Mureck

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 Anton Vukan (SPÖ)
Area
  Total 38.72 km2 (14.95 sq mi)
Elevation 237 m (778 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
  Total 1,597
  Density 41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal codes 8480, 8482
Area code 03472
Vehicle registration SO
Website www.mureck.gv.at
Train station

Mureck (Slovene: Cmurek, archaic: Cmürek[2]) is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. On 1 January 2015, administrative reform actions in Styria merged the towns of Mureck, Gosdorf, and Eichfeld, which includes the villages of Hainsdorf-Brunnsee and Oberrakitsch. The new municipality is called Mureck.

Geography

Mureck is situated in the south of Styria at the border to Slovenia.

Parts of the municipality Mureck

The following 8 Towns are part of the municipality Mureck:

Nachbargemeinden

Murturm Gosdorf

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'.[3] 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
YearPop.±%
18691,302    
18801,472+13.1%
18901,570+6.7%
19001,532−2.4%
19101,541+0.6%
19231,411−8.4%
19341,529+8.4%
19391,519−0.7%
19512,140+40.9%
19611,890−11.7%
19711,824−3.5%
19811,737−4.8%
19911,585−8.8%
20011,690+6.6%
20111,571−7.0%
20153,578+127.8%

Events

Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck playing "Weckruf" on a restored truck on May 1st.
A crucifix shrine near Mureck

Clubs and organisations[5]

Marching bands

Fire departments

Sports clubs

Charity and service clubs

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Mureck is twinned with:

References

  1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Mureck.
  2. Krempl, Anton. 1845. Dogodivšine Štajerske zemle: z posebnim pogledom na Slovence. Graz: Franc Ferstl, p. 209.
  3. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 91.
  4. History of Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck(german)
  5. Index of clubs in Mureck(german)


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