Country Austria District Weiz Area codes +43 3113 Elevation 378 m | State Styria Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website www.pischelsdorf.com Postal code 8212 | |
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Blumauerweg in pischelsdorf am kulm
Pischelsdorf am Kulm is since 2015 a municipality in Weiz District in Styria, Austria. The area of the town covers 28.14 square kilometres (10.86 sq mi). In the Styria municipal structural reform, the new town was formed by merging Pischelsdorf in der Steiermark with the smaller villages of Reichendorf and Kulm bei Weiz, to reduce costs and ease election of town officials.
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History
The municipality was founded as part of the Styria municipal structural reform, at the end of 2014, with closure of the communities Pischelsdorf in der Steiermark, Kulm bei Weiz and Reichendorf. A petition, from the town of Reichendorf against the merger was brought to the Verfassungsgerichtshof constitutional court, but was not successful.
Municipal organization
The municipal territory includes the following 8 sections or seven Katastralgemeinden (population and area: as of 1 January 2015):
Politics
The first municipal vote of the new town, on 22 March 2015, had the following results:
Emergency Services
Ensuring local security, the emergency service and the hazard or disaster response is handled in the market town Pischelsdorf by the Police Inspectorate Pischelsdorf. The Red Cross Ortsstelle Pischelsdorf and four volunteer fire departments ensured the fire brigades serve the following areas: Fire Brigade Pischelsdorf with the KG Pischelsdorf, KG Schachen, KG Hart as part of the KG Oberrettenbach and KG Rothgmos of the Altgemeinde Oberrettenbach, the Feuerwehr Reichendorf with the KG Reichendorf, the Feuerwehr Rohrbach with the KG Kulming, KG Rohrbach am Kulm and the Fire Brigade Feuerwehr Romatschachen with the KG Romatschachen.