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Mönichkirchen

Mönichkirchen
Coat of arms of Mönichkirchen
Coat of arms
Mönichkirchen is located in Austria
Mönichkirchen
Mönichkirchen
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°30′N 16°2′E / 47.500°N 16.033°E / 47.500; 16.033Coordinates: 47°30′N 16°2′E / 47.500°N 16.033°E / 47.500; 16.033
Country Austria
State Lower Austria
District Neunkirchen
Government
 • Mayor Andreas Graf
Area
 • Total 16.29 km2 (6.29 sq mi)
Elevation 967 m (3,173 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
 • Total 615
 • Density 38/km2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 2872
Area code 02649
Website www.moenichkirchen.at

Mönichkirchen is a market town in the district of Neunkirchen in the south of the Austrian state of Lower Austria with a population of 607 inhabitants (1.1.2013).

Mönichkirchen is situated on the east side of the Wechsel mountain (1,743 m) in the south-east Industrieviertel near the border with Styria. The size of the village is 16.27 km². 68.34% of the area is forested.

There are two sports clubs at Mönichkirchen:

Around the village of Mönichkirchen there is a skiing resort that is joined by several lifts to the adjacent skiing resort of Mariensee (village of Aspangberg-Sankt Peter). The total length of skislopes of both resorts is about 13 km. Both villages operate three chair lifts and one drag lift.
During summer the region is commonly used for hiking and climbing.


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