Murfeld

Murfeld
Coat of arms
Murfeld Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°42′45″N 15°41′47″E / 46.71250°N 15.69639°ECoordinates: 46°42′45″N 15°41′47″E / 46.71250°N 15.69639°E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Südoststeiermark
Government
• Mayor	Werner Grassl (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	24.22 km^2 (9.35 sq mi)
Elevation	244 m (801 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
• Total	1,666
• Density	69/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal codes	8473, 8471, 8423
Area codes	+43 3472, +43 3453
Vehicle registration	SO
Website	www.murfeld.at

Vischer - Topographia Ducatus Stiriae - 468 Weitersfeld bei Mureck

Weitersfeld an der Mur-Bf-02

Abtrennung Mühlbach

Brücke Schwarzaubach

Murfeld is the southernmost municipality of the Austrian province of Südoststeiermark.

(Murfeld is also the name of a different place: a township in the Liebenau district of Graz.)

Murfeld municipality is known for its gorgeous landscape, the Murradwanderweg (a trail for bicycles along the River Mur), its agriculture, a tiny grocery store and the widely known Murfähre (a ferry across the River Mur).

Subdivisions

• Lichendorf (494)
• Oberschwarza (152)
• Seibersdorf bei Sankt Veit (289)
• Unterschwarza (213)
• Weitersfeld (527)

Murfeld is the name of the municipality, it is not named after a settlement. Therefore, there is no town called Murfeld.

Neighbour municipalities

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% 1869 1,788 —     1880 1,899 +6.2% 1890 1,924 +1.3% 1900 1,847 −4.0% 1910 1,934 +4.7% 1923 1,920 −0.7% 1934 1,944 +1.2% 1939 1,833 −5.7% 1951 1,899 +3.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1961 1,731 −8.8% 1971 1,809 +4.5% 1981 1,727 −4.5% 1991 1,695 −1.9% 2001 1,704 +0.5% 2012 1,666 −2.2% 2013 1,682 +1.0% 2015 1,655 −1.6%

Politics

Municipal Council

The Municipal council consists of 15 members and since 2015 of the following mandates:

• 6 ÖVP - sets the mayor
• 5 Bürgerliste Murfeld - sets the financial representative
• 3 SPÖ
• 1 FPÖ

Communities and organisations

Fire department

The fire department of Oberschwarza is responsible to guard Oberschwarza and Seibersdorf. In 2007 the fire departments of Oberschwarza and Unterschwarza finished constructing a new fire-station, which was built jointly by both fire departments. The following fire departments are present in Murfeld:

• FF Lichendof
• FF Weitersfeld
• FF Unterschwarza
• FF Oberschwarza

Sports clubs

• SVU Romann Murfeld
• SG Oberschwarza
• Sportgemeinschaft Seibersdorf
• ESV Seibersdorf
• ESV Unterschwarza
• ESV Weitersfeld

Charity clubs

• Murfelder Adventlauf

References

1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Murfeld.

External links

• Official website(German)
• Fire department of Oberschwarza(German)
• Sports club(German)