Vehicle registration WZ Area 11.78 km² Population 2,036 (1 Apr 2009) Postal code 8181 | Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website www.ruprecht.at Elevation 388 m Local time Tuesday 7:29 PM Area code 03178 | |
Weather 13°C, Wind N at 3 km/h, 71% Humidity | ||
Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab is a market town with 5,098 residents (as of 2016-01-01) in the district of Weiz in Styria, Austria. In the Styria municipal structural reform on 1 January 2015, the town was merged with the nearby towns Etzersdorf-Rollsdorf and Unterfladnitz.
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Map of 8181 Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab, Austria
Geography
Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab is located in Weiz District on Landesstraße B 64 in the Austrian state (Bundesland) of Styria (Steiermark).
Municipality organization
The municipal region covers the following 13 places (in Klammern population as of 1 January 2015), of these 9 joined in the merger:
Former regions of Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab:
Former regions of Unterfladnitz:
Former regions of Etzersdorf-Rollsdorf:
The municipality includes several Katastralgemeinden communities: Arndorf, Dietmannsdorf, Etzersdorf, Fünfing bei St. Ruprecht, Grub, Kühwiesen, Lohngraben, Neudorf bei St. Ruprecht, St. Ruprecht an der Raab, Unterfladnitz, Wolfsgruben bei St. Ruprecht und Wollsdorf. The town region covers an area of 41.06 km2 (15.85 sq mi).
History
Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab is one of the oldest places in Styria. At the first Nennung in the year 860, it was named "ad Rapam". Kaiser Friedrich III noted the town on 1 September 1462.