Sankt Marein in the Mürz Valley

market community Sankt Marein in the Mürz Valley
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Styria
Political District :	Bruck-Mürzzuschlag
License plate :	BM
Surface:	29.46 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 28 '  N , 15 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 28 '28 "  N , 15 ° 22' 16"  E
Height :	537  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,766 (January 1, 2020)
Postcodes :	8600, 8641
Area code :	03864
Community code :	6 21 46
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptplatz 1 8641 Sankt Marein im Mürz Valley
Website:	www.stmarein-mzt.at
politics
Mayor :	Günther Ofner ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2020) (15 members)	7th 6th 2 7th 6th 2  A total of 15 seats SPÖ : 7 ÖVP : 6 FPÖ : 2
Location of Sankt Marein in the Mürz Valley in the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Graschnitz Castle around 1830, lith. JF Kaiser Institute, Graz

Sankt Marein im Mürzzuschlag is a market town with 2766 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the judicial district of Bruck an der Mur and in the political district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag in Styria . On January 1, 2015, Sankt Marein in the Mürz Valley was merged with the community of Frauenberg as part of the structural reform in Styria .

geography

Sankt Marein im Mürz Valley is northeast of Kapfenberg an der Mürz .

Sankt Marein im Mürz Valley consists of four cadastral communities (area: as of December 31, 2017):

• Frauenberg (2061.24 ha)
• Graschnitz (71.64 ha)
• Sonnleiten (578.75 ha)
• St. Marein in Mürz Valley (237.38 ha)

The municipality comprises six localities (residents as of January 1, 2020):

• Frauenberg (71)
• Grass carving (265)
• Graschnitzgraben (89)
• Sankt Marein im Mürz Valley (1539)
• Schaldorf (793)
• Sonnleiten-Wieden (9)

Neighboring communities

Kapfenberg	Sankt Lorenzen in Mürz Valley
		Kindberg
Bruck an der Mur	Pernegg on the Mur	Breitenau am Hochlantsch

politics

The municipal council consists of 15 members and will be composed as follows after the 2015 municipal council elections :

• 7 SPÖ mandataries
• 4 mandataries of the ÖVP
• 4 mandataries of the FPÖ

Mayor since 1850

from	to	mayor		from	to	mayor
1850	1874	Matheus Ofner		1941	1943	Rudolf Eisenkölbl
1874	1878	Alois Posch		1943	1945	Franz Hammer
1878	1882	Josef Weißengruber		1945		Sebastian Paller
1883	1904	Alois Posch		1945	1960	Emil Faltus
1904	1913	Georg Baumgartner		1960	1975	Wilhelm Schramm
1913	1919	Erwin Jokesch		1975	1980	Max Schörkmayer
1919	1922	Franz Thomüller		1980	1993	Hans Schenk
1922	1926	Franz Hofer		1993	2004	Franz Anninger
1926	1931	Franz Kollment		2004	2016	Rupert Wrobel
1933	1934	Konstantin Kammerhofer		2016	2018	Doris Schutting
1935	1938	Peter Mandelberger		since April 9, 2018		Günther Ofner
1938	1941	Walter Kubitza

coat of arms

With effect from July 25, 1968, the Styrian state government granted the market town of St. Marein im Mürz Valley the right to use a municipal coat of arms. Due to the amalgamation of the municipalities, the coat of arms lost its official validity on January 1st, 2015.

The re-award took place with effect from November 1, 2015.
The new blazon is:

"In a shield divided by green and gold diagonally to the left, a silver lily above and a blue saw blade positioned to the left below."

The coat of arms initially refers to the community name, so it is a talking coat of arms: The silver coat of arms lily is the symbol of the Virgin Mary, which other places with Marienkirchen also have, e.g. B. St. Marein am Pickelbach and Fernitz with its Mariatrost pilgrimage church. In the present case, a design that differs from the other lily coats of arms was chosen. The silver lily in the green upper shield field also refers to the Styrian national colors, thus designating the municipality as a Styrian one. The saw blade clearly denotes the municipality's sawmills and the wood industry in general. The lower shield field is golden to indicate the source of income for the community.

Emergency organizations

The fire station of the Sankt Marein volunteer fire brigade in the Mürz valley

There are three emergency organizations (fire brigade, Red Cross, police) in Sankt Marein im Mürz Valley. There are two independent fire departments.

The volunteer fire brigade Sankt Marein im Mürz Valley has its fire station in Hauptstrasse 1b. The Frauenberg volunteer fire brigade is located at 7 Frauenberger Strasse.

The Red Cross and the police share a building on Hauptstrasse 1a. Your area of ​​application also includes St. Lorenzen .

Culture and sights

Interior view of the parish and pilgrimage church Maria Rehkogel

See also:  List of listed objects in Sankt Marein im Mürz Valley

• Parish church of St. Marein in Mürz Valley
• Pilgrimage church Maria Rehkogel in Frauenberg
• In 1988 MCP released the song “Sankt Marein” by the earwigs, text & music: Sepp Sacham. For the work they were honored by the community.
• In 2003 Sepp Sacham created the Mareiner Torte with the coat of arms of Sankt Marein.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Hans Gross (1930–1992), Deputy Governor

Sons and daughters of the church

• Dietrich Mateschitz (* 1944), entrepreneur, founder of Red Bull

Web links

Commons : Sankt Marein im Mürz Valley  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 62146 - Sankt Marein im Mürz Valley. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• www.stmarein-mzt.at Website of the municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Announcement of the Styrian state government of November 28, 2013 on the unification of the market community Sankt Marein im Mürzzuschlag and the community Frauenberg, both political district Bruck-Mürzzuschlag. Styrian Provincial Law Gazette of December 12, 2013. No. 163, 36th issue. ZDB ID 705127-x . P. 692.
2. ↑ Regionalinformation.zip  (Excel file, 1,210 kB); accessed on January 4, 2018
3. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
4. ^ Community of St. Marein im Mürz Valley: Mayor chronicle , accessed on January 2, 2015
5. ↑ 84. Announcement of the Styrian state government of October 1, 2015 on the granting of the right to use a municipal coat of arms to the market town of Sankt Marein in the Mürz Valley (political district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag) , accessed on October 13, 2015
6. ^ Community of St. Marein im Mürz valley: coat of arms , accessed on January 2, 2015
7. ↑ Song "Sankt Marein" by the earwigs, text & music: Sepp Sacham on YouTube