Hochsteiermark
Coordinates: 47 ° 33 ' N , 15 ° 34' E
The Hochsteiermark also Obersteiermark Ost , comprising the districts of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag and Leoben in the northern part of the Austrian federal state Steiermark .
About the name
Hochsteiermark is a tourist term for the eastern part of Upper Styria that was introduced in the later 1990s . The reason was that there is no historical landscape name for the area: In the Styrian spatial planning, the region is called Upper Styria East according to the state development program 2009 . In contrast to this, geographically speaking, Upper Styria refers to the entire northern Alpine part of Styria, and Eastern Styria only refers to the east of the southern peripheral and extra-Alpine area to different extents.
Region profile
The landscape includes:
- the lower valley of the uppermost Mur from Kraubath via Bruck to Röthelstein
- the Liesingtal to the Schoberpass
- the Trofaiacher basin , Vordernberg to Präbichl
- the Erzbachtal with iron ore and to Hieflau ∗ in the eastern Gesäuse on the Enns
- the Lamingtal with Tragöß and Green Lake
- Hochschwab group
- the entire Mürz Valley with its side valleys, in particular the Aflenz Valley , the Styrian Semmering area and the northern valleys of the Fischbach Alps
- Upper Salzatal * and Styrian Mariazellerland
- Neighboring regions
- PR ... steir. Planning region, TR… steir. Tourism region, KR ... Lower Austria. Small region
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Eisenwurzen ∗∗ ( Lower Austria ) |
Semmering – Rax (KR, Lower Austria ) |
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Liezen ∗ (PR) Murtal (TR) |
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Change country (KR, Lower Austria ) Bucklige Welt (KR, Lower Austria ) |
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Upper Styria West (PR) |
Graz and Graz Area (TR) Central Styria (PR) |
Thermenland Styria (TR) East Styria (PR) |
- ∗∗Southern Mostviertel : KR Ybbstal – Eisenstraße and Großes Erlauftal ; Eisenwurzen also includes Styrian and Upper Austrian areas
Hochsteiermark has around 3250 km², making it the second largest of the Styrian regions, of which only 490 km² are permanent settlements (around 15%), which shows the alpine character of the area. With a population density of 51 inhabitants / km² it is below the Styrian average (74, Austria 100). However, the population density in permanent settlement areas is 332 inhabitants / km² (Styria 233, Austria 259), which is the semi- urban concentration in the Mur – Mürz Furrow represents.
Regional centers are the cities of Leoben (24,471 inhabitants), Kapfenberg (22,609 inhabitants), Bruck an der Mur (15,787 inhabitants) and Mürzzuschlag (8347 inhabitants), the regional secondary center also Mariazell (3,669 inhabitants, all as of January 1, 2020). Aflenz Kurort , Kindberg , Krieglach , Langenwang , Mautern , Mitterdorf , Neuberg , Niklasdorf , St. Marein , St. Michael , Thörl and Trofaiach are important as subregional supply centers .
Tourist region
| Hochsteiermark | |
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| legal form | society |
| purpose | Regional interest group |
| Seat | Bruck an der Mur , Wienerstraße 46 |
| founding | December 18, 2003
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| executive Director | Claudia Flatscher |
| Members | 49 municipalities / 25 tourism associations |
| Organization type | Tourism association |
| Website | www.hochsteiermark.at |
Today, Hochsteiermark operates as one of the eight Styrian tourism regions according to the Styrian Tourism Act 1992 . Of these, it is the largest in terms of area. In contrast to the Ennstal , tourism here concentrates on some traditional hotspots in the northeast, in particular the Semmering area and the Viennese local mountains , on the Hochschwab and on the Mariazellerland , while the Mürz-Furche and the Erzberg area, with their industrial tradition, are not real holiday regions. and develop their tourist offer only in recent years. Industrial culture in particular plays an important role here, for example in the Styrian Eisenwurzen Nature and Geopark and the associated Eisenstraße route , which leads to Leoben. The Salzatal focuses on nature-based adventure tourism in rafting and paddling. The Fischbach Alps are also increasingly a center of gentle tourism in the local recreation area of Graz and away from the major tourist centers. Therefore, the region is marketed as a "sleepy insider tip".
The brand is sponsored by the Hochsteiermark Tourism Regional Association based in Bruck an der Mur . This association, founded in 2003, includes 49 municipalities and 25 tourism associations .
The term Styrian Romanticism is an instrument of the Hochsteiermark Tourist Regional Association for the tourist marketing of its region . In addition to places in Upper Styria, it is also used to advertise tourist offers in neighboring Bruck an der Mur and Frauenberg ( Sankt Marein im Mürz Valley ).
Regional management
| Regional management Upper Styria East | |
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| legal form | Company with limited liability |
| founding | 1995 |
| Seat | Leoben |
| management | Jochen Werderitsch (2017) |
| Branch | Regional management |
| Website | www.obersteiermark.at |
| As of September 24, 2017 | |
Regionalmanagement Obersteiermark Ost GmbH is responsible for spatial planning and regional development in the state . It was founded in 1995 by small-regional development organizations on an equal footing (Association of Economic and Employment Initiative Leoben 39%, Association of Employment Initiatives of the Municipalities of the Bruck / Mur District 36%, Association of Regional Development Association Mürzzuschlag 25%).
literature
- Office of the Styrian Provincial Government, Department 16 - Provincial and Community Development : Regional Profile Upper Styria East . Vienna, current version: October 2011 ( pdf , raumplanung.steiermark.at).
Web links
- Website of the region (hochsteiermark.at)
- Regional management Obersteiermark Ost (obersteiermark.at)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Styrian State Law Gazette No. 75/2009.
- ↑ The lower Salzatal to Wildalpen belongs to the Liezen district, the orientation and assignment of the lower Gesäuse region ( Hieflau , Landl ) to the regions was unclear during the preparations for the 2015 municipal structural reform .
- ↑ a b Hochsteiermark on steiermark.com.
- ↑ a b Company Tourismusregionalverband Hochsteiermark in Krieglach . Commercial register data Creditreform / firmenabc.at
- ↑ Styrian Romanticism -. Retrieved January 17, 2018 (German).
- ↑ a b c REGIONALMANAGEMENT OBERSTEIERMARK OST GmbH in Leoben ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Commercial register data Creditreform / firmenabc.at.
- ↑ Regional Management Upper Styria East. ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. raumplanung.steiermark.at (accessed September 24, 2017).
