Kirchbach-Zerlach is since 2015 a municipality with 3,271 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in the
Südoststeiermark District
Bezirk Südoststeiermark (South East Styria) is a district of the state of Styria in Austria. It was formed on January 1, 2013 through a merger of the former Radkersburg District and Feldbach District.(21 January 2013)Gemeindefusion: Die neue S ...
of
Styria, Austria. In 2015 the municipality was called ''Kirchbach in der Steiermark''.
The municipality of Kirchbach-Zerlach was formed as part of the
Styria municipal structural reform, at the end of 2014, from the former towns of
Kirchbach in Steiermark
Kirchbach in Steiermark is a former municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Kirchbach-Zerlach
Kirchbach-Zerlach is since ...
and
Zerlach
Zerlach is a former municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark District, Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Kirchbach-Zerlach.
Population
R ...
.
After a municipal council agreement, from 1 January 2016, the municipality bears the name "Kirchbach-Zerlach".
Geography
Municipalities arrangement
The municipality territory includes the following 12 sections (populations as of 1 January 2015) and three
cadastral communities (area 2015):
;Ortschaften
* Breitenbuch (410)
* Dörfla (458)
* Glatzau (229)
*
Kirchbach in Steiermark
Kirchbach in Steiermark is a former municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Kirchbach-Zerlach
Kirchbach-Zerlach is since ...
(853)
* Kittenbach (84)
* Kleinfrannach (180)
* Maierhofen (119)
* Maxendorf (190)
* Tagensdorf (19)
* Weißenbach (160)
*
Zerlach
Zerlach is a former municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark District, Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Kirchbach-Zerlach.
Population
R ...
(375)
* Ziprein (158)
;Katastralgemeinden
* Kirchbach in Steiermark (903.30 ha)
* Zerlach (2,381.82 ha)
* Ziprein (630.10 ha)
Demographics
The area population has generally increased after 1869, as shown in the bar graph below.
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bar:1869 from:0 till:2813 text:2,813
bar:1880 from:0 till:2873 text:2,873
bar:1890 from:0 till:2882 text:2,882
bar:1900 from:0 till:2840 text:2,840
bar:1910 from:0 till:2879 text:2,879
bar:1923 from:0 till:2890 text:2,890
bar:1934 from:0 till:3022 text:3,022
bar:1939 from:0 till:2911 text:2,911
bar:1951 from:0 till:2997 text:2,997
bar:1961 from:0 till:2878 text:2,878
bar:1971 from:0 till:3033 text:3,033
bar:1981 from:0 till:3047 text:3,047
bar:1991 from:0 till:3147 text:3,147
bar:2001 from:0 till:3395 text:3,395
bar:2011 from:0 till:3281 text:3,281
bar:2016 from:0 till:3272 text:3,272
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text:"Source: Statistik Austria, all data read as of 2016"
Culture and sights
Politics
Mayor
The town mayor is Franz Löffler (ÖVP).
Further of the council, the 1st vice-mayor Anton Prödl (ÖVP), the 2nd vice-mayor Karl Süßmaier (Liste "Gemeinsam mehr bewegen"), the town treasurer Thomas Zach (ÖVP), and the board member Josef Luttenberger (ÖVP).
[Gemeinde Kirchbach in der Steiermark]
''Gemeinderat''
retrieved 8 May 2015.
Municipal council
The town council in 2015 had 21 members (prior 30 = 15 in Kirchbach + 15 in Zerlach) and convened with the following parties:
* 15
ÖVP
The Austrian People's Party (german: Österreichische Volkspartei , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria.
Since December 2021, the party has been led provisionally by Karl Nehammer. It is currentl ...
* 3 Liste "
Gemeinsam mehr bewegen"
* 2
SPÖ
The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...
* 1
FPÖ
The Freedom Party of Austria (german: Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Austria. It was led by Norbert Hofer from September 2019 to 1 June 2021.Staff (1 June 2021"A ...
The last town election had the following results:
: x = not candidate
References
External links
- collection of images, videos and audio files
* Gemeinde Kirchbach-Zerlach
''Offizieller Internetauftritt der Gemeinde''
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Cities and towns in Südoststeiermark District