Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab

Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab
Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°09′00″N 15°39′00″E / 47.15000°N 15.65000°E / 47.15000; 15.65000Coordinates: 47°09′00″N 15°39′00″E / 47.15000°N 15.65000°E / 47.15000; 15.65000
Country Austria
State Styria
District Weiz
Government
  Mayor Herbert Pregartner (ÖVP)
Area
  Total 41.08 km2 (15.86 sq mi)
Elevation 388 m (1,273 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
  Total 5,098
  Density 120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 8181
Area code 03178
Vehicle registration WZ
Website www.ruprecht.at

Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab is a market town with 5,098 residents (as of 2016-01-01) in the district of Weiz in Styria, Austria. In the Styria municipal structural reform on 1 January 2015, the town was merged with the nearby towns Etzersdorf-Rollsdorf and Unterfladnitz.[2]

Geography

Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab is located in Weiz District on Landesstraße B 64 in the Austrian state (Bundesland) of Styria (Steiermark).

Municipality organization

The municipal region covers the following 13 places (in Klammern population as of 1 January 2015[3]), of these 9 joined in the merger:

Former regions of Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab:

Former regions of Unterfladnitz:

Former regions of Etzersdorf-Rollsdorf:

The municipality includes several Katastralgemeinden communities: Arndorf, Dietmannsdorf, Etzersdorf, Fünfing bei St. Ruprecht, Grub, Kühwiesen, Lohngraben, Neudorf bei St. Ruprecht, St. Ruprecht an der Raab, Unterfladnitz, Wolfsgruben bei St. Ruprecht und Wollsdorf. The town region covers an area of 41.06 km2 (15.85 sq mi).

Neighboring municipalities

History

Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab is one of the oldest places in Styria. At the first Nennung in the year 860, it was named "ad Rapam". Kaiser Friedrich III noted the town on 1 September 1462.

References


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