Kirchbach-Zerlach

Kirchbach-Zerlach is since 2015 a municipality with 3,271 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in the Südoststeiermark District of Styria, Austria. In 2015 the municipality was called Kirchbach in der Steiermark.

Kirchbach-Zerlach
Chapel in Zerlach
Chapel in Zerlach
Coat of arms of Kirchbach-Zerlach
Coat of arms
Kirchbach-Zerlach is located in Austria
Kirchbach-Zerlach
Kirchbach-Zerlach
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°56′00″N 15°40′00″E
CountryAustria
StateStyria
DistrictSüdoststeiermark
Government
 • MayorFranz Löffler (ÖVP)
Area
[1]
 • Total39.05 km2 (15.08 sq mi)
Elevation
334 m (1,096 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total3,264
 • Density84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8082, 8081, 8083
Area code03116
Websitewww.kirchbach.at

The municipality of Kirchbach-Zerlach was formed as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[3] at the end of 2014, from the former towns of Kirchbach in Steiermark and Zerlach.[4]

After a municipal council agreement, from 1 January 2016, the municipality bears the name "Kirchbach-Zerlach".[5][6]

Geography

Municipalities arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following 12 sections (populations as of 1 January 2015[7]) and three cadastral communities (area 2015):

Ortschaften
  • Breitenbuch (410)
  • Dörfla (458)
  • Glatzau (229)
  • Kirchbach in Steiermark (853)
  • Kittenbach (84)
  • Kleinfrannach (180)
  • Maierhofen (119)
  • Maxendorf (190)
  • Tagensdorf (19)
  • Weißenbach (160)
  • Zerlach (375)
  • Ziprein (158)
Katastralgemeinden
  • Kirchbach in Steiermark (903.30 ha)
  • Zerlach (2,381.82 ha)
  • Ziprein (630.10 ha)

Demographics

The area population has generally increased after 1869, as shown in the bar graph below.

Culture and sights

Politics

Mayor

The town mayor is Franz Löffler (ÖVP).

Further of the council, the 1st vice-mayor Anton Prödl (ÖVP), the 2nd vice-mayor Karl Süßmaier (Liste "Gemeinsam mehr bewegen"), the town treasurer Thomas Zach (ÖVP), and the board member Josef Luttenberger (ÖVP).[8]

Municipal council

The town council in 2015 had 21 members (prior 30 = 15 in Kirchbach + 15 in Zerlach) and convened with the following parties:

The last town election had the following results:

Party 2015 2010 2005 2000
merged municipalityKirchbachZerlachKirchbachZerlachKirchbachZerlach
Stimmen %Mandate St. %M. St. %M. St. %M. St. %M. St. %M. St. %M.
ÖVP 14886615 551538 10568914 529508 10248513 5945910 9478313
SPÖ 01960902 197193 01371101 166162 01861502 0650601 x
FPÖ 0 1660701 x 035030 x 0480500 0710601
Die Grünen 00480200 x x x x x x
Gemeinsam mehr Bewegen 03491603 x x x x x x
United Namelist
Town Kirchbach		 x 0298284 x 337325 x x x
Unabhängige Namensliste x x x x x x 1201202
Kirchbacher Heimatliste
Walter Patschok		 x x x x x x 1741702
Heimatliste Zerlach x x x x x x 1211101
Votes 2,260 1,061 1,472 1,077 1,438 1,007 1,307
Electoral participation 81% 81% 82% 82% 85% 82% 88%
x = not candidate

References
  1. "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform.
  4. § 3 Abs. 9 Z 4 des Gesetzes vom 17. Dezember 2013 über die Neugliederung der Gemeinden des Landes Steiermark (Steiermärkisches Gemeindestrukturreformgesetz – StGsrG). Landesgesetzblatt für die Steiermark vom 2. April 2014. Nr. 31, Jahrgang 2014. ZDB-ID 705127-x. S. 4.
  5. 87. Kundmachung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung 15 Oktober 2015 über die Änderung des Gemeindenamens der im politischen Bezirk Südoststeiermark gelegenen Marktgemeinde „Kirchbach in der Steiermark" in „Kirchbach-Zerlach", LGBl., 20 October 2015.
  6. „Schon wieder neue Gemeinde-Namen" auf www.krone.at 13 October 2015, retrieved 21 October 2015.
  7. Einwohner nach Ortschaften (Excel-Datei, 766 KB); retrieved 29 July 2015.
  8. Gemeinde Kirchbach in der Steiermark: Gemeinderat, retrieved 8 May 2015.
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