Sankt Lorenzen im Mürztal

• ÖVP: 11
• SPÖ: 8
• FPÖ: 2

Sankt Lorenzen im Muerztal is an Austrian market town with 3496 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the judicial district of Bruck an der Mur and in the political district of Bruck- Miirzzuschlag in Styria.

• 4.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 4.2 Persons with respect to the municipality

Geography

The center of San Lorenzo is located at an altitude of 560 m above sea level. A., the highest point in the municipality is located in North Töllmarkogel with 1366 m.

Sankt Lorenzen im Muerztal is located northeast of the city of Kapfenberg. Other neighboring municipalities are (clockwise) Parschlug, Turnau, Kindberg, All Saints in Muerztal, Mürzhofen and St. Marein in Muerztal.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 10 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

• Alt- Hader village (78 )
• Fuscht (5)
• Gassing ( 590)
• Lesing (118 )
• Mödersdorf (143 )
• Mürzgraben (130)
• Nechelheim (2)
• Pogusch (47 )
• Sankt Lorenzen im Muerztal ( 2359 )
• Scheuchenegg (22)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Pogusch, Rammersdorf, lumber mill and St. Lorenzen im Muerztal.

History

Sankt Lorenzen im Muerztal was first mentioned in the year 860.

The place went through the Lorenzer lintel on 8 May 1921 in the history.

Culture and sights

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Otto Freiherr Fraydt of Fraydenegg and Monzello (1851-1939), civil servant and politician
• Johann Pabst (1916-1999), politician of the ÖVP, Member of the Styrian parliament 1961-1970, member of the Federal Council 1970-1975
• Mario Lang (* 1988), musician

Persons with respect to the municipality

• Gotthold Hasenhüttl, theologian, 1962-1964 worked as a chaplain in Sankt Lorenzen.