Mureck

Mureck (Slovene: Cmurek, archaic: Cmürek[3]) is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. Administrative reforms in Styria led to the merging on 1 January 2015 of the formerly separate municipalities of Mureck, Gosdorf, and Eichfeld, which includes the villages of Hainsdorf-Brunnsee and Oberrakitsch. The new municipality is named Mureck.

Mureck
Coat of arms
Mureck
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°42′27″N 15°46′12″E
CountryAustria
StateStyria
DistrictSüdoststeiermark
Government
 • MayorAnton Vukan (SPÖ)
Area
 • Total38.68 km2 (14.93 sq mi)
Elevation
237 m (778 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total3,551
 • Density92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8480, 8482
Area code03472
Vehicle registrationSO
Websitewww.mureck.gv.at
Mureck railway station

Geography

Mureck is situated in the south of Styria, on the border with Slovenia.

Constituent parts of Mureck municipality

The municipality comprises the communities of:

  • Diepersdorf (pop. 138)
  • Eichfeld (349)
  • Fluttendorf (59)
  • Gosdorf (574)
  • Hainsdorf-Brunnsee (209)
  • Misselsdorf (388)
  • Mureck (1570)
  • Oberrakitsch (334)

Neighbouring places

Name

The name Mureck was first attested in 1151 as Mŏrekke (and as Murekke in 1181, Můrekke in 1183, and Muregk in 1500). The name is a compound of Mur 'Mur River' + Old High German ecke 'edge, bend' or egge 'hill' (sometimes 'fortification'), and thus means 'bend on the Mur River' or 'hill/fortification on the Mur River'. The Slovene name Cmurek is borrowed from the Middle High German prepositional phrase ze Murekke, literally 'at Mureck'.[4] For similar Slovene geographical names based on foreign-language prepositional phrases of location, compare Crngrob, Cven, Dragonja, Sostro, and Spuhlja.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
18691,302—    
18801,472+13.1%
18901,570+6.7%
19001,532−2.4%
19101,541+0.6%
19231,411−8.4%
19341,529+8.4%
19391,519−0.7%
19512,140+40.9%
19611,890−11.7%
19711,824−3.5%
19811,737−4.8%
19911,585−8.8%
20011,690+6.6%
20111,571−7.0%
20161,597+1.7%

Events
Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck playing "Weckruf" on a restored truck on 1 May
  • Weckruf: since 1954 the local marching band Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck has performed the so-called wakening call (in German, Weckruf) each May 1, waking every friend of brass-band music with marching music in the early morning hours. Until 1964 all of this happened by foot; later the band started using a nicely restored truck.[5]
A crucifix shrine near Mureck
Murturm Gosdorf
194 Schloss Ober-Mureck, Trate - J.F.Kaiser Lithografirte Ansichten der Steiermark 1830
193 Markt Mureck - gez. Wonsidler, Lith. v. Folwarczni - J.F.Kaiser Lithografirte Ansichten der Steiermark 1830

Clubs and organisations[6]

Marching bands
  • Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck

Fire departments
  • FF Eichfeld
  • FF Gosdorf
  • FF Hainsdorf-Brunnsee
  • FF Misselsdorf
  • FF Mureck
  • FF Oberrakitsch

Sports clubs
  • Beachvolleyballclub
  • ESV Mureck
  • TUS Mureck

Charity and service clubs

International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Austria

Twin towns — sister cities

Mureck is twinned with:

References
  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. Krempl, Anton. 1845. Dogodivšine Štajerske zemle: z posebnim pogledom na Slovence. Graz: Franc Ferstl, p. 209.
  4. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 91.
  5. "History of Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck(german)". Archived from the original on 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  6. Index of clubs in Mureck(german) Archived 2013-07-15 at the Wayback Machine


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.