ZDB-ID 1291268-2 S. 630.


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