Country Austria District Bruck-Mürzzuschlag Vehicle registration BM Elevation 638 m Local time Friday 5:24 PM Postal code 8621 | State Styria Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website www.thoerl.gv.at Area 65.29 km² Population 1,723 (1 Apr 2009) Area code 03861 | |
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Weather 19°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 39% Humidity | ||
Thörl is a market town at the foot of the Hochschwab in the Styrian district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag.
Contents
- Map of 8621 ThC3B6rl Austria
- Boroughs
- Neighboring Communes
- History
- Politics
- Twin towns and sister cities
- Streets
- Railway History
- References
Map of 8621 Th%C3%B6rl, Austria
Boroughs
Thörl has eight boroughs: Etmißl, Fölz, Hinterberg, Lonschitz, Oisching, Palbersdorf, St. Ilgen, and Thörl.
Neighboring Communes
History
As of 1 January 2015 the formerly independent municipalities Sankt Ilgen and Etmißl were incorporated into Thörl. Already in 1955 the municipality Fölz bei Thörl had become part of the municipality.
Politics
Thörl's mayor is Günther Wagner of the SPÖ. In its municipal council (15 seats) the party seats are distributed as follows: 9 SPÖ, 3 ÖVP, 2 Freie Unabhängige Liste - Lebenswert, 1 FPÖ.
Twin towns and sister cities
Thörl is twinned with:
Streets
The Mariazeller Straße is the most important road link between Kapfenberg and Mariazell, the most popular pilgrimage site in Austria. In its further course it leads to Sankt Pölten, the capital of the neighbouring state of Lower Austria.
Railway (History)
In 1893, the Thörlerbahn, a narrow gauge railway with a track gauge of 760 mm, which linked the area with Kapfenberg and the Austrian Southern Railway (Südbahn), was opened. In particular, the local iron industry benefited from this. A connection to the Austrian Western Railway was planned, but never realized.
In 1959, the passenger traffic was terminated. However, in 1991, the Verein Thörlerbahn (Thörlerbahn Association) took out a trial run with a nostalgic train. But when a bank failure bankrupted the local iron industry, the operator of the railway, Steiermärkische Landesbahnen, lost their largest (and actually the only) freight customer. As a consequence of that, they had to close the track.
In 2003 and 2004, the train tracks were removed and replaced by a cycle track.