Bruck an der Mur district

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Former district of Bruck an der Mur
location
Basic data
Country Austria
state Styria
Capital Bruck an der Mur
surface 1307 km²
Residents 62,155 (January 1, 2012)
density 48 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 AT-6
Cars: BM
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Coordinates: 47 ° 32 '  N , 15 ° 14'  E

The political district of Bruck an der Mur is a former political district of Austria in the north of Styria ( Upper Styria ), which existed until 2012.

As part of the reorganization of the Styrian district authorities , the district was merged with the Mürzzuschlag district on January 1, 2013 to form the new Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district .

The district of Bruck an der Mur had an area of ​​around 1300 km² and bordered in the north on the Lower Austrian districts of Lilienfeld , Scheibbs and Neunkirchen . To the west the Styrian district of Liezen , to the southwest to the district of Leoben , to the south to the Graz-Umgebung district and to the east to the district of Weiz and the former district of Mürzzuschlag. By December 31, 2012, around 62,000 residents were registered in the entire district. The administrative seat was in Bruck an der Mur and the license plate was BM.

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Railways

The district of Bruck an der Mur received a railway junction in the middle of the 19th century when the K. k. priv. Austrian Southern Railway Company had a line from Bruck to Leoben branched off from its Vienna - Semmering - Graz line, which was opened in 1844, in 1868.

Bruck station is still an important railway junction for the Austrian Federal Railways today; Express trains to Vienna and Graz stop every hour, to Villach every two hours.

In 1893, the state of Styria started operating a narrow-gauge local railway from Kapfenberg in Thörlbachgraben to Au-Seewiesen. However, the planned continuation did not materialize. It was supposed to connect to the Mariazellerbahn of the "Niederösterreichisch = Styrian Alpine Railway", which was built in the same gauge and had run from St. Pölten in 1907 via Mariazell to the Gußwerk station and was even operated electrically from 1911 onwards.

Another local electric railway was added in 1913; this, the local line Mixnitz – Sankt Erhard , is only used for freight traffic today. The Kapfenberg - Au-Seewiesen and Mariazell - Gußwerk lines were completely closed.

Administrative division

The district of Bruck an der Mur was divided into 21 communities , including three towns and seven market communities.

Municipalities in the district of Bruck an der Mur.png

Population development


Former district captains

  • Georg Lenk, (from 1868)
  • Oskar Schießler (1869–1875)
  • Franz Vogl (from 1875)
  • Alois Ritter von Hennig, (from 1876)
  • Johann Freiherr von Vernier-Rougemont (from 1883)
  • Franz Sarsch (Head) (from 1894)
  • Carl Ritter Eisler von Eisenhort (from 1901)
  • Boleslaw von Matlachowski (from 1903)
  • Adam Weiß von Schleussenburg (from 1907)
  • Hermann Ritter Rainer zu Harbach (from 1908)
  • Franz Graf Bellegarde (from 1910)
  • Moriz Freiherr von Wildburg (from 1913)
  • Paul Hohl (from 1919)
  • Alfons Wessely (from 1923)
  • Friedrich Mathias (from 1924)
  • Josef Philipp (from 1926)
  • Robert Rattek (from 1927)
  • Rudolf Count Montecuccoli (1934–1938)
  • Alfons Kopecky (from 1945)
  • Franz Standfest (from 1949)
  • Julius Reichl (from 1954)
  • Hans Nigitz (1969)
  • Josef Hadwiger (1970)
  • Herbert Pittner (1980)
  • Jörg Hofreiter (1993)
  • Bernhard Preiner (2003)
  • Gabriele Budiman (2013)

Web links

Commons : District Bruck an der Mur  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ORF.at (April 20, 2012): [1]
  2. ^ District captains , accessed on March 12, 2017.