Murau district

location
Basic data
state	Styria
NUTS III region	AT-226
Administrative headquarters	Murau
surface	1384 km²
Residents	27,543 (January 1, 2020)
Population density	20 inhabitants / km²
License Plate	MU
District Commission
District Captain	Florian Waldner
website	www.bh-murau. ; steiermark.at
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The BH Murau, built in 2002 according to plans by the architects Wolfgang Tschapeller and Friedrich W. Schöffauer

The Murau district is a political district in the state of Styria and has an area of 1,384.12 km².

With 27,543 inhabitants (2020) it is sparsely populated and is also affected by emigration. The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Murau. The smallest town in Styria is located in the district: Oberwölz . Soft tourism benefits from unspoiled nature. The Murau district has the highest proportion of forest in Austria, mainly because there is little high alpine wasteland and hardly any agricultural land.

Administrative division

Until 2014, the Murau district was divided into 34 municipalities , including two towns and five market communities.

As part of the municipal structural reform in 2014/15 , the number of municipalities in the district decreased significantly. Since January 2015 the district has consisted of the following 14 municipalities:

Krakow, Mühlen, Murau, Neumarkt in Styria, Niederwölz, Oberwölz, Ranten, Sankt Georgen am Kreischberg, Sankt Lambrecht, Sankt Peter am Kammersberg, Scheifling, Schöder, Stadl-Predlitz, Teufenbach-Katsch.

List of municipalities in the Murau district

The population figures are from January 1st, 2020 .. Regions are small regions of Styria

local community	Ew	km²	Ew / km²	Judicial district	region	Type	photo	Metadata
Krakow	1,390	123.6	11	Murau	013 Three valleys	local community	Yes	According to code: 61437
Mills	883	50.67	17th	Murau	016 Zirbitzkogel-Grebenzen	market community	Yes	According to code: 61410
Murau	3,499	76.63	46	Murau	008 Murau disbanded October 8, 2016	urban community	Yes	According to code: 61438
Neumarkt in Styria	4,891	163.55	30th	Murau	016 Zirbitzkogel-Grebenzen	market community	Yes	Acc. To code: 61439
Niederwölz	584	10.28	57	Murau	044 Scheifling	local community	Yes	Acc. To code: 61413
Oberwölz	2,934	210.17	14th	Murau	021 Oberwölz-Lachtal	urban community	Yes	Acc. To code: 61440
Rants	1,155	52.41	22nd	Murau	013 Three valleys	local community	Yes	Acc. To code: 61441
Sankt Georgen am Kreischberg	1,741	111.78	16	Murau	008 Murau disbanded October 8, 2016	local community	Yes	Acc. To code: 61442
Saint Lambrecht	1,787	70.19	25th	Murau	016 Zirbitzkogel-Grebenzen	market community	Yes	According to code: 61443
St. Peter am Kammersberg	2,045	84.18	24	Murau	013 Three valleys	market community	Yes	Acc. To code: 61425
Scheifling	2.138	57.24	37	Murau	044 Scheifling	market community	Yes	According to code: 61444
Schöder	929	74.93	12	Murau	013 Three valleys	local community	Yes	According to code: 61428
Stadl-Predlitz	1,679	256.21	6.6	Murau	008 Murau disbanded October 8, 2016	local community	Yes	Acc. To code: 61445
Teufenbach-Katsch	1,888	42.27	45	Murau	044 Scheifling	local community	Yes	Acc. To code: 61446