Mürzhofen

Mürzhofen ( village ) ; locality ; cadastral community Mürzhofen
	Basic data
Pole. District , state	Bruck-Mürzzuschlag (BM), Styria
Judicial district	Mürzzuschlag
Pole. local community	Kindberg
Coordinates	47 ° 29 '4 " N , 15 ° 23' 47" E Coordinates: 47 ° 29 '4 " N , 15 ° 23' 47" E
height	561 m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	951 (January 1, 2020)
Building status	268 (2001)
Area d. KG	1.92 km²
	Statistical identification
Locality code	15940
Cadastral parish number	60225
Counting district / district	Mürzhofen (62141 010)
	Former municipality until 2014 ; Source: STAT : Ortverzeichnis ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

BW

Until the end of 2014, Mürzhofen was an independent municipality with 959 inhabitants (as of October 31, 2013) in the Austrian state of Styria ( judicial district Mürzzuschlag and in the political district Bruck-Mürzzuschlag ). As part of the structural reform of the municipality in Styria , it was incorporated into the municipality of Kindberg from January 1, 2015 together with the former municipality of Allerheiligen im Mürz Valley .

geography

Mürzhofen is located in the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district in northeastern Styria and is also known as the center of Styria. The neighboring municipalities of Mürzhofen are Allerheiligen in Mürz Valley , Sankt Marein in Mürz Valley and Sankt Lorenzen in Mürz Valley .

There are no other cadastral communities apart from Mürzhofen.

history

The first documentary mention was made around 1140 as Muerzehoven , but a royal farm yard already existed during the Carolingian and Ottonian times . The Stubenbergs were the landlords for centuries. The peasants were liberated after the revolutionary turmoil in 1848. The local community was established as an autonomous body in 1850. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community became part of the Reichsgau Steiermark, from 1945 to 1955 it was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria.

politics

mayor

1985-2006 Karl Pfeffer
2006-2014 Franz Harrer (SPÖ)

coat of arms

The municipal
coat of arms was awarded with effect from October 1, 2005. Description of coat of arms: Divided from red to black by a silver five-pointed cloverleaf crown, the first and fifth points of which are halved by the edge of the shield and whose hoop is undulating at the bottom.

Culture and sights

Filial church hl. John the Baptist Mürzhofen

Filial church hl. John the Baptist
See also: List of listed objects in Kindberg

traffic

The Allerheiligen-Mürzal stop is on the southern railway . Numerous regional trains stop in the direction of Bruck an der Mur or Mürzzuschlag . However, trains to Leoben , Friesach , Neumarkt , Unzmarkt , Graz and Spielfeld-Straß are often extended.

Sports

The football club Mürzhofen operates in addition to the combat team and the reserve, a U15 (game community with punching ), a U13, a U11, a U9 and a U8. The local tennis club "TC Mürzhofen" currently provides a men's team, a women's team and a U13 youth team.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

1971: Josef Kraus, local council
1985: Rudolf Hintsteiner, mayor
1989: Hans Gross (1930–1992), Deputy Governor
1998: Peter Schachner-Blazizek (* 1942), Deputy Governor
2006: Karl Pfeffer, Mayor

Sons and daughters of the church

Franz Almer (* 1970), former soccer goalkeeper - GAK , DSV Leoben - and now soccer coach

literature

Franz F. Seidl, Heinz Edlinger: Mürzhofen then and now. Chronicle of the community of Mürzhofen. Mürzhofen 2006.
Gerhard Schuller (ed.): Kindberg. 1982017. Pictures of our city. Kindberg 2017.