Stadl-Predlitz is a municipality since 2015 in the Murau District of Styria, Austria.
It was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[3] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Stadl an der Mur and Predlitz-Turrach.[4]
Geography
Municipality arrangement
The municipality territory includes the following seven sections (populations as of January 2015[5]):
- Einach (235)
- Paal (127)
- Predlitz (380)
- Sonnberg (81)
- Stadl an der Mur (448)
- Steindorf (297)
- Turrach (150)
The municipality consists of three Katastralgemeinden (areas 2015[6]):
- Einach (2,328.33 ha or 5,753.4 acres)
- Predlitz (12,657.36 ha or 31,277.0 acres)
- Stadl (10,633.40 ha or 26,275.7 acres)
Neighboring municipalities
The municipality borders on one Styrian, three Salzburger, and six Kärntner municipalities (TA = Tamsweg District, SV = Sankt Veit an der Glan District, FE = Feldkirchen District, SP = Spittal an der Drau District).
Incorporations
- In 1969 the independent municipalities Einach and Predlitz were joined into municipality Predlitz-Turrach.
- In 2015 the municipalities Stadl an der Mur and Predlitz-Turrach were joined into new municipality Stadl-Predlitz.
Demographics

Culture and sights
- Saints Primus and Felician church in Predlitz. A Romanesque church that was expanded to the west in 1707/1709 and whose choir was built around 1452.
Politics
Municipal council
The prior elections brought the following results:
Partei | 2015 Stadl-Predlitz |
2010 Stadl an der Mur and Predlitz-Turrach | ||||
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Votes | % | Mandate | Votes | % | Mandate | |
SPÖ | 507 | 39,73 % | 6 | 578 | 42,38 % | 9 + 2 |
ÖVP | 429 | 33,62 % | 5 | 504 | 36,95 % | 5 + 4 |
FPÖ | 340 | 26,65 % | 4 | 282 | 20,67 % | 1 + 3 |
Wahlbeteiligung | 85.2% |
The ÖVP held with Johannes Rauter as mayor.
Wappen
Crests of former towns | |
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The granting of the town crest came into effect on 10 January 2016.[7]
The blazon (crest description) reads:
- "In a diagonal-split shield, at lower left on silver a black wheeled Bessemerburner with three red flames, at upper right on green a silver capped window Salzstadl with a blue Schwert."
Notable people
- Erich Moser (born 1948), former mayor of Stadl an der Mur and Bundesrat
References
- ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform.
- ^ § 3 Abs. 7 Z 3 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. p. 3.
- ^ Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1.1.2015 nach Ortschaften
- ^ Katastralgemeinden Stmk. 2015 (Excel-Datei, 128 KB); accessed on 29 July 2015
- ^ 130. Verlautbarung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung vom 17. Dezember 2015 über die Verleihung des Rechtes zur Führung eines Gemeindewappens an die Gemeinde Stadl-Predlitz (politischer Bezirk Murau), accessed on 2 January 2016