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Hirschegg-Pack

Coordinates: 47°01′12″N 14°57′30″E / 47.02000°N 14.95833°E / 47.02000; 14.95833
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Hirschegg-Pack
Hirschegg parish church
Hirschegg parish church
Hirschegg-Pack is located in Austria
Hirschegg-Pack
Hirschegg-Pack
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°01′12″N 14°57′30″E / 47.02000°N 14.95833°E / 47.02000; 14.95833
CountryAustria
StateStyria
DistrictVoitsberg
Government
 • MayorJohann Schmid (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total98.89 km2 (38.18 sq mi)
Elevation
899 m (2,949 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total1,022
 • Density10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8584, 8583, 9451
Area code03141, 03145
Websitewww.hirschegg-pack.at

Hirschegg-Pack is since 2015 a municipality with 1,054 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in Voitsberg District in Styria in Austria. It was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[3] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Hirschegg and Pack.[4]

Geography

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Pack liest west of Graz near Pack Pass, on the border between Styria and Carinthia.

Municipality arrangement

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The municipality territory includes the following two sections (population as of 1 January 2016[5]):

The municipality consists of the Katastralgemeinden Hirschegg-Piber, Hirschegg-Rein and Pack.

Politics

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The town council, with 15 members, was voted in 2015 as the following portions: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, 1 FPÖ.

Mayor
  • 2018 Johann Schmid (ÖVP)
  • 2015-2018 Gottfried Preßler (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

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Hirschegg
Pack

Tourism

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The two sections Hirschegg and Pack joined with the places Edelschrott, Modriach and St. Martin am Wöllmißberg as the tourism agency Steirische Rucksackdörfer.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform.
  4. ^ § 3 Abs. 10 Z 1 des Gesetzes vom 17. Dezember 2013 über die Neugliederung der Gemeinden des Landes Steiermark (Steiermärkisches Gemeindestrukturreformgesetz – StGsrG). Landesgesetzblatt für die Steiermark vom 2. April 2014. Nr. 31, Jahrgang 2014. ZDB-ID 705127-x. S. 4.
  5. ^ "Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1. Jänner 2016 nach Ortschaften". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  6. ^ Rucksackdörfer
  7. ^ Grazer Zeitung, Amtsblatt für die Steiermark. 30. Dezember 2014, 210. Jahrgang, 52. Stück. ZDB-ID 1291268-2 S. 630.
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