Summary
Hirschegg-Pack is since 2015 a municipality with 1,054 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in Voitsberg District in Styria in Austria. It was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[3] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Hirschegg and Pack.[4]
Hirschegg-Pack | |
|---|---|
 Hirschegg parish church | |
  Hirschegg-Pack Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates: 47°01′12″N 14°57′30″E / 47.02000°N 14.95833°E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Styria |
| District | Voitsberg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Johann Schmid (ÖVP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 98.89 km2 (38.18 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 899 m (2,949 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,022 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8584, 8583, 9451 |
| Area code | 03141, 03145 |
| Website | www.hirschegg-pack.at |
Geography edit
Pack liest west of Graz near Pack Pass, on the border between Styria and Carinthia.
Municipality arrangement edit
The municipality territory includes the following two sections (population as of 1 January 2016[5]):
The municipality consists of the Katastralgemeinden Hirschegg-Piber, Hirschegg-Rein and Pack.
Politics edit
The town council, with 15 members, was voted in 2015 as the following portions: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, 1 FPÖ.
- Mayor
- 2018 Johann Schmid (ÖVP)
- 2015-2018 Gottfried Preßler (ÖVP)
Culture and sights edit
- Hirschegg
- Pfarrkirche Hirschegg
- Pack
- Schloss Pack
- Pfarrkirche Pack
- Freiländer Alm
- Hebalm und Hebalmkapelle
Tourism edit
The two sections Hirschegg and Pack joined with the places Edelschrott, Modriach and St. Martin am Wöllmißberg as the tourism agency Steirische Rucksackdörfer.[6][7]
References edit
- ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform.
- ^ § 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. ZDB-ID 705127-x. S. 4.
- ^ "Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1. Jänner 2016 nach Ortschaften". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
- ^ Rucksackdörfer
- ^ Grazer Zeitung, Amtsblatt für die Steiermark. 30. Dezember 2014, 210. Jahrgang, 52. Stück. ZDB-ID 1291268-2 S. 630.
External links edit
- "Municipal data for Hirschegg-Pack". Statistik Austria.