Oberwölz | |
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Location within Austria | |
Coordinates: 47°12′10″N 14°16′51″E / 47.20278°N 14.28083°ECoordinates: 47°12′10″N 14°16′51″E / 47.20278°N 14.28083°E | |
Country | Austria |
State | Styria |
District | Murau |
Government | |
• Mayor | Hannes Schmidhofer (ÖVP) |
Area | |
• Total | 210.17 km2 (81.15 sq mi) |
Population (1 January 2016) | |
• Total | 3,005 |
• Density | 14/km2 (37/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Postal codes | 8831, 8832 |
Area codes | 03581, 03587 |
Website | Homepage der Region Oberwölz |
Oberwölz is a city since 2015 in the Murau District of Styria, Austria. The city was founded as part of the Styria municipal structural reform, at the end of 2014, with the merger of the former independent municipalities Oberwölz Stadt, Oberwölz Umgebung, Schönberg-Lachtal and Winklern bei Oberwölz, whereby the new municipality became ranked as a city ("Stadtgemeinde").
The city territory includes the following eleven sections (populations as of 1 Jan 2015):
The municipality consists of the Katastralgemeinden Hinterburg, Oberwölz, Raiming, Salchau, Schönberg, Schöttl and Winklern.
Rastplatz Oberwölz Umgebung.
Granite block with the crest of town Oberwölz Umgebung
History of the Rastplatz