Mills (Styria)

market community

Mills

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Styria

Political District :

Murau

License plate :

MU

Surface:

50.67 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 2 ' N , 14 ° 30' E Coordinates: 47 ° 2 '0 " N , 14 ° 30' 0" E

Height :

960 m above sea level A.

Residents :

883 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

17 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

8822, 8820

Area code :

03586

Community code :

6 14 10

NUTS region

AT226

Address of the
municipal administration:

No. 5
8822 mills

Website:

www.muehlen.at

politics

Mayor :

Herbert Grießer ( SPÖ )

Municipal Council : ( 2020 )
(9 members)

6th

3

6th 3

A total of 9 seats

SPÖ : 6
ÖVP : 3

Location of mills in the Murau district

Mills on the Zirbitzkogel

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Mühlen is a market town with 883 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the judicial district or district of Murau in Styria .

geography

Hörfeld Moor

Mühlen is located about 28 km southeast of Murau .

Mühlner bathing lake

The Mühlner Badesee is a dammed pond, which is located about one kilometer north of Mühlen. It has a water surface of approx. 7 hectares. The bathing lake is very popular with fishermen as numerous fish are used every year. The fish population consists of carp , pike , pikeperch , tench , perch , rudd and catfish . In 2004 a circular path was laid out around the pond, which enables walkers to view the pond from all directions.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following four localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Jakobsberg (203)
Mills (288)
Noreia (96)
Sankt Veit in the area (296)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Jakobsberg, Mühlen, Noreia and St. Veit .

Neighboring communities

From the north, clockwise:

Shelter ( Judenburg district )
Sankt Anna am Lavantegg ( Judenburg district )
Hüttenberg ( Sankt Veit an der Glan district )
Friesach ( Sankt Veit an der Glan district )
Neumarkt in Styria ( Murau district )

history

The earliest written document is in Latin 1200 and reads "aput Molendium". The name goes back to the Old High German muli (mill).

The political community Mühlen was established in 1849/50. On January 1, 1965, the previously independent municipalities of Mühlen, Jakobsberg, Noreia (this municipality was called Sankt Margarethen before 1930) and Sankt Veit in the area were combined to form the municipality of Mühlen.

Culture and sights

Parish Church of Noreia

Catholic parish church Noreia hl. Margareta

Economy and Infrastructure

According to the 2001 census of workplaces, there are 31 workplaces with 106 employees in the municipality as well as 292 out-commuters and 21 in-commuters. There are 84 agricultural and forestry holdings (27 of which are the main occupation), which together farm 4187 hectares (as of 1999).

tourism

The community is a member of the Zirbitzkogel-Grebenzen Nature Park .

politics

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The municipal council has 9 members.

With the municipal elections in Styria in 1985, the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Styria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Styria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP and 2 FPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Styria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 SPÖ, 6 Roman Scheuerer Heimatliste Zukunft für Mühlen and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Styria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 SPÖ, 5 Scheuerer home list and 1 FPÖ. (15 members)
With the municipal elections in Styria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 8 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP and 2 FPÖ. (15 members)
With the municipal council elections in Styria 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 SPÖ, 2 ÖVP and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Styria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 6 SPÖ and 3 ÖVP.

mayor

since ? Herbert Grießer (SPÖ)

coat of arms

The municipal
coat of arms was awarded with effect from April 1, 1985. Description of the coat of arms: A silver lion looking in red, holding a silver mill wheel in the front paws.

Honorary citizen

1982 Hans Gross (1930–1992), Deputy Governor

literature

Walter Brunner : Mills. History of a community in Upper Styria. Self-published by the municipality, Mühlen 1990.
Karin Erika Haas-Trummer: Noreia. From the fictional Celtic settlement to the medieval aristocratic residence. A historical and archaeological search for traces up to 1600. Böhlau, Wien a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-205-77584-3 .

Web links

Commons : Mills - Collection of images, videos and audio files

61410 - Mills (Styria). Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
↑ Fritz Frhr. Lochner von Hüttenbach: On the name property of the early Middle Ages in Styria (= magazine of the Historical Association for Styria . Volume 99 ). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2008, p. 55 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).
↑ General State Law and Government Gazette for the Crown Land of Styria, Issue 21, October 7, 1850, No. 378.
^ Announcement of the Styrian regional government of December 21, 1964 about the union of the communities Jakobsberg, Mühlen, Noreia and Sankt Veit in the area (political district Murau) .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Mühlen. State of Styria, March 13, 2005, accessed June 29, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Mühlen. State of Styria, March 21, 2010, accessed on June 29, 2020 .
^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Mühlen. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on June 29, 2020 .
↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Mühlen. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on June 29, 2020 .
↑ Communications from the Styrian State Archives 35/36, 1985/86, p. 63.

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-1] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[2] Fritz Frhr. Lochner von Hüttenbach: On the name property of the early Middle Ages in Styria (= magazine of the Historical Association for Styria . Volume 99 ). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2008, p. 55 ( historerverein-stmk.at [PDF; 16.9 MB ]).

[3] General State Law and Government Gazette for the Crown Land of Styria, Issue 21, October 7, 1850, No. 378.

[4] Announcement of the Styrian regional government of December 21, 1964 about the union of the communities Jakobsberg, Mühlen, Noreia and Sankt Veit in the area (political district Murau) .

[StmkGrw2005_61410-5] Election result of the municipal council election 2005 in Mühlen. State of Styria, March 13, 2005, accessed June 29, 2020 .

[StmkGrw2010_61410-6] Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Mühlen. State of Styria, March 21, 2010, accessed on June 29, 2020 .

[StmkGrw2015_61410-7] Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Mühlen. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on June 29, 2020 .

[StmkGrw2020_61410-8] Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Mühlen. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on June 29, 2020 .

[9] Communications from the Styrian State Archives 35/36, 1985/86, p. 63.