Stadl-Predlitz

Stadl-Predlitz is a municipality since 2015 in the Murau District of Styria, Austria.

Stadl-Predlitz
Municipality
Parish church in Predlitz
Coat of arms
Stadl-Predlitz Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°05′00″N 13°58′00″E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Murau
Government
• Mayor	Wolfgang Schlick (SPÖ)
Area [1]
• Total	256.94 km2 (99.21 sq mi)
Elevation	914 m (2,999 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	1,684
• Density	6.6/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8862, 8863, 8864
Area code	03534
Website	www.stadl-predlitz.gv.at

It was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,^[3] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Stadl an der Mur and Predlitz-Turrach.^[4]

Geography

Municipality arrangement

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

• Einach (235)
• Paal (127)
• Predlitz (380)
• Sonnberg (81)
• Stadl an der Mur (448)
• Steindorf (297)
• Turrach (150)

The municipality consists of three Katastralgemeinden (areas 2015^[6]):

• Einach (2,328.33 ha or 5,753.4 acres)
• Predlitz (12,657.36 ha or 31,277.0 acres)
• Stadl (10,633.40 ha or 26,275.7 acres)

Neighboring municipalities

The municipality borders on one Styrian, three Salzburger, and six Kärntner municipalities (TA = Tamsweg District, SV = Sankt Veit an der Glan District, FE = Feldkirchen District, SP = Spittal an der Drau District).

Incorporations

• In 1969 the independent municipalities Einach and Predlitz were joined into municipality Predlitz-Turrach.
• In 2015 the municipalities Stadl an der Mur and Predlitz-Turrach were joined into new municipality Stadl-Predlitz.

Demographics

Culture and sights

Parish church in Predlitz

• Saints Primus and Felician church in Predlitz. A Romanesque church that was expanded to the west in 1707/1709 and whose choir was built around 1452.

Politics

Municipal council

The prior elections brought the following results:

Partei	2015 Stadl-Predlitz			2010 Stadl an der Mur and Predlitz-Turrach
	Votes	%	Mandate	Votes	%	Mandate
SPÖ	507	39,73 %	6	578	42,38 %	9 + 2
ÖVP	429	33,62 %	5	504	36,95 %	5 + 4
FPÖ	340	26,65 %	4	282	20,67 %	1 + 3
Wahlbeteiligung	85.2%

The ÖVP held with Johannes Rauter as mayor.

Wappen

Crests of former towns
Stadl an der Mur	Predlitz-Turrach

The granting of the town crest came into effect on 10 January 2016.^[7]
The blazon (crest description) reads:

"In a diagonal-split shield, at lower left on silver a black wheeled Bessemerburner with three red flames, at upper right on green a silver capped window Salzstadl with a blue Schwert."

Notable people

• Erich Moser (born 1948), former mayor of Stadl an der Mur and Bundesrat