Mureck
| Mureck | ||
|---|---|---|
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  Mureck Location within Austria | ||
| Coordinates: 46°42′31.27″N 15°46′21.91″E / 46.7086861°N 15.7727528°ECoordinates: 46°42′31.27″N 15°46′21.91″E / 46.7086861°N 15.7727528°E | ||
| 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 | |
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:
- Diepersdorf (138)
- Eichfeld (349)
- Fluttendorf (59)
- Gosdorf (574)
- Hainsdorf-Brunnsee (209)
- Misselsdorf (388)
- Mureck (1570)
- Oberrakitsch (334)
Nachbargemeinden
| Sankt Veit am Vogau District Leibnitz |
Sankt Peter am Ottersbach | Deutsch Goritz | |
| Murfeld |  |
Halbenrain | |
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| Šentilj (Slovenia) | Apače (Slovenia) |
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.
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% |
| 2015 | 3,578 | +127.8% |
Events
- Weckruf: Since 1954 the local marching band Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck practices the so-called wakening call (in German Weckruf) on every May 1 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.[4]
Clubs and organisations[5]
Marching bands
- Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck
Fire departments
- FF Eichfeld
- FF Gosdorf
- FF Hainsdorf-Brunnsee
- FF Misselsdorf
- FF Mureck
- FF Oberrakitsch
Sports clubs
- Beachvolleyballclub
- ESV Mureck
- TUS Mureck
Charity and service clubs
- Leo Club South Styrian Unity
- Lions Club Bad Radkersburg-Mureck
International relations
Twin towns — sister cities
Mureck is twinned with:
References
- ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Mureck.
- ↑ Krempl, Anton. 1845. Dogodivšine Štajerske zemle: z posebnim pogledom na Slovence. Graz: Franc Ferstl, p. 209.
- ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 91.
- ↑ History of Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck(german)
- ↑ Index of clubs in Mureck(german)