Hirschegg-Pack

Hirschegg-Pack is since 2015 a municipality with 1,054 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in Voitsberg District in Styria in Austria. It was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,^[3] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Hirschegg and Pack.^[4]

Hirschegg-Pack
Municipality
Hirschegg parish church
Hirschegg-Pack Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°01′12″N 14°57′30″E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Voitsberg
Government
• Mayor	Johann Schmid (ÖVP)
Area [1]
• Total	98.89 km2 (38.18 sq mi)
Elevation	899 m (2,949 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	1,022
• Density	10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8584, 8583, 9451
Area code	03141, 03145
Website	www.hirschegg-pack.at

Geography

Pack liest west of Graz near Pack Pass, on the border between Styria and Carinthia.

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following two sections (population as of 1 January 2016^[5]):

• Hirschegg (651)
• Pack (403)

The municipality consists of the Katastralgemeinden Hirschegg-Piber, Hirschegg-Rein and Pack.

Politics

The town council, with 15 members, was voted in 2015 as the following portions: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, 1 FPÖ.

Mayor

• 2018 Johann Schmid (ÖVP)
• 2015-2018 Gottfried Preßler (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Hirschegg

• Pfarrkirche Hirschegg

Pack

• Schloss Pack
• Pfarrkirche Pack
• Freiländer Alm
• Hebalm und Hebalmkapelle

Tourism

The two sections Hirschegg and Pack joined with the places Edelschrott, Modriach and St. Martin am Wöllmißberg as the tourism agency Steirische Rucksackdörfer.^[6][7]