Pölstal

Pölstal is a market town since 2015 in the Murtal District of Styria, Austria.

Pölstal
Municipality
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 [1]
• Total	270.65 km2 (104.50 sq mi)
Elevation	915 m (3,002 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	2,670
• Density	9.9/km2 (26/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]

Culture and sights