Kirchbach-Zerlach
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Kirchbach-Zerlach is since 2015 a municipality with 3,271 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in the Südoststeiermark District of Styria, Austria. In 2015 the municipality was called Kirchbach in der Steiermark.
The municipality of Kirchbach-Zerlach was formed as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[3] at the end of 2014, from the former towns of Kirchbach in Steiermark and Zerlach.[4]
After a municipal council agreement, from 1 January 2016, the municipality bears the name "Kirchbach-Zerlach".[5][6]
Geography
Municipalities arrangement
The municipality territory includes the following 12 sections (populations as of 1 January 2015[7]) and three cadastral communities (area 2015):
- Ortschaften
- Breitenbuch (410)
- Dörfla (458)
- Glatzau (229)
- Kirchbach in Steiermark (853)
- Kittenbach (84)
- Kleinfrannach (180)
- Maierhofen (119)
- Maxendorf (190)
- Tagensdorf (19)
- Weißenbach (160)
- Zerlach (375)
- Ziprein (158)
- Katastralgemeinden
- Kirchbach in Steiermark (903.30 ha)
- Zerlach (2,381.82 ha)
- Ziprein (630.10 ha)
Demographics
The area population has generally increased after 1869, as shown in the bar graph below.
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Culture and sights
Politics
Mayor
The town mayor is Franz Löffler (ÖVP).
Further of the council, the 1st vice-mayor Anton Prödl (ÖVP), the 2nd vice-mayor Karl Süßmaier (Liste "Gemeinsam mehr bewegen"), the town treasurer Thomas Zach (ÖVP), and the board member Josef Luttenberger (ÖVP).[8]
Municipal council
The town council in 2015 had 21 members (prior 30 = 15 in Kirchbach + 15 in Zerlach) and convened with the following parties:
The last town election had the following results:
Party | 2015 | 2010 | 2005 | 2000 | |||||||||||||||||
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merged municipality | Kirchbach | Zerlach | Kirchbach | Zerlach | Kirchbach | Zerlach | |||||||||||||||
Stimmen | % | Mandate | St. | % | M. | St. | % | M. | St. | % | M. | St. | % | M. | St. | % | M. | St. | % | M. | |
ÖVP | 1488 | 66 | 15 | 551 | 53 | 8 | 1056 | 89 | 14 | 529 | 50 | 8 | 1024 | 85 | 13 | 594 | 59 | 10 | 947 | 83 | 13 |
SPÖ | 0196 | 09 | 02 | 197 | 19 | 3 | 0137 | 11 | 01 | 166 | 16 | 2 | 0186 | 15 | 02 | 065 | 06 | 01 | x | ||
FPÖ | 0 166 | 07 | 01 | x | 035 | 03 | 0 | x | 048 | 05 | 00 | 071 | 06 | 01 | |||||||
Die Grünen | 0048 | 02 | 00 | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||||
Gemeinsam mehr Bewegen | 0349 | 16 | 03 | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||||
United Namelist Town Kirchbach | x | 0298 | 28 | 4 | x | 337 | 32 | 5 | x | x | x | ||||||||||
Unabhängige Namensliste | x | x | x | x | x | x | 120 | 12 | 02 | ||||||||||||
Kirchbacher Heimatliste Walter Patschok | x | x | x | x | x | x | 174 | 17 | 02 | ||||||||||||
Heimatliste Zerlach | x | x | x | x | x | x | 121 | 11 | 01 | ||||||||||||
Votes | 2,260 | 1,061 | 1,472 | 1,077 | 1,438 | 1,007 | 1,307 | ||||||||||||||
Electoral participation | 81% | 81% | 82% | 82% | 85% | 82% | 88% |
- x = not candidate
References
- ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform.
- ^ § 3 Abs. 9 Z 4 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.
- ^ 87. Kundmachung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung 15 Oktober 2015 über die Änderung des Gemeindenamens der im politischen Bezirk Südoststeiermark gelegenen Marktgemeinde „Kirchbach in der Steiermark" in „Kirchbach-Zerlach", LGBl., 20 October 2015.
- ^ „Schon wieder neue Gemeinde-Namen" auf www.krone.at 13 October 2015, retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ Einwohner nach Ortschaften (Excel-Datei, 766 KB); retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ Gemeinde Kirchbach in der Steiermark: Gemeinderat, retrieved 8 May 2015.
External links
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- "Municipal data for Kirchbach-Zerlach". Statistik Austria. - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Gemeinde Kirchbach-Zerlach: Offizieller Internetauftritt der Gemeinde Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
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