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Country
  
Austria

District
  
Hartberg-Fürstenfeld

Website
  
www.feistritztal.at

State
  
Styria

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

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Postal codes
  
8221, 8222, 8223, 8224, 8265

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Feistritztal is since 2015 a municipality in Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District in Styria, Austria.

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The municipality was founded as part of the Styria municipal structural reform, on 31 December 2014, from the dissolved independent municipalities Blaindorf, Kaibing, Sankt Johann bei Herberstein and Siegersdorf bei Herberstein (all in political District Hartberg-Fürstenfeld), plus Hirnsdorf (in political Weiz District.

The border of the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District and Weiz District was altered, that the new municipality lies completely in Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District.

Municipality arrangement

The municipal territory includes the following seven sections (populations as of 2015):

  • Blaindorf (305)
  • Hirnsdorf (673)
  • Hofing (128)
  • Illensdorf (230)
  • Kaibing (391)
  • Sankt Johann bei Herberstein (387)
  • Siegersdorf bei Herberstein (293)
  • The municipality consists of 7 Katastralgemeinden (areas 2015):

  • Blaindorf (520.61 ha or 1,286.5 acres)
  • Hirnsdorf (456.78 ha)
  • Hofing (535.21 ha)
  • Kaibing (280.58 ha or 693.3 acres)
  • St. Johann bei Herberstein (282.11 ha)
  • Siegersdorf (494.73 ha or 1,222.5 acres)
  • Municipal council

    The council has 15 members and convened with the following parties

  • 9 ÖVP
  • 4 SPÖ
  • 2 FPÖ
  • The last election had the following results:

    Tourism

    The town along with Anger, Floing, Puch bei Weiz and Stubenberg has the tourism group „Apfelland Stubenbergsee“. Which seat is in Stubenberg.

    Culture and sights

  • Pfarrkirche Sankt Johann bei Herberstein in Sankt Johann bei Herberstein
  • Filialkirche Maria Fieberbründl
  • References

    Feistritztal Wikipedia