Pölstal is a market town since 2015 in the
Murtal District
Bezirk Murtal is a district of the state of Styria in Austria. It was formed on January 1, 2012, through a merger of the former Judenburg District and Knittelfeld District.(30 December 2011)Steirische Fusion: „Murtal“ ab Jänner neuer Bezirk ' ...
of
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
, Austria.
The municipality, Pölstal, was created as part of the
Styria municipal structural reform
The Styria municipal structural reform (German: ''Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform'') was a local government reform in the Austrian state of Styria, which was made effective January 1, 2015. This reform nearly halved the number of Styrian ...
,
at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns
Oberzeiring
Oberzeiring is a former municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Pölstal.
Tauern Wind Park
The Tauern Wind Park near Oberzeiring was the highe ...
,
Bretstein
Bretstein is a former municipality in the district of Murtal in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Pölstal.
Geography
Bretstein lies in the Niedere Tauern
The Lower T ...
,
Sankt Johann am Tauern and
Sankt Oswald-Möderbrugg.
Geography
Municipality arrangement
The municipality territory includes the following nine sections (populations as of January 2015):
*
Bretstein
Bretstein is a former municipality in the district of Murtal in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Pölstal.
Geography
Bretstein lies in the Niedere Tauern
The Lower T ...
(298)
* Gföllgraben (55)
* Möderbrugg (670)
*
Oberzeiring
Oberzeiring is a former municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Pölstal.
Tauern Wind Park
The Tauern Wind Park near Oberzeiring was the highe ...
(629)
* Sankt Johann am Tauern Schattseite (115)
* Sankt Johann am Tauern Sonnseite (352)
* Sankt Oswald (477)
* Zeiringgraben (43)
* Zugtal (105)
The municipality consists of the seven
Katastralgemeinden
Bretstein
Bretstein is a former municipality in the district of Murtal in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Pölstal.
Geography
Bretstein lies in the Niedere Tauern
The Lower T ...
, Möderbrugg,
Oberzeiring
Oberzeiring is a former municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Pölstal.
Tauern Wind Park
The Tauern Wind Park near Oberzeiring was the highe ...
, St. Johann Schattseite, St. Johann Sonnseite and St. Oswald.
Tourism
The municipality formed, together with Pusterwald and Pöls-Oberkurzheim, the tourism agency "Region Pölstal". The base is in the town Pölstal.
[''Grazer Zeitung'', "Amtsblatt für die Steiermark". 30 December 2014, 210. Jahrgang, 52. Stück. Nr. 316. p. 628–629.]
Culture and sights
References
External links
Cities and towns in Murtal District
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