Postal codes 8480, 8482 Elevation 237 m Local time Wednesday 12:09 AM Area code 03472 | Time zone CET (UTC+1) Vehicle registration SO Area 5 km² Population 1,597 (1 Apr 2009) | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 78% Humidity |
Mureck (Slovene: Cmurek, archaic: Cmürek) is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. On 1 January 2015, administrative reform actions in Styria merged the towns of Mureck, Gosdorf, and Eichfeld, which includes the villages of Hainsdorf-Brunnsee and Oberrakitsch. The new municipality is called Mureck.
Contents
- Map of 8480 Mureck Austria
- Geography
- Parts of the municipality Mureck
- History
- Events
- Marching bands
- Fire departments
- Sports clubs
- Charity and service clubs
- Twin towns sister cities
- References
Map of 8480 Mureck, Austria
Geography
Mureck is situated in the south of Styria at the border to Slovenia.
Parts of the municipality Mureck
The following 8 Towns are part of the municipality Mureck:
History
The name Mureck was first attested in 1151 as Mŏrekke (and as Murekke in 1181, Můrekke in 1183, and Muregk in 1500). The name is a compound of Mur 'Mur River' + Old High German ecke 'edge, bend' or egge 'hill' (sometimes 'fortification'), and thus means 'bend on the Mur River' or 'hill/fortification on the Mur River'. The Slovene name Cmurek is borrowed from the Middle High German prepositional phrase ze Murekke, literally 'at Mureck'. For similar Slovene geographical names based on foreign-language prepositional phrases of location, compare Crngrob, Cven, Dragonja, and Sostro.
Events
Marching bands
Fire departments
Sports clubs
Charity and service clubs
Twin towns — sister cities
Mureck is twinned with: