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Kirchbach-Zerlach

Kirchbach-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 / 46.93333°N 15.66667°E / 46.93333; 15.66667Coordinates: 46°56′00″N 15°40′00″E / 46.93333°N 15.66667°E / 46.93333; 15.66667
Country Austria
State Styria
District Südoststeiermark
Government
 • Mayor Franz Löffler (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total 123.45 km2 (47.66 sq mi)
Elevation 334 m (1,096 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
 • Total 3,271
 • Density 26/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal codes 8082, 8081, 8083
Area code 03116
Website www.kirchbach.at

Kirchbach-Zerlach is since 2015 a municipality with 3,271 residents (as of 2016-01-01) in the Südoststeiermark District of Styria, Austria. In 2015 the municipality was called Kirchbach in der Steiermark.

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

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

The municipality territory includes the following 12 sections (populations as of 1 January 2015) bzw. drei Katastralgemeinden (Fläche 2015):

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

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).

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:


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