Pölstal
Municipality in Styria, Austria
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Pölstal is a market town since 2015 in the Murtal District of Styria, Austria.
Pölstal | |
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View of Oberzeiring (part of Pölstal) | |
  Pölstal Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates: 47°17′00″N 14°29′00″E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Styria |
| District | Murtal |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alois Mayer (ÖVP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 270.65 km2 (104.50 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 915 m (3,002 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 2,670 |
| • Density | 9.87/km2 (25.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8762, 8763, 8765 |
| Website | www.poelstal.gv.at |
The municipality, Pölstal, was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[3] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Oberzeiring, Bretstein, Sankt Johann am Tauern and Sankt Oswald-Möderbrugg.[4]
Geography
Municipality arrangement
The municipality territory includes the following nine sections (populations as of January 2015[5]):
- Bretstein (298)
- Gföllgraben (55)
- Möderbrugg (670)
- Oberzeiring (629)
- Sankt Johann am Tauern Schattseite (115)
- Sankt Johann am Tauern Sonnseite (352)
- Sankt Oswald (477)
- Zeiringgraben (43)
- Zugtal (105)
The municipality consists of the seven Katastralgemeinden Bretstein, Möderbrugg, Oberzeiring, St. Johann Schattseite, St. Johann Sonnseite and St. Oswald.
Tourism
The municipality formed, together with Pusterwald and Pöls-Oberkurzheim, the tourism agency "Region Pölstal". The base is in the town Pölstal.[6]
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