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Mureck

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Mureck

| native_name = Cmurek

| settlement_type = Municipality

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| map_caption = Location within Südoststeiermark district

| coordinates = {{coord|46|42|27|N|15|46|12|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Austria

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Styria

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Südoststeiermark

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| parts_style = para

| p1 =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Anton Vukan

| leader_party = {{Polparty|Austria| SPÖ }}

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| elevation_m = 237

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone = CET

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset = +1

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| registration_plate = SO

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 8480, 8482

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 03472

| website = {{URL|http://www.mureck.gv.at}}

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Mureck ({{langx|sl|Cmurek,}} archaic: CmürekKrempl, Anton. 1845. Dogodivšine Štajerske zemle: z posebnim pogledom na Slovence. Graz: Franc Ferstl, p. 209.) is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. Administrative reforms in Styria led to the merging on 1 January 2015 of the formerly separate municipalities of Mureck, Gosdorf, and Eichfeld, which includes the villages of Hainsdorf-Brunnsee and Oberrakitsch. The new municipality is named Mureck.

{{stack|File:15-11-25-Mureck-Steiermark-RalfR-WMA 4060.jpg}}

Geography

Mureck is located in southern Styria, on the border with Slovenia.

{{Adjacent communities|width=auto

| CENTER = Mureck

| NORTHWEST = Sankt Veit in der Südsteiermark
(District Leibnitz)

| NORTH = Sankt Peter am Ottersbach

| NORTHEAST = Deutsch Goritz

| WEST = Straß in Steiermark

| EAST = Halbenrain

| SOUTHWEST = Šentilj (Slovenia)

| SOUTH =

| SOUTHEAST = Apače (Slovenia)

}}

= Constituent parts of Mureck municipality =

The municipality comprises the communities of:

  • Diepersdorf (pop. 138)
  • Eichfeld (349)
  • Fluttendorf (59)
  • Gosdorf (574)
  • Hainsdorf-Brunnsee (209)
  • Misselsdorf (388)
  • Mureck (1570)
  • Oberrakitsch (334)

Name

The name Mureck was first attested in 1151 as Mŏrekke (and as Murekke in 1181, Můrekke in 1183, and Muregk in 1500). The name is a compound of Mur 'Mur River' + Old High German ecke 'edge, bend' or egge 'hill' (sometimes 'fortification'), and thus means 'bend on the Mur River' or 'hill/fortification on the Mur River'. The Slovene name Cmurek is borrowed from the Middle High German prepositional phrase ze Murekke, literally 'at Mureck'.Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 91. For similar Slovene geographical names based on foreign-language prepositional phrases of location, compare Crngrob, Cven, Dragonja, Sostro, and Spuhlja.

Population

{{Historical populations

|align=none|cols=3

|1869|1302

|1880|1472

|1890|1570

|1900|1532

|1910|1541

|1923|1411

|1934|1529

|1939|1519

|1951|2140

|1961|1890

|1971|1824

|1981|1737

|1991|1585

|2001|1690

|2011|1571

|2016|1597

}}

Events

File:1.Mai-GTKMureck.jpg

  • Weckruf: since 1954 the local marching band Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck has performed the so-called wakening call (in German, Weckruf) each May 1, waking every friend of brass-band music with marching music in the early morning hours. Until 1964 all of this happened by foot; later the band started using a nicely restored truck.{{Cite web |url=http://gtk-mureck.at/chronik |title=History of Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck(german) |access-date=2013-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920042921/http://gtk-mureck.at/chronik |archive-date=2013-09-20 |url-status=dead }}

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|image1=Crucifix.JPG|caption1=A crucifix shrine near Mureck

|image2=MurwarteGosdorf.JPG|caption2=Murturm Gosdorf

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|image1=194 Schloss Ober-Mureck, Trate - J.F.Kaiser Lithografirte Ansichten der Steiermark 1830.jpg|caption1=194 Schloss Ober-Mureck, Trate - J.F.Kaiser Lithografirte Ansichten der Steiermark 1830

|image2=193 Markt Mureck - gez. Wonsidler, Lith. v. Folwarczni - J.F.Kaiser Lithografirte Ansichten der Steiermark 1830.jpg|caption2=193 Markt Mureck - gez. Wonsidler, Lith. v. Folwarczni - J.F.Kaiser Lithografirte Ansichten der Steiermark 1830

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Clubs and organisations

Source:[http://mureck.gv.at/Vereine.41.0.html Index of clubs in Mureck(german)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715073048/http://www.mureck.gv.at/Vereine.41.0.html |date=2013-07-15 }}

= Marching bands =

  • Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck

= Fire departments =

  • FF Eichfeld
  • FF Gosdorf
  • FF Hainsdorf-Brunnsee
  • FF Misselsdorf
  • FF Mureck
  • FF Oberrakitsch

= Sports clubs =

  • Beachvolleyballclub
  • ESV Mureck
  • TUS Mureck

= Charity and service clubs =

International relations

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Austria}}

=Twin towns — sister cities=

Mureck is twinned with:

References

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{{Cities and towns in Südoststeiermark (district)}}

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Category:Cities and towns in Südoststeiermark District

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