Sankt Marein-Feistritz
Municipality in Styria, Austria
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Sankt Marein-Feistritz is a municipality since 2015 in the Murtal District of Styria, Austria.
Sankt Marein-Feistritz | |
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Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Sankt Marein-Feistritz Location within Austria  Sankt Marein-Feistritz Sankt Marein-Feistritz (Austria) | |
| Coordinates: 47°16′16″N 14°51′38″E | |
| Country |  Austria |
| State |  Styria |
| District | Murtal |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bruno Aschenbrenner (ÖVP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 70.61 km2 (27.26 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 698 m (2,290 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 2,010 |
| • Density | 28.5/km2 (73.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8715, 8733 |
| Area code | +43 3515 |
| Website | www |
The municipality, Sankt Marein-Feistritz, was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[3] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Sankt Marein bei Knittelfeld and Feistritz bei Knittelfeld.[4]
Geography
Municipality arrangement
The municipality territory includes the following 15 sections (populations as of 1 January 2015[5]):
- Altendorf (211)
- Feistritz bei Knittelfeld (582)
- Feistritzgraben (1)
- Fentsch (130)
- Fressenberg (45)
- Greith (129)
- Hof (115)
- Kniepaß (8)
- Laas (64)
- Mitterfeld (14)
- Moos (6)
- Prankh (123)
- Sankt Marein bei Knittelfeld (299)
- Sankt Martha (190)
- Wasserleith (109)
The municipality consists of the six Katastralgemeinden (areas as of 2015[6]):
- Feistritz (989.17 ha or 2,444.3 acres)
- Fressenberg (940.78 ha or 2,324.7 acres)
- Greuth (1,002.28 ha or 2,476.7 acres)
- Prank (429.63 ha or 1,061.6 acres)
- St. Marein (482.67 ha or 1,192.7 acres)
- Wasserleith (3,215.08 ha or 7,944.6 acres)
Tourism
The municipality formed, together with Lobmingtal, Kobenz, Seckau, Spielberg, Gaal and Zeltweg, "Tourismus am Spielberg". The base is in the town Spielberg.[7]
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