Pöls-Oberkurzheim

Pöls-Oberkurzheim is a municipality since 2015 in the Murtal District of Styria, Austria.

Pöls-Oberkurzheim
Municipality
View of Pöls
Pöls-Oberkurzheim Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°13′10″N 14°35′02″E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Murtal
Government
• Mayor	Gernot Esser (SPÖ)
Area [1]
• Total	62.63 km2 (24.18 sq mi)
Elevation	861 m (2,825 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	2,969
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8753, 8754, 8761, 8762
Website	www.poels.at

The municipality, Pöls-Oberkurzheim, was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,^[3] at the end of 2014, by merging the former market town Pöls with the municipality Oberkurzheim.^[4]

Geography

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following 21 sections (populations as of 1 January 2015^[5]):

• Allerheiligen (24)
• Allerheiligengraben (12)
• Enzersdorf (127)
• Götzendorf (97)
• Greith (104)
• Gusterheim (195)
• Katzling (138)
• Mauterndorf (178)
• Mosing (22)
• Mühltal (11)
• Oberkurzheim (133)
• Offenburg (29)
• Paig (64)
• Paßhammer (15)
• Pöls (1538)
• Pölshof (23)
• Sauerbrunn (25)
• Thalheim (158)
• Thaling (83)
• Unterzeiring (15)
• Winden (56)

The municipality consists of the six Katastralgemeinden Allerheiligen, Enzersdorf, Oberkurzheim, Pöls, Thalheim and Unterzeiring.

Tourismus

The municipality formed, together with Pusterwald and Pölstal, the tourism agency "Region Pölstal". The base is in the town Pölstal.^[6]

Culture and sights

• Pfarrkirche Allerheiligen in Pöls