Stadl-Predlitz

Stadl-Predlitz
Stadl-Predlitz
Municipality
	Parish church in Predlitz
	Coat of arms
	Stadl-Predlitz Location within Austria
	Coordinates: 47°05′00″N 13°58′00″E / 47.08333°N 13.96667°E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Murau
Government
• Mayor	Wolfgang Schlick (SPÖ)
Area
• Total	256.94 km2 (99.21 sq mi)
Elevation	914 m (2,999 ft)
Population (2018-01-01)
• Total	1,684
• Density	6.554/km2 (16.97/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8862, 8863, 8864
Area code	03534
Website	www.stadl-predlitz.gv.at

Stadl-Predlitz is a municipality in the Murau District of Styria, Austria. It was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform, at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Stadl an der Mur and Predlitz-Turrach.

Geography

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following seven sections (populations as of January 2015):

Einach (235)
Paal (127)
Predlitz (380)
Sonnberg (81)
Stadl an der Mur (448)
Steindorf (297)
Turrach (150)

The municipality consists of three Katastralgemeinden (areas 2015):

Einach (2,328.33 ha or 5,753.4 acres)
Predlitz (12,657.36 ha or 31,277.0 acres)
Stadl (10,633.40 ha or 26,275.7 acres)

Neighboring municipalities

The municipality borders on one Styrian, three Salzburger, and six Kärntner municipalities (TA = Tamsweg District, SV = Sankt Veit an der Glan District, FE = Feldkirchen District, SP = Spittal an der Drau District).

Incorporations

In 1969 the independent municipalities Einach and Predlitz were joined into municipality Predlitz-Turrach.
In 2015 the municipalities Stadl an der Mur and Predlitz-Turrach were joined into new municipality Stadl-Predlitz.

Demographics

Culture and sights

Saints Primus and Felician church in Predlitz. A Romanesque church that was expanded to the west in 1707/1709 and whose choir was built around 1452.

Politics

Municipal council

The prior elections brought the following results:

Partei	2015 Stadl-Predlitz			2010 Stadl an der Mur and Predlitz-Turrach
Partei	Votes	%	Mandate	Votes	%	Mandate
SPÖ	507	39,73 %	6	578	42,38 %	9 + 2
ÖVP	429	33,62 %	5	504	36,95 %	5 + 4
FPÖ	340	26,65 %	4	282	20,67 %	1 + 3
Wahlbeteiligung	85.2%

The ÖVP held with Johannes Rauter as mayor.

Wappen

Crests of former towns
Stadl an der Mur	Predlitz-Turrach

The granting of the town crest came into effect on 10 January 2016.
The blazon (crest description) reads:

"In a diagonal-split shield, at lower left on silver a black wheeled Bessemerburner with three red flames, at upper right on green a silver capped window Salzstadl with a blue Schwert."