Irdning-Donnersbachtal

Irdning-Donnersbachtal (German: [ˈɪʁdniŋ ˈdɔnɐsbaxˌtaːl]) is a new municipality since January 2015 with 4,137 residents (as of 1 January 2019) in the Liezen District of Styria, Austria.

Irdning-Donnersbachtal
Municipality
View of Irdning (in the background with the Grimming mountain)
Coat of arms
Irdning-Donnersbachtal Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°30′19.61″N 14°06′14.42″E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Liezen
Government
• Mayor	Herbert Gugganig (ÖVP)
Area [1]
• Total	199.61 km2 (77.07 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	4,135
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8952, 8953
Area code	+43 3682, 3683
Vehicle registration	LI
Website	irdning-donnersbachtal.at

The municipality was founded as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,^[3][4] on 31 December 2014, from the dissolved independent municipalities Irdning, Donnersbach und Donnersbachwald.^[5]

Geography

Municipality arrangement

The municipal territory includes the following 15 sections (populations as of 1 January 2015^[6]):

• Altirdning (484)
• Bleiberg (112)
• Donnersbach (284)
• Donnersbachwald (311)
• Erlsberg (346)
• Falkenburg (1028)
• Fuchsberg (20)
• Furrach (53)
• Ilgenberg (129)
• Irdning (793)
• Kienach (100)
• Planneralm (23)
• Raumberg (262)
• Ritzenberg (41)
• Winklern (144)

The municipality consists of six Katastralgemeinden: Altirdning, Donnersbach, Donnersbachwald, Erlsberg, Irdning, Raumberg.

Tourism

The municipality formed, together with Aigen im Ennstal and Wörschach, the tourism agency "Grimming-Donnersbachtal". The base is the town Irdning-Donnersbachtal.^[7]

Culture and sights