Pöls-Oberkurzheim

market community

Pöls-Oberkurzheim

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Styria

Political District :

Murtal

License plate :

MT (from July 1, 2012; old: JU)

Main town :

Pöls

Surface:

62.54 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 13 ' N , 14 ° 35' E Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '10 " N , 14 ° 35' 2" E

Residents :

2,961 (January 1, 2020)

Postcodes :

8753, 8754, 8761, 8762

Community code :

6 20 43

NUTS region

AT226

Address of the
municipal administration:

Hauptplatz 7
8761 Pöls

Website:

www.poels-oberkurzheim.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Gernot Esser ( SPÖ )

Municipal Council : (Election year: 2020 )
(15 members)

11

3

1

11 3 1

A total of 15 seats

SPÖ : 11
ÖVP : 3
FPÖ : 1

Location of Pöls-Oberkurzheim in the Murtal district

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

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Pöls-Oberkurzheim is a market town in the Murtal district in Styria .

geography

Community structure

View of the village of Paig

The municipality of Pöls-Oberkurzheim was created in 2015 as part of the municipal structural reform in Styria from the municipalities of Pöls and Oberkurzheim, which were dissolved at the end of 2014 .

The municipality includes the following 21 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

All Saints' Day (25)
Allerheiligengraben (8)
Enzersdorf (127)
Goetzendorf (101)
Greith (111)
Gusterheim (199)
Katzling (130)
Mauterndorf (182)
Mosing (22)
Muhltal (9)
Oberkurzheim (114)
Offenburg (28)
Paig (61)
Pass hammer (14)
Pöls (1487)
Poelshof (17)
Sauerbrunn (28)
Thalheim (148)
Thaling (77)
Bottom ring (16)
Winches (57)

The community consists of the six cadastral communities of Allerheiligen, Enzersdorf, Oberkurzheim , Pöls , Thalheim and Unterzeiring .

Neighboring communities

Culture and sights

Gusterheim Castle

Parish Church of All Saints near Pöls

economy

The timber industry is an important branch of the economy in the municipality. Numerous local companies, from felling to paper manufacture, are active in this field.

Together with Pusterwald and Pölstal, the community forms the “Region Pölstal” tourism association . Its seat is the municipality of Pölstal. The focus here is primarily on hiking.

In autumn 2017, the billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz announced that he would be opening a brewery in Thalheim Castle, which is located in the municipality. This is to open in 2018 ^{[out of date]} and also contain a brewery.

politics

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The municipal council has 15 members.

With the municipal elections in Styria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP and 2 FPÖ. (21 members)
With the municipal council elections in Styria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 11 SPÖ, 3 ÖVP and 1 FPÖ.

mayor

since 2015 Gernot Esser (SPÖ)

Web links

Commons : Pöls-Oberkurzheim - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Styrian municipal structural reform .
↑ Announcement of the Styrian state government of November 14, 2013 on the unification of the market community of Pöls and the community of Oberkurzheim, both political district of Murtal. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of December 2, 2013. No. 141, 34th issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . P. 672, in the version of the change (part of the name "-Oberkurzheim" added to the future municipality name) by the announcement of the Styrian state government of March 27, 2014 , with the announcement of the unification of the market municipality of Pöls and the municipality of Oberkurzheim, both political district Murtal, is changed.
↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 316. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 pp. 628-629.
↑ STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft mbH: Mateschitz 'Brewery in Pöls: Opening planned for 2018 . In: derStandard.at . ( derstandard.at [accessed on October 11, 2017]).
^ Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Pöls-Oberkurzheim. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on July 20, 2020 .
↑ Results of the 2020 municipal council elections in Pöls-Oberkurzheim. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on July 20, 2020 .

[1] Styrian municipal structural reform .

[2] Announcement of the Styrian state government of November 14, 2013 on the unification of the market community of Pöls and the community of Oberkurzheim, both political district of Murtal. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of December 2, 2013. No. 141, 34th issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . P. 672, in the version of the change (part of the name "-Oberkurzheim" added to the future municipality name) by the announcement of the Styrian state government of March 27, 2014 , with the announcement of the unification of the market municipality of Pöls and the municipality of Oberkurzheim, both political district Murtal, is changed.

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-3] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[4] Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 316. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 pp. 628-629.

[5] STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft mbH: Mateschitz 'Brewery in Pöls: Opening planned for 2018 . In: derStandard.at . ( derstandard.at [accessed on October 11, 2017]).

[StmkGrw2015_62043-6] Election results for the 2015 municipal council elections in Pöls-Oberkurzheim. State of Styria, March 22, 2015, accessed on July 20, 2020 .

[StmkGrw2020_62043-7] Results of the 2020 municipal council elections in Pöls-Oberkurzheim. State of Styria, June 28, 2020, accessed on July 20, 2020 .