Hirschegg

  • ÖVP: 7
  • SPÖ: 2

Hirschegg until the end of 2014 a municipality with 670 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in Styria in the judicial district or district Voitsberg. As part of the municipality of structural reform in Styria it is merged in 2015 with the municipality Pack, the new community will be called Hirschegg pack. This is based on the Styrian community structure reform law - StGsrG.

  • 2.1 Coat of Arms

Geography

The mountain village Hirschegg located in Western Styria approximately 14 km west of the district capital Voitsberg. The hills and mountains all around rise up to 1999 meters. The westernmost Packalpe forms the border to Carinthia's Lavant Valley, the Stubalpe in the north to the Mur Valley in Upper Styria. Borders the following municipalities:

Community structure

Hirschegg - Piber ( 24.25 km ²) Hirschegg pure ( 35.59 km ²)

Hirschegg - Piber - sunny side ( ZH)

Hirschegg - Piber - angle ( ZH) Hirschegg - Rein ( D)

The most important of the abbreviations used are:

  • M = center of the municipality
  • Stt = district
  • R = Rotte
  • W = hamlet
  • D = village
  • ZH = Scattered houses
  • Sdlg = settlement
  • E = bowery (only if they have their own town code)

The complete list that uses the Statistics Austria, can be found at Topographic settlement Labelling according to STAT

Please note that some places may have different spellings. So Katastralgemeinden write differently than the same localities.

Source: Statistics Austria - Steiermark list (PDF)

Nachgemeinden

The community Hirschegg is formed from the cadastral Hirschegg - Piber and Hirschegg - Rein.

Policy

Mayor Gottfried Preßler of the ÖVP. The council consists of nine members and is since the municipal elections 2010 mandates the following parties together:

  • 7 ÖVP - represents the Mayor and Deputy Mayor
  • Two SPÖ

Coat of arms

The award of the municipality coat of arms came into effect on 1 January 1993. Coat Description: In blue on a red sign foot herschauender a dormant golden deer.

Culture and sights

Personalities

  • Rochus Kohlbach (1892-1964), born in Hirschegg, theologian, writer and art historian
Voitsberg District Mur (river) Amering Reichenfels Edelschrott Pack, Styria Gallmannsegg Graden Kainach bei Voitsberg Kohlschwarz Krottendorf-Gaisfeld Ligist Modriach Piberegg Rosental an der Kainach Salla, Styria
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